How to edit 4K HDR Videos

[Alfredo_Somarriba]

Hello, I am having problems editing HDR videos. I was filming a 4k HDR 30 FPS video with my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and when I export videos to shotcut, the color is all faded and washed. I thought this was because I didn’t possess an HDR monitor so the colors would be all messed up, so I finished editing and exported the final video as an mp4 file, and uploaded it to Youtube to see how it looks. When I uploaded it, the colors were still washed and faded and I’m not sure how to proceed.

Is there a setting I’m supposed to toggle for HDR videos? The problems only occur when I import the original videos in shotcut. When I view them on my phone or my computer, the originals are still full of color. I mostly edit on a windows laptop but I have access to a desktop if I need to edit them there.

Any help would be appreciated it.

Thanks!

[PaulusMaximus]

See here

Editing HDR Source Clips

Introduction Some users report that their clip looks “washed out” or “pale” in Shotcut compared to media players. This is often because the clip is encoded as High Dynamic Range (HDR). Shotcut can not correctly edit HDR clips directly. However, HDR clips can be converted to a standard format that Shotcut can edit. Identifying HDR Clips To identify HDR clips in Shotcut, open the clip and view the Properties panel. In the properties panel, look for the “Color transfer” field in the Video tab. T…