Adjusting The Color And Picture Quality; Compensating For The Input Signals; Matching The Video Monitor Color To The Printer Color - Sony UP-55MD Mode D'emploi

Adjusting the Color and
Picture Quality

Compensating for the Input Signals

A video image recorded under poor conditions may be
of poor color quality. If the signal is an NTSC or PAL
composite video signal or separate luminance (Y) and
chrominance (C) signals, you can correct the color and
level of the input signal to a certain extent.
Note
You cannot adjust an image once it has been captured in
memory. If you want to make adjustments, capture that
image again, after making the adjustment.
Confirmation
When the memory image is displayed on the video
monitor, press the SOURCE/MEMORY button to
display the image from the video source.
Items to be used for compensating for the
input signals
To adjust the color intensity, hue, contrast and
brightness
Adjustment Menu
adjustment
item
a)
Hue HUE
b)
Color COLOR
intensity
Contrast GAIN
Brightness OFFSET
a) Adjust the color such that skin tones appear natural. For the
HUE adjustment, you can correct the color intensity and hue
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Adjusting the Color and Picture Quality

Button to be pressed and
result of the operation
G button g button
The hue The hue
becomes becomes
purplish. greenish.
The color The color
intensity intensity
weakens. strengthens.
The contrast The contrast
weakens. strengthens.
c)
Becomes Becomes
darker. brighter.
of an NTSC and PAL composite video signal or a separated
luminance (Y) and chrominance (C) signal.
b) On a setting of step –14, OFF appears and the image,
displayed on the video monitor, becomes black and white.
c) When a component (RGB or YCbCr signal) signal is input,
you cannot adjust OFFSET below 0.
Adjusting the contrast of printouts
When you want to change the contrast of printouts
without changing the contrast of the video monitor,
compensate for the level of the input signal using the
IRE item in the SYSTEM SETUP menu.
Items to be used when adjusting the contrast
of printouts
The selected IRE is displayed in three digits.
When
Resetting to the standard adjustment
The printout is a little whitish.
The printout is whitish.
The printout is very whitish.
Notes
• Do not compensate for the input signal too much.
Doing so results in the whole of the printout becoming
dark.
• To have the adjustment result reflected in the printout,
you need to capture a new image.
Matching the Video Monitor Color
to the Printer Color
To match the color of the monitor image to that of the
printout, adjust the monitor and printer colors such that
the monitor color is the same as that of the printout.
The printer outputs either of two kinds of video signals
based on the printer settings.
• EE (E to E): Signals are output to the monitor after
being processed by the printer's circuitry.
• THRU (THROUGH): Signals are output to the
monitor as is.
IRE value (the
selected IRE is
displayed in 4
digits.)
10 t 100
11 t 110
12 t 120
13 t 130