Export options in Avid

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myCharlie

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I am currently having problem with Quicktime Reference export file. After rendering in ProCoder 3, the rendered file looks much darker than when playing the HD QT Ref inside of Quicktime Player. Since no one seems to know what solution to resolve this problem, I'm asking if there is any other options besides Quicktime when exporting out of Avid. Quicktime has a pretty resolution but it's no use if there is a problem with inconsistent gamma handling.
 
a quicktime reference will not change gammas or levels in any way but if going to another application like sorenson on avidDVD, you will notice lots of interlacing. You have to do mixdowns to avoid this. I have found I usually have to lay it off to tape, delete everything and then recapture the master, as wack as that sounds.
I have noticed the level change in bringing in clips back from AE but these level changes have always happened in AE, not upon export. I have a saved color effect to fix this.
 
Many thanks for the response. The problem I'm having is not so much importing back into Avid (I'm pretty sure I will once I'm starting) but exporting out. When the footage was playing inside of a Quicktime player, the gamma/luminance looks correct. However, after rendering in Procoder to DVD mastering, the footage gets much darker.

In Avid, when exporting the sequence out, the sequence is already transcoded to DNxHD 270 or sometimes MXF 1:1. So when exporting the transcoded sequence, I chose QT Reference and I believed all I've checked all the mixdown checkboxes. After exporting out, I end with one .mov and .aif file for audio. What are other options that I should try?
 
Yes, when export out, I set to 601/709 and in the encoder, I just used the default (DVD Mastering quality).
 
are you verifying these levels with scopes?
what are you monitoring on?
I would not get shaken up by QT player looking different than a different app.
 
I don't have to use scopes or anything, the picture is obviously much darker than what I've color corrected in Avid and playing the footage in Avid composer window. The picture is like 1 or 1.5 stops darker than what's showing in Avid composer window.
 
Here's a picture that shows the exact problem that I have. The one right is what it suppose to look like. The picture on the left is too dark to see any details of the person.
 
have you checked you prrocoder settings?
Have you tried sorenson squeeze to ensure it is in fact procoder?
I don't belive this is the reference file doing this.
 
grinner said:
have you checked you prrocoder settings?
Have you tried sorenson squeeze to ensure it is in fact procoder?
I don't belive this is the reference file doing this.
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Let me get this clear. The problem is with QT no other thirty party's fault. However, my point in this thread is alternative or other options for exporting my sequence out of Avid so I burn into DVD.


I tried export as Windows Media and I received this exception:



[FONT=&quot]Exception: myFootage, Not enough memory is available to complete this operation.[/FONT]
So I tried AVI, and I recieved this exception:



[FONT=&quot]Exception: Maximum size of AI file has been reached. Resulting output may not be complete.[/FONT]

So right now it seems to me that Avid is pretty much useless for me because I can't export my sequence out in a good quality enough to be render into DVD.
 
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