This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] ProRes export weirdness, with same-as-source export

Monday, September 17, 2012

Re: [Avid-L2] ProRes export weirdness, with same-as-source export

IOW, check with VLC.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Job ter Burg (L2B)" <Job_L2@terburg.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] ProRes export weirdness, with same-as-source export

I bet the difference is in how QT displats the ProRes QT file. Levels should
match.

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 17, 2012, at 18:28, Michael Brockington <brocking@sfu.ca> wrote:

> I thought the ProRes native handling was supposed to fix this kind of
> stuff, but the following gives me unexpected results (Running MC 6.0.3
> software only on 10.7.4)
>
> 1. import the belle-nuit test chart as DNx220
> 2. transcode to ProRes HQ. The original and the transcode appear
> identical inside Avid.
> 3. Export a still of both DNx and ProRes as TIFFs -- they appear
> identical.
> 4. Export both the DNx and ProRes versions same-as-source, CCIR levels.
> They look different. The ProRes version looks like it has been exported
> with RGB levels -- blacks crushed, whites truncated.