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How to fix FCP viewer different from quicktime original footage?
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The images in the picture are from the same source footage, top being FCP viewer and bottom being Quicktime vid clip.
I took the clip on my desktop and opened it up, then I imported that same clip in to FCP. As you can see the FCP image is displayed much darker. Which brings up the problem of how can I make any adjustments with any certainty if the images I’m adjusting or playing with are not how they are or how they will export out to be?
I had a friend suggest I calibrate my monitor (which I did using Sypder) – however even if I made my monitor colors green, the images displayed above would still be different shades of green. This makes it an FCP problem and not a hardware problem.
I made the suggested adjustment in FCP settings from Accurate to Approx without much of a change.
I look forward to reading any suggestions or workarounds as I am at a complete standstill on how to proceed with my work.
Thanks in advance
Rob Lambert
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2 Replies
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Confucious say “When FCP starts acting weird the first thing to do is trash the preference files.”
There’s a free program at Digital Rebellion that will to this task for you called Preference Manager. You can find it at the link below.
https://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
Try the program and see if this solves the colour issue.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
Thanks Don! I’m going to try this – does this reset the software in some way?
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