Learn how to configure a sequence’s output color space to ensure accurate monitoring and rendering, meeting specific program requirements and color management standards in Adobe Premiere Pro.
For any sequence, the output color space defines the color space you want to monitor (either via the program monitor and internal video scopes or via Transmit) and render to. Every program has specific requirements for which format it needs to be output to, either imposed by the client, by the streaming service you’re uploading to, by a distribution company, or by a broadcast organization. Color management helps you to meet this requirement in a world where HDR and SDR deliverables are both regularly requested.
If you use an external display connected to a Transmit-compatible video output interface, the best practice is for your external display to be set to match your sequence’s output color space.
Unlike the working color space, which should never be changed once you’ve started adding visual effects and color adjustments to the sequence, you can change the output color space any time you want.
To customize your output color space, do the following:
Get started by doing one of the following:
Open the Color Management tab of the New Sequence or Sequence Settings dialogs, and then select the advanced disclosure triangle.
For open sequences, open the Settings tab of the Lumetri Color panel and select the Sequence disclosure triangle.
Choose the output color space you want to use from the Output Color Space menu. Available options include:
When finished, select OK in the New Sequence or Sequence Settings tab or switch back to the Edit tab of the Lumetri Color panel.
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