I have a 3CCD Panasonic PV-GS180 digital video camera. It records onto miniDV. The video is crisp and the colors are very vivid on the camera's LCD screen. However, I tried capturing the video into Adobe Premiere Pro to edit, and the video appears very dull. I'm editing on a Dell Inspiron 700m laptop and using the DV firewire cable to transfer video. Any ideas on why the colors are not as vivid on the computer? The video I am capturing was filmed inside under indoor lighting, but the colors are tremendous on the camera itself. I don't know why the computer captured image has almost a gray dullness to it. I thought the 3CCD camera would give a much better image. Any ideas on how I could adjust or fix this? Connect your camera to a TV while editing, or render part of the project and record it to tape and watch it on a TV. If it still looks dull, then it was probably they way you setup your LCD screen. In case you didnt know, 3ccds dont mean brighter, more vivid pictures. Instead, they mean the colors are reproduced more accurately (but of course, this depends on what your viewing it on as well). If you would like your images to be a little more vivid, you can select the brightness and contrast controls from the effects menu, and by upping the contrast and brightness a LITTLE bit, you can create an illusion of better colors. I dont like using individual color controls as they can make your video look weird, and brightness and contrast usually does the magic anyways. Hope this helps! |
