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how do I work around color space issues between FCP and AE?
Hi
i have an entire show that i am doing green screen, actors and some props on a green bg. I edit the stuff, then i export to my AE guy, he keys it and gives me back a qt with alpha, and i key it over stuff….easy enough huh?
HOWever
when i get the stuff back from him, the colors wrong, not terribly, but enough to be annoying (and noticeable)
we shot everything DVCPROHD, I am exporting DVCPROHD clips to my animator, he works on a pc with AE 6.5, then gives them back to me as 32 bit Animations.
Obviously i am getting some kinda color space issues. How do i fix it? do i have to cc each animation file? IS there more info into this somewhere?
I DID search this forum using phrases like color space and color shift, but seemed to get a lot of unrelated topics (g raids?) My producer is breathing fire, so i need to know soon.
thanx for your help
bee eph
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4 Replies
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Hi Bob,
Sorry I’ve never have done blue screens with DVCProHD but two possible solutions:
– Export from AE with a YCbCr codec. Your animator can install in his PC the Blackmagic codec that are free and compatible.
– Export just the Alpha channel from AE and make the composition in FC.
Cheers,
Rafael -
Would working with image sequences (targas or tiffs) be a possible workaround to bypass this issue?
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Targas aTiffs are RGB, so better avoid it.
rafael -
As you said before, better to keep in the same color space. Why not Sheer 10b, YCbCr{A} 4.4.2{4}, or better 4.4.4{4}?
rafael
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