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Avid exporting too dark
I am working in an Avid HD 23.97 project with a source Quicktime in ProRes codec. When i imported and cut everything looks fine but whenever i try and export or output the cut it is way darker than i am seeing in my computer or client monitor.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
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How are you determining it is darker? What are you monitoring on?
You need to have a thorough understanding of RGB values vs. 601.
You can export either one out of Avid, and they make a big difference.
Terence Curren
http://www.alphadogs.tv
http://www.digitalservicestation.com
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I am determining it is too dark by looking at the quicktime versus what i see in the avid (on the same monitor) I am fairly certain it was imported at 601 by our assistants. We have tried exporting and outputing at 601 and RGB and see no difference. The picture is still way darker than in the avid. Also when i output to tape and check it through a waveform monitor i can see the black levels drop way below 7.5 IRE. This isn’t as big a deal because we can adjust it easily on an anolog output but i can’t figure out a way other than putting a color effect on it in avid to make the quicktimes come out brighter.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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[Joe Kaczorowski] “I am fairly certain it was imported at 601 by our assistants”
FCP works in RGB. You need to import with RGB settings.
Terence Curren
http://www.alphadogs.tv
http://www.digitalservicestation.com
Burbank,Ca
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