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  • Color shift Nightmare!!

    Posted by Vinnie Urgo on September 9, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    Been spending the day looking into compression settings for fcp7 to MP4. During this process I’ve noticed significant color shift between applications, formats, etc.

    I’ve attached a screen shot showing the differences.

    Left=QT FCP Export
    Center Left=Mp4 Export thru Mpeg Streamclip
    Center Right=Brand Standards Guide (What the color is supposed to be)
    Right=FCP Canvas

    All these are off the same original file made in Photoshop Using R0, G84, B103 What the DARN!

    Thanks in advance.

    Stephen De vere replied 11 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Vinnie Urgo

    September 10, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    So its pretty close in all exports…not sure if there is a setting I’m missing but when I export to MP4 it turns colors completely…

    Mainly the issue is marketing want it the same color. I explained to them the difference in colors in computer variations and they kind of understand that. I am just being driven nuts by the fact that it’s a different color per application and format on the SAME SCREEN!!… Hoping there is something I can do to prevent that..

    Thanks again

    Vinnie Urgo
    Photo and Video Professional
    vincenturgo@gmail.com

  • Pit Craft

    September 10, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    I think i have similar problem :-/

    Screen:
    https://smoothray.com/uoa/fcpx_color_shift_problem.jpg

  • Stephen De vere

    September 12, 2014 at 9:29 am

    There are no standards in place so each player has it’s own implementation.

    As a side note re. making mp4… don’t use Compressor v3 that comes with FCP7 – it’s out of date compared to Compressor v4 and onwards – the free Handbrake app is 64-bit and up-to-date.

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