export problem

[Pepijn Klijs]

I am having a very strange problem.

I am working on a project in FCP and Color, all canon footage converted to pro res 422. Everything is running smooth untill I want to export to quicktime. When reviewing the quicktime on my desktop with quicktime player 7.XXX I immediately notice a big change in the contrast and saturation. To show you more clearily what I mean I included an image grab from my screen with both the fcp canvas window and a exported still visible.

Do you know what could cause this big difference? One of the things I tested was importing the quicktime movie I exported back into FCP. Result: NO CHANGE in saturation and contrast at all! But my clients will be watching this on Vimeo etc and not next to me in the edit room so I still have a problem since the export doesn’t look the same in quicktime player.

Any clues?

Avid/FCP Editor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.pepijnklijs.nl

[Jerry Alto]

Pepijn- Sounds like you might have a gamma correction issue between FCP and quicktime. Launch FCP, go the help menu and search gamma. Also check Vimeo’s suggestions on gamma.

HTH,
Jerry

MacPro 2.93 Quad
FCP7
Sony Z-1
GV-HD700

[Richard Keating]

This “Gamma Shift” issue with Quicktime is a common problem. Do a search for “gamma shift and quicktime” and you’ll see lots of discussion on the topic. I came across a tutorial on how to fix this a while back which I didn’t try but may be worth looking at:

https://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2008/06/fix-quicktime-gamma-shift/

Richard Keating
Editor, Co-Creator of ScreenLight
“Centralized Video Project Collaboration”
http://www.screenlight.tv
Blog: blog.screenlight.tv

[Pepijn Klijs]

Thanks for your reply!

On vimeo.com their is no help available on gamma issues.

Yes, searching for ‘gamma’ in the FCP help menu gives a lot of hits, but maybe a bit too much cause I can’t find my problem there.

Avid/FCP Editor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.pepijnklijs.nl

[Pepijn Klijs]

It’s strange. Most the people talk about washed out contrast, while my problem is the opposite, my exports have too much contrast and too much saturation.

I tried it, but it didn’t work.

Thanks for your reply anyway!

Avid/FCP Editor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.pepijnklijs.nl