Why do colors change once I drag them into premier?

[Shahinaz24895676b0af]

I have been struggling with this problem and I am super depressed now!! My footage is taken by canon idx mark ii and its mov 4k 60 fps

I started noticing that my colors change when I drag the footage into premiere as it gets more saturated and dark! When I render it comes back to normal if I don't change the colors in the program. However, when I change and fix them in the program, they change after I render them!! I tried the lut that they talked about but still got bad results. The Rec 709 is grayed out and the color management option in the preferences is checked but no difference still!!! 
I tried a different camera but same result!! I tried to shoot in 1080 instead of 4k and the rec 709 is not grayed out anymore, and colors went back to normal ONLY in the preview screen of the program but once is dragged into the timeline then  the same problem is back again!!!
please anyone help me because my motivation to film is almost gone!!!! 

[Mohammad.Harb]

I recommend resetting Premiere pro Preference settingns 

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi Shahinaz24895676b0af,

Sorry for the frustration. Dealing with HDR can be confusing. See if this FAQ might help set up your sequence, so it contains 709 values instead of HDR ones: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/faq-how-to-fix-saturated-over-exposed-hlg-cl... Check export settings, as well.

Let me know if it worked.

Thank You,

Kevin

[R Neil Haugen]

Are you on a Mac?

If you are, and working with SDR/Rec.709 media, the problem is the odd choice by Apple to use an incorrect gamma for Rec.709 video display. Their ColorSync utility is set to use gamma 1.96 for Rec.709/SDR video, when the rest of the universe uses gamma 2.4.

Premiere will use a correct gamma 2.4 internally. A clip viewed in Premiere will look darker and more saturated than in say QuickTime player. But outside Premiere on a Mac, the Rec.709/SDR video is displayed with that incorrect gamma which lightens the shadows.

It was a massively unfortunate choice that causes a world of troubles. And ... there ain't no "fix". As you can't build a file that will play correctly with either 1.96 or 2.4 gamma. I teach pro colorists, most of whom are Mac based, and they are FURIOUS with Apple over this odd choice. Which they can't "fix" either.

But for the record, the image within Premiere, especially if you have the "Display color management" option set in the preferences ... will be actually more accurate by the full Rec.709 standards than in QuickTime player. As established by all the major color management experts and colorists.

Neil