Image is too Light

[ITWeb]

Hi,

 

I am using MPG2 cut from After Effects. They are fine in the quicktimes prior to MPEG2 and look great in the DVDIT HD Simulator. However, when I burn an image and then a DVD, everything is washed out and very light, including the menu.

 

Hmm, can't find any control for this brightness or lightness issue. What gives and is there a workaround?

Settings are for high quality NTSC using VBR, same results with CBR.

 

Frustraited and late on a customers order...

 

Rick

[ITWeb]

Scott, I have compared both the original quicktime to the MPG2 generated by after effect and they nearly match. Good quality both. However whats coming out of DVDIT PRO HD is not. Much lighter and washed out.

 

I am not convinced that DVD IT PRO HD is not passing the MPG2 through without something happening. What should the typical export settings be for the best quality SD 4:3 NTSC? I must not have something right.

 

Thanks, Rick

[Martybees]

I'm confused. it is is MPG from After Effects (presumably run through Compressor?) it should not be transcoding in DVDit Pro HD. If it is not transcoding then the application is not doing anything to "lighten" your video. If you are letting DVDit transcode from your QT, maybe you can change your codec and have better success.

 

I have seen this effect as well on HD material (black turning into gray). If it is a codec issue, is there a recommendation and/or a "stay away" list for codecs?

[SS Scott]

I'm confused. it is is MPG from After Effects (presumably run through Compressor?) it should not be transcoding in DVDit Pro HD. If it is not transcoding then the application is not doing anything to "lighten" your video. If you are letting DVDit transcode from your QT, maybe you can change your codec and have better success.

[ITWeb]

I'm confused. it is is MPG from After Effects (presumably run through Compressor?) it should not be transcoding in DVDit Pro HD. If it is not transcoding then the application is not doing anything to "lighten" your video. If you are letting DVDit transcode from your QT, maybe you can change your codec and have better success.

 

 

Well, AFter Effects is adding a number of things so I can't use the original Quicktime. I suppose I could generate QT from After Effects. And, yes AE is generating MPG2s so it is using it's Compressor.

 

I should aFso point out that everything looks great in simulation, so it must be DVDIT HD.

 

Still confused am I

 

Rk

[SS Scott]

if compressor is creating DVD legal MPEG2 it should just be passed straight through to the disc. so, what you see there is what Compressor created.

[ITWeb]

if compressor is creating DVD legal MPEG2 it should just be passed straight through to the disc. so, what you see there is what Compressor created.

 

I guess what strikes me as odd is that the menu is also light and it is being compressed by DVDIT Pro. Otherwise, what you have said makes sense. Is it possible that DVDIT PRo would recompress a MPEG2, I don't think so ... but I am starting to think so.

 

Rk