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Dec 31, 2004, 12:52 PM
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Re: [Mossy] Just have to share; our studio
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Be very, very careful about painting your studio area with any color that isn't very neutral, if you'll be looking at the contrast between screen and wall. There is a reason professional studios are never colorful.
Your eyes see contrast and sharpness more than they perceive color, and when you have a non-neutral color, or a color that you'll be seeing at 180 degrees opposite on a screen, you'll never be able to accurately perceive color nor accurate contrast of color on the computer or monitor screen. Your eyes can't adjust quickly enough to be accurate. Aside from this being a standard industry practice, and studio designers having special education and experience, you'll also find a lot of information on this subject in Jeff Cooper's book on studio design, Bryce Button touches on it in his Video Editing book, and Scott Billups also touches on it. Herbert Zettl also has a lot on this subject in his books.
I recently got an email from an editor who couldn't figure out why he was constantly correcting for color in his new PD 170, and wondered if he had a bad chip. He'd painted a wall in his studio bright green so that it could be a greenscreen. No problem at all, except that the reflection from the back wall was sufficient enough to cause him to miscalibrate his monitor, and also to be seeing too much magenta his finished images. This would be natural, as the opposite of key green is magenta.
One way to experience the downside to this, is stare at a color for a while, that is contrasted by another color. For example, stare at a picture hanged on a white wall. Then close your eyes, and you'll still see that contrast. Then look at your video monitor, and you'll notice it takes your eyes a moment or two to adjust.
Colorful rooms are great to work in, but they also generate problems, hence the reason for professional rooms being muted or neutral. And muted and neutral can be very comfortable. Our rooms not only need to be neutral for the above reasons, they also have to have sound considerations, so we've designed our A room to be entirely cedar on floated walls. Our B room is non-glossed oak paneling, and our C room is just plain ole' flat white with a touch of grey thrown into the paint. All are track lit/indirect or ceiling can/indirect lit. If you need to color correct at all, or if you worry about color accuracy, you'll want to consider this. On the other hand, if color and accuracy don't matter, paint the room to look like a Mexican bazaar.
Douglas Spotted Eagle
Author, producer, composer
www.vasst.com
"I enjoy music, long walks at sunset on the beach, and poking dead things with a sharp stick."
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(I kinda liked all that work area but the desk I build will utilize my L shaped office much better and will be solid oak. 
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