i thought x.264 was only for Mac

On 11 December 2015 at 20:59, Nono <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, here we usually don't conform media with an adobe product, the
> quality is horrible.
> The keep the gamma right from top to bottom first, use a proper codec, the
> "x264" encoder.
>
> This codec is 100% compatible and used by every "Linux" server, YouTube /
> Vimeo / also The codec behind nuke h264 etc...
>
> So in short, output a QuickTime animation or an uncompressed file format
> and use:
>
> -"Handbrake" this is the best tool ! free, osx, windows, Linux, perfect
> quality.
> -"ffmpeg" the best command line convert tool
> -or any x264 based encoder like VLC
>
> Cheers
>
> Nono
>
>
>
> Le ven. 11 déc. 2015 à 14:38, Sebastien Sterling <
> [email protected]> a écrit :
>
>> Time for H.265 !
>>
>> On 11 December 2015 at 09:29, christian <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> what codec are you using though ? the quicktime h.264 i assume which is
>>> horrible with gamma and colors.
>>>
>>> we usually use not the quicktime > h.264 one but the one just labeled
>>> h.264. file ending should then end up .mp4 by default, not .mov.
>>> then just rename afterwards and things look better.
>>>
>>> mileage may vary of course, its all a big mumbo jumbo. willing to bet
>>> your movie also looks ok in VLC and similiar players.
>>>
>>> c.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 3:08 AM, John Clausing <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I tried that (I'm on a Mac), but I'll give it another shot with those
>>>> instructions......
>>>>
>>>> There's are two "alpha" settings, one white, one black.....any
>>>> difference do you know?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the help
>>>>
>>>> J
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 10, 2015, at 8:07 PM, Mirko Jankovic <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just for comparison, up is image before the trick, down after that
>>>>  procedure.
>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:04 AM, Mirko Jankovic <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Try this trick:
>>>>>
>>>>> - Open up movie in QT
>>>>> - Window -> movie properties
>>>>> - select video track (don't turn it off on checkbox just select)
>>>>> - Down in transparency from drop down menu select Blend and then pull
>>>>> transparency level to 100%. Image should loko like whitish and washed out
>>>>> - then back to dropdown menu and select Alpha
>>>>> - and finaly press play.
>>>>>
>>>>> Colors should be  back to normal now and then just exit QT and accept
>>>>> save.
>>>>> Let me know if that did the trick
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:45 AM, John Clausing <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey all
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're making a sequence in 3D that's lit and rendered fine, (Arnold ,
>>>>>> exr), composited in Nuke, and rendered from Nuke as 8 bit . 
>>>>>> Tiffs......then
>>>>>> brought into After Effects to edit and make a QT, for Facebook.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Up until the QT is made, the color is just right, upon viewing the
>>>>>> QT, the gamma is off and looks less saturated and dull.....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I bring the QT back into AE or Nuke it is fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Clearly this is a QT viewer issue long known, but the client doesn't
>>>>>> like it and insists on QTs for its FB postings
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any thoughts? We've tried every color adjustment we can think of from
>>>>>> QT Pro, media encoder and various color settings in Project Settings in 
>>>>>> AE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thoughts? Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>

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