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Compressor 3.5 black letterbox not black but grey
Hey folks,
Thought I saw this in the flurry of FCS3 posts, but if I did I deleted it…
Using compressor (v3.5) to downconvert HD proes422 HQ 23.98 to SD MPEG IMX 525/60 letterboxed. (IMX is the codec my editors need to save render time.) I have the LB color set to 0,0,0 rgb.
Open in FC 7 and the letterbox area appears gamma shifted up, about 20 units. Thought it might relate to the new gamma 2.20, but I can’t change the gamma setting in FCP with this codec, and I can’t find a gamma setting preference in Compressor. I tried Prores 422 and got the same results.
Anyone deal with this? I can have them re-letterbox, but I’d like to solve the issue if I can.
And again, if I missed this and am reposting, I apologize. I’ll keep looking.
Thanks,
DWork system: FCS3, OSX 10.5.8 QT 7.6.2
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3 Replies
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[Dan Monro] “and I can’t find a gamma setting preference in Compressor.”
Compressor have an Gamma filter.
Use the preview window to adjust it.
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Thanks Rafael, but if you’re talking about the gamma Correction in the filters tab, that affects the video itself. The video looks great – correct – in FCP. It’s just the letterbox black level thats too high. Its almost as if I went in and changed the color of the letterbox to a 20% grey…
Dan Monro
FCP, Avid, AfterFX, Atlanta
MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB ram
Mac OS X 10.5.7
GeForce 8600M GT Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 Quicktime 7.6 -
I wish it would not do that.
oddly I’ve seen it do that to a batch of clips but not all of them
even though they were all anamorphic. some got proper black bars.
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