Tech tip: prepping Quicktime clips for the web
Posted by DocumentaryTech on December 11, 2010 · 1 Comment
Those of us using Quicktime Conversion to output out of Final Cut Pro in h.264 have noticed that the clips, when uploaded to Vimeo or YouTube, tend to look a bit washed out. It’s got to do with a gamma shift that takes place in the conversion. Here’s a tip from Videocopilot from a couple of years ago that’s well worth filing away:
After rendering into a QuickTime/h.264 file, open it up in QuickTime and select “Show Movie Properties.” Highlight the video track then click on the “Visual Settings” tab. Towards the bottom left you should see “Transparency” with a drop-down box next to it. Select “Blend” from the menu then move the “Transparency Level” slider to 100%. Choose “Straight Alpha” from the same drop-down and close the properties window and finally “Save.”
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