Colors rendered out of After Effects look different in Final Cut X
I can't seem to find a solution to this.
I don't know much about color space. As far as I can tell, in Project Settings the only three options I have for color space within Final Cut X are "Rec 709", "Rec 601 PAL" and "Rec 601 NTSC". No other options are appearing.
I went with Rec 709.
I was noticing this issue where I'd render out a Prores 422 video out of After Effects and the colors would be entirely inaccurate. Almost washed out. For example, I create a basic sequence in After Effects with a blue solid that has the hex #006DC7. I render out a Prores 422 .mov file, drop it into my Final Cut project, and the blue looks very different from what #006DC7 looks like in Final Cut.
To see exactly what I'm talking about check this out:
On the top is my .mov from After Effects where I created a blue solid with the hex #006DC7
On the bottom is a generator in Final Cut where I created a blue solid with the hex #006DC7
I cropped the top layer so you can see them side by side. You can see the video from After Effects is a much lighter blue.
I've tried asking on the After Effects support community, but they just smugly told me to "read up on color profiles". I've read everything I can and I'm still lost when it comes to a solution. Within After Effects, I have options under project settings for color and I've selected the Rec 709 option:
Here you can see my Final Cut project settings showing Rec 709 as well:
What's even more curious to me is that if I render out a .png frame from After Effects... it's a different blue as well. It's ALMOST identical to the color in Final Cut, but it's still slightly different. It's very hard to tell in this screen shot without looking closely, but on the left side is the PNG from After Effects, in the middle is the generator in Final Cut... and on the right is the .mov from After Effects:
Anyone have any tips for what I might be doing wrong here? Anyone else experience issues with getting matching colors out of After Effects into Final Cut?
