FCPX: export distorts colors

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dominik19 Author

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FCPX: export distorts colors

Can you please answer at least one of following questions?

Q1: How to export video in FCPX so the colors don't get distorted?

Pic. 1 vs. Pic. 2

Q2: Why are my exports toned undesirably red and how to avoid it?

Pic. 2 - 720p, 1080p, 4K, YouTube

Q3: How to upload video to YouTube so the colors don't get distorted?

Pic. 1 vs. Pic. 2, Video codec: Source - Apple ProRes 422 is not an option due to a enormous file size.

Pic. 1) In FCPX View the footage appears like this. Color graded video is ready for export.

Pic. 2) The same footage as in Pic. 1 exported with Video codec: Apple Devices 720p with the undesired red tone.
(For video codec: 1080p, 4K, YouTube the same problem occurs - viewed in VLC / QuickTime / YouTube)

Pic. 3) The same footage as in Pic. 1 exported as Master File, Video codec: Source - Apple ProRes 422.

This is the only settings I know that exports colors correctly. Big drawback is the huge file size.

Color space: Standard - rec. 709 used for all exports by default

Posted on Feb 28, 2018 5:58 AM

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Answer 1

dominik19 Author

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Mar 2, 2018 10:00 AM in response to Dewjack

Partial SOLUTION: I reinstalled FCPX from the App Store. Exported the project as Master File -> H.264 and the footage turned out to be ok.

(Unfortunately, the color tone problem persists when exported as Apple Devices 720p.)

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Answer 2

Feb 28, 2018 7:05 AM in response to dominik19

Do you have the screen set to use the default color profile?

FWIW, I made a screen capture of your pic1, added to a project, exported (Master File->Video & Audio, H264) and it came out perfectly fine, no red tone.

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Answer 3

dominik19 Author

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Feb 28, 2018 9:16 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thank you for the response.

Display profile: Color LCD

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

Graphics Radeon Pro 560 4 GB

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3

Final Cut Pro X - Version 10.4

Import from Sony Handycam 1080p .MTS

Dropbox - 00014.MTS

Source - Apple ProRes 422 is the only settings that I can use to export a color graded footage without any color tone distortions.

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Answer 4

dominik19 Author

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Feb 28, 2018 9:51 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

.MTS is default format for Sony HDR-CX730 (download Dropbox - 00014.MTS)

I newer knew there was the correct camera import function. I copied video and audio files from SD cards to my computer and dragged them to FCPX event.

Should this be an issue? Why?

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Answer 5

Tom Wolsky

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Feb 28, 2018 9:58 AM in response to dominik19

When you import using the import window, rather than drag and drop from the camera card, the application rewraps it as QuickTime and converts the audio. It shouldn't make a difference, except that the file is better for production and can be processed more easily.

Your Pic 2 above, where is that from? When you export to Apple Device, where do you save it?

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