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Ben Low Author

Level 1

112 points

Stills from FCPX are high contrast with crushed blacks?

FCPX 11.

If I 'Save Current Frame' from the FCPX timeline -- the still (PNG) I get is not like the image on the timeline: the contrast is jacked up and the blacks are so black they appear to have been crushed.

It didn't used to be like this. I'm wondering what has happened with FCPX, and if there is a way to correct this?

Note. If I pull the mastered film into Quicktime and isolate the same frame and do a Command C, and the 'New From Clipboard' in Preview I get a perfect exact still.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Jan 14, 2025 4:04 PM

39 replies

terryb

Level 4

2,784 points

Jan 14, 2025 4:38 PM in response to Ben Low

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Ben Low Author

Level 1

112 points

Jan 15, 2025 11:54 AM in response to Clint Gryke

Affinity Photo gives me these choices. Weirdly, there is no Rec 709 Gamma 2.4. Wondering if any of these others might do the trick? (See attached.)

Jan 15, 2025 5:35 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

I'm afraid GIMP is outside the realms of my experience. In Photoshop it is a simple matter of using Edit - Convert to Profile and then saving which does the job.

Tom Wolsky

Level 10

152,147 points

Jan 17, 2025 9:57 AM in response to Ben Low

Photo Zoom Pro 9. Do you know this software, Ben? I would strongly suggest you take a look at it for upscaling still images and generating images that are 300 dpi or higher for printing.