Vegas Cineform renders darker than in preview window. at DVinfo.net

Martin Guitar · February 18th, 2010, 11:00 AM

I am testing the Cineform Neo-hd trial with Vegas 9.0c.

Footage shot on 7d and converted using HDLink. I made a project in Firstlight and applied one of the black and white LUT presets. Firstlight is incredible btw.

The issue I have is when I render my project in Vegas, it looks really dark when playing the file in Windows media player. It looks completely different than the preview window in Vegas.

Is it a media player issuE or am I missing some settings when rendering?

David Newman · February 18th, 2010, 11:54 AM

You may be amazed, but the Vegas Preview is wrong. It shows black at level 16, media player is showing black at level 0 (as you would expect.) To color correct in Vegas (without an external calibrated I/O card) you show place the StudioRGB to ComputerRGB file on the timeline window.

More info on Vegas weird colorspaces Color spaces and levels in Sony Vegas 9

Martin Guitar · February 18th, 2010, 12:25 PM

Thanks David,

That was driving me crazy. Thanks also for the link, very helpful.

February 18th, 2010, 11:00 AM	#1
Martin Guitar Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 115	Vegas Cineform renders darker than in preview window. I am testing the Cineform Neo-hd trial with Vegas 9.0c. Footage shot on 7d and converted using HDLink. I made a project in Firstlight and applied one of the black and white LUT presets. Firstlight is incredible btw. The issue I have is when I render my project in Vegas, it looks really dark when playing the file in Windows media player. It looks completely different than the preview window in Vegas. Is it a media player issuE or am I missing some settings when rendering?

February 18th, 2010, 11:54 AM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	You may be amazed, but the Vegas Preview is wrong. It shows black at level 16, media player is showing black at level 0 (as you would expect.) To color correct in Vegas (without an external calibrated I/O card) you show place the StudioRGB to ComputerRGB file on the timeline window. More info on Vegas weird colorspaces Color spaces and levels in Sony Vegas 9 __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

February 18th, 2010, 12:25 PM	#3
Martin Guitar Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 115	Thanks David, That was driving me crazy. Thanks also for the link, very helpful.