Colours Faded in program panel, export is much darker and like the original footage.

[fayer65574800]

Hello All,

I'm working on a project in Premiere Pro CC 2018 and I have included no LUT or colour grading to the project. I have simply imported 4K footage onto a HD timeline and cut it down to what i specifically need. However, the footage in the preview is very washed out in colour, then when I export the footage its alot darker so it's proving very difficult to edit in premiere now when I need to colour grade. Any advice or theories as to what this could be?

[kulpreet singh]

Hi fayer65574800,

This is weird, sorry about the trouble!

Could be an issue of the GPU or the display drivers. Let us know more about your system specs & we will try to help.

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Thanks,

Kulpreet Singh

[fayer65574800]

[Vidya Sagar]

Hi fayer65574800,

Thanks for the details. Just for a test, import the exported file back into Premiere Pro and check if the colors are washed out.

Vidya

[excited_Genie16B8]

I think Jamie LeJeune has it right in the following thread from the Blackmagic forums.  He's specifically talking about Resolve, but the idea holds true for all NLEs.  The upshot is, "The only image you can trust is to run SDI out to an accurately calibrated reference monitor.  Grading by viewing the image in the GUI just doesn't work."

http://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=68410