There were some questions about this same issue, but I did not find an answer. I have two simple layers. A simple video (.mov) with a white background. Then I have another layer on top of that, a white box graphic. If I export that, everything is fine. QuickTime Player and VLC plays both whites quite gray, other players play them white. But fine so far. However, when I use Fast Color Corrector for the bottom video layer to make it just a bit more white (overexposuring it evenly), horrible thing happens.
Now after export QuickTime Player shows two totally different whites, the very white background and the box is very gray in comparison.
What do I do to fix this? Very strange. Could not find any gamut / color interpretation functions to fix this. There must be a solution?
PC. If I export to H.264 (.MP4), FLV or MPEG2, there is no gray-white problem. However, I need to export to MOV in this case. Is there any workaround for this? What is the explanation for the problem?
With the problematic MOV, these players play it without a problem (white is always white):
- Media Player Classic Home Cinema
- Windows Media Player
- iTunes internal player
These players display white in graphics as RGB 237-237-237 and white in video as 255-255-255:
- QuickTime Player
- VLC
I would like to understand how this is possible. How can the graphics contain same color as background in one player but different in another player? Surely there is just one layer on the video file, right?
I am producing my video for a studio with their specs and I should know what is going on in the video I send them. Thanks!
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