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The Offset Podcast EP024: Calibration

The Offset Podcast EP024: CalibrationThe Offset Podcast EP024: Calibration

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We hope you had a great holiday season! The Offset Podcast is back for Season 2. We publish an episode every two weeks, and for Season 2 (2025), we’re excited to discuss a wide range of exciting topics.  

In this episode, we explore a subject that should be important to everyone who cares about image quality and accuracy—calibration. While this episode is not encyclopedic, it should give you a high-level overview of modern calibration.

Topics covered in this episode include:

  • The importance of calibration & why calibration = the truth
  • Using color bars to set a monitor baseline isn’t calibration 
  • How standards guide calibration
  • Calibration and monitor perfection is unattainable - the goal is to eliminate visual deviations from reference as much as possible. 
  • Understanding the parts of a closed-loop calibration system
  • Colorimeters
  • Spectroradiometers
  • Creating display-specific offset matrices for a colorimeter with a spectroradiometer 
  • Pattern generators
  • Pattern/Patch size and understanding the basics of loading behavior
  • Calibration software 
  • Direct device control within calibration software
  • Meter placement 
  • Challenges of calibrating projectors vs. direct-view monitors
  • Understanding what calibration can’t do & recalibration considerations 
  • Is auto calibration any good?
  • Hiring a professional calibrator 

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Creators & Guests

Host
Joey D'Anna
Joey is lead colorist and CTO of DC Color. When he’s not in the color suite you’ll usually find him with a wrench in hand working on one of his classic cars or bikes
Host
Robbie Carman
Robbie is the managing colorist and CEO of DC Color. A guitar aficionado who’s never met a piece of gear he didn’t like.
Editor
Stella Yrigoyen
Stella Yrigoyen is an Austin, TX-based video editor specializing in documentary filmmaking. With a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film from UT Austin and over 7 years of editing experience, Stella possesses an in-depth understanding of the post-production pipeline. In the past year, she worked on Austin PBS series like 'Taco Mafia' and 'Chasing the Tide,' served as a Production Assistant on 'Austin City Limits,' and contributed to various post-production roles on other creatively and technically demanding projects.

What is The Offset Podcast?

The Offset Podcast is a semi-monthly (twice a month) podcast hosted by postproduction industry stalwarts Robbie Carman & Joey D’Anna - we’re professional colorists, educators, and polymaths in video postproduction and color. We’ve been told our detailed, informative, and easy-to-follow explanations of even the most technical subjects have helped people at all levels to improve their workflows, tackle their technical/creative problems, and even improve their approaches to business & client communication.

Geared towards postproduction industry professionals each episode feels like catching up with valued peers and is the perfect length for the average commute, lunch break, or to keep you company while you work.