going from AfterEffects to MPEG2/DVD?

Hi All,

I do mostly CG animations in AfterEffects and Cinema4D.

I convert movies from uncompressed (animation codec) to MPEG2 with QuickTimePro 5.02 on MAC OS9.2.2.

Then when I play my movies with DVD player on computer THERE IS VISIBLE SHIFT in gamma,
ie my animations are slightly darker, I LOST DETAILS in darkest areas!

Do you have any reciepies to correct it ?

Should I compensate gamma or else before encoding to MPEG2.

I'll appreciate your help :-) ,

It take so much time to produce CG animations and see poor result on DVD :-[

Best Regards,
Marek Doszla