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Rendered H264 looks washed out CS3
I exported my project to H264 853×480 using media encoder.
Quality set at 1000 – bit rate 4000kbps.
The exported movie looks washed out. I’ve noticed this before in other projects especially when going to DVD. The final DVD looks “hotter”.
Any suggestions?
Here is a screen grab-the image on the left is the exported movie and the right is from the rendered timeline.
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8 Replies
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Nothing to do with CS3, all to do with Gamma.
See here for a fix, but beware, it increases processing requirements.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Cool, I used the Quicktime Pro tool as you described. It worked. But unfortunately when I went to import the file into Premiere I got and error message and it froze the program. I will try the Quicktime Gamma Stripper and see how it plays out.
What about the DVD problem in Encore? Almost the same thing. Video goes in looking fine and comes out very hot.
Is this a gamma issue too? Maybe when I create the files I can compensate for this? -
Update: Not sure the the Gamma Stripper worked. Every file I dragged into it said there was no gamma information in the file.
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Well the Gamma Stripper is an old app, not sure what version of QT it’s compatible with.
Are you using H.264 as an intermediate coderc for DVD? Any reason why you are trying to bring it back into Premiere?
Basically, if you are seeing the problem in Encore, my guess is you have some H.264 in the timeline.
One more way to get rid of the issue (although a slower one) is to export to Quicktime Animation from Premiere, then to use Quicktime Pro to encode to H.264.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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well, I brought the H264 back into premiere just to compare becaue it looked like ass when I viewed it in the QT player. And thus, it looked bad in premiere as well which prompted my post. I was leaning towared using the animation codec so I think I will. I only used the h264 because I want to upload to youtube. It’s just an extra step I guess, no biggie.
thanks for all your help. -
Also, while I’m at it. I want to do some color correction. Client used 3 diffent cameras for same shoot. 2 HD and 1 SD. Should I export to a 4:2:2 10 bit file and color correct in After Effects or just do it from the time line?
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I find color correcting easier to do in AE, but that depends on how comfortable you are with each software.
You can use Three way color correction in Premiere with great results.
4:2:2 10 bit would be it.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area
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