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530 19. Creating Output for Television

While some professionals may feel strongly about even the slightest
amount of softening on their images, in practice, the viewer will usually
prefer the softening to the otherwise very annoying flickering.

Desaturation removes some of the saturation from your colors in the
images. On most all picture tube TVs the color was oversaturated because
of the deficiencies in the picture tube. Without using Desaturation, your
images might appear to be too vivid, making color distinctions difficult.
Colors such as bright reds and greens can easily become ‘blown out’
without some amount of Desaturation applied.

Even if you’re using a modern LCD, LED or plasma TV you may have this
problem, so you probably want to keep Desaturation enabled.

When applying Desaturation, you can specify how much desaturation you
want. The amount is specified as a percentage. A higher percentage will
retain more of the original color, while a lower percentage will remove
more color. The default amount of desaturation is 80%. This default was
selected because it gives the best balance of color on most televisions. You
may adjust this as needed, but keep in mind that other values may look
great on some TVs, and not-so-great on others.

Video Clip Quality controls the general rendering quality of any video files
that you have included in your show. This is similar to what the DVD Type
option does for your DVD video, but not as critical to the working of your
disc.
Leaving this option on Normal Quality will yield both high compatibility and
good visual results.