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Yes sorry I did mean the Apple Finder preview (i press spacebar over the mp4 in Finder). Thanks for the link – i will have a proper read. Also good suggestion re exporting a .mov. One other possible solution I thought I'd try is switch to PP11 on the A7iv which is the new(ish) Sony S-Cinetone. It's not as nice as ProColor Venice in my opinion, but maybe it is designed to be universally interpreted the same way? Not sure if that's correct thinking but worth a shot. I haven't used Resolve but my instinct is that it's not an issue with the NLE as such, but maybe other programs misinterpreting the mp4. When the edited mp4 is broadcast on TV here in Australia, it looks fine, but on YouTube it looks very dark. Thank you very much! I will read closely today.

Hi, I have had a very annoying issue for months now that I can't find a solution for anywhere else on the web. It's driving me nuts. Basically I am shooting on a Sony a7iv and Sony 24-105mm G lens for work, using the "Venice" PP from ProColor5. It's wonderful straight out of the camera – brilliant colours and lovely high dynamic range. When I drop it onto a timeline in Premiere Pro 2024, by default the colour space it reads it as is Rec. 709. Fine. I then cut my nice video and export using H.264. I adjust the bitrate and audio, but otherwise leave all the other settings as default. Then when I preview the exported .mp4, it has a very distinct "washed out" look. As if there has been a +0.8 adjustment on the exposure on the timeline. Am I doing something wrong here? Should I be changing the colour space on both the sequence settings and the export settings? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks See example below. The first screen grab is what it looks like on the Premiere timeline and the second is the export.