Does anyone know if this thing can generate bars and tone. I don’t find any mention in the manual, and nothing that looks like it in the menu, but I thought I’d ask to be sure.
Nope, xl1 can't generate bars or tone but you can set it up in adobe premiere and record them before a shoot on to each of your tapes... I normally give it ten seconds.
But that’s not the point. If you record bars off the recording source (camera) it gives a demonstration of the base settings of the unit. If you record bars from Adobe and record that on the heads of your camera tapes, you’re telling the editor that the camera’s color and gamma settings are Adobe’s and the color may not match. Since it doesn’t generate bars, I’m just going to buy a color card from the photo shop, and just record a second or two after the white balance. It’ll do the same thing but without the tone. Maybe I’ll make it myself while I’m holding the card just for fun.
Yeah, as long as it has color bars too. Some chip charts are just B&W, but like I said above, since the camera won’t generate it, that’s what I’ll do is just buy a color chart at the local photo store.
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