Colors changing on export - red reveal

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August 15, 2025
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Hi all, working on a red reveal style video (red lens glasses reveal cyan objects) and as you can see in the image, the effect works in After Effects (top) but on export (bottom) the pure red has been desaturated which is making the reveal not function properly. Don't know a ton about color spaces or color management so would really appreciate any ideas!

Kevin J. Monahan Jr.

Community Manager

Hi Sarah,

Thanks for writing in. That's a cool looking effect. Can you show us a screenshot of the Coor tab? Choose File > Project Settings > Color Tab. I hope we can assist you. Sorry for the hassle.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

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Sarah2832368481j5Author

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Thanks for the help! These are the settings as of now.

nishu_kush

Legend

Thanks for sharing the screenshot. There's nothing that's not normal. Can you help me understand the effect? Is it that you can see the image and text when you look through a red lens? And you've captured the photo in the original post with a red lens in front of the camera lens? Am I correct? To me, it looks like the colors are fine because I can see the content in the exported file, but it has noise. That could be your export settings. Can you try exporting in a different format? Try QuickTime ProRes for testing.

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,
Nishu

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