Original video colour is lost when launching ColorDirector 5 from PowerDirector 16

KUMELL

Newbie Location: Syney, Australia Joined: Oct 21, 2014 09:06 Messages: 5 Offline

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Jan 20, 2018 06:47

Everytime I try to launch a video clip from PowerDirector to ColorDirector, the clip opens in ColorDirecor with strange colour presets. I cannot see the original clip colours for editing. I try to even reset the colurs in ColorDirecot but it won't help me at all.
Hope you can help me. It is very furstrating.
I use ColorDirector 5 and PowerDirector 16.
Thanks Anura ELLAWALA

Håkan K

Member Location: Sweden Joined: Aug 07, 2016 10:03 Messages: 54 Offline

Jan 21, 2018 00:46

Sorry, deleted. Thought you applied a LUT

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Håkan K

Member Location: Sweden Joined: Aug 07, 2016 10:03 Messages: 54 Offline

Jan 21, 2018 00:48

Sorry, deleted. Thought you applied a LUT

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PIX

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

Jan 21, 2018 16:58

Hello KUMELL,

Welcome to the CDR forum

Could you please post a screenshot of the opening frame of a video in PDR, & the same frame of the same video in CDR? Obviously you're talking about a very significant difference.

From my testing, there are minute diferences in colour display between PDR & CDR, but nothing that would cause such alarm!

PIX PIX YouTube channel

KUMELL

Newbie Location: Syney, Australia Joined: Oct 21, 2014 09:06 Messages: 5 Offline

Jan 22, 2018 04:59

Quote Hello KUMELL,

Welcome to the CDR forum

Could you please post a screenshot of the opening frame of a video in PDR, & the same frame of the same video in CDR? Obviously you're talking about a very significant difference.

From my testing, there are minute diferences in colour display between PDR & CDR, but nothing that would cause such alarm!

PIX

Hi,
Thank you for your response..
Please find the attached screen captures from both PDR & CDR. I didn't select any presets in CDR but the video clip appears as if has been modified. I unisntalled CDR and reinstalled but there is no change.
Hope you can help.
Thank you.


Filename	PDR.JPG	Download
Description	PowerDirector Screen Shot
Filesize	123 Kbytes
Downloaded:	9 time(s)


Filename	CDR.JPG	Download
Description	ColorDirector Screen Shot
Filesize	301 Kbytes
Downloaded:	13 time(s)

Anura ELLAWALA

PIX

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

Jan 22, 2018 11:51

Hello again,

My goodness! That's outrageous

Please see the attached screenshots of a similar clip in PDR & CDR. This is CDR6, but the preview in CDR5 is just the same. They are more like what you should expect.

Could you please check your Hardware Decoding preferences in both PDR & CDR? If that option is checked, try unchecking.

Also, please ensure that you have the most recent 6301 update patch installed for CDR5.

If we're unable to resolve this here, we may need to refer to the Technical Support team for advice.

PIX


Filename	CDR Preview.jpg	Download
Description
Filesize	694 Kbytes
Downloaded:	4 time(s)


Filename	PDR Preview.jpg	Download
Description
Filesize	665 Kbytes
Downloaded:	5 time(s)

PIX YouTube channel

KUMELL

Newbie Location: Syney, Australia Joined: Oct 21, 2014 09:06 Messages: 5 Offline

Jan 23, 2018 04:06

Quote Hello again,

My goodness! That's outrageous

Please see the attached screenshots of a similar clip in PDR & CDR. This is CDR6, but the preview in CDR5 is just the same. They are more like what you should expect.

Could you please check your Hardware Decoding preferences in both PDR & CDR? If that option is checked, try unchecking.

Also, please ensure that you have the most recent 6301 update patch installed for CDR5.

If we're unable to resolve this here, we may need to refer to the Technical Support team for advice.

PIX

Thanks PIX.

I installed the pacth but no change also untick harware accelaration as well.
I have already sent an email to technical support.
Thank you very much for your support.

Anura Anura ELLAWALA

Muzza

Newbie Joined: May 18, 2011 21:02 Messages: 7 Offline

Apr 03, 2018 16:23

Hi Kumell, I may have an answer to your problem. Open Colourdirector, Click on the gear wheel on the top of the screen, Click on colour and if the check box for a lut to be placed on all videos being imported has a tick in it, click on the tick and remove it. While you are there read the screen to familarise your self with the settings.

Regards Murray