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    Gamma/contrast between diff apps??

    Posted by Theo on July 13, 2006 at 4:01 pm

    Hi

    I have a BVW grade 1 monitor attched to my decklink card in component.

    I also use combustion and photoshop.

    why is it that my output from Final Cut Pro differs to the output from Combustion and photoshop which match each other, so im assuming FCP’s gamma/contrast setup is wrong, it looks washed out, …..Please help me correct it.

    Thanks

    Theo

    Glenn Chan replied 19 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • John Pale

    July 13, 2006 at 4:04 pm

    FCP and most video apps use YUV color space…Photoshop and other graphic apps use RGB color space. This is probably what you are seeing.

  • Glenn Chan

    July 14, 2006 at 8:03 pm

    The following article has information from Apple on how FCP handles gamma:
    https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93794

    According to it, FCP tries to make the computer monitor gamma match that of a broadcast monitor.

    I think the colors are different between paused and playing.

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