Premiere Pro CS6 and Media Encoder CS6 Color shift on export

[Dennis Radeke]

Hi Ben,

Glad you like the subscription model and that it works for you.

Sounds like you know color and have calibrated monitors to account for any shift. I have heard of color shift problems many times when working with QTs in Avid’s to/from After Effects, but not directly inside of Premiere Pro.

I’ll try to forward a link on to an engineer or QE person to see if they have any insight. In the meantime, can you tell me if this color shift is happening with any other export format? Could you try another format or two like OP1a or P2?

I also wonder have you tried converting the Canon files to ProRes ahead of time (via AME) and do you still have the issue? Try this if you haven’t: https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5411

Dennis – Adobe guy

[Benjamin Peterson]

Hello Dennis,

Thank you so much for your helpful comments. I am trying the conversion from the canon format to Pro Res now. After you said that it made a lot of sense.

What I was noticing last night that the program monitor in Premiere is giving me the color that I am expecting then when I hit export I am seeing the color shift not only in the output tab but in the source tab as well. I then changed the codec I was exporting to to all of the other available Presets and found no change in the color. What this is now making me think is the Program monitor with in Premiere is not showing me the true color.

As i was writing this Post response i tried the Transcoding. I used Media Encoder and the new Pro Res Presets you recommended. I have a few screen grabs with the results. I am still seeing the color shift. One of the screen shots is using the P2 codec you suggested. So i am now convinced it is not the codec or exporting that is shifting the color. I am convinced that it is the Program monitor showing a more saturated image. It would be great to know what you think.

Best

Ben

[Benjamin Peterson]

OK it must be my towers. I have two Mac Pro Towers and have seen this shift in both systems. However today I was being lazy and editing on my Laptop a Mac Book Pro and noticed that the color shift was not there in the export window. I then exported a few clips and saw to my surprise there is no shift. So what is happening with my towers that is giving me this shift in color when I export from Premiere the mystery continues.

[Rick Mendes]

I’ve noticed a similar and extreme issue recently. Was there a solution ever found for this?

[Nicolas Bindelle]

Hi,
I’m experiencing the same problem. I used to be a FCP user but i recently changed to Premiere. have you found a solution?

Best.

Nicolas.

[Tom Small]

Has anyone figured this out yet? i’ve been trying things all day, including converting a 3D LUT for my display through dispcal, trying the x264 encoder from premiere (crashes), bringing into AE and exporting, and trying to use SpeedGrade. This seems ridiculous to me, why can’t the all-powerful Adobe team figure out a button to click to export exactly what you’ve created in a timeline?

Tom

[Benjamin Peterson]

Hello.

I did figure out a solution to this issue. You need to work in the 709 color space. You can change this in project settings. If you use this space in after effects you will not see the color shift on export.

Best

Ben.

[Tom Small]

Thanks Benjamin, so going into AE from premiere is the best way you’ve found? Also, after setting the color management settings in the project settings to rec 709, do you also have to interpret each footage clip the same way? or just leave them alone.

All the best,
Tom

Tom