Why do I get a green cast on a burned DVD?

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Why do I get a green cast on a burned DVD?

I am in the process of trying to burn a DVD. The colors all look fine in iMovie and iDVD preview but when I burn the DVD many of the colors wash out and there is a green cast to the picture. Any ideas on how to fix this?

MacBook, 2.0 GHz, 1 GB ram, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Feb 6, 2007 8:27 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 6, 2007 9:20 AM in response to Rick Mckelvey

welcome Rick to the  boards of discussions ...

have a look in both apps:
has the iM project the same video-standard as your iDVD project?
Apple doesn't use NTSC/PAL as terms, but 30/25fps..

iDVD allows to burn a NTSCdisk with an PALiMovie.. and vice versa.. with a loss of quality, for sure..

.. just a guess.. 😉

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Answer 2

Feb 6, 2007 11:21 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

This is a movie created with pictures that I have in iPhoto. I went from iPhoto to iMovie and then finally to iDVD to share the project. Everything went fine and looked great until I burned the DVD.

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F Shippey

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Feb 6, 2007 11:51 AM in response to Rick Mckelvey

Rick,

It sounds like a color space issue. See: iPhoto 6: Photos appear too dark or wrong color at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303459 and iPhoto 6 ColorSync options at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303146

Basically, iPhoto now pays attention to the color profile set by the camera - BUT - iDVD doesn't.

I think there is another KnowledgeBase article on the issue but I can't find it.

Sue - help?

F Shippey

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SDIllini

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Feb 6, 2007 2:17 PM in response to F Shippey

Hi Fred:

iPhoto 6 ColorSync options
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303146

Is that what you needed?

:)Sue

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Answer 5

Feb 6, 2007 2:20 PM in response to F Shippey

Rick,

It sounds like a color space issue. See: iPhoto
6: Photos appear too dark or wrong color at
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303459
and iPhoto 6 ColorSync options at
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303146

Basically, iPhoto now pays attention to the color
profile set by the camera - BUT - iDVD doesn't.

I think there is another KnowledgeBase article on the
issue but I can't find it.

Sue - help?

F Shippey

If that were the issue, why would the iDVD preview look fine. The color only gets messed up when I burn the DVD. Could the brand of DVD I am using make a difference?

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Answer 6

F Shippey

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Feb 6, 2007 2:25 PM in response to Rick Mckelvey

If that were the issue, why would the iDVD preview look fine

Because your monitor is calibrated with some ColorSync profile - your TV set (and Apple's DVD player) isn't.

I can assure you that iDVD DO NOT change the color of content. See my pages: http://homepage.mac.com/profpixel/color_bars/colorbars.htm and http://homepage.mac.com/profpixel/gray_patches/graypatches.htm

F Shippey

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F Shippey

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Feb 6, 2007 2:26 PM in response to SDIllini

Sue,

I found that one - I though you had referenced an additional page recently.

Fred

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SDIllini

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Feb 6, 2007 2:48 PM in response to F Shippey

Fred:

I believe this is what you were referring to:

Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Door): QuickTime Movie Has Purple or Green Tint
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75423

And ( I doubt it) but these may assist him:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300879

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300878

iMac G5 1.8 GHz 20FP & (2)iMac G4 800MHz 17FP Mac OS X (10.3.9) OS X 10.4.8 / iLife 4,5,6 Superdrives & 1 G RAM / QT6 pro

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Answer 9

Feb 6, 2007 5:52 PM in response to SDIllini

Fred:

I believe this is what you were referring to:

Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Door): QuickTime Movie
Has Purple or Green Tint
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75423

And ( I doubt it) but these may assist him:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300879

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300878

iMac G5 1.8 GHz 20FP &
(2)iMac G4 800MHz 17FP Mac OS X (10.3.9) OS X
10.4.8 / iLife 4,5,6 Superdrives & 1 G RAM / QT6
pro

I appreciate your time in helping me solve this but I still haven't got any clue how to fix the problem. I am using a brand new MacBook 2.0 GHZ system with 1 GB ram installed. I have the latest system updates installed.

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Answer 10

F Shippey

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Feb 6, 2007 6:38 PM in response to Rick Mckelvey

Rick,

By any chance were the original still images RAW format images?

F Shippey

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Answer 11

Feb 6, 2007 7:00 PM in response to F Shippey

Rick,

By any chance were the original still images RAW
format images?

F Shippey

They were JPEG images that I scanned and transfered to iPhoto.

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Answer 12

F Shippey

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Feb 6, 2007 7:06 PM in response to Rick Mckelvey

Do you have a .Mac account with a shared disk or a webpage that you could post an image to so I can look at it?

F Shippey

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Old Toad

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Feb 6, 2007 7:54 PM in response to Rick Mckelvey

Rick:

You are creating the slideshow in iMovie from photos in iPhoto and then Sharing to iDVD, right?

If not all of the images show this color shift can you identify any difference between them and those that don't? Were they processed any differently? Check to see if any are the Adobe RGB profile. As F Shippy requested can you can post both a good and bad image file, full sized, so we can download and examine them to see if we can see anything different between the two.

What playback quality do you have set in iMovie's preferences?

Do you Twango?

Tutorials

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Answer 14

Old Toad

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Feb 7, 2007 9:54 AM in response to F Shippey

Rick:

Have you just played it on the computer (i.e. via disk image) or have you burned a disk and played it thru a TV set?

F Shippey:

Do you think it could be anything to do the DVD Player that could be involved? A messed up pref file? Maybe deleting the DVD Player preference file might be worth a try.

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Answer 15

F Shippey

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Feb 7, 2007 11:36 AM in response to Old Toad

Do you think it could be anything to do the DVD
Player that could be involved? A messed up pref
file? Maybe deleting the DVD Player preference file
might be worth a try.

We did have one case a while ago who had one of video cables disconnected to his TV set with color problems.

We need to hear more from Rick.

Fred

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