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Exporting correct sequence settings
Hey guys,
Coming to you guys because you always know whats going on, I don’t.
So here’s my issue. I’ve shot a short film on a Canon t2i using zeiss lenses and great lighting. Looks incredible… till I export to QT. The colors are suddenly very saturated. My whites are red and my reds look pasty.
My Sequence Settings:
Frame Size: 1920 x 1080 HDTV 1080i (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Apple Prores 422 (HQ)
100% qualityI export to a quicktime movie and keep the settings to CURRANT.
So why the sudden change in image? How do I keep what I see in my FCP canvas?
Thanks Guys!
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13 Replies
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View it on an external monitor, don’t worry about what QT does with it.
Burn it to a Bluray and play it in your living room. How does it look?Chris Tompkins
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Alright will do. Do you have any idea why QT would do this anyways?
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I of course want to post my film online and I dont want it to look the way QT is making it look.
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Quicktime -> Preferences
Check “Enable Final Cut Studio color compatibility” -
You’re my hero! Looks great now. The playback is a bit choppy (it was before) Do you think that could just be my computer?
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Without system settings it’s hard to tell. ProRes HQ is overkill for HDSLR footage. You can try ProRes422 and see if it makes a performance difference.
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So the prores HQ doesn’t effect the quality of the footage?
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The story is anything shot on HDSLR isn’t going to benefit from ProRes HQ. By selecting HQ you’re unnecessarily taxing your system. Plain ProRes422 could fix your choppy playback issues by virtue of having a lower bitrate.
As for exporting H.264, that completely depends on what you’re doing with the file. If it’s destined for the internet that would be a good practice.
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Alright thanks so much Jeff. Honestly I dont know how to export this thing correctly. I need a copy to be as clear as it possibly can be on DVD (festival submissions). No matter how I export nothing looks as good and clear as the stuff I see in FCP. Any ideas on what I should do? It’d really mean the world to me.
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I think your main problem is you’re trusting the FCP canvas. Don’t. Computer monitors and TVs use different colour spaces. What you see on a computer monitor will not be what you see on a TV.
Your options are get an interface and a colour calibrated monitor or to rent an edit suite with an interface and a colour calibrated monitor. You could also burn a BluRay or DVD and check it out in your living room with the understanding that your monitor is not a calibrated monitor.
As for burning a DVD, check out this Shane Ross’ Stock Answer #42 featuring David Roth Weiss’ Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD here:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/fcp_faq3.php
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