• Adobe After Effects

  Inaccurate Render Colours

  Posted by Ray Lee on July 22, 2013 at 7:12 am

  I prep my Illustrator files for import to AE by saving in RGB Mode, and after I import them I change the AI footage interpretations to “Preserve RGB”. Colours appear as they should in AE but the resulting renders always come out different with dull, lossy colours.

  I’ve done a few searches that turned up a few solutions like changing the Project Settings/Output Module but none of these seem to work for me. Compressing the MOV with MPEG Streamclip gives it a slight boost in contrast but that’s about it.

  Ray Lee replied 13 years ago 47,565 Members · 1 Reply
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  Ray Lee

  July 22, 2013 at 8:01 am

  Something else that’s interesting is that if I bring the rendered MOV back into AE the colours look right again.

  FIXED:

  Okay, I found a fix for anyone having the same problem.

  Project Settings -> Working Space: “Apple RGB 1998”
  Render Queue -> Output Module -> Color Management -> Output Profile: “Apple RGB” (not “Working Space – Apple RGB 1998”)

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