CompuServe Messages

Paul: Unless someone pulled my original uploads on the color bars the ones in the library were originally intended for use with the targa+ board. I also submitted a "NTSCCB.prj file that you could render. This file was produced with release 2.01 I believe. The output was checked with a vectorscope from the targa+ output. If you have a PAR, I believe it comes with some software testpatterns that have a set of bars75 and a set of SMPTE bars. Generally speaking you should always record your bars from a device that will also be outputting the program signal to be meaningful. In this case it would be your PAR. If you record BARS from a house test generator and then hook up a PAR device with a long feed line the colors just may be quite off (line length phase shift). IF you use the PAR to generate the bars you will see the problem and correct it at the recorder Proc amp/TBC prior to recording.