blacks rendering as grey

[march98245869]

Working in iOS and creating layered art in Illustrator with RGB000 elements that look rich and lovely in Illustrator.

But when they get imported into AE the RGB000 blacks apear grey and render as grey in the final video output.

How can I get rich blacks out of AE?

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

You probably need to adjust your color profile.

Post your Color settings in AE ( Edit > Project Settings > Color ) 

And from Illustrator ( Edit > Color Settings )

[march98245869]

Thanks for the reply, Justin.

My color settings in AE ( Edit > Project Settings > Color )

My color settings in Illustrator ( Edit > Color Settings )

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

Try changing AE Working Space to Rec.709 Gamma 2.4

[march98245869]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not offered a working space of "Rec.709 Gamma 2.4." Here are my choices. None of the Rec.709 options listed here seems to help with the issue.

 

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

Interesting, maybe try sRBG then.

[march98245869]

Well, I found the Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 option at the top of the list and it didn't help. The sRBG also didn't fix the problem. I would appreciate any other suggestions you might have.

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

Can you attach the project file?

[march98245869]

Sure. I'm attaching the AE file and the AI file used in the animation. Thanks for taking a look.

[march98245869]

I can't post the original Illustrator file for some reason. I get the error message: The attachment's r27.ai content type (application/postscript) does not match its file extension and has been removed.

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

Try compressing/zipping it into a .zip file and uploading.

[march98245869]

I already tried that. .zip isn't an accepted format for this forum.

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

Okay, can you upload to Google Drive or WeTransfer and post the link?

[march98245869]

Here you go:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yqswjA2w_oZctrRyMuy5_RmAAZULFxMj?usp=sharing

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · Accepted solution]

Oh got it. You're using CMYK in Illustrator, just switch to RGB before importing into AE.

Then it'll import correctly into AE.

[march98245869]

Thank you. That fixed the issue. I've been using AI for 25 years and never even knew there was such global document setting. I appreciate your help.

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

Sure thing!