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Gamma issues in export with HVX200 footage from FCP
We have edited a short with HVX200 footage and upon exporting find that there is a gamma problem with the output file. I haven’t found a forum that addresses this specifically and have a hunch that it has something to do with the compressor setting in the sequence settings. Any ideas?
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Output to what? QT? looking at the QT on the computer monitor? There is a gamma shift when you do that unless you choose FCP color compatibility in the QT preferences.
Shane
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yeah, exporting to quicktime movie with current settings. i’ve tried the fcp compatability and it washed the video out even further. i dont have a monitor, just an imac.
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Then you aren’t seeing what your footage really looks like. The computer monitor is the last possibly way to judge.
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Along the lines of this subject, we have shorts shot with the HVX200, and their final destination is web (a multitude of unknown PC screens around the world) with Quicktime Player playback.
We color correct in FCS using our Apple Cinema Display monitor, then make our H.264 with Quicktime Pro or Compressor and check playback on various monitors.
So should our Quicktime settings be switched to FCP Color Compatibility? Does that take us nearer or farther away from what the world will see over the web?
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[William Carr] “So should our Quicktime settings be switched to FCP Color Compatibility? Does that take us nearer or farther away from what the world will see over the web?”
What people see on the web is as varied as what they see on TV. No two computer monitors will show the same color. All you can do is make it look the best you can on your monitor. The colors will be washed out on some monitors and not others. Nothing you can do to make sure that everyone can see it the way you intended. just make it look the best you can on your monitor. That’s all you can do.
Shane
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Thanks for putting that to rest, we’ll keep up the practice of watching on an eclectic mix of screens to make an overall judgment (a guess, really!).
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well, i burned a dvd and it still has the exact same gamma problems that my computer monitor is displaying. what i’m seeing after rendering the real time video does not match what is output and what i see when i render full. this seems like an easy fix, i just have no idea what to change. i understand that the computer monitor isn’t showing me exactly how my footage will appear. i think it has to do with the compressor setting in my sequence. i have hvx footage shot at 720 24p in a timeline set to 960×720 16:9 with DVCPRO HD 720p60 compressor. my video processing is set to always render RGB. if that helps?
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Well, OF COURSE the TV is going to look different than your computer monitor. If you want to know what your footage will look like on a TV before you make a DVD, then you need to send the signal to a TV or monitor. For that you need a capture card.
Shane
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