From the course: Premiere Pro Guru: Fixing Video Exposure Problems
Why legalize? - Premiere Pro Tutorial
From the course: Premiere Pro Guru: Fixing Video Exposure Problems
Why legalize?
- I've mentioned it a few times in this course, the concept of legalizing. What's happening here is you are bringing the video levels for both color and exposure into a predefined range. This range is often set by someone like a broadcaster, and it ensures consistency in the signal. When a video signal gets too hot, too much information, it can actually result in additional problems. When transmitted over things like satellite or cable delivery systems, it can actually produce audible noise or lead to additional banding or posterization in the image quality. The goal of legalization is to get things within a certain standard, and those standards are going to vary by broadcaster. I'm going to walk you through how to use the video limiter tool to achieve this, as well as how to do it manually, or why you might combine both together into a workflow. What's important though is that you continue to practice with this and you check what the requirements are for the provider that you're going to be delivering to. Now, even if you're not delivering to broadcast, it's still a good idea to have an idea about video limiting and what are the legal targets you're aiming for. That's because tools like video compression software will often expect that the levels are reasonably close. Alright, with this in mind, let's explore the manual process and the video limiter.
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