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colours in FCP seriously wrong

In the screenshot below left is "as it should be" (finder preview), right is as it appears after import in FCP. FCP used to work just fine. This is FCP 10.4.6 in High Sierra. Other versions of FCP in El Capitan and Snow Leopard on the same computer (imac 2011) work fine.

Something in the "playback machine" of FCP is amiss. If I export the video and view it with quick time or finder preview, everythings fine.

So the way FCP displays the video is wrong. What do I do?

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Posted on Oct 7, 2023 8:17 AM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2023 9:43 AM

iMac is the correct setting. Try trashing the FCP preferences and rebooting.

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Oct 7, 2023 9:43 AM in response to hej65

iMac is the correct setting. Try trashing the FCP preferences and rebooting.

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Oct 7, 2023 8:23 AM in response to hej65

What is the Color Profile selected in System Preferences->Displays?

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Oct 7, 2023 8:27 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Preferences in Display is imac. That, however, concerns the whole display. This problem is only within FCP. Everything around it is fine.

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Oct 7, 2023 9:03 AM in response to hej65

That system setting is used my FCP for ColorSync. If its not set correctly video will look different across different applications.

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Oct 7, 2023 9:39 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Dear Tom,

yes, that's the problem: the video looks "wrong" or different in FCP. In display -> colour -> it is set to imac. What do I do?

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Oct 7, 2023 10:07 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Dear Tom,

that might have been it. However, I meanwhile - being restored the whole system from time machine & things are fine now.

Your solution might have been easier, but well... it worked.

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