I downloaded the demo of Premiere PRO to see if that would make a difference. It helps, but it would be much better if the photo was properly exposed to begin with! In my case, i think my video is properly exposed, but it's getting captured too dark. It's like lightening up an underexposed photo with levels/curves. Yes, i can improve the quality of the video with software, but i'd rather tweek video that is already decent to begin with. Almost exactly as it looks in the LCD on the camera. When the DVD was viewed on the tv, it looked just as bad as on the monitor.īut if i look at the video straight from the camera to the tv, it looks MUCH better. I took that same video clip and burned it to DVD using a DVD authoring program. Here is why i think i'm capturing the video too dark, and that it's not my monitor that is the problem: I actually captured some video, and it looked too dark on my monitor.
I assumed paying extra for a dedicated capture card would give best results! Thanks for your reply! It's good to know that capturing it the way i am (firewire, as opposed to capture card) will give the best quality. When Captureing from a DV Camcorder you are Supposed to use a Firewire Card so that is not what is causeing your problem and Most Capture cards are analogue so you would get Poorer results with a Dedicated Capture card than with a firewire card.When Captureing from a DV Camcorder useing Firewire it is simply a 100% direct Transfer of the Data stored on the DV Tape directly to your hard Drive without any Loss of Info or Quality so if it is a Lot Darker on your PC than on the LCD Preview screen or when hooked up to your TV then it might be Just your Monitors color settings that is Makeing everything look Darker.
Something like Adobe Premier or Vegas Video 6 would be Ideal but they are Quite expensive and Hard to learn but you can also do the same with less expensive and less complex editors Like something Like "Video edit Magic 4.0" or "MagiX Movie Edit Pro v10.0" both of which are Less than $50.There Might even be Filters in "Video Studio 9" that will allow you to adjust the Color and Brightness levels. If you have a good editing Program you can easilly Adjust the Brightness and Color Levels and many other Perameters.