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gamma issues between FCP and QT
I’ve been editing with my cinema displays calibrated to 2.2 to match that of TV and PCs for video. But, the problem is that FCP automatically puts a tag into movies when exported as .movs which adjusts the gamma to match to a PC’s display when viewed in QT. So the mov when opened with FCP looks right, but washed out when viewed in QT. Now, I can use the new option in QT “Enable Final Cut Studio color compatability”. But then the problem is that I can’t tell every client to upgrade to QT Pro and check that box before viewing movies. What I’d really like is for FCP on export to movs to offer a checkbox that keeps the gamma of the mov constant instead of bumping up the gamma (since I’m already viewing in 2.2 gamma space). Is there an easy way to do this?
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I heard my whole life that FC already change the Gamma on the canvas to 2.2 so you can see how will look in a PC or TV.
Rafael -
Hi,
I wish, they would finally turn this off. If I want to see TV-Colors, I’ll hook up a TV.
It ruins the whole workflow. And is getting worse in FCP 6 (Studio2)
regards.
Uwe Wiesemann -
Hey Brad.
I’ve got the exact same buging problem as you… but didn’t find any solution… how is it with you, since your posted, did you get an solution?
Greetings
Ben
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No, I haven’t found a solution to this that doesn’t involve some convoluted workflow. Apple should have a preference in the Preferences that gets setup when you install or setup your User profile; it could ask, “do you want to setup this profile to work with video or print?” – or maybe even a Spaces specific setting. Then just keep the video profile using 2.2 for everything without any special “fixes” applied to quicktime movies on export.
This issue became a problem once again for me today. I delivered .mov files (progressive DVCPRO) to a client. When he tried to view them he said they wouldn’t play. I told him to make sure to download the latest version of QT, or I said to save time he could change the .mov to .avi and view in WMP. Well, then I tested this and realized that the gamma of the .mov lost it’s “special help” with the gamma adjustments that were specific to the .mov wrapper. This is a real pita to deal with – I’m generally very happy with the workflow of Apple’s Pro apps, but this is one example of Apple letting consumer design infect the Pro workflow.
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“-filter pane of Inspector now includes Color tab for adjusting color space settings. Only available for H.264, Apple ProRes 422, Apple Intermediate Codec, and JPEG output formats. HOPEFULLY THIS FIXES THE GAMMA ISSUES!”
I just found this at hdforindies regarding a feature of the Compressor 3.0.2 update.
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