[Nick Rood]

You know what, I think that 90% fixed it! I had messed around with those color settings quite a bit when I bought my second monitor (I edit on two identical monitors, so I was surprised in general that I had to fuss with the second one so much). I hadn’t considered that a color profile that umbrella’d the entire monitor would change what I see in my canvas window versus my export so drastically.

But low and behold my whites look white again! There’s still a slight discrepancy between my canvas and export, but not as dramatic as before, and that may just be the normal variation I’m already aware exists.

Thanks John!

[Nick Rood]

Thanks for the response Rob. I agree it’s definitely not a monitor calibration issue. Sure, my monitor isn’t designed for color correction, but when my whites appear grey in FCP, but on the *same* monitor the export appears white – the issue resides elsewhere.

And I’ve certainly heard that the canvas will vary from my export, which is what it is, but from my last 5 years of experience with FCP I haven’t encountered a drastic enough difference to even bother mentioning (in fact, to my untrained eye, it’s always looked basically the same).

I may have an opportunity to switch to Avid very soon, in which case my FCP 7 problems will be history. In the mean time, i’ve got some tight deadlines to reach and this problem continues to persist. :-/

Nick

[Nick Rood]

OK here’s another update I just noticed. If I switch the video playback to “Desktop Preview – Main” where it simply plays full screened on my actual laptop, it is even laggy and choppy there! What’s the deal?! This is blowing my mind.

[Nick Rood]

Hmmm, no luck. I messed around with quite a few of those settings and nothing seems to really make a noticeable difference. Still very choppy playback on the monitor…. Any other ideas?

[Nick Rood]

Ok, I guess this is the best solution. Honestly not TOO horrible.

Thanks for the help guys.

Nick