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Import into avid colors wrong
Hi chaps … I have sent a client a quicktime render from AE on a DVD (Animation codec 1024×576 PAL) and he says when he imports it into his Avid the colours are all wrong – he recalls that when I sent him a project some months ago and included an ‘Anamorphic’ version of the render (ie squished to 4×3) he reckons the 4×3 was OK but the 12×9 was rubbish colour-wise … anyone any ideas please / Regards Roger (I can, of course rerender at 4×3 but wondered if there was anything he could do at the import to Avid end)
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give him all the specs of your render… include the color space (most likely rgb 0-255), frame size, pixel aspect ratio, field order (or progressive) and if it has an alpha channel. all those need to be set on import into avid.
another option is to render to an avid codec…. i haven’t dealt with hd for avid, but in sd, the avid meridien 1:1 codec would automatically include all that file data, so it made importing it brainless on the edit side.
that codec is sd only, but avid has dnxhd for hd. i assume that dnxhd would keep the same data. it is a lossy codec, but it is a very good one (has better specs than apple’s prores). it also supports alpha. it s free download from avid, just do a search on their site for codecs or dnxhd. you’ll render a quicktime, but choose dnxhd as the codec and set the specs.
i would consider at least including a dnxhd file the next time you send him your renders.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
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Jeez Kevin, thanks so much for your comprehensive reply, I’ll have a look at all that, I was at a loss to offer him any advice and he’s the sort that won’t bother digging around himself … good of you to take the time and have a good weekend Roger
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