Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #49982
From: Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Best Render Settings for Color Match
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 13:54:56 -0400
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Thanks Teddy,
 
I have the AVid DNXHD I think it is?  I haven't tried it in a while so I will run that one and see what we have.  I wasn't too much concerned about the different monitors so much.  I mean, if I am able to render 1 frame still that the guy likes and then I render the full video, I would think then that he will like all of the frames. lol
 
So, one monitor or another, if he is pleased on the monitor that he IS using, I just want to keep that kind of consistency.
 
I'm sure half the time he is looking at the stills on his iPhone or Mac book or something. lol
 
I use a PC.
 
Since you mentioned the mp4, what codec are you referring to for mp4 over h264?  The reason I am asking is because I've been rendering sample videos using the H264 codec outputting an mp4.  You are implying I can use something else and output also to mp4.  I've been through a ton of varying codecs so always looking for improvement.
 
Thanks,
 
Eric
 


 
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
try out the free avid dnx codec package, it includes a 4444 lossless codec that has worked well for me in the past

like Steve said though, unless you have a $5,000 monitor and a $3,000 calibrator for every monitor good luck ever achieving this.

at a minimum you'd need a quadro that supports 10bit color output and a monitor that supports it

and the codec is going to do all kinds of hell, not to mention codec -> vimeo servers compression (they do their own compression server-side) it will be nearly impossible to maintain that exact color. I do seem to think mp4 has better color support than h264 but the temporal compression is pretty bad, so it's a trade-off


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello All,

I'm working a project where the person has an eye for color like you wouldn't believe and any slight change in color after render is presenting a problem for me.

What are the best AE render settings to maintain color from my AE CS6 project?  I'm spending an enormous amount of time rendering so I need this to work right.

In one shot, my greens seem to have jumped up a few notches in the rendered file.  

And just some additional info.  The plan is to render out the files from AE, then take in to Adobe Premiere to render out an HD file suitable for Vimeo.

Appreciate it.

Eric

Eric D. Kirk | Kirk Productions
The Night Visitor | VFX



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The Night Visitor | VFX
 
 
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