How do I save an edited movie with brightness, contrast adjustments

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How do I save an edited movie with brightness, contrast adjustments

I am using Quicktime pro ver 7.6.4(518.35) and I love its editing features especially the rotation and brightness adjustment features. Is it possible to save a move with these edits so they will be view correct with the basic Quicktime player? I have a movie that I edited the contrast and brightness and resave it as its original MOV file. The new contrast and brightness setting show up when I play the video on the same computer that has my Quicktime pro on it. But, when I play it on another computer with the basic Quicktime player the movie reverts to the original Contrast and brightness. Am I doing something wrong? I even tried to export it to another format and lose the video portion of the movie.
I would hope that I could fully edit a movie save it and give it to my family so they can view it like it was edited. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

HP, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Nov 12, 2009 1:09 PM

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tomkat53

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Jan 13, 2010 6:14 AM in response to Reducky

I have this EXACT SAME ISSUE!

I recorded a movie on my cell phone (.3g2) format, but it's too dark.
With Quicktime player, I am able to adjust the brightness and contrast so that it is viewable. However, I would like to export or save the file as a new movie, so that I don't have to adjust those settings every time I view it.

Can someone PLEASE help?

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varjak paw

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Jan 13, 2010 9:28 AM in response to Reducky

To the best of my knowledge, brightness and contrast are playback features only and cannot be saved with the movie using QuickTime Player. You will probably need to use some other video editing software to make adjustment to those parameters.

Regards.

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tomkat53

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Jan 13, 2010 9:31 AM in response to varjak paw

Thanks for the reply.

You wouldn't happen to know any good video editing software, would you?

I've tried NUMEROUS ones, and the results are less than desirable, and nowhere near as good as the playback on Quicktime.

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varjak paw

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Jan 13, 2010 9:35 AM in response to tomkat53

Sorry, I don't use video editing software on Windows, so I can't make any recommendations beyond the high-end packages such as Adobe Premiere.

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tomkat53

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Jan 18, 2010 5:08 AM in response to Reducky

Are there any plans for future versions of Quicktime Pro to have the ability to save changes in brightness/contrast?

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Jan 18, 2010 8:52 AM in response to tomkat53

The A/V adjustments are "on the fly" when you use the A/V Controls window but would require an "Export" (with Filters adjustments) to save those settings in a new file.
That would also require the Pro upgrade to QuickTime Player.

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tomkat53

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Jan 18, 2010 8:58 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

I have Quicktime Pro.

However, even when I "export" the video, the A/V settings are not applied to the new file.

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Jan 18, 2010 2:07 PM in response to tomkat53

Again.
The A/V Controls window settings are not saved with the file and will not be included in any export.
You must use the Filters setting option in the Export to QuickTime Movie to adjust brightness and contrast or HSL settings.

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tomkat53

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Jan 18, 2010 4:41 PM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Ok, after some searching, I found the export filter settings...
However, the exported video appearance does not match that of the source video with similar A/V settings.

Example 1 = Source video (.3g2) with A/V settings, recorded with screen capture software. * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezvE6sUeUb0*

Example 2 = Source video with similar export filter settings (brightness/contrast) * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tQYXWX17zQ*
When the video gets brighter, the brightness dims and when the video gets darker, the brightness increases... contrast settings seemed to be ignored.

All I can say is.. what the HECK?

It's pretty sad when I have to rely on screen capture software to get the desired result! Luckily the source video was taken with a cell phone, so there was no noticeable loss in video quality.

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