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Digital Cinema Desktop Preview, VERY DARK OUTPUT?!
Something is totaly wrong with the Digital Cinema Desktop Preview. I have two screens, One Standard Computer Screen (Samsung Syncmaster 214t), and one Samsung 46″ LCD TV. My plan was to use the 46″ for fullscreen output in AE.
BUT the output is so much darker than the picture on my computer screen that its useless. You can see the picture allright but its very anoiying. This isn´t the case in finder or in Final Cut so its not a simple color setting problem between the screens. In finder and FCP-output the color and lighness on both monitors looks just the same.
Does anyone know how to change the GAMMA value of the Video Preview/Digital Cinema Desktop Preview??
Is it possible? If not, anyone has an sollution to the problem.
(If you have two screens, have you experienced the same problem?)
(I´m running the latest everything….)
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Thanks Dave.
I read that document but there is no sullution how to make a different color profile for the “Digital Cinema Desktop” preview.So if I for instance use “HDTV (Rec.709)” as a color profile the problem is still there. The second monitor looks darker than my main monitor. (It doesnt look darker in FinalCut or osx Finder)
?Maybe its an After Effect bug?
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OK, I know that problem….
But, this time its different. I´m using a LCD 46″ HD flat screen, and not a TV-monitor. AND if I open a quicktime animation file in QUICKTIME and drag it to the LCD 46inch “monitor” the picture(luminance/gamma) looks exactly THE SAME. SO its something fishy with after effects and the Video preview/”Digital Cinema Desktop Preview”
If you somehow could adjust the gamma in AE for just the video output “Digital Cinema Desktop Preview” . But You cant!
So now I´m exporting from after effects, importing the clip in Final Cut. Then it looks right. 🙁
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I´ve solved the problem!!!
I´m working with Apple prores material and that seem to be the problem!! Other material looks just fine.
Hmm anyone know how to change the interpretation of the gamma in imported Prores quicktimes?
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never ending story…. didnt solve the problem…
I have two monitors connected to my Mac Pro, using the second one for full screen playback.
My test.
Creating a COLOR BAR FILE IN PHOTOSHOP. (with darkgrey and 100% black areas)1. OUTPUT THE COLOR BARS FROM AFTER EFFECTS
-/video preview/ Digital cinema desktop full preview
-Project settings/ 16 bits / color working space no
The dark grey looks very dark in the second monitor.2. OUTPUT the same COLOR BARS FROM FINAL CUT
– They look perfect3. OUTPUT COLOR BARS FROM QUICKTIME (Present movie in second monitor)
– They look perfectDoes anyone with two monitors like to do my little test to try if its just my setup??
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