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rombay
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March 16, 2022
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Wrong colors in a psd when exporting in Premiere

  • March 16, 2022
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Hello guys,

I've made an animation in Premiere using a psd. When I first imported the psd to Premiere the colors looked wrong, much more saturated than the original psd. I've checked the Enable Display Color Management in Preferences and the colors looked good, like in the original, but when I export the sequence it looks too saturated again. I've tried many different export settings with Render at maximum depth and Maximum render quality, but the problem persists.

 

Any idea?

 

Thanks in advance.

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    Jamie Windsor
    Jamie Windsor
    Participant
    October 20, 2023

    A quick workaround for this:

    1. Open your PSD in photoshop.
    2. CONVERT to profile: Rec709
    3. Then ASSIGN profile sRGB.
    4. Save and reimport into premiere.

     

    This works for me.

    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 17, 2022

    Hi rombay,

    Sorry. Can you please send us a screenshot of your Sequence Settings?

     

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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    rombayAuthor
    Participant
    March 17, 2022

    Hi Kevin,

    Thanks for replying. I'm adding the settings and the two different colors (left correct, right wrong) BUT, since I posted the question I've figured it's actually not so bad. The colors look good in most of the apps, it's just some players that (because of the color space, I understand) interpret these colors differently, like in some of settings of Premiere/AE. Unfortunately I had VLC as a default to play my exports just because reads all the files, and there the wrong colors showed up all the time, so I guess it's something very specific of some apps/settings.

     

     

    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 17, 2022

    Hi, rombay,

    Thanks for writing back. I agree that those colors in the example you linked me to are not the same - although I love those two colors! 🙂 Thanks for attaching the images and the screenshot of the settings at Rec. 709 - which sounds completely normal.

     

    I agree with you that colors look different in different applications. It is even more challenging if you have something like an iMac with a P3 screen. Can you describe the specs of your computer?

     

    Are you using QuickTime Player as to color reference, by any chance? Interestingly, VLC is what the engineering types tell me is best for referencing color and luma values. My suggestion is that if this is causing you any grief, you report it to the product team here: https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro

     

    Thanks,
    Kevin

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