FCP contrast and color way off after Snow Leopard install

[John Collucci]

Hi Adam,

I am in total agreement with you that the image should not look drastically different, however, Final Cut has to manage different types of color values and it’s possible there is a conversion happening.

Could you do me a fave, and troubleshoot this a little bit with us?

1) In finder, control-click your original file and select “open with” and choose Final Cut Pro.
Compare this opened file to the one already imported into the project or on the timeline.

2) Check your sequence settings. Is the codec the same as the source material? Encoders have different ways of handling luma levels, especially when dealing with YUV vs. RGB and so on.

Please report back with info.

[Adam Querns]

Hi John,

Thanks for chiming in. I did what you said and opened the file in the finder using Final Cut. Still looks the same. Also my sequence settings match. I’ve been editing on this machine for 4 years now and this only started as soon as I installed Snow Leopard.