Rendered video (3DS Max frames) is darker.

Kristoffer KJ wrote on 4/26/2012, 2:58 PM

Hi !
I am new here and I have a problem with rendering.
I work with 3ds max and I made some animation and rendered it (in 3ds max) as PNG frames (650 frames total in Full HD).
Separated frames look very good and I expect the same quality in my video.
I did it many times using Adobe Premiere and I got as good quality as I expected,
so why not in Sony Vegas.
I want to buy Vegas Pro, but now I am not sure.
The problem is when I import all of the frames to Vegas, they look nice in Preview (Full Best), but after rendering much darker.
How to change for example LEVELS or BRIGHTNESS of 650 frames at the same time ? I do not know. Can someone help me ?
I tried to fix this ready dark video using brightness, contrast, levels, but it is not good.
I rendered the same frames with Adobe P. in my school and it is perfect.
How can render video with the same quality as separated frames ?

Comments

Steve Grisetti wrote on 4/26/2012, 3:34 PM

If you want to change the levels of your entire sequence at once, why not output as a video, add the video back to your project and make any adjustments to the video?

Or, better, if you've already found a product that works to your satisfaction, why try to force a product that apparently doesn't?

Kristoffer KJ wrote on 4/26/2012, 5:11 PM

When the output in 3ds max is as a video the quality is not so good.
Professional people sey that it is always best to have frames.
Other important thing is I really love Sony Vegas.
I tried quite a lot of video editing on both of them and I like better Vegas. The only thing is a render result in case like this.
Thanks for help

Former user wrote on 4/26/2012, 8:52 PM

If you import the frames as a frame sequence (as opposed to individual frames) it will be treated as one clip so you only have to adjust it once.

What format are you rendering to from Vegas?

Dave T2

musicvid10 wrote on 4/26/2012, 10:52 PM

Your PNG images are RGB.
If you are rendering to a YUV codec (.mpg, .mp4 and many others) you will need to set the timeline levels accordingly to match the output colorspace.
The Computer RGB->Studio RGB Levels filter does the trick. Really, it's that simple.

Kristoffer KJ wrote on 4/27/2012, 7:42 PM

Thanks a lot !
Now it works prperly with the sequence, but I am still not good at manipulating colours and contrast. I rendered 4 videos (always MP4,1920x1080p,25fps) with different brightness, contrast and computer RGB to studio RGB. I like the version from Adobe, but I think one of my new videos is similar. Can you recomend other codecs ?
Yes I know it is so simple. You can be advanced (I don`t mean I am) and still miss some basics.
I must see more tutorials about colours etc. and than :) I am ready to buy proffesional monitor E... :)

musicvid10 wrote on 4/27/2012, 9:35 PM

"but I am still not good at manipulating colours and contrast."

There are lots of good tutorials on the internet, esp. Youtube, Creativecow, etc., but none of them will make you a good color corrector.

Once you know the relationships between primaries, complimentaries, levels, white balance, contrast, curves and gamma, the next step is practice, practice, practice. I've been doing this for some of the biggest commercial producers for forty years, and I learn something new every single day.

I started as a QC technician at Technicolor, Inc. in 1970, Maybe I'll take some of that experience along with some of Adams' wisdom and put them into a video tutorial series over a period of time. While you're waiting, practice!