Colorcasts on B&W 16mm, Media Encoder issue?

[Alec Eagon]

*UPDATE*

I kind of expressed this once before but I just ran another test and this is most definitely a problem with AME’s exporting engine. I dragged the full res .mov file, the one I’d typically put in AME to be converted, directly into Encore and ZERO colorcast whatsoever in the preview window, even on the final drain pipe scene. Looks great.

Gosh. I am still totally stumped…

Anyone thing I should try Compressor 4. Neglecting to do so as of now because of the 2.5 hour Mavericks upgrade I will also have to do…but I’d be willing to go through with it if anyone thinks it will help…

[Alec Eagon]

***SOLUTION***

Well it seems silly that I had to do this at all, but here is the workflow that finally seemed to solve the issue without adding an extra level of encoding…

Save self-contained .mov of my timeline in FCP6 > bring that back in FCP as a separate sequence and apply the “Desaturate” filter (Image Control > Desaturate) to the entire film > save as self-contained .mov again > convert in AME > master and burn to Blu-ray with Encore > Presto!!! NO COLORCASTS on B&W 16mm footage in Encore and no colorcasts from the file on the burned Blu-ray disc.

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I believe I stated it above, but in case I didn’t, adjusting the chroma and/or “desaturating” via FCP’s color corrector plugins did not work…even with the exact same workflow otherwise. I have no idea why, but if anyone ever runs into the same problem, this worked for me. Only took two weeks to do something that I guessed would take a day, maybe two. Geesh.

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Was directed this way going off of some suggestions from the guys over on the Adobe.com forums.

Thanks for all the help guys.

-Alec