Participating Frequently

Question

Why Do My Premiere Pro Exports Look Washed Out? [QT Gamma Compensation LUT]

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
February 2, 2022
7 replies
303651 views

Hi There,

Months ago I found a download here I think for the QT Gamma Compensation LUT ... I just updated my mac and now the file is a .cube and I don't know how to change it to a usable file again. Help? Does anyone know where I can find the file again to download & use?

[Moderator edited subject line. This issue relates to how a video exported from Premiere Pro might look different from how it appeared inside Premiere Pro. After export, the video may appear "too light" or "washed out". ]

Fergus H

Community Manager

Hi all,

Premiere Pro exports appearing washed out is a commonly reported issue. It is caused by differences in gamma between devices like televisions, Windows and macOS computers, and viewers in different applications.

We have written an article that explains the cause of this issue and provides guidance on how to handle it:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/why-do-my-premiere-pro-exports-look-washed-out.html

Regards,

Fergus

T

team_4346

Participant

proper colour no shown

R Neil Haugen

Legend

With such a minimalist post, I can't even guess at your problem. Or a fix. Details matter ... complete details.

And as this is a long-running older post that started in a completely different and now outdated color management system, START A NEW THREAD. Please.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

M

MikeB555

Participant

OK I've tried this for a few hours now and read all the replies. But my issue seems to be different...

The exposure seems much higher... the colors seem more bright and vibrant not washed out.

When I use the gamma compensation it makes it "more normal" but still unusably bright. Does anyone have any ideas?

M

MikeB555

Participant

I don't know if this is very good but this seemed to solve the issue... https://youtu.be/cN8CHBhvyJs?si=Rz-oONMa1PuRMPG7

M

MikeB555

Participant

Ok so this didn't work either... it now makes lines across the video like old school box TV's used to do.

F

Fredrik29834637r1ag

Participant

Hi,

Hi, is there any new solution to this on a mac? After exporting with "The Gamma QT Lut", the movie becomes darker and more saturated as mentioned earlier." Very grateful for tips.

F

Fredrik29834637r1ag

Participant

I reply myself here 🙂After reading Neal's earlier post, I will be running without "The Gamma Lut". When checking the reference in VLC, the films look good. Thanks Neil.

H

Hasadiah280695422fww

Participant

How do you get away from using the Qt Gamma Comp LUT?

T

Tom28342070zxad

Participant

I downloaded the LUT (which appears to be a load of text, but it works) from the link below then set export to h.264 (high-resolution 1920x1080) went to effects in the export window, selected the LUT from where I had saved it, and it worked perfectly. Thank you for the advice!!!

J

JJRiley

Known Participant

Hi - how did you get Media Encoder to recognize the LUT? I placed the cube files in a location and selected them, but it says there is a low level exception (see screen shot). I tried saving the cube file on my desktop as well as our video server, but it won't apply. I used the vimeo preset first and then tried the match source high bitrate preset, but it still shows as none. Thanks for the help.

R Neil Haugen

Legend

They have a bug where that line says "none" even though the LUT is applied ... so if you complete the export, is it applied?

And of course ... if that LUT does get applied, understand the file will be very dark when viewed on a non-Mac display. Due to the underlying nature of the problem.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

chrisw44157881

Inspiring

i am not aware that the lut doesn't work with mac. premiere reads the file so it should still work.

download lut here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/quot-why-does-my-footage-look-darker-in-premiere-quot-color-q-amp-a/td-p/4788414

just place it in location here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/faq-premiere-pro-lumetri-color-custom-lut-directory-and-location/td-p/4785911

and render out with lut.

Z

zensei24321378vihf

Participant

Is this still a thing that needs to be done in July 2022 with latest Adobe?

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Dear Neil,

We understand that you have strong convictions about the way you believe color space should be accomplished. However, we must consider the bigger picture and the fact that a much larger group is already working towards completing and editing videos in a certain way specifically for Apple products. It is important for us to work together and come to a compromise rather than insisting on doing things solely our own way.

While we respect your beliefs and opinions, it is a little bit selfish to insist on doing things only your way when there are so many other people involved in editing. By coming together and finding a solution that works for everyone, we can ensure that the task is completed efficiently and effectively.

From the thousands if not tens of thousands of people who edit video for devices, we urge you at adobe to consider the benefits of working together and compromising in order to accomplish meaningful this important task. We are the paying customer. Let's put aside our individual desires and focus on the greater good to fix this adobe color space issue so that exports look like the edits... It is time. It has been years.

What a bizarre response ... let's review the situation.

The "normal" standard for Rec.709 is to apply the camera and display transforms. That is the regular & expected method in all pro broadcast applications.

Adobe applies that universal standard to the media.

Apple chooses to work differently, and does NOT apply the display transform. Which is why the same file looks different outside of full Rec.709 color on a Mac ... or anywhere else.

That isn't opinion, it's just the practical "what is".

Now, how is Adobe supposed to solve that? I'm quite serious here.

What do you want Adobe's video people to do about this, being as they have no control of what Apple chooses to do whatever.

So again ... how is Adobe supposed to fix a choice by Apple?

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

N

NickiDoaneAuthor

Participating Frequently

Nevermind having a moment - it's fine.

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded