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rachelcenter
Legend
November 21, 2025

when i export from media encoder instead of from premiere it strips the BAKED color and makes it log

  • November 21, 2025
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when i export -> send to media encoder instead of exporting from premiere it strips the BAKED color on 1 out of 3 cameras and makes it log flat.  full context: i brought in clips from a hard drive and when i brought them into premiere i can see the full color. i didnt add color or anything. and when i hit export from premiere it maintains the color. i had a long rip that i didnt want to export through premiere because it would lock up the program from doing anything else so i sent the timeline to media encoder and i could see in the preview window as it was exporting through media encoder that it had stripped one camera of color and made it log flat. which is wild because i didnt add any color to it. the fact that media encoder is exporting something that isnt representative of what my timeline is tells me thats a huge bug. mac os tahoe 26.1 (apple m2 ultra). premiere version: 25.6.1 (build 2). (please send me a private message if you want to see a screenshot. i dont want to post it publically) 

file name A008C001_120101_C52R.mov (codec in premiere says apple pro res 422). When i go to modify -> color, it says Input lut: Amira Lut

the exported rip is 15 minutes long. 4k footage put on a 59.94 fps 1080 timeline.

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rachelcenter
Legend
November 21, 2025

i'll write back in 1-2 days when im not in a time crunch but your message confused me because I shouldnt have to use any color management. i should be able to export via media encoder and have whatever is on my timeline be represented in the encoder exported. this is extremely abnormal.. will write back later when i have more time to investigate this

R Neil Haugen
Legend
November 21, 2025

First, use the full Color Management panel, don't do that in dribs and drabs in spots where you can't see the whole chain. So for all color management settings, go to the Lumetri panel Settings tab ... the tab named Settings.

 

Next, make sure the CM setting in Premiere for everything, including auto detect log and auto tonemapping, are the same.

 

See if the above helps.

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