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Ofcourse One
Ofcourse One
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January 15, 2018
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color appearance shift of the imported image sequence between AE and APP

  • January 15, 2018
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Hello everyone! I have got some serious problem which drives my crazy... i spent much time to figure it out but without sucsses:

Describtion of the problem:

  1. I have some composition in AE and render it out into PNG sequence
  2. When i have look in Finder into those images, they obtain its composition well but when i import it to the Premiere Pro, it is changing its color a bit.

Problem is that i see different colors in Finder preview and different in Premiere pro...

Problem #2

  1. when i import this sequence into After effects instead than to Premiere Pro, it is Okay.

What is wrong, i have all Adobe application sync thrue colors (within Bridge) and my iMac has (iMac) color profile set up. Please give me some suggestions.

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Correct answer R Neil Haugen

The player you view it on is crucial, as is the monitor color space, profile, and calibration (all separate items). A simple computer video player like QuickTime is designed to "enhance the viewing experience" across un-calibrated computer monitors and 'devices' ... meaning it messes up the signal to make it ... something else.

VLC and Potplayer, though also designed for computer monitor video playback, at least allow the user the choice as to whether or not to goose the image.

And the built-in player for Windows will also "enhance" things.

PrPro and Ae (which does have some settings you can change for color space/profile) should give you the better idea of what your media looks like. If you've got your monitor set for sRGB and gamma 2.4, in a Bt.(Rec) 709 profile & calibration.

Neil

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Ofcourse One
Ofcourse OneAuthor
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December 21, 2018

Thank you all for those answers, i think that i do understand, i will be careful about those variables in the future

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
December 21, 2018

Colorists spend a lot of time and money getting control of that color pipeline from their computer. Most people just think you should be able to set up a basic computer and monitor and go.

Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. There's a reason colorists do what they do.

https://www.lightillusion.com/viewing_environments.html

https://www.lightillusion.com/display_calibration.html

And The Guide For Idiots (their title)

https://www.lightillusion.com/lut_calibration_idiots_guide.html

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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excited_Genie16B8
Legend
January 15, 2018

I think Jamie LaJeune has it right in the following thread.  He's talking specifically about Resolve, but the idea holds true for all NLEs.  The upshot is "...viewing the image in the GUI just doesn't work."

Blackmagic Forum • View topic - Rec 709 & sRGB

Ofcourse One
Ofcourse OneAuthor
Known Participant
January 15, 2018

i read that thread you sent me, i do understand that i would have to have some more "advance" setup on my desk? right?

It is weird to me that when i have some layout from Photoshop which is imported into After effects and then renderer out to the MP4 H.264 look really different in some colors? Thank you

R Neil Haugen
R Neil HaugenCorrect answer
Legend
January 15, 2018

The player you view it on is crucial, as is the monitor color space, profile, and calibration (all separate items). A simple computer video player like QuickTime is designed to "enhance the viewing experience" across un-calibrated computer monitors and 'devices' ... meaning it messes up the signal to make it ... something else.

VLC and Potplayer, though also designed for computer monitor video playback, at least allow the user the choice as to whether or not to goose the image.

And the built-in player for Windows will also "enhance" things.

PrPro and Ae (which does have some settings you can change for color space/profile) should give you the better idea of what your media looks like. If you've got your monitor set for sRGB and gamma 2.4, in a Bt.(Rec) 709 profile & calibration.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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