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color settings
I’m running AE and Photoshop CS4 on a quad-core intel xeon mac.
I have AE project settings with the Color settings at HDTV (Rec. 709) 16-235. I also have Photoshop set with the same color setting.
This is per client request.Why does my image look different in Photoshop and After Effects?
I am looking at it in a window in Photoshop and also in a comp window in After Effects, both on the SAME monitor at once, side by side. The levels are darker in the Photoshop window than in the AE window.
Why is this?To make matters worse, I exported a lossless frame from AE and opened it in Quicktime on the same monitor and that looks even MORE washed out than the AE file did.
I exported a Tiff frame and opened that in Photoshop on the same monitor. It looks the same as the AE comp window (lighter in levels than the original photoshop file).
Most of the AE users that I know are much more skilled than I am. However, none of them ever seem to have any answers when it comes to anything regarding color prefs.
Any good web pages or blogs out there that break it down easily? -
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There’s an overview of color management features here: “Color management and color profiles”
This paper does a good job of walking you step by step through color management with After Effects and Photoshop: “Color management workflow in After Effects CS4”
If you’re not using color management, then you’re rolling the dice wit your colors.
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The white paper thing was great. Just what I was looking for.
Thanks so much!I also figured out what I was doing wrong. I had worked on the images in Photoshop BEFORE I’d changed my color settings to HDTV. I had saved them with no embedded color profile. I was under the impression that they would change to the HDTV color profile when I reopened them in Photoshop with the new working color space. I didn’t realize they were NOT converting since they had no embedded color profile and that I had to resave them WITH the HDTV color profile embedded. Now in the Photoshop window and the AE Comp window, the image looks the same.
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