FCP to AE to FCP ;-)

[Bill Nelson]

Alright…coming from DigiBeta with upper field first that could be the reason…thank you guys.

I’m gonna test it soon.

Jeremy: Am I right that all AJA 8 Bit and 10 Bit Codecs are legacy codecs that I should avoid?

[Bill Nelson]

Cool. That tip solved my problem. Forgot to take care of the fields…

Thank you!

[Bill Nelson]

Launch AE. TUrn off all color management and uncheck the ‘Use Legacy QT …”.

When I do so I get the gamma shift on my screen and on the waveform monitor.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bill Nelson] “Jeremy: Am I right that all AJA 8 Bit and 10 Bit Codecs are legacy codecs that I should avoid?”

They are legacy codecs, yes. They served a purpose before Apple changed their Uncompressed codecs to fit HD specs. It’s up to you. I don’t use v210 and I remove it from my QT library to get rid of the gamma shifts from AE. Seems to work a treat. I don’t know if this is an AE or AJA problem, I just know it works.

Also, concerning your fields, if you didn’t render the proper field order, you can set the field order in FCP and it should look better. For instance, that No fields movie you rendered, change the ‘Field Dom’ in FCP to Upper and the blurriness should go away. Now, that motion might not match as you render a progressive movie, essentially, but it will at least get rid of the blurriness. For a proper interlaced render, you should render Upper FIeld first for PAL SD.

Jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

I’m sorry, what version of AE are you using and what kind of computer?

Did you remove the codec I told you about BEFORE launching After Effects?

[Bill Nelson]

Hm, removed the codec but still get the shift.

[Bill Nelson]

I closed AE and FCP, removed the codec and started the apps again. Do I have to restart the Mac?

I’m using AE CS4 on a quad core mac with OS 10.5.6

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bill Nelson] “I closed AE and FCP, removed the codec and started the apps again. Do I have to restart the Mac?”

No, but you have done this correctly.

[Bill Nelson] “I’m using AE CS4 on a quad core mac with OS 10.5.6”

Perfect.

Okay, so NOW you should start AE, turn off the use legacy and color management, and render. Your footage should now match your source.

Jeremy

[Bill Nelson]

Perfect.

Okay, so NOW you should start AE, turn off the use legacy and color management, and render. Your footage should now match your source.

Jeremy

The render works fine. No gamma shift. But within the AE application I see the gamma shift when I DON’T check the “legacy” option.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bill Nelson] “The render works fine. No gamma shift. But within the AE application I see the gamma shift when I DON’T check the “legacy” option. “

I fail to see the problem? **EDIT Sorry that last one sounded weird. What you are seeing is correct. When you uncheck the legacy option, the gamma is no longer shifted with AJA codec out of the Library.