Using Calibration Test Patterns in Premiere Pro

CalMan Part 10: Using Calibration Test Patterns In Your NLE

February 22, 2018

If you want to calibrate your reference display through your main non-linear editing software then you want to use calibration test patterns playing through a timeline. Learn how to be sure you don't have Data- and Video- level mismatches.


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Plus, Identifying Data โ€“ Video Level Mismatches

In my previous Insight in this series, I promised weโ€™d look at these โ€˜pre-calibration test imagesโ€™ inside Premiere Pro. And thatโ€™s precisely what weโ€™re doing now; using the images from the Light Illusion website (get the free download from this page). Specifically, youโ€™re learning how to use these images while reading the waveform displays to definitively help you asses if you have a Data Level vs. Video Level mismatch in your calibration images. Once youโ€™ve determined that your software-external monitoring pipeline is accurate then you can continue the calibration.

But Iโ€™ve slipped an additional lesson into this Insight.

You also learn how to use DaVinci Resolve to solve Data โ€“ Video Level Mismatches in your renders

These types of workflow issues can be a big problem if you either:

  • A) Regularly override the โ€˜Autoโ€™ settings in DaVinci Resolve (without knowing precisely why youโ€™re doing so)
  • B) Render to high-quality 444 codecs that are RGB (which leads to lots of Video Level โ€“ Data Level mismatches between software packages). Some examples of these confusing codecs include ProRes444 and DNxHR.

In either case, youโ€™re eventually going to get a mismatch between your renders and software that plays back those renders. This Insight will give you some ideas on how to generate a suite of test renders to help you identify the precise mismatch โ€“ and conclusively identify which is the right setting for you particular workflow; video levels or data / full range / rgb levels.

Please use the comments to continue the discussion or get your questions answered.

Very shortly now Iโ€™ll be recording the Q&A Insight for this series. I being by reading through all the comments in this series and formulating answers to any outstanding questionsโ€ฆ before moving on to a few more advanced topics in CalMAN. So get those questions in!

Enjoy!

-pi


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