Keeping bright colors through QT PRO compression...

[DVX100Shooter]

I just finished compressing some footage shot in 24P normal using QT Pro and in the settings I selected Sorenson Video 3. I did another compression using H.264 as well. The colors in the finished compression don't seem to pop like I would want them to. It actually looks kinda dull to say the least! Is there anything I need to do in the pre compression stages to enhance or keep the colors looking good?

Click link below to see what I am talking about...

http://www.sharkle.com/video/94852/

[DVX100Shooter]

I guess no one uses QT PRO on here to compress their footage? I am just wondering if I need to select one of those options under the filter button to enhance colors or something. After compression the colors looked dull to me.

[AMonthOfSundays]

I haven’t got a response from my question but I've gathered enough info to help you out with yours. From what I’ve been reading that it’s been a known issue with QT and the H.264 encoding on windows. Apparently it looks fine on Macs and will hopefully be fixed in later versions of QT pro.

[Demistate]

I wouldn't use QT Pro to encode files that will look good for distrobution.

If you are distrobuting to web: try Flash 8 Video. There is a free Video encoder for windows http://www.rivavx.com/index.php?encoder&L=3

If you want more of a file download, Windows Media (while the color gamut may not look correct) will give you colors that pop more. Its a free download for all valid copy of Windows. If you want to encode on the mac, you'll need to buy Flip4Mac. I do not know how good the Mac encoder is for WMV9

And, if you want the most versitility for the future, there is Mpeg-4 AVC in an mp4 container. You could use StaxRip (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/) to achieve this result for free on a windows machine, however I do not know any mac alternatives for these software packages.

(ProTip: You can use Staxrip to make mp4 files that are quicktime compatible in conjunction with nero digital being installed, search my posts for some of my tutorials I have written on the board)

[DVX100Shooter]

Yea I am all MAC based over here..I will look for your tutorials in the meantime though.

[novelt]

i use Quicktime pro just check my clips. click my name and then find posts/threads started by me. most of my stuff is in h.264 and i've received comments here about the coloring...which is straight from my NLE. i did nothing in quicktime. however you can adjust the HSL if you want or need to.

[Drew Ott]

It may be the fact that you're using Sharkle...

novelt, when you say you've received comments, do you mean you've received positive or negative color comments?