Text or graphic overlay changes the contrast of footage underneath it when exported.

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September 23, 2020
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After rendering a project, I noticed that certain sections of clips would suddenly jump drastically in contrast.

I figured out that this happens whenever I have added text or a graphic overlay of some kind.

I have attached an example video of what I mean. All I've done here is add text onto a video.

The footage seems to be exported with slightly more contrast than it has in the monitor in premiere and then when text/graphics appear it suddenly looks more washed out.

Is this a render setting? A project renderer problem? Something to do with the color space? HELP

Contrast_jump_annoyance.zip

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While waiting on hold for a tech support rep I cannot hear, I figured out this issue with some troubleshooting.

My first breakthrough was exporting directly from Premiere. I always render with Encoder, habit from batch rendering. I much prefer the speed of the GPU accellerated rendering but for longer videos it always errors out with a generic code. So, in the drop-down menu at the bottom the queue pane, I have the "software only" selection made for the renderer.

But when I went to export from Premiere, a setting I had fogotten about was in my face. In the export settings, there too is a setting where you select hardware/gpu or software only. It's in the "encoding settings" under the video tab.