Re: Rendering unmodified footage causes dark, incorrect video gamma and hue

Okay, so I've been religiously changing all my HD footage to Rec 709 and changing my Project Color Space to Rec 709. But unfortunately the gamma is still much darker than the original footage. In fact the entire project looks dark when rendered out to ProRes.422 HQ. My work around has been to add an adjustment layer and boost the gamma, but it's not a great workaround.

I'm worried this is my fault. I've heard that there is some new color space functionality with AE CS4. Maybe I have something checked that shouldn't be.

I still think the best example of the situation I'm talking about is from my earlier post. You simply import some HD footage, render it out and then compare it to the original footage. The rendered footage will always look much darker, even if I make sure the Project and Footage color spaces are both the same. (the manual recommends Rec 709 for HD footage). I'm guessing this is a Quicktime issue and Adobe is waiting to see what Apple does with Snow Leopard before they try and fix it.

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