AE?Quicktime issue on a PC
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- soynutz7
Ok, i'm having issues with my whites looking gray in some of my .movs. From after effects an un compressed .mov looks fine (i.e animation) but if i choose h.264, the white comes out gray, BUT viewed on other PCs the white is fine. so i'm pretty sure its an issue with quicktime. It tells me i have the most uptodate version, so whats my issue?
- soynutz70
and if i import the video into AE, the white is white... lame.
- airey0
it may be (but possibly not) the true white issue. apparently broadcast safe work has issue with the 100% white option.
http://forums.creativecow.net/re…
google for a more useful article
- soynutz70
hmmmm, don't think thats it, cause wouldn't that effect how its viewed on all machines... the issue is confined to my machine, whether it be quicktime or my display driver.
- pepe0
h264 always lightens the movies when it compresses. also after effects has a built in gamma setting that interprets movies slightly lighter than quicktime does. my recommend is to take your clips through either and hd or ntsc monitor through final cut when outputting to check colors and allow for any final color correction that my surprise you.
- soynutz70
ok, thanks for the advice guys. i'll see if any of that works
- erikjonsson0
sometimes if its just simpler stuff you are doing you can put an adjustment layer on top of everything in ae taking down brightness and contrast 5-15 notches. to make up for the h264 addition.
- thw whole thing is that it looks fine on other machines, everywhere else. mac or pc, on the web. except for my compysoynutz7
- Chief0
if you're just exporting the video using h264 for web viewing you can adjust the gamma to 1.10 before exporting to h264 it compensates for the gamma shit in h264. there's a setting in compressor but seeing as you're on a pc, i'm not sure if the app you're using has a similiar feature.
are you using AE to compress using h264? i've never had good results doing it this way. QT Pro and Compressor always seem to give me better results.
- NONEIS0
Don't hate, calibrate. If QuickTime on different machines (Mac & PC) gives you the white you want, you most likely have an issue with your monitor, or the gamma settings on your display.
- it's not the case here. there's a known gamma issue with h264.
http://www.google.co…Chief
- it's not the case here. there's a known gamma issue with h264.
- palmer_0
"When you render or export a QuickTime movie from Adobe After Effects CS3, the image is darker or lighter than your composition in After Effects."