[Samar Salam]

Thank you, compressor worked well.
Period!

[Samar Salam]

Hi Christopher,

Thanks for sharing this. I did go through and it’s quite interesting to see different viewpoints.
i strongly feel that the whole issue is just with the Quick Time codec and no matter where, as long as the QT codec exists, the problem is bound to happen. So it is best to avoid QT for both QT player as well as QT codec based Safari browser for playback.
For instance the VLC player shower more or less original color while used for playback post export.
It is quite unfortunate to see that Apple is contradicting their own work flow software, leading to unnecessary nightmare for some who are unaware of this QT Gamma Shift.

And also, I need another suggestion from you guys here..
I have approx. 70GB Apple ProRes 422 HQ master export of my film from FCP 7. I need to deliver the same film in Apple ProRes 422 LT since I am having to upload this online on DropBox for a film festival. Could anyone please suggest me the right way to convert from ProRes 422 HQ to ProRes 422 LT ?

Should I do it on FCP 7 or is it better to take to HQ exported Master Film on compressor and do it.
My original media rushes files are Apple ProRes 422 HQ….
Please also let me know the work-flow if possible.

Thanks,

Samar

[Samar Salam]

Hi Daniele,

You could try a few steps to rectify this bug. As mentioned already is that the size of image since FCP 7 does not support more that 4000 pixels, so try to down size the image.

The other thing is that try resting the P Ram.
Just before powering your mac, press and hold 4 keys together: Command, Option, P and R and press the power button and continue holding it until the screen flashed thrice and makes a sound. I hope this would be of some help to you.

Best,

Samar

[Samar Salam]

Thanks Shane. I agree with you, after spending more time with the issue I realised that this issue will remain never ending as it is purely a QuickTime issue. The Vimeo playback appeared the same as QT display because Safari browser uses QuickTime plugins. When the same film was played through Google Chrome browser, the results were fine like the original source file.

Thanks, once again.

Samar

[Samar Salam]

Thanks for your feedback. But how is that possible? Because when I try uploading the mov apple proRes file on Vimeo, by default the color settings of QT 10 is being initiated and the unwanted color are being uploaded online.