Exported movie looks different from Canvas
by Jared Eaton
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Sep 4, 2009 at 5:33:48 am
Hi. I'm working on a project in FCP 6.0.6. When I export my sequence to a Quicktime Movie, it looks slightly different from what I see in my project canvas. The highlights are brighter when exported, and the colors look dimmer. It's a DV NTSC project. I export using the DV NTSC 48 kHz setting in FC. Does the canvas show a "final output" view? Is there a way to export a file that looks exactly like what you see in the canvas? Any input would be great! thanks
Re: Exported movie looks different from Canvas by Shane Ross on Sep 4, 2009 at 11:19:46 am
#49 - Quicktime movie lighter than what I see in FCP.
Shane's Stock Answer #49 - Why is the Quicktime Movie I made much lighter than what I see in my timeline in FCP?
Because it is designed to be bright enough to be seen on most monitors, some that might be too dark. But, if you want to see the same image you see in your FCP timeline, just open Quicktime, and in the Quicktime Player's preferences window under the General tab you can choose to Enable Final Cut Studio color compatibility.
Re: Exported movie looks different from Canvas by Jennifer Smith on Sep 4, 2009 at 2:09:04 pm
Thanks for the response.
The problem is that it's not just in QuickTime. It still looks different when I bring it back into FCP, or burn to a DVD. How do I get what I see?
But, I would like to do that change in QuickTime, how do I get to Quicktime preferences? I don't see that option on Quicktime 10.0 running Snow Leopard.
Re: Exported movie looks different from Canvas by Mark Petereit on Sep 4, 2009 at 6:08:49 pm
Canvas is NOT intended to represent an accurate view of your project. The only way to get a true view of your project is to run a broadcast monitor connected to a dedicated video board designed for that purpose.
Re: Exported movie looks different from Canvas by roberto tyszler on Sep 7, 2009 at 7:47:40 pm
I did that, using the best broadcast monitor that I ever see, a sony BVM 24", with HD-SDI and SDI input 444 and 422, when I am working with the final cut, I only able to use HD-SDI single link ( 422 ), untill now it is a limitation of the FC6, I have a AJA KONA3 with its breakout box with all input and output with the correct reference generated by an Ensenble Designs frame module, but even with it I still see the diference when I do an Export and than I make the Import of the same Clip or Still Image or a Quicktime.
Whatever is the options for importing or exporting allways !! ALWAYS I got a diferent image after import a single still file or a sequence or a quicktime!!!
If I send the video to an HDCAM (SRW-5500)or a DIGIBETA ( DVW-500) or even to an analog (PVW-2800) I send and call it back with the same color and bright. But just with VIDEO, with DATA that is THE PROBLEM.
I will love if someone have this answer, I am looking for it a long time and anyone can solve it yet!!! At least that I found it.
