• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  HDV Gamma shift problem

  Posted by David Chabashvili on June 16, 2009 at 6:03 pm

  I have HDV footage (from HV30) captured with Final Cut Pro (as per Apples instructions) that looks like this:

  

  When I import the footage for reverse telecine to Compressor, the Preview window shows the darker image like this:

  

  After I export it to ProRes and import to Final Cut Pro I get this kind of dark image as in Compressor:

  

  I guess the gamma shift starts in Compressor, but I can not find any settings there to change this.

  I tried Gamma Correction in Compressor’s settings for output but the final image might look like its gamma is correct but colors are slightly shifted and in the end it is a different image.

  Also somewhere I read that after exporting from FCP the image will return to its original gamma, but this does not happen either.

  I have searched Google and CC for the answer but could not find one. I might have missed the answer though, so I would really appreciate if you could point me to the right answer or the post where the answer might be.

  Any help will be appreciated!

  Thank you in advance.

  David Chabashvili replied 16 years, 11 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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