Answers.Body: <p>I managed to get an acceptable result by exporting as Mov/Prores 4444 and a Timeline Colorspace of Rec 709 Gamma 2.2. </p>
  
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Body: <p>I've just finished a music video in Resolve and exported it as Mov/Prores422HQ. It looks correct when played back in Quicktime and in VLC, however when I upload to YouTube, there is a huge gamma shift and the blacks look washed out.</p>
  
  <p>YouTube on the left, Quicktime on the right:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/1XrUR.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/1XrUR.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>What can I do to mitigate this gamma shift?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: The short answer is to ensure that your output's color encoding is Rec 709 & limited range. Not familiar with Resolve, so don't know where to adjust it. This is not a gamma shift. HD video and sRGB have similar transfer functions (gamma). It's an issue of color range and possibly color primaries. Some players assume the defaults I mention at the top, even if the file is tagged otherwise.
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Comments.Text: Thanks. Yes I had set my Timeline Colorspace to sRGB.
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Tags: <youtube><prores><gamma>
Title: YouTube Upload Gamma Shift
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ThreadText: # YouTube Upload Gamma Shift
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-12)
  
  I've just finished a music video in Resolve and exported it as Mov/Prores422HQ. It looks correct when played back in Quicktime and in VLC, however when I upload to YouTube, there is a huge gamma shift and the blacks look washed out.
  
  YouTube on the left, Quicktime on the right:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/1XrUR.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/1XrUR.jpg)
  
  What can I do to mitigate this gamma shift?
  
  **Tags:** youtube, prores, gamma
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The short answer is to ensure that your output's color encoding is Rec 709 & limited range. Not familiar with Resolve, so don't know where to adjust it. This is not a gamma shift. HD video and sRGB have similar transfer functions (gamma). It's an issue of color range and possibly color primaries. Some players assume the defaults I mention at the top, even if the file is tagged otherwise.  
  > **username_0**: Thanks. Yes I had set my Timeline Colorspace to sRGB.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-06-12. Score: 1
  
  I managed to get an acceptable result by exporting as Mov/Prores 4444 and a Timeline Colorspace of Rec 709 Gamma 2.2.
  
  
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