ProRes 4444 colors and gamma shift when working with After Effects and Final Cut Pro

If you work in motion graphics ( like me! ) you may have come across a problem when round tripping between After Effects and Final Cut when using ProRes. Luckily there appears to be a solution

From Adobe’s After Effects Blog:

If you use Apple’s new ProRes4444 codec with After Effects and Final Cut Pro, you may notice a gamma shift (i.e., colors will seem to have too much or too little contrast) when you bring the movies rendered and exported from After Effects back into Final Cut Pro.

To avoid this gamma shift, you’ll need to edit your After Effects CS4 QuickTime gamma rules XML file. This will add the appropriate gamma tag to your QuickTime files on output.

I never knew there was a way to do this so I guess this proves that you really can learn something new every day. Read the article for detailed instructions.
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