Final cut pro gamma correction

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Final cut pro gamma correction

Hello.

I bet people have posted this before but after searching I could not find a concrete answer.

I have FCP 6 and Color 1.5. My display gamma is at 2.2. I edit my cut in FCP and send it to color. No problems there. I color correct in color and it looks good. I render out a quicktime. Then send the sequence back to FCP. The FCP previews it really dark. I can't do anything to change that. I go to check the rendered quicktime and it's fine, looks the same as color. If I render the final out of FCP it's also dark. This is kind of driving me crazy. Can anyone help?

Thanks.
Joey

mac pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1), 10 GB ram

Posted on Nov 10, 2009 8:00 AM

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Answer 1

Shane Ross

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Nov 10, 2009 8:08 AM in response to joeycarrapichano

You cannot judge the quality of your image on a computer monitor. And FCP lowers the quality of the image to ensure full framerate playback, so it will look worse. The only way you can really judge how your footage looks is on an external monitor or TV.

Shane

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Answer 2

Nov 10, 2009 8:15 AM in response to joeycarrapichano

Thanks Shane. I know that. Although I'm trying to make some small quicktimes for the internet and not for broadcast right now. Is there anything I can do in FCP that will allow me to use the same color as in COLOR?

Thanks
J.

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Answer 3

Shane Ross

Level 8

43,110 points

Nov 10, 2009 12:20 PM in response to joeycarrapichano

Not that I know of. They aren't designed that way. Color is designed to send a proper signal to an external monitor. FCP is just there to show you the picture, the best it can, so that you can edit. Neither are designed for color correcting for the web.

Shane

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