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HDV Color Headache ! Problems Between Qucktime and FCP
Hello
I have been working on a documentary shooting with a Canon VIXIA HV-30 HDV camera (shoots on tape). recently I noticed that the footage that I imported into FCP6 is significantly darker then when I open the same clip in quicktime. The Camera records in 1440×1080 HDV 1080i60. When I open it with “get info” in QT it tells me that it is a MPEG-2 and that the color profile is HD (1-1-1). To test this I exported a piece of the Darker video out of Final Cut Pro and when I opened it in Quicktime it was the proper exposure! Then I opened it in After Effects (CS3) and it was dark again! this is driving me insane. In both programs I have been using the HDV 1080i60 profile. IN FCP I’ve been very careful to make sure that my sequence settings and Clip settings match totally.
I’m running snow leopard on my Mac.
What is going on?
best
jjr -
7 Replies
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Are you viewing on a broadcast monitor connected to a broadcast video card? Or are you looking at the image in FCP’s canvas on a computer monitor connected to a computer display card?
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QT and FCP and AE don’t show you the accurate image…not on a computer display. Never have. This is why PROPER monitoring is always recommended. Proper monitoring is an HD capture card or output device connected to an HDTV or HD Production Monitor. Without those, you are just stabbing in the dark.
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I’ve viewed the DV footage with a broadcast monitor. It looks different coming out of final cut pro and the camera. I don’t this this is a monitor issue. Also even when viewing it with just a computer monitor I have never experienced such discrepancy between FCP and the footage that I am importing.
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Yes I’ve tried it on a pro monitor and it looks different between camera and FCP.
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Well, which is it? HDV or DV? If you’re viewing HDV output on a DV monitor, of course it’s going to look different, since DV has a different color space than HD.
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it looks different both on a dv monitor and in the computer, VERY different. Several stops under exposed between quicktime and FCP. I really don’t believe this is a monitor issue. I have shot a lot with this camera and never had a problem with a discrepancy in picture between camera / quicktime / FCP. I did just recently upgrade the mac OS to the most current version snow leopard ( was running it already but the had an update). SO could it be something that this new OS up grade changed in the way FCP and Quicktime understand and display the video information?
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jjr -
Bottom line: If you’re not looking at your output on an HD broadcast monitor connected to an HD broadcast card, then you’re never going to know what you really have.
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