MAC / CS3 / DVCPRO-HD color shifting

[Scott Robert]

Cmd +9 opens the brush palette. Don’t see any gamma adjustments here.

I’ve been trying to tackle this since this post started. I’ve upgraded to CS4 and the problem is STILL HERE!
Just a month or 2 ago, I fixed it by changing the the checkbox on the legacy and changing the 8 bit to 16 and back. Some where along the line, the gamma shift was fixed but it would happen during a render.
I would add to render que, start render, and the first few seconds as I watch it render, the video would change to the correct gamma and back to the gamma shift before render completes. I ended up with a video with a gamma shift halfway through. After trying several codecs and it went away. Not sure what I did to fix it back that was months ago. Now it came back unknowingly. My client just told me today that I f@&^ed their color up. The gamma shift is back! Not sure if I’ll hear from them again!

Anyone fix this? I removed the AJA Uncompressed component and it didn’t fix it.

[Del Chapple]

let’s start over.. What codec are you bringing into AE, What are you putting out?

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you cant hear my inner voice scream… can you..?

[Scott Robert]

Effect all various formats:
R3D working Pro Rez (HQ)
DV/NTSC 23.98 advance

current projects:
HD 720 23.98 Variable
HD 1080i60, 23.98 (P2)

Looking at the scope in FCP shows me the results of what After Effects is doing.
It’s raising the brightness and clipping the whites to make it legal.

[Del Chapple]

Are your FCP Sequence set to “white” or “Super White”? Super white will place RGB (255) values at maximum component levels (near 800mv) leagal RGB (235) is equal to a component NLE like an avid to output 700mv (Max legal white).

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you cant hear my inner voice scream… can you..?

[Douglas Wright]

I was struggling with this problem, but removing the AJA codec resolved it and now it imports into After Effects perfectly. Thank you guys.

legendsfilms.com

[Del Chapple]

I just keep thinking that we keep solving this by work arounds. my little brain keeps focusing on the gama and color atoms in qt files. it wouldnt be the first time apple makes a decision to change something and then the rest of us must deal with it..

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you cant hear my inner voice scream… can you..?

[Andre Farkatt]

I couldn’t agree more… so… the solution has NOT been found…

Andre Farkatt
RTV Producoes

[Scott Robert]

Looks like my problem is resolved by upgrading AJA components and removing AJAUncompressedCodec.component.

But- It’s still there only if I export in ANIM codec. Then I have to apply the gamma corrector before exporting.

If others who don’t have AJA are getting the same problem, then the culprit has to be AE.

[Scott Robert]

My problem isn’t resolved… When I export my footage from After Effects and all the highlights are clipped. Is everyone having this problem?

It’s as if After Effects has a Broadcast Safe filter applied to it when exporting. Is this normal?

[Jonah Walker]

I am having the same issue with DVPRO 720P HD going from After Effects to Final Cut Pro and having a gamma shift, and I do not even have the AJA Codecs installed on this machine. If I render to Animation, then the problem is not there, nut not only do I have to render, but this is a very graphics heavy show, and having all my graphics uncompressed is causing me major storage issues as well.

I am running AE CS4 and Final Cut Pro 7, and really could use a solution that worked for me, but so far have not seen anything here that has helped with the problem.

– Jonah Lee Walker
Video Editor, After Effects Artist
https://www.whaleofatale.net