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color space confusion
Hi,
I have just got my nice new Lacie monitor and my Eye one display 2 calibrator hardware.So.. I have calibrated my monitor to gamma 2.2, 6500 degrees kelvin white point, and so on as recommended.
So now I am working in After Effects on a project and I want to be able to see in my comp window an accurate representation of what end users will be seeing in their web browser (sRGB color space) or their SDTV television set.
I know that I am able to do this and have full control, but I am little confused… Here’s why.
-In Bridge I can go to Edit/Creative Suite Color Settings, where I have many options (I choose Monitor RGB)
-In After effects ‘project settings’ I can select a ‘working color space’ (I choose my .ICC profile that my calibration hardware created)
-In After effects/View I choose ‘Use display color management’ and select, for example, SDTV PAL.
Is this correct? I am confused as to what the ‘Creative Suite Color Settings’ in bridge does. And what should I set my ‘project working color space’ to in AE, the .ICC profile I created??
I’m a bit confused over how all these settings interact with each other.
Hope there are some answers out there.
RegardsJohn
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5 Replies
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-In After effects ‘project settings’ I can select a ‘working color space’ (I choose my .ICC profile that my calibration hardware created)
AE will interpret all of your imported media to this color space. It’s the range or gamut for your output.
-In After effects/View I choose ‘Use display color management’ and select, for example, SDTV PAL.
This is to simulate your output, based on your color management options. This is for preview.
When you render out your project you can actually select a profile form the Color Management tab, in the “Output Module” window.
I’m not sure how the Bridge option could affect After Effects.
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Anyway, you shouldn’t be very worried about video for internet. Just use standard RGB color space.
But watch out for the right gamut. A Mac monitor actually looks brighter than a pc monitor. Take that in consideration if you are on a Mac.
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Thanks for the info.. I am slowly getting my head around how all this stuff works..
So I’m setting my working color space to my intended output, say SDTV. And then if I want to see what it will look like through say, HDTV, I can use the simulate output option. And when I render I choose my output color space so that the colors are transformed to look correct when viewed on the end user’s device.. OK!Thanks all
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[Fernando Mol] “But watch out for the right gamut. A Mac monitor actually looks brighter than a pc monitor. Take that in consideration if you are on a Mac.”
This is a gamma difference not a gamut difference 🙂
Anyway, you want to use a Project Working space that makes sense for your project. If you are producing for Web and TV then I would suggest HDTV (Rec. 709) for your working space. You can then preview the way your composition will look in Windows RGB, Macintosh RGB and HDTV using the Simulate Output menu. Note that these previews are based on assumed standards, so it is not a guarantee that your project will look the same on every Windows or Mac computer, or even look the way it does when you simulate output 🙂
Darby Edelen
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You’re right about the gamma. I guess my English still need to be “calibrated” LOL.
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