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# Threadjack
I'm entering a small film festival in my home town and I'm building an animation in Flash. Have any of you any experience with broadcast-safe colors? I don't have the hardware to color correct. Is there a list of RGB colors I can work from?

Help!
(I helped save b3ta! sof sof, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 2:32, archived)
# *sobs*
Google is shite.


I'm fucked...
(I helped save b3ta! sof sof, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 2:44, archived)
# Never Twice the Same Colour
Depends whether you're talking PAL or NTSC, Japan or anywhere else.

Black levels in Japan are 0IRE (RGB: 0 0 0) but everywhere else it's about 7.5IRE (RGB: 16 16 16).

As a rule, for PAL keep all channels between 16-235 and everything should be ok.

If you're using NTSC (Never Twice the Same Colour) then god* help you.

* being that there is no god, in other words you're screwed.
(invisiblegovernmentdotorg, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 2:46, archived)
# further explanation
You can never trust colour management on TVs or projectors.. profiling can only do so much. What you can limit is colour bleeding and flare etc from levels that are too hot or noise in areas that are too black.. so your colours won't look identical but if you keep them away from full black and full white they'll be more reliable and less likely to make your whole image look like shite.
(invisiblegovernmentdotorg, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 2:50, archived)
# NTSC
Oh no!

*gulp*

Thanks for your response!
EDIT:
I'll just keep the colors in that RGB range and keep the white/black slider-thingy in the middle. How about gradients? I was going to use them. Methinks I won't now. Thanks again BTW. Great help that was. :)
(I helped save b3ta! sof sof, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 3:03, archived)
# no worries
That'll be $37.50. I accept payment by cheque, direct debit, mastercard, visa or bricks of 100% pure cocaine.
(invisiblegovernmentdotorg, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 3:06, archived)
# How about singing?
I wish I had the money to pay, but alas...
(I helped save b3ta! sof sof, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 3:10, archived)
# well, i doubt whether the colors would be that far off, anyway.
is it going to be presented on celluloid or digitally? if it's digitally presented, it shouldn't be any different.

really, though, if you have 10 or so differenct colors in the animation, there are still going to be 10 colors when you present, so even if they're off slightly, it shouldn't make much of a difference.
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 2:47, archived)
# It's not digital.
It's the other thing :)

I wish it was digital. I aught to call and find out if they can accommodate digital. This digital to NTSC conversion process (aspect ratio, color safe, title/action safe areas, etc.) is a real pain in the ass. Almost makes it not worth it.
(I helped save b3ta! sof sof, Mon 19 Apr 2004, 3:15, archived)