FCP Coloring Issue

[Espnetboy3]

Ok Im not sure if it is always the case but last night i was color grading a clip in FCP. The effects I used were basic levels adjustments color balance and color correction. When I achieved the look I wanted and play the clip after I render it out in the timeline I notice the color shifts slighty to a bit more greenish lighter tint to it. Then when I pause it the color goes back to the way I wanted it to look when I was adjusting it.

I have everything rendered out Option R I have no red bars just grayish blue and my timeline playback settings are set to Safe RT and playback is set to High. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[LethalWolfe]

I've had that happen to, can't remember exactly what I did to fix it though. Try trashing all of your render files and/or creating a new sequence and copy/pasting your edits from your current seq into the new one.

Also, are you viewing this on your computer monitor or on a b'cast monitor/TV?


Lethal

 

[Espnetboy3]

thanks for the reply lethal. I guess people in here dont like answering my questions lol. Im watching it on my computer monitor but it still changes look by a slight degree. When paused its a little darker and when playing its a tiny bit lighter mostly in the blacks and a tiny bit greener tint. I did add some light greens in the 3 way color corrector but it changes when i play and pause it slighty . Weird

 

[killr_b]

I think its a prefs thing when using custom color profiles. Are you using a custom color profile? Try trashing FCP prefs and rebooting. The one from your users library prefs.

 

[LethalWolfe]

If you haven't already tried this, export a clip as a QT movie and see if the QT has the odd color shifting problems. What you see in FCP's Canvas is only a proxy of the image so it's not something you can pass final judgement on. I've had a similar thing happen, but on my b'cast monitor the image didn't shift (which is why I asked if you were watching it just on your computer monitor or not).


Lethal

 

[Espnetboy3]

Ya im going to render it out today. Should i render it lossless which would be animation? Or does it matter if I render out photojpeg or something?

BTW ive realized that the None option when exporting really isnt lossless as None compression would seem but animation is better.

 

[LethalWolfe]

What you should render it out to depends on what you are going to be doing with it and where the footage came from. I mean, if everything is DV there's no point in exporting it using animation because you will just end up w/a massive file that's still just DV quality.


Lethal