The Hive’s AE Quicktips #2 Fixing Gamma Issues in QT

A lot of people ask questions on the forum, as to why their H.264 Quicktime videos look washed out and not as vibrant as they are with their source footage.  Some people don’t really recognize the difference, and just take it as an problem that comes along with the compression codec, but that isn’t the issue.  The issue is that Quicktime has a buggy little issue that stems from over/under compensating for different vibrancy on different displays.  This has caused the problem, and now we have the answer.  Sadly, you have to have Quicktime Pro to go through this fix with me, but hey maybe Quicktime will fix it in the next version… you never know!

Thanks to Andrew Kramer for addressing this issue over a year back.  Remember to always get the most out of your videos, especially if you are outputting for a demo reel or proofs to a client.