To Bypass Color Management

To Bypass Color Management

Headaches like that make many artists long for the simpler
days of After Effects 7.0 and opt to avoid Color Management
altogether, or to use it only selectively. To completely
disable the feature and return to 7.0 behavior:
1. In Project Settings, set Working Space to None (as it is
by default).
2. Enable Match Legacy After Effects QuickTime Gamma
Adjustments.
Being more selective about how color management is
applied—to take advantage of some features while leaving
others disabled for clarity—is really tricky and tends to
stump some pretty smart users. Here are a couple of fi nal
tips that may nonetheless help:
. To disable a profi le for incoming footage, check Preserve
RGB in Interpret Footage (Color Management
tab). No attempt will be made to preserve the appearance
of that clip.
. To change the behavior causing untagged footage to be
tagged with an sRGB profi le, in interpretation rules.txt
fi nd this line
# soft rule: tag all untagged footage with an sRGB
➥profile
*, *, *, *, * ~ *, *, *, *, “sRGB”, *
and add a # at the beginning of the second line to
assign no profi le, or change “sRGB” to a different format
(options listed in the comments at the top of the fi le).
. To prevent your display profi le from being factored in,
disable View > Use Display Color Management and the
pixels are sent straight to the display.
. To prevent any fi le from being color managed, check
Preserve RGB in Output Module Settings (Color Management
tab).
Note that any of the preceding tips may lead to unintended
consequences. Leaving a working space enabled
and disabling specifi c features is tricky and potentially
dangerous to your health and sanity. Add your own further
disclaimers here