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detailed_Cascade16B8
detailed_Cascade16B8
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July 2, 2020
質問

Export with sRGB profile, AE imports using Rec709

  • July 2, 2020
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When I render a sequence out of AE 17.1.1 using a project working space sRGB, and then import that sequence into the same project, AE assigns the Rec709 2.4 profile to it, resulting in a colour shift. I'm using ProRes 4444 as a render format.

Any advice welcome, as it's resulted in some irritating issues that have been tedious to track down.

 

More info: Windows 10, AE 17.1.1, NVidia TitanXp x2 + 1080Ti.

I'm importing the sequence as a series of .exr files. Comp is set to 32bpc, colour management ON, working space sRGB, exporting using ProRes4444.

    返信数 7

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    Lorenzo Moro
    Participating Frequently
    November 17, 2024

    Hi, try to check the box "Preserve RGB (disable color management conversion for this item)" in the Color tab of the Interpret Footage dialog window.

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    James Paulley
    Known Participant
    March 24, 2025

    is there a way to make this the default behaviour so i dont have to keep going to interpret footage all the time?

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    skellener1
    Participant
    October 2, 2025

    You can modify the Interpretation Rules file. As always, when messing with files, before changing anything, make a copy and keep it safe somewhere to revert if you need to.

    On Mac the file is here....

    /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/yourAEversionnumber/Interpretation Rules.txt

    Go all the way to the bottom and insert this line:

    *, *, *, "8BPS", * = *, *, *, *, "pRGB", *

    Then save. Then restart AE and load your PSD. It should have Preserve RGB checked already.

    smooth_warmth98A5
    smooth_warmth98A5
    Participant
    December 1, 2023

    Same problem. No fix?

    RiccaBucks
    RiccaBucks
    Participating Frequently
    December 7, 2023

    Is there still no resolution on this? importing sRGB footage as Rec.709. on accedent. then rendering that and re importing it is a recipe for some pretty massive color/gama shifts. If your working between an editor and an animator back and forth there is allot of oppertunity for error. 

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    xRAFA
    Participating Frequently
    January 8, 2021

    Any solution for this?

    Can't find a way to work in sRGB and render a QT Prores anymore.

    A shift in contrast and color.

     

    System: Windows10 / AE 17.5.1(Build 47) / NVidia GTX 1070 driver 460.89

     

    MarkusEker
    MarkusEker
    Known Participant
    March 24, 2022

    I have the same issue in AE 2022. I can change the color profile under "interpret footage" to read it as SRGB after import, but I would like to know why After Effects applies REC 709 to a clip it just exported as sRGB.

     

    The issue applies to Quictime files, both Prores and DNX.

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      DeGrootMedia
      Participant
      November 30, 2020

      Same problem here - very frustrating, as I don't always remember to check the color profile right away when importing footage.

        Fusilly
        Fusilly
        Participating Frequently
        November 11, 2020

        Same here, couldn't find a workaround, at least to tell AE to import everything as sRGB

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        Dave Merchant
        Legend
        July 3, 2020

        It's a well-known issue; The After Effects "intelligent" color management engine is stupendously dumb. No matter what you do in the project or export settings, imported Pr422 footage is always interpreted as if it was Rec709/2.4 and the option to tell After Effects the truth is grayed out (you as a mere user cannot be correct, only Adobe can be correct). I would resolve to use a software suite that understands color properly.

         

        https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/another-color-management-issue/m-p/11223259

        https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/importing-prores-into-colour-managed-compositions/m-p/10232242

        https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/how-to-stop-adobe-after-effects-from-changing-colors-on-shared-imovie-footage/m-p/11175231

         

        All the way back in 2009, Todd was telling everyone just how bad the problem was on the official Adobe blog. The only thing that's changed in eleven years is which wrong profile it assigns.

         

        detailed_Cascade16B8
        detailed_Cascade16B8作成者
        Known Participant
        July 3, 2020

        Hmmmm ok so it's an old one, strange I've not come across it before; it feels like the Rec.709 2.4 is a new 'default' that's resulting in bigger more obvious colour shifts. You'd think the process would be, in the case where there was no colour space assigned, to default to the working space of the project? Maybe they're expecting ProRes footage to mostly come from DSLRs?

        nishu_kush
        Community Manager
        nishu_kushCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        July 3, 2020

        Hi Chris,

         

        Sorry for your issue. Could you share the following details so that we can troubleshoot the issue properly?

        1. Where do you check that Rec709 2.4 profile is assigned to exported files?
        2. Does the issue persist if you export in a different format?
        3. Please share a screenshot that shows the color shift.

        Looking forward to your response.

         

        Thanks,

        Nishu

        detailed_Cascade16B8
        detailed_Cascade16B8作成者
        Known Participant
        July 3, 2020

        Hi Nishu. After export, I import the new clip back into AE and in the project settings, when I click on the new clip there is some info that tells me what frame rate, duration and profile the clip is. Also if I go to 'Interpret Footage', in the colour tab, the assigned profile is shown.

         

        For format, I've tried ProRes4444, 4444XQ and 422HQ. Also Uncompressed YUV 10bit4:2:2

         

        Here's a movie showing what I'm doing - I hope it's user error and something easily fixed!

        https://www.dropbox.com/s/8s1hvu9y195l7xz/AE_profileBug.mp4?raw=1

         

        Thanks - Chris

         

         

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