Hi,

All my mov exports seem to come out too bright from Avid, they look washed out. I have scoured the net in search of a solution.

Can anyone help please?

I am basically trying to get a 1080i 50fps output from avid into After Effects to encode to mpg without losing colour information.

Thanks for any help on this.

Spencer

In the export settings are you choosing RGB or 601/709?

I've tried both but it doesn't make much difference if any...

What version of Quicktime? Is it the correct one for MC? Is it the fre free Quicktime or the Pro one? I noticed that on some versions of Quicktime Pro if You move the brightness/contrast sliders the changes will stick and affect Quicktime exports. hth

I haven't tried that, I'm willing to buy it if that's the reason. Can anyone else clarify this?

I've found similar.  HD project exported in QT 601/709 colour space when encoded to Bluray by Encore CS3 give me grey blacks.  The exact same clip encoded by encore to DVD is fine.  Use sorenson to do the encode and I find the blacks are still lifted though not as bad.  Add a "restore black" filter in Sorenson and its OK.  I haven't found a solution I am happy with yet - I dont seem to be alone on the adobe forums thinking there is a problem with their encoder and I find Sorensons results look a bit softer than Encore so its my "B" choice ideally.

Which app is responsible - Apple's QT, Avid's Export or Adobe's encoder? As the DVDs look fine my money is on Apple/Adobe.  Unfortunately CS3 Encore wont let me compensate the black levels...

Not running QT Pro but it is the recommended QT for my version of MC (v4)