Neil - Thank you very much for that understandable breakdown. I can agree with much of what you say, but it sounds like you're suggesting a variation such as this is normal. This isn't so much about the exported files looking different on different monitors - my tests above show that what I'm seeing within Premiere Pro is different from the exported file when the exported file is viewed in nearly every other app/browser I have on my machine - including VLC. That, to me, suggests that color management still isn't 100% accurate within Premiere Pro. I can accept a slight variation if that's what Adobe says will happen, but it's not what is being said. Adobe is advertising that we will see "perfect" colors within Premiere Pro. From the Adobe website: "Premiere Pro reads the ICC profile selected in your operating system and does a conversion to display colors perfectly on the monitor." The color management is drastically better than it was without color management, yes, and I'm very happy for this, but I'm still witnessing rather substantial contrast shifts on exported files. Based on what Adobe is saying, this shouldn't be occurring. I greatly appreciate what you've shared, but these contrast shifts and slight color shifts make the color management, at least for my workflow, far from "perfect." Francisco - Thank you, also, for your helpful breakdown of what DCM does. I'm aware of how the DCM process works, and your input solidified this for me, but I am still not seeing the same colors within Premiere Pro as I am in every other app/browser on my machine. You are suggesting to use VLC player to view my files outside of Premiere Pro but, as you can see from the screenshot above, VLC is skewing my colors and contrast more than any other app/browser. All of this aside, however, and what concerns me the most and how I am still convinced that there is something wrong with the new Display Color Management within Premiere Pro or the Premiere Pro export process, is that exporting footage from Premiere Pro and then re-importing that footage into Adobe After Effects shows the difference I speak of. Placing the Premiere Pro Program Monitor side-by-side with the exported footage re-imported into After Effects shows the color and contrast shift I am talking about. If Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects are using the same DCM process, shouldn't the Program Monitor and After Effects window be showing the footage with the exact same coloring and contrast? After Effects displaying the variation suggests that either Premiere Pro is not perfectly displaying colors with its DCM or that the file is being changed on export. What could be the explanation for this? Thanks again for the help from the both of you and I look forward to resolving this issue!
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