Adobe 65008009 - After Effects CS4 Technical Paper page 12

for hdr 32-bpc files:
Photoshop recognizes the ICC profile embedded in a 32-bpc (bits per channel) raster file and
presents a consistent appearance match with After Effects.
Note: If you are using formats that do not support embedded ICC profiles, it may be difficult to
create an appearance match with After Effects for those files. See the sidebar for more details.
1 Make edits to the HDR 32-bpc file in Photoshop.
2 Save changes to the image. Make sure that the Embed Color Profile option is selected in the
Save dialog box.
Step 5: output files
After you have made compositions in After Effects, it's time to output files using the render
queue. The compositions are now in the linear-encoded working color space defined in the
Project Settings dialog box. However, you probably don't want to output files with this linear
encoding. You likely want to output to the log-encoded Cineon format for film-out or to high-
definition TV colors for video dailies or video distribution.
1 Choose Composition > Add To Render Queue.
2 Open the Output Module Settings dialog box by clicking the underlined text to the right of
Output Module in the Render Queue panel.
3 Click the Color Management tab in the Output Module Settings dialog box and choose the
appropriate ICC color profile from the Output Profile menu.
For Cineon output:
• Choose the Universal Camera Film Printing Density ICC profile.
This will be the default. This will leave color values unchanged on output.
Figure 10 - Output Module Settings dialog box - Cineon
For HD video dailies:
• Choose the HDTV (Rec. 709) ICC profile in the Output Profile
menu in the Color Management tab of the Output Module Settings dialog box. For
HD video dailies, use the Color Profile Converter effect to "bake in" film looks and
convert colors for accurate playback of those film looks on HD monitors. (See "Step
6: Use the Color Profile Converter effect for color transforms" for a description of
this workflow.)
• For DCDM (Digital Cinema Distribution Master) format output:
DCDM X'Y'Z' (Gamma 2.6) 5900K (by Adobe) ICC profile in the Output Profile
menu in the Color Management tab of the Output Module Settings dialog box. This
format and color space have been specified by the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative)
for the distribution of digital content for digital projection. Use the Color Profile
Converter effect to "bake in" film looks before outputting to the DCDM color
space. (See "Step 6: Use the Color Profile Converter effect for color transforms" for a
description of this workflow.)
Choose the
non-1.0 gAmmA-EnCodEd 32-bPC filES
For images files that do not support embedded ICC
profiles, Photoshop assumes that files using 32-bpc
encoding are encoded with a 1.0 (linear) gamma.
Some applications that produce and process 32-bpc
files do not encode 1.0 gamma but use the monitor
gamma to define the tone reproduction of the image.
Color management workflow in Adobe After Effects CS4 12