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| author | Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> | 2025-05-26 17:46:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> | 2025-05-26 17:47:11 +0200 |
| commit | 6449a8ddab101e2ae8b297ac5cfd1b12e166a06a (patch) | |
| tree | 1735c827cb2557c715f3f6a8072b68b168b4003c | |
| parent | 9bb7dcd44930f1786b91f1f8e1534973a947b12b (diff) | |
Document video range option in manual (#3044).
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index 82e5d6a3f..7ff5d2ea9 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ and DCP-o-matic will pick up the appropriate frames from each. <title>Colour conversion</title> <para> -The <guilabel>Colour conversion</guilabel> setting specifies what +The <guilabel>Colour</guilabel> setting specifies what colour transforms and gamma correction DCP-o-matic will use when converting the selected content into the XYZ colourspace for the DCP. </para> @@ -995,6 +995,20 @@ detail in a separate document <ulink url="https://dcpomatic.com/manual/colour.pdf">colour.pdf</ulink>. </para> +<para> +The <guilabel>Range</guilabel> should be set to the range of values +used by your content. If your content specifies its colours using the full +range of possible values (for example, for 8-bit RGB if black is at 0 and +white is at 255) specify <guilabel>Full (JPEG, 0-255)</guilabel>. If your +content uses the limited range (for example, 16 for Y as black and 235 for +Y as white) you should specify <guilabel>Video (MPEG, 16-235)</guilabel>. +</para> + +<para> +In most cases DCP-o-matic will guess the correct <guilabel>Range</guilabel> +setting from your content, so you should not usually need to adjust it. +</para> + </section> <!-- ============================================================== --> |