This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: QT video levels?

I have a number of students exporting their finished thesis films. They've been editing in on MC 6.03 in Apple ProRes MXF. The plan was to color-correct in the 709 color space, and then have them export a Same-As-Source .mov using 601/709 settings. This would be their final master.

Am I correct in understanding that the 601/709 setting won't work, and that color levels will expand to RGB levels upon export? What's the best workaround for this?

Thanks for helping my offline editor brain with these online conundrums!

Cheers,
Mike

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Michael Brockington <brocking@...> wrote:
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> On 6.0.3 this flag seems to be set properly by Avid for DNxHD exports.
> ProRes exports in that version seem to be always flagged as RGB.
>
> I reported some testing results here comparing DNxHD vs ProRes
> same-as-source exports on Mac:
> http://community.avid.com/forums/p/113013/677905.aspx
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> I suspect not all applications observe the flag that is set.
>
> Cheers,
> --Michael
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> On 13-05-07 3:57 AM, Fabrice Altman wrote:
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> > So... moving on from the goose ;)
> >
> > Apparently there is an internal flag in the exported DNxHD QT file
> > that is supposed to be set to either RGB or 709 according to the
> > export settings.
> >
> > However, this flag seems always set to 709 on export from MC 5.5,
> > whatever the export settings are. Can anyone confirm this is a bug and
> > has been fixed in later releases?
> > (The flag seems to work on export from AFX).
> > Does a similar flag exist in ProRes?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > F.
> >
> >
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