Rendering out 32bit and retaining the look

[Andy Engelkemier]

So clip to white was exactly what I needed. I just couldn’t remember that was under levels. And searching for clip color? Yeah, Way too many results for not what I was looking for.
So thanks for that.

I’m curious on the color space though. That’s gamma 2.4? Why would I work in gamma 2.4?
I’m not disputing, I’m just looking for the reason there. It seems odd because, I would think I would want to work in the same gamma profile as my monitor? Not many of us are working in HDR monitors yet, although my monitor does confuse me on what I’m seeing because I’m working in the AdobeRGB profile on my monitor, and if I switch to sRGB it looks Terrible. But many of the other monitors here aren’t as nice, and in the “near white” area, there monitors look Terrible. Too much contrast so they just see bands many times.

Anyway, I’m all set with this actually working and rendering what I’m seeing. The clipping was the trick. And changing the color space did change things a little bit, but I think they look at least as good.

[Walter Soyka]

[Andy Engelkemier] “I’m curious on the color space though. That’s gamma 2.4? Why would I work in gamma 2.4? “

Premiere and AME don’t have the same color mangement system that After Effects does; they think in Rec. 709, so that’s why I had made that suggestion. When you dynamic link from Ae to Pr/AME, it (should) transform from your working space to Rec. 709, and I was wondering if that was where the problem you were having was coming in.

[Andy Engelkemier] ” It seems odd because, I would think I would want to work in the same gamma profile as my monitor?”

With color management, Ae will transform color from the working space to your display space (via Use Display Color Management), based on the ICC profile your monitor is using at the OS level. You can work in whatever space is required by your project (usually defined by the largest deliverable space), rather than working in the space of your monitor.

[Andy Engelkemier] “I’m working in the AdobeRGB profile on my monitor, and if I switch to sRGB it looks Terrible. “

If you’re going to switch the monitor’s mode, you should also switch its profile at the OS level.

Walter Soyka
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[Andy Engelkemier]

Thanks Walter. Great explanations, and very helpful.

I feel a little like AME was handling the color conversion incorrectly still, but I am happy to have a reasonable solution because I’ve already had to render the thing out a couple more times because of last minute changes.