As creative professionals, most of us have likely run into this problem, and it is tricky to pin down – why isn’t the color of my video matching 1:1 between my export and my editing timeline? What the heck is going on? Is QuickTime somehow at fault? Is it my operating system? Or is it something else? A few months ago, a friend of mine, Los Angeles-based Director of Photography Kevin Stiller, asked me if I wouldn’t mind giving him some feedback on something he was working on related to the infamous “QuickTime Gamma Bug” or “washed out” look sometimes associated with MacOS. Here in our initial discussion, Kevin breaks down what’s happening in a way that’s concise, easy to understand, and made me believe our conversation would have value for others in our profession. If you are a cinematographer, colorist, editor, director, or any content creator who uses MacOS-based Apple products, you’ll want to give this video conversation and corresponding article a look. What follows is written by Kevin Stiller as a companion to our video conversation. Image Credit: Kevin Stiller What is it? “Colors changing after export,” “QuickTime Gamma Bug,” MacOS video “washed out”… This dilemma has been called many different things causing frustration for professionals and hobbyists alike. Today, I am going to break down one of the web’s biggest color-management mysteries and help us finally get to the bottom of this. In this day and age, with the plethora of devices and certain manufacturers pushing the...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 5 January, 2024