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DVCPRO50 FROM FCP TO AE AND BACK
We have two systems on G5 2.7s with OS 10.4.10 QT 7.1.3 and the Aurora Pipe Pro for our I/O. Used to be we could export to DVCPro50 (export wth current settings) to a self-contained clip. Then we could use it in AE and render out to another DVCPro50 clip and it wuld match…but after the 6.0 Studio upgrade (including 6.0.1) no matter what we do, the clip always gets way darker….way darker. It is more than a gamma correction…I believe there is even a slight red shift.
Same issue if we exp0ort an animation codec to AE or if we render to animation….always gets darker.
I wonder if it is the Pipe card driver or some setting in FCP or AE we are missing. We are using CS3 AE BTW.
Anyone with similar issues?
Rich Rubasch
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In AE go to File-Project Settings. In there you will see the Color Management settings. Be sure to set the Color Settins Working space to SMPTE-C. We also checked the Match Legacy Gamma box.
Now, on your imported footage clips select one and hit Command-F. In the Color Management tab make sure you have the Profile set to SMPTE-C and we also checked the On for 32 bpc.
Problem solved. We get an exact match on rendered footage when we render directly to DVCPro50. Now we export DVCPro50 and render to it with exact color match. My guess is this workflow will work also on DVCProHD footage as well.
Give it a try and let us know if it works for you too!
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media -
Also, the Color Management setting can be set as part of an output module, instead of setting it Project wide. Open your DVCPro50 output module and click the Color Management tab. Do the same things as above, set the color Profile to SMPTE-C and Linear Light. Then anytime you render to that codec using that output module you will get the correct gamma etc.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media -
I had to deal with this recently. Thanks for mapping out the steps. I didn’t remember what it was I did to solve it.
BTW, I don’t use DV50. So this probably applies to any YUV codec.
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I wonder if that would fix the shifting when using ProRes through an FCP>AE>FCP roundtrip.
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You know, it could be a fluke, but I just had this problem and ended up turning off advanced 3d render and the gamma shift did not happen.
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