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With the Bars and Tone open, make sure your signal is reaching your external monitor. This is different with every program, so you are on your own here. This is usually accomplished by connecting your video deck or camera to your computer via a FireWire cable (IEEE 1394). Then connect your monitor to your camera with the provided RCA cables. It could be tricky, so again, consult the dreaded manuals for your software and hardware. And remember, re-booting is always a great troubleshooting step to remember.
Luminance
We will start calibrating with luminance, which has two controls: brightness and contrast. Start by setting both of these to their default positions. We then want to set the black level for the monitor, using the brightness control in what is known as the PLUGE (Picture Line Up Generating Equipment). In the bottom right corner of the Bars

Let’s say you’ve decided to suck it up and drop the dinero on the pro NTSC monitor. You would think that sacrifice would be enough, but now you need to calibrate it. Just having the hunk of
glass and plastic is not enough. Don’t worry, it is like anything else: after you do it enough times, it becomes second nature. Let’s look at all the factors that will make your evaluation of your picture with an NTSC monitor ideal.
How to Set Up a Monitor
Check your user’s manual or help menu within your program to find your Bars and Tone-NTSC. This is a standardized test pattern, also known as 75% color bars, that needs to be displayed on your monitor while calibrating. If,
Synthetic Aperture has a host of color correcting tools in addition to a free, downloadable color bar image.
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Color Finessed
Advanced Color Correction
Color Finesse 2 gives you the high-end color correction and enhancement tools you need both as a plug-in for your favonte application—including After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere Pro—and as a standalone application Because the standalone Color Finesse is not limited by restrictions imposed by a host application, it offers Improved workflow, video handling, and project management.
No special video card or second monitor needed. Color Finesse works on systems from laptops to mufti-processor workstations. Plug-in or application, you choose the workflow that fits your style.
The Color Finesse 2.1 plug-in is now shipping for Macintosh OS X and Windows XP. The Color Finesse 2 1 standalone program is currently shipping tor Macintosh OS X.
• Now available as both a plug-m and a standalone application
• 32-brt floating-point color space for incredible resolution and latitude
• Performs corrections in HSL, RGB, CMY, and YCbCr color spaces.
for whatever reason, your editing program does not ship with color bars