iPhone 14 Pro Max HDR/ProRes Footage Looks Grey or Off After Import and Export in Premiere Pro

Question

Hi,I’m editing ProRes videos shot on iPhone 14 Pro Max. When I import them into Premiere Pro on Mac, they look washed out or grey.In the Project panel, the color space is Rec.2100 HLG.I tried changing it to Rec.709 using Interpret Footage → Color Space Override, but it looks even worse — dull and flat.These clips are not graded — I just want them to look normal in the timeline and stay consistent after export.What’s the correct workflow for iPhone HDR/ProRes footage in Premiere Pro?How can I fix this without color grading from scratch?Thanks!

Sumeet_Kumar_Choubey · Accepted Answer

Hi melis_9762,

Welcome to the community! You may try these setting to see if it helps.

If you have captured ProRes in log, then please navigate to File > Project Settings > Color & enable Color Manage Auto Detected Log and Raw Media to transform the color to SDR/HDR (depending on your sequence color space).
You may also revert the color space override action you performed on the clip. To do this, select the clip in the timeline, navigate to Windows > Lumetri Color > Settings tab > Source Clip, and enable Use Media Color Space.
Depending on whether you want to export in HDR or SDR, you may choose the following settings:
For HDR, select the clip in the timeline, navigate to Windows > Lumetri Color > Settings tab > Sequence & set Color Setup to Direct HLG (HDR)
For SDR, select the clip in the timeline, navigate to Windows > Lumetri Color > Settings tab > Sequence & set Color Setup to Wide Gamut (Tone Mapped). This will use output tone mapping to fit wide gamut media into the output color space (Rec. 709).

Let us know if it helps.

Thanks,

Sumeet

R Neil Haugen · Answer

Color management is now both necessary and at times confusing. But still, you "fix" this by properly setting up the entire color management system to do what you want it to do.

Why?

Because now that there are so freaking many color spaces that can be involved in any particular clip, they can't guess what you want done.

Setting the Lumetri panel's SETTINGS tab ... the tab named Settings ...

Try turning display color management, auto detect log, and auto tonemapping on. Amid all the settings is one for "Direct Rec.709" or something like that, which will set all your CM for that workflow. Setting the sequence to Rec.709 either by that or manually does simplify things somewhat. As HDR is still unfortunately the Wild Wild West of video production.

But ... with auto detect log and tonemapping both on, you can work that media in either HDR, using the HLG sequence option, or SDR, using the Rec.709 sequence option. Your choice.

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