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Imported videos are too dark

I just purchased Final Cut Pro X, thanks to new low price, and finally a new interface that makes video editing easier. (I actually like the new interface, iMovie simplicty means less learning curve)

However, I am having problems with all the movies that imported from websites, and cameras. It appears too dark, as seen in screenshot:

(Note the original video, which is located in QuickTime X, and video found in Final Cut Pro)

Here's another screenshot, with Final Cut Pro at the front:

Is there any way to fix this issue? Is this due to issue with graphics card?

Posted on Jun 28, 2011 1:18 AM

18 replies

Jul 5, 2011 5:53 PM in response to Howard King

I could see how that would work (I read that article as well), unfortunatly, it doesn't solve my issue. Again, I think that there are two issues at work here, one having to do with color profiles, and one having to do with how FCPX interprets color on some machines.

Jul 18, 2011 3:58 PM in response to philipfromnorwalk

Hey bro thanks for the link.

If you have a color munki or i'm guessing colorimeter, your software most likely will profile your montior to the icc v4 profile.

FCPX doesn't like that profile!!!

Within color munki's app in the prefs, set it to make a v2.2 profile and then reprofile!

Voila! You should be up and running!

nkell

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Aug 23, 2011 12:12 AM in response to Kento Ito

I had exactly the same issue - very dark viewer which in no way related to the exported QuickTime video. Looking through this and other posts really helped. I viewed the QuickTime export and FCPX viewer on the screen at the same time and then switched through the the display profiles until I found one that matched, I chose the adobe profile.

Imported videos are too dark