Dealing with Loss of Saturation after Export at DVinfo.net

Steve Lewis · August 9th, 2008, 05:23 PM

On each of my short little web videos, I tend to lose a very noticeable amount of color saturation after I export to H.264 MOV. I know this has been discussed before but I wasn't sure what the final verdict was on how to compensate or take this loss of color depth into account. Is there a reasonable method for curbing this effect?
-Steve

David Knaggs · August 9th, 2008, 05:52 PM

Hi Steve.

Steve Mullen gave a method he uses to counteract this "effect" in this post:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showpost....57&postcount=3

As H.264 becomes more widespread as a final delivery codec for both the web and Blu-ray, it's a definite concern that it currently provides a noticeable shift in color/gamma to go along with that final delivery.

August 9th, 2008, 05:23 PM	#1
Steve Lewis Major Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Goleta, CA Posts: 233	Dealing with Loss of Saturation after Export On each of my short little web videos, I tend to lose a very noticeable amount of color saturation after I export to H.264 MOV. I know this has been discussed before but I wasn't sure what the final verdict was on how to compensate or take this loss of color depth into account. Is there a reasonable method for curbing this effect? -Steve __________________ www.spreefilms.com - Give me a museum and I'll fill it!

August 9th, 2008, 05:52 PM	#2
David Knaggs Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 826	Hi Steve. Steve Mullen gave a method he uses to counteract this "effect" in this post: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showpost....57&postcount=3 As H.264 becomes more widespread as a final delivery codec for both the web and Blu-ray, it's a definite concern that it currently provides a noticeable shift in color/gamma to go along with that final delivery.