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Help! Color Correction Shift on Final Render
I’m working in a project that was shot on a stage with low key lighting, with a dark background. I’ve used the 3-Way Color Corrector to bring my blacks up just a bit and lower my highlights a bit to give a little more detail. Everything looks great in preview (Green) until I do a final Render All (Grey). The results of the render are that the blacks raise up considerably and I loose a ton of detail i, almost as if the Pedestal was raised — but at the same time, I loose detail. Its like a fog filter or diffusion was put over the picture. Shouldn’t the final cc give me what I saw in the preview cc?
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When you use a color corrector, you really can’t judge things from the Canvas… better to judge it externally on a properly set up video monitor… When I do this, the render looks exactly like what I calibrated the video to on that monitor…
The Canvas will only show you a proxy of what you’re really doing, and shouldn’t be trusted. If you set it to be 100% size, it might help, but the external monitor never lies..
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Thanks for getting back to me Jerry.. I’m using a Sony 1354Q monitor in my system. Here’s an update to my problem: I hooked up my e-Sata media drive to my Macbook Pro and opened the project, and tried rendering. The problem disappeared. I’m theorizing that the problem is with FCP itself since the program has been crashing, even when I throw out the preferences. This would also explain why my dissolves were exhibiting the problem when I rendered them (I asked this question about a week ago, no one came up with a solution).
What do you think? Should I uninstall FCP and reinstall from my discs? Also, can I upgrade FCP and Quicktime in the middle of a project?
A.James
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Thanks for getting back to me Jerry.. I’m using a Sony 1354Q monitor in my system. Here’s an update to my problem: I hooked up my e-Sata media drive to my Macbook Pro and opened the project, and tried rendering. The problem disappeared. I’m theorizing that the problem is with FCP itself since the program has been crashing, even when I throw out the preferences. This would also explain why my dissolves were exhibiting the problem when I rendered them (I asked this question about a week ago, no one came up with a solution).
What do you think? Should I uninstall FCP and reinstall from my discs? Also, can I upgrade FCP and Quicktime in the middle of a project?
A.James
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What were you rendering to before? a FW drive or internal or?
Don’t think you should reinstall just yet.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Hi,
Were you able to solve this? I am experiencing this same issue on a Mac Pro running OS 10.5.6 and FCP 6.0.5, with DVCPro HD 1080i60 footage. I am under a tight deadline for broadcast delivery and am pulling my hair out!
Thanks,
Graham.
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