Quicktime Reference files too bright?

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crazycatz

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Hey everyone,

When I export my timeline as a quicktime reference, it is signifigantly brighter than what my project looks like in the avid.
I searched around on avid's forums and found some people with the same problem but no way to fix it, so perhaps the brilliant minds here know something about this, and how to go about fixing it?

I'm using avid xpress pro 4.6.

Thanks alot!
 
Too bright and washed out, right?

Yeah, it's likely an RGB vs 601/709 problem. I've had this before and switching those export settings always worked.
 
DC said:
Too bright and washed out, right?

Yeah, it's likely an RGB vs 601/709 problem. I've had this before and switching those export settings always worked.
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Where can I switch these options? Usually they show up in the export settings dialog box right? but the option to switch between RGB and 601 isn't in the quicktime reference dialog box. that option is there for every other export option, but not reference files.
I heard they didn't put those options there until a later version of avid?

what do I do now?
 
DC said:
Too bright and washed out, right?

Yeah, it's likely an RGB vs 601/709 problem. I've had this before and switching those export settings always worked.
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Which is best to have RGB or 601/709 as setting?
 
crazycatz said:
Where can I switch these options? Usually they show up in the export settings dialog box right? but the option to switch between RGB and 601 isn't in the quicktime reference dialog box. that option is there for every other export option, but not reference files. I heard they didn't put those options there until a later version of avid?

what do I do now?
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What version of Avid are you using?


triplej96 said:
Which is best to have RGB or 601/709 as setting?
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http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=77472
 
Express pro 4.6

I know its an old version, but my computer cant handle xpress pro HD. (I hope to buy a new avid system in a few months..:D)
 
Been quite awhile since I used that old version. Not sure I can be of any help with that, sorry. :(

Def upgrade as soon as you can! :)
 
Quicktime reference should just work, as it's just exporting links to the same video that you captured from the camera. If it was a normal Quicktime file I'd expect it to be an RGB vs 601/709 problem but you shouldn't see that with Quicktime reference.
 
Thats what i thought too, but it looks brighter than what I'm seeing in the avid. so should i not trust the edit window in avid when im editing? or maybe i shoul just add some color correction over top the whole sequence?
 
It may just be a difference between how Avid and Quicktime play the movie, I've noticed in the past that colors generally look different in the Quicktime player. The only way to really tell is to play the output on a calibrated monitor, or at least to burn to DVD and see how it looks on a decently set-up TV.
 
good luck burning it to dvd... i've been fighting this issue... im exporting a 601 colorspace files and putting it into compressor and it messes with it too.. now i dont knwo what to trust.
 
Yeah, the whole RGB/601/709 thing is a pain, as different programs seem to default to different behaviour.
 
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