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Export as H.264 – Why the Different Quality?
I know this is old news, but I still never found a good answer. Everytime I export as with H.264, my video always looks Brighter, washed-out, and the colors are sometimes misinterpreted. When you watch it on a PC it’s even worse (which I’m aware of the gamma issues between PC and MAC), but that’s no excuse for a MAC to make it look bad as well.
So, what was the solution to this?
I made a filter in FCP (oversaturate and darken) that will be applied to the Final video (in a new Sequence). This is kind of a work around I found, but it’s not accurate. You could also use QT Pro’s Filter, which are clunky and not very helpful.Are any of these workflows useful? or am I doing something wrong?
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Did you set the QT player in “High quality”?
rafael -
Yes, I set that when I first installed QT Pro. For some strange reason, it’s off by default? That’s silly, it should always be on…
I often thought it might be the player as well… There is a difference if I open a RAW clip in FCP vs QT Player. Maybe QT just sucks and that’s why it’s free or $30 for Pro (or however much it is).
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HI Kaypatch,
Although you got in the QT prefferences “Use High-quality setting when available” this doesn’t work.
You must open the movie, them Com-J> Video Track>Visual Setting> High Quality.
Them you can save the set for that movie.
Cheers,
rafael
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