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Intro to color management in Motion

Motion projects often combine media files that have different color spaces. To reconcile these differences, Motion employs a color management system to ensure that images look the same on any output device.

In a Motion project, each imported media file is converted to the project’s working color space—the color space used for all processing operations (such as color correcting, blending, retiming, and so on). Next, the image or clip is converted from the working color space to the render color space—the color space that specifies how color is managed on your display (what you see in the Motion canvas), as well as the appearance of your exported project.

You can choose any of three color processing options for a project in Motion. The color processing option you choose sets your project’s working color space:

  • Automatic: The best option if your project combines high-dynamic-range (HDR) media, standard-dynamic-range (SDR) media, and SDR objects created in Motion (such as text, shapes, and particles). Automatic uses tone mapping to adjust the elements in your project (clips, images, and objects) to match your project’s Render Color Space setting. When Render Color Space is set to an HDR option, Automatic boosts the luminance of SDR elements in your project; when Render Color Space is set to an SDR option, Automatic reduces the luminance of HDR media in your project. As a result, SDR and HDR elements are integrated in your project and have similar levels of brightness.

    Automatic color processing is also the best option if you’re creating a Final Cut template. When the effect, generator, transition, or title is applied to the timeline in Final Cut Pro for Mac, the template automatically conforms to the color space of the project.

  • Standard Gamut SDR: The best option when you want to create an SDR project, when all your media files are SDR, or when you want to manually convert any images, clips, or graphic elements to a different color space. Standard Gamut SDR sets your project’s working color space to linear RGB with Rec. 709 color primaries. Rec. 709 is the current standard for HDTV projects, including HD cable and Blu-ray discs.

  • Wide Gamut HDR: The best option when you want to create an HDR project, when all your media files are HDR, or when you want to manually convert any images, clips, or graphic elements to a different color space. Wide Gamut HDR sets the working color space to linear RGB with Rec. 2020 color primaries, a color space with a wider range of colors than Rec. 709. Rec. 2020 is useful for 4K and 8K UHDTV and HDR projects.

Important: To create the wider range of colors in an HDR project and to view the most accurate presentation of those colors as possible, use a wide-gamut HDR display (such as an Apple Pro Display XDR or a MacBook Pro with a Liquid Retina XDR display).

See alsoSet color the processing methodCreate templates that automatically conform to the Final Cut Pro color space

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