• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Quicktime and black level

  Posted by Jeff Surgeon on January 16, 2006 at 5:27 pm

  We use black setup at 7.5. When have notice that when we output the FCP timeline to a quicktime movie, quicktime is adjusting the black level to
  zero, thus making everything dark in the quicktime. Is there a way to keep quicktime from adjusting our setup?

  Jeff

  Jerry Alto replied 20 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jerry Alto

  January 17, 2006 at 6:42 am

  Jack- I see where no one has responded yet so I’ll pass on some black level information that I have learned.

  7.5 Black level (setup) is a U.S. analog issue. FCP operates in the digital domain and works at 0 black level. Most U.S. consumer analog equipment (VHS, DVD, etc.) delivers video with a 7.5 black level. Quicktime is digital so it is a native
  0 black level. Now having said that there are issues playing Quicktime on a Mac and exporting them and playing them on a windows machine. Windows and Mac have different native Gamma levels and the what looks great on a Mac looks dark on a PC.

  But for more info on black levels check the following website:
  https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/video_levels_nattress.html

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  Jerry

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