Pictures too dark compared to Media Composer

Hello

I recently ran a few comparisons between Premiere Pro and Media Composer, just to see if there is a difference in the quality of the exported both videos when I stumbled upon this question.

First of all, let me clarify my machine parameters:

I use a PC under Windows 7 64-bit.

Processor: Intel Core i7 - 4790K @ 4.00 GHz

RAM: 16 GB

I have two graphics cards:

(1) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

(2) Intel HD 4600 Graphics

I was using Premiere Pro 2015.3 (currently, the latest version) and Media Composer 8.5 trial version (if it would make a difference)

Second, the images I used comes from a short film that I shot last year. It's from a Blackmagic film camera, and media are encoded in Apple ProRes 422 QuickTime files.

Here's what's happening. When I import the media files in both programs, I notice immediately that the film looks more like dark at first he made in Media Composer. However, when I checked the waveform monitor in both (using waveform YC) two signals looked about the same. Here are a few of the problem screen grabs. (P.S. attached to photos are taken using Snipping Tool Windows)

(01) that what looks like the images as in Media Composer

01 Media Composer IMPORT.PNG

(02) this is what it looks like in Premiere Pro

02 Premiere Pro IMPORT.PNG

And here are two waveform signals:

(01) Media deal

04 Media Composer WAVEFORM.PNG

(02) first Pro

03 Premiere Pro WAVEFORM.PNG

The problem persisted when I exported the images. I have exported the two as QuickTime files, encoded in Avid DNxHD 1080 p/25 185 10 bits, with 709 color levels. I played in QuickTime Player and the exported video from Premiere Pro seemed darker than exported to Media Composer despite them playing on the same monitor. Here is the screen grab to show the problem (again once they are taken using Windows capture tool)

(01) export of media composer

05 Media Composer EXPORT in QT.PNG

(02) first Pro of Export

06 Premiere Pro EXPORT in QT.PNG

In fact, when I re-imported video that I exported created in the project to create, it seemed even darker. Here is a screenshot.

07 Premiere Pro Re-IMPORT.PNG

Can someone explain why this is happening. Is this something in the export settings. If this is the case, why this does not happen with Media Composer. For me, there seems to be something that happens during the import of the first sequence. It seems the only explanation why the exported images of first seems even darker when I re - import.

If it's something that happens at the point of importation, what she is, and how can I solve this problem? If not, then what is the problem?

I hope I explained everything as detailed as possible. If you need information please let me know.

Use AE utility - color profile converter

set the HDTV (Rec 709) input range and HDTV output (Rec 709 16-235)

That will set the new video range(16-235) values and lighten the image of good level again.

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