I've been trying to figure this out for the past few days and this is the first time I've encounter this problem. I use a Mac-Book Pro to edit my films, and I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 as my editing program of choice. Now my problem has to do with color calibration. I know you can't honestly trust the default color calibration on a mac or on any HD TV. What I've done for the past year is, I would calibrate my LG HD Tv to color bars to the best of my abilities. My TV has a expert mode that allows me to calibrate its pretty decent, nothing professional but decent.
Now on this recent project, I finished color grading and I decided to watch it on different TV's to make sure it looks over all good on other screens and this is where the problem starts. Some screens look good and some look ok, and others look terrible. My question is, is this a common issue that even professionals can't get away from? Even if you edit by industry standards, will there always been a up to date screen that makes you project look terrible.
My other question is, when editing on a computer or laptop, do you change your color profile to get the best possible idea of what your color grading is, or do you just edit on the default color profile? This question is aimed more at the people who offend edit and color grade on laptops with out a calibrated monitor to use.
Now on this recent project, I finished color grading and I decided to watch it on different TV's to make sure it looks over all good on other screens and this is where the problem starts. Some screens look good and some look ok, and others look terrible. My question is, is this a common issue that even professionals can't get away from? Even if you edit by industry standards, will there always been a up to date screen that makes you project look terrible.
My other question is, when editing on a computer or laptop, do you change your color profile to get the best possible idea of what your color grading is, or do you just edit on the default color profile? This question is aimed more at the people who offend edit and color grade on laptops with out a calibrated monitor to use.
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