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color correction for dvd
i was wondering if anyone had any tips for color correcting footage that will be exported to compressor and eventually put on a dvd. all the colors look fine in FCP, and on my video monitor, not just my computer monitor. but when i export my sequences to compressor, all the colors get real dark, and in my opinion, a little too red/orange. i’ve tried to mess with the color corrector in FCP, but i have to go back and forth with compressor to see the results. and i am not able to see the results on my video monitor from compressor. i dont want to put my faith in how the colors look on my computer monitor. so like i said, i was wondering if anyone had any tips? anything you might have come across in your experiences?
thanks
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You might want to check your Gamma settings in Compressor. I find that my DVD’s match the FCP output on the Video monitor both on my computers and regular DVD players / tv’s.
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Are you going straight to Compressor from FCP? I was seeing a similar thing when I was using “Export to Compressor…” from FCP. Saving a Quicktime Reference movie to my desktop and dropping that file into the Compressor Application solved the issue for me.
If not, make sure your client monitor is set up for FCP color bars and then make an MPEG-2 with just bars. You can import an m2v file in Final Cut Pro and then apply a color correction so the bars match the ones you exported. That should really be a last resort though, hopefully you can find out where you are getting a color shift. What’s your workflow?
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yeah, i’ve been using the export to compressor. yesterday, i did experiment with exporting a small clip as a quicktime, and ran that thru compressor. and like your experience, i found that the colors looked better. my only problem with that is these dvds will be around 100 minutes long, and exporting my entire sequence as a quicktime would basically double my time. i guess i could split up the sequence into sections, render QTs of those and then compress them. but again, it seems like that would add to the time, and im already running behind.
basically, here’s what i’m doing. i’m putting together dvds for clients to play in their stores. these dvds will have music videos and ads. the music videos look fine, however, some of the ads have footage that was shot on betacam and those are the ones that compressor seems to make darker and too red/orange. they look great in FCP though. i’ve tried color correcting them a little, but it’s hard (i’m really new to all of this) to figure out how much to correct and then go back and forth from FCP and compressor.
thanks
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Export your file as a reference file, File/Export/QuickTime Movie (not Quick Time Conversion), and don’t select Make Self-Contained. The reference file is created pretty quickly. Use that reference file in Compressor.
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thanks ed, that looked great. except when i played the dvd, certain parts of the video “stuttered”. any thoughts or suggestions? thanks again.
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That may be due to the data rate you set. Keep it at a maximum of 6. That’s all I can think of without more info.
Ed
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