Video image auto color corrects once added to the editing timeline

theflickpick

Newbie Joined: Oct 23, 2018 11:39 Messages: 8 Offline

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Oct 26, 2018 01:55

Everytime I take a video clip from the media library and place it into the video editing timeline the color grading of the video auto changes? Its almost like the software is trying to auto correct my image for the video preview. Notice how my original image is flat and once I add it into the timeline it auto changes and has more contrast and color. I have checked all of the settings and do not see anything that would cause this. Any help would be nice, I would like my image to look like the original while editing.

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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Oct 26, 2018 02:07

That's fairly subtle, but the problem is definitely there and quite strange. I don't think it's any kind of auto color correction, it looks like there's simply a display difference but we'd certainly want to understand why it's happening.

If you simply place a clip on the timeline and produce it, can you tell if the produced clip matches the original or if it seems to have taken on the color shifts seen when previewing?

It might also help if you could upload one of the clips from your project to a cloud service (OneDrive, DropBox, etc) and post the link here for members to check and see if there's anything unusual about the clip and to test it on their systems.

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theflickpick

Newbie Joined: Oct 23, 2018 11:39 Messages: 8 Offline

Oct 26, 2018 02:32

Quote That's fairly subtle, but the problem is definitely there and quite strange. I don't think it's any kind of auto color correction, it looks like there's simply a display difference but we'd certainly want to understand why it's happening.

If you simply place a clip on the timeline and produce it, can you tell if the produced clip matches the original or if it seems to have taken on the color shifts seen when previewing?

It might also help if you could upload one of the clips from your project to a cloud service (OneDrive, DropBox, etc) and post the link here for members to check and see if there's anything unusual about the clip and to test it on their systems.

After further inspection it seems the library preview of video clips presents a brighter and duller image than the actual footage. For exmaple if you preview any clips from the media library they will not look like the actual footage, they will be brighter and flat looking than how they originally are.

Once you drag the video files into the editing timeline your footage will appear how it should and was originally shot. I had assumed my orginal video footage looked like the version the library preview was showing. Still sort of an odd issue.

PowerDirector Moderator

Senior Contributor Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan Joined: Oct 18, 2016 00:25 Messages: 2104 Offline

Oct 26, 2018 04:18

Hi,

The effect may be due to the use of hardware decoding.

Some decoders can add "enhancement" by default and that may be what you are seeing. Try switching off Hardware Decoding in preferences to see if that changes the issue?

The produced video should be "true to life" depending on what editing parameters you have used.

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BarryTheCrab

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Nov 06, 2008 22:18 Messages: 6240 Offline

Mar 07, 2019 06:59

Quote Everytime I take a video clip from the media library and place it into the video editing timeline the color grading of the video auto changes? Its almost like the software is trying to auto correct my image for the video preview. Notice how my original image is flat and once I add it into the timeline it auto changes and has more contrast and color. I have checked all of the settings and do not see anything that would cause this. Any help would be nice, I would like my image to look like the original while editing.

HERE IS A VIDEO OF THE ISSUE

video of the issue

The video is gone, it’s always best to attach the file because now future visitors will be deprived of the sample. Also YouTube re-renders your video so it’s often not a true representation.