Joshua Sandler
Forum Replies Created
-
Thanks for sticking with us Matt! Most of the important work I do on my computer is in FCP or AE so i am just going to create profiles w/ Colormunki at 1.8 and keep em there. The next time i create a profile I will take a look and see if the default is 6500K and if its not i will give it a try. Thanks for taking the time to answer the question again though. I really appreciate it. I am planning on buying a broadcast monitor soon when i hopefully have the cash.
Also, i wrote an email to colormunki explaining this issue and expressing that i think they should try to get the word out to their customers, many of whom i assume might be FCP users.
-
I never thought I would be the one to figure this out. Colormunki should pay me for all the hours of internet research i’ve done trying to crack the case. I was not at all optimistic i would find a solution anytime soon. I’ll have to drink a few beers tonight in celebration… I now have my CM preferences set to ICC Version 2 and Gamma set to 1.8 and everything in FCP looks good.
-
Ok i figured it out. First of all, the problem was mostly Colormunki related. this post explains it:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3135195?start=60&tstart=0
when creating a monitor profile using the colormunki software you need to go into the preferences and set the ICC Profile Version from version 4 back to version 2. This gets a little techy for me but version 4 is what is causing this glitch and going back to version 2 and creating a new profile fixes the problem of the extremely dark viewer and canvas in FCP. I also set my gamma setting from 2.2 (default) to 1.8.
I think Colormunki was the culprit. But i must say I am still a little confused about this 1.8/2.2 Gamma issue. As I am running Lion, should my display always be set at 1.8? Should it be set at 2.2? or should it be set at 1.8 when i am running FCP and than to 2.2 when i am running other programs such as photoshop? If you dont want to repeat an answer that has been explained a gagillion times than maybe just point out a good thread that explains. thanks for all your help. and to repeat, if you are a FCP user who also calibrates their monitor with a Colormunki, the colormunki is the Culprit!. Switch the ICC profile version to 2 and that should solve the problem.
-
Matt that is very insightful Yes i did try your tip and it only slightly adjusted the already totally messed up/dark gamma in FCP. I am in Lion and you cant really access the gamma adjustment as you could in snow leopard. I have to go into “calibrate profile” in order to mess around with the gamma and by doing so it automatically wants to re-lcalibrate your color, and since i am using a colormunki to calibrate my monitor I don’t need apple screwing around with colormunki’s calibrations which i assume are much more accurate. Anyway think your right, I am going to call apple again and see if they have any new information about the problem and see if reinstalling the operating system helps out. Besides that all i can really do is wait until someone identifies a solution. Every day i troll the internet to see if anyone has come up with a solution. UG. Thanks for your input. j
-
Hey Matt thanks for trying to help. there have been a lot of posts about this subtle gamma problem, but this newer problem that these guys and myself are referring to is not subtle but actually a very drastic gamma shift that happened suddenly, that is to say for the first few months i was running FCP on my mac everything was fine and than one day out of nowhere, i am suspecting as a result of some bug connected to a software update, the video in my viewer and canvas appeared incredibly dark and with heavy gamma, so that skin tones almost look like bright orange. More and more people are popping up in forums with this problem but on one seems to have a real solution as of yet. Some people have suggested changing the gamma correction in the playback control from Accurate to Approximate, which makes it better while the video is playing but once the cursor stops moving the video goes back to being very dark. I dont really consider this a real fix to the problem but more of just a bandaid. I was going to reinstall but now that people have said it does not fix the problem i don’t see the point. I have spoken with apple and they have no awareness of or solution to the problem. I am at a loss for words. I mean I have been using FCP for years and for over a month now my FCP7 has been unusable and apple can’t help me fix it. Pretty incredible.
-
It fixed the problem for me too but just while the cursor is moving. when the cursor is still the image goes back to being dark.
-
hey I am dealing wit the same issue but not for an external monitor. Problem happened suddenly a few days ago on my brand new iMac 27inch and the gamma in canvas and viewer is really out of whack and dark. Honestly I can’t imagine editing like this. The only thing that i can come up with is that it is connected to some bug in a software update. changing the Gamma correction to approximate does make it look better, but honestly it is really disconcerting that there is not a more legit solution for an obvious bug in the program. I am a longtime FCP user and I have never been so frustrated and disappointed with Apple. I have been researching for days looking for information about this problem and have found almost nothing. I was even on the phone with a FCP expert at apple who claimed to have not heard about this problem at all. I was just about to reinstall FCP which is a huge pain in the ass before i read this post and realized about changing the gamma settings, but i consider this a temporary solution and really hope Apple offers a more legitimate fix for this very troubling problem, or i am going to finally learn how to use avid.
-
Yup we’re having the exact same problem. I could upload a comparison image but trust me its the same issue, and it affects all my FCP projects. I have no lead on a solution yet. I have done everything you have to no avail. I have been trying to identify what could have set off this problem but nothing comes to mind. I use a colormnki monitor calibrator about once a week and was wondering if that might be linked to some sort of corruption but i really don’t think so. This is incredibly frustrating as i was just sitting down to start cutting a new green screen project. Let me know if you find a solution and I will do the same.
-
could the problem be in the preferences in DVD studio pro? the presets are:
bitrate: 4.0 Mbps
Max Bitrate: 7.0 Mbps
should i change these?
-
yea its .ac3 at whatever the default settings are for dvd 90 min best quality. remember the video is only 37 minutes long. i have been reading some posts where people are talking about setting their average bitrate for the video to like 8.5. i am burning one with the video at 6.8 and gunna see if it works.