Footage in premiere looks too contrasty and it's not the usual problem (so far).

[Brainstorm-team]

Hi everyone, my Nikon Z6 h264 footage has way too much contrast in Premiere CC.The blacks are so crushed and I can't lift them up. I have this now for several versions in Premiere cc.

In quicktime and vlc it looks good and I downloaded the fcpx trial and in there it looks also like it should be and I can even lift the blacks. 

(In after effects it also looks too contrasty)

-Transferring the material to Apple pro res 422 didn't help.

-I know about the Display Color Management button but that is not the solution.

Please help.

Sequence settings

3840 x 2160

Apple pro res 422

Imac Pro 2017

3,2 Ghz 8 core Intel Xeon W

32 GB 2666 DDR4

Radeon Pro Vega 56 8 GB

[Joëlle Bh]

Hello,

Please check this link:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/quot-why-does-my-footage-look-darker-in-premiere-quot-co...

[Brainstorm-team]

Thank you. I noticed that link, but sadly that doens't solve it. I don't mind that it looks dark in Premiere, but I do mind that I can't lift the blacks even if the information is there.

[R Neil Haugen]

I'm wondering how your monitor is set. Color management being such a freaking mess, and the decision by Apple to not apply the second of two "required" transforms in the Rec.709 settings doesn't help.

It would be useful to see a screen grab of your Program monitor and your Scopes panel, with either RGB Parade or the Waveform in YC no chroma. And also, if you could upload a short sample clip to a dropbox type service and link to it so some of us could test on our machines that would be marvelous.

Neil