Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob11.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.49] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5094638 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:44:12 +0200 Received: from mail.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.209]) by atl4mhob11.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r540roBM007486 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 20:53:50 -0400 Received: (qmail 7194 invoked by uid 0); 4 Jun 2013 00:53:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.7?) (torno@sydefxink.com@76.169.86.67) by 0 with ESMTPA; 4 Jun 2013 00:53:49 -0000 Subject: Re: [AE] AE to QT Color Problem References: From: David Torno Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-5E600A7A-03D7-4FD8-8368-9F982F3EBDBE X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10B329) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <1DC1CA63-57CF-4995-8D9B-6A50B0F45297@sydefxink.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 17:53:47 -0700 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-5E600A7A-03D7-4FD8-8368-9F982F3EBDBE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable H.264 rendered from AE or exported from QT Pro will always come out washed o= ut and pale in the saturation. In QT Pro you need to open "Show Movie Proper= ties" under window, select "Video Track" > "Visual Settings" and click the "= Transparency" dropdown and choose "Composition". This will bring the video g= amma very closely back to the original source. David Torno Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor http://www.ghosttownmedia.com O: 213.739.2290 C: 818.391.6060 --------------------- http://www.sydefxink.com http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com http://mactex.blogspot.com "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field On Jun 3, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Lachlan Westfall wrote:= > I=E2=80=99m rendering out lossless, then converting to H.264 via QT. The p= roblem can be seen even in the lossless version. >=20 > I also just found something in the AE preferences about matching legacy QT= gamma adjustments. I wonder if this has something to do with it? >=20 > -L >=20 > On 6/3/13 5:37 PM, "scott.aelist" wrote: >=20 > What codec are you using? >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-5E600A7A-03D7-4FD8-8368-9F982F3EBDBE Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
H.264 rendered from AE or exported fro= m QT Pro will always come out washed out and pale in the saturation. In QT P= ro you need to open "Show Movie Properties" under window, select  "Vide= o Track" > "Visual Settings" and click the "Transparency" dropdown and ch= oose "Composition". This will bring the video gamma very closely back to the= original source.

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= On Jun 3, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Lachlan Westfall <lachlan@quietearth.net> wrote:

Re: [AE] AE to QT Color Problem I=E2=80=99m rendering out lossless, then converting to H.264 vi= a QT. The problem can be seen even in the lossless version.

I also just found something in the AE preferences about matching legacy QT g= amma adjustments. I wonder if this has something to do with it?

-L

On 6/3/13 5:37 PM, "scott.aelist" <scott.aelist@gmail.com> wrote:

What codec are you using?
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