[FCP-L] brightness trouble with uncompressed files after online

After an online session for some new TV spots, we ordered a Digibeta plus an assortment of Uncompressed Quicktimes (HD and SD, 25 and 29.97) so I could make the usual client requests: DVDs, YouTube upload, FLV, H.264, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1. The problem: The Uncompressed Quicktimes from the online look too bright. The various compressed files I've been making all require extensive gamma and brightness correction in Compressor to look acceptable. Because of the gamma differences in Leopard and Snow Leopard, I checked the files on both operating systems, on both old and new Quicktime players, and on several different displays. I also tried checking and unchecking the Final Cut Studio color compatibility preference in Quicktime.

In Final Cut Pro, the uncompressed files look too bright in the FCP Viewer (just like in Quicktime) but look absolutely perfect out of my Kona LH-e (viewed on a Sony CRT broadcast monitor, parked on a frame). When I A/B still frames, the Digibeta and the uncompressed video look visually identical out of the Kona. However, none of the various uncompressed videos will play out of the Kona even when the Video Playback setting is matched correctly (they play fine in the Viewer). To get a spot to play, I dropped it in a ProRes timeline and rendered, but the color was now too bright out of the Kona.

Looking over a bunch of other Uncompressed files I've ordered this year, I think I see a pattern: Quicktime's Inspector indicates that the good-looking files are "Uncompressed" or "Animation," while the overly-bright files show the format codec as "None." I don't know how the finishing house made the files; we always ask for "Uncompressed."

I'm clueless. I never realized that no compression versus uncompressed was an issue. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks -- Mark B

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