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Correct color settings for HD workflow
Hi,
this is the first time i’ve used color settings in after effects. I’ve read up on it, but i just wanted to check i’m doing the right thing.
So the final delivery will be HD.
I’ve set my color space in after effects to Adobe RGB (1998) because i always thought this was the best color space to work in, with the widest array of colors.
The I’ve turned on ‘Use display color management’ in the view options, and left it on “No Output simulation’.
I’ve read elsewhere that I should be using ‘HDTV’ as my color profile, but when i do this I can’t ram preview realitime. When I ram preview In the info palette is says in red ‘project color working space is on’. Does anyone else get this?
With HDTV as my color profile and ‘No Output Simulation’ selected I get an average of 4 frames a second, and with output simulation set to ‘HDTV’ i get about 18 frames per second. Why would this make a difference? Surely they are both the same. But either way i’m not getting realitime playback, which is what i need.
Is my computer not fast enough? If i scale it down the SD then it runs realtime. Seems silly to be only be able to see the colors in HDTV without realtime playback.
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I’ve done probably 30 HD productions and have never messed with AE’s working space. I use a Spyder3 to calibrate my computer monitor, so the monitor uses that custom profile but within AE I always have the working space set to none. Maybe I’ve been doing it wrong but I’ve never had any color issues.
For the record, I am using a Blackmagic card/broadcast monitor/scope so I know the color has been accurate working this way on these particular productions, which mostly used DVCPROHD from medium-to-high end cameras like the HVX200. Things may be different depending on the source of your footage, output requirements etc.
Brendan Coots
Splitvision Digital
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Thanks for the info,
anyone else use color profiles? -
can anyone help me with this, still a year on i’m none the wiser.
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