vMix Forums
»
General
»
General Discussion
»
White balance and Color settings in camera vs in vMix
Rank: Newbie
Groups: Registered
Joined: 12/12/2022(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: Texas
|
I'm using a PTZ camera and vMix. Both have options to make these adjustments.
Do you make those adjustments in the camera, in vMix or in both ?
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Groups: Registered
Joined: 11/19/2015(UTC) Posts: 30 Location: Netherlands Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)
|
I first make sure i have a fixed white balance in the various PTZ camera's in the project before messing with the whitebalance \ color optimizations in vMix. PTZ camera's can be limited in the color optimizations so vMix can help you to get various brands\types in line in your project.
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Groups: Registered
Joined: 7/1/2023(UTC) Posts: 16 Location: Bridgetown Thanks: 2 times
|
White balance on the camera is always the best way....but, sometimes a slight adjustment may be needed to balance colours to match other cameras.....then use vMix to do that...
|
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Groups: Registered
Joined: 10/31/2020(UTC) Posts: 144 Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 28 post(s)
|
Agree 100% with Joeboe69.
It's always best to get it right "in camera" whenever possible, for a variety of reasons.
Exposure and white balance adjustments are better done in camera because once it goes out the HDMI port from the camera to the computer, it's converted to 8-bit color, and making adjustments downstream won't be as high quality.
Some features of vMix work better with raw camera feeds, and not processed feeds. Instance replay and multirecording come to mind. Yes you can assign camera feeds to Outputs, and then use the Outputs as sources to instant replay and multirecording, but you have a limited number of Outputs. And multirecording isn't stable when recording from Outputs, in my experience.
The above also applies to framing and cropping. You can do it in vMix, but the above point of raw camera feeds vs Outputs also applies to changes made in the Position tab for inputs.
So, in short, do it in camera when possible. :)
|
|
|
|
vMix Forums
»
General
»
General Discussion
»
White balance and Color settings in camera vs in vMix
Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.
Important Information:
The vMix Forums uses cookies. By continuing to browse this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
More Details
Close