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color problem
I’m using AE CS4 on snow leopard and the color of the file in my preview window is different from the color of the same file when played using quicktime 10 and quicktime 7 pro. The clip in AE is more saturated and has more contrast. What is up?
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[Mitch Hardison] “I’m using AE CS4 on snow leopard and the color of the file in my preview window is different from the color of the same file when played using quicktime 10 and quicktime 7 pro. The clip in AE is more saturated and has more contrast. What is up?”
We’ll need more information to help. What formats are you using (both for footage and renders)? Are you using color management?
There are some important notes about using ProRes with After Effects CS4. Check out Todd Kopriva’s blog entries:
- ProRes 422 colors in After Effects (CS3-CS4)
- ProRes 4444 colors and gamma shift when working with AE and FCP (CS3-CS4)
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Could be wrong, but it sounds like gamma is the culprit.
https://aeportal.blogspot.com/2008/02/quicktime-gamma-stripper.html
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I think it is a gamma problem too. All my videos compressed with h264 are washed out looking. I am using a .mov straight off of my JVC 700U no color management. It just looks way different when previewed in AE and quicktime. Why does the same file look different
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I believe it’s just because different programs interpret gamma differently.
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thanks for the info and links. I’ll let you know how it turns out. I really appreciate it
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