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Jacaranda Creatives
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August 8, 2023
Pregunta

Color Fade After Exporting From Premiere Pro

  • August 8, 2023
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Could someone lend me a hand? I'm puzzled by the fact that my videos aren't retaining their vibrant colors during the export process. You can refer to the attached image for clarity. The left side shows the exported version, while the right side displays the Premiere Pro editing file. I would greatly appreciate assistance in configuring the appropriate export settings. For your information, I use Media Encoder to export.

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R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
August 8, 2023

My guess is you are on a Mac ... and if so, then it's because the Mac uses gamma 1.96 to display Rec.709/SDR video, while everyone else on the planet uses the broadcast standard of gamma 2.4 to display Rec.709 video.

 

Premiere follows the b-cast standards. Anything that Apple's ColorSync utility controls on a Mac, will use the Apple 1.96 gamma.

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
J
Jacaranda CreativesAutor
Participant
August 8, 2023

Thank you for getting back to me, Neil. I'm currently using a Mac, and getting a new computer isn't an option for me right now. Could you possibly suggest some potential solutions, whether they involve adjusting settings or other approaches? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Legend
May 15, 2025

Davinci Resolve is the answer. They got this problem fixed. Switched due to this specific issue years ago and didn't look back since. Until now where a client asked for corrections on old videos. Came to see if this issue had been fixed yet. Seems like people still discus this and blame Apple for a problem that other editors do not have.


As someone who's been through hours on this around the top color scientists, calibration experts, and colorists, that's incorrect.

 

The issue is simply an incorrect display transform for Rec.709 media in  most Apple computers, specifically, those without Reference modes set to HDTV. As the Apple screens without Reference modes do not include the required addendum of the proper display transform for non-CRT screen digital imaging.

 

Resolve's "fix" is just a different workaround than that which Adobe used to use, that "gamma compensation LUT", or what they offer now, setting the program monitor to the same transform that Apple uses.

 

With either Adobe workaround, OR the Resolve trick, you still end up with files that do not look the same on Apple computer monitors and broadcast setups or PC/Android screens.

 

Because you can't get the same visual result using two widely varied display transforms.

 

You can easily verify on an Apple setup by checking the file in both QuickTime Player and VLC or Potplayer. You will get two different images. With VLC and Potplayer typically far closer to "correct" display data.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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