QT Proxies Very Dark

[Zorie Barber]

M shooting feature at 320 iso 4k 2:1 1/48 and my QT are extremely dark. Any help would be much appreciated!

best

Zorie

[Brook Willard]

Open Quicktime, open the preferences and check "Enable Final Cut Studio Color Compatibility." Then calibrate your monitor to 2.2, quit QT and open the QT files again.

[Paul Harrill]

I'm having the same problem. Followed Brook's suggestion, and my proxies still look dark.

If I open them in RedCine or Red Alert! they look like what I was seeing on the LCD.

Any ideas?

[Hans von Sonntag]

They are dark. They only get lighter if you change ASA to 640 or even higher. If your exposure is not done via monitor but with a lightmeter this is a way to go.

For editing we transcode them to ProRes using Compressor. In Compressor we do the necessary crop and also lift the gamma.

Hans

[Kenn Michael]

Yep, it's a gamma issue.

[Chris Parker]

i am having the same problem. been doing what hans is doing, and lifting the gamma in compressor, but that introduces unwanted noise. i am hoping someone has the proper solution.