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peterg2036972
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April 6, 2023
Question

OCIO / ACES Color Management in Media Encoder?

  • April 6, 2023
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The new native OCIO color management in After Effects works great for me - but only if I export using the Render Que, where I can control the final Output Color Space using Color Tab of the Output Module.  This allows me to export my ACES footage as ACES/sRGB (olor_picking: Output - sRGB and Output/Output - sRGB options also work).  Using that export setting makes my exported footage match my working settings in After Effects using the OCIO ACES color management.

 

But I see no way of doing this in Media Encoder.  The footage is always exported way too dark.  And the only output color options I see are greyed out.

 

See screenshot.

 

I am using macOS 12.6.3

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    xr7621822
    Participant
    January 12, 2024

    Hi !

    You should go in the Media Encoder Preferences panel and check the box Auto detect log video color space.

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      peterg2036972Author
      Inspiring
      June 3, 2023

      BUMP.  Still no answer for how to export OCIO / ACES workflows from Media Encoder since the Export Color Space option is greyed out on my M1 Mac Mini. Guess I will have to contact support directly. 

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      defaultunvrzk0zgmu6
      Participant
      September 12, 2023

      Hi! Have you found the answer? I have the similar problem

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      peterg2036972Author
      Inspiring
      September 15, 2023

      No I have not seen a solution. However, the beta version of AE has implemented a bunch of OCIO features which I have not yet explored.  Maybe the functionality has been aded there?

      ToolfarmJP
      Community Expert
      ToolfarmJPCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 7, 2023

      This link may be useful to you.

       

      https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/opencolorio-aces-color-management.html

       

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      peterg2036972Author
      Inspiring
      April 11, 2023

      That was the help page I originally referenced (along with he Adobe video tutorial) to get ACES working with my footage.  Unfortunately, it dosen't address Media Encoder - which is not properly outputting my footage the way the internal render queue does.  So back to my original question: Is the new OCIO Color Management System working with clips exported via Media Encoder?  And if so, how to set that up?

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