Sure, you can get beautiful results with LRTimelapse, and in theory, retain more of the original quality since you're editing/grading at RAW level. But in practice, it's not that convenient and too slow for me. Not to mention the inconvenience of going back to change something...

I like to make a high quality movie file that is more like what comes out of a professional film camera, and grade it like you grade film. That way I can color grade and change colors very quickly a year later, or make different versions for different situations.

It would be way too time consuming to have to go back and do it at the RAW image level every time.

but that probably happens before they post the money to your account

Yes, absolutely. That is the reason behind the 3-day delay of the Pond5 sales reports. Better to not know it ever happened.  It's so frustrating when your balance drops... Not good for the mood.

Pressing CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+D while playing content will reveal some technical stuff, as well as the video resolution.
Annihilation maximum resolution is 853x480, which is 480p, meaning *S*H*I*T* quality. Pretty impressive for a new movie that was bought by Netflix for it's customers.

The resolution depends on the browser. Maximum resolution in Chrome is 720p, but 1080p in Safari and IE, and 4k in Microsoft Edge.

I get 1080p for Annihilation in Safari and 853x480 in Chrome, but that still doesn't fix the bad colors and dynamic range (blown out highlights).

How are the highlights on your Netflix?

I'm perfectly happy with movies in 1080p, but the colors can't be off... They can't expect to compete with piracy if their paid product is 10% of the quality...

It's the same in all browsers. And keep in mind, it's just this movie, not the others.

Clearly someone messed up big time and sent the wrong copy to Netflix, or they messed up encoding it.

I have never seen changes this big with video in any browser, or any site.

I think Netflix adapts the compression rate on the fly depending on your download speed at that moment, so if your internet connection is suffering, so will the image quality.

No, that is 100%, beyond doubt, not the case, as:

1. This is not something compression would do.
2. I have a great 200mbit/sec connection.
3. Everything else on Netflix looks fine.

But how does it look for you?

I watched Annihilation on Netflix today, just released. The technical quality was quite bad, with overexposed skies and overall really bad dynamic range.

I watched the trailer (same browser), and it looked much better. Didn't have the same problems. What could have happened to the Netflix version? It's not a low budget film so I'm sure it doesn't really look like this.

Anyone with Netflix care to take a look? I'm just curious to see how this could happen.

By the way, other movies and TV shows look fine.

I'm guessing you want to show a checkered background in preview videos, correct?

Just use the Checkerboard effect or screenshot AE's internal placeholder background.

For the real clip that customers download, don't include any checkerboards.

Works for me.

Thanks for the info.

I like to have full control, so it's not an option for me right now. And I have yet to see any evidence of portfolio rankings at any of the footage websites.

The community collaborations might be useful in the future, though.

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Old thread!

That's been revived with fresh contributions.

...regarding an ongoing issue that's still relevant.

...with many new and recent posts.

I wouldn't trust anyone with passwords and API keys.

It doesn't really matter if the people behind the app are trustworthy - all it takes is for them to be hacked and all your information is conveniently leaked in one easy move.

I'm amazed at what people give out left and right. I guess you have to be hacked once or twice before you start taking this stuff seriously. 

And please don't use the same e-mail/password combination at several sites. It's every hacker's wet dream.

Yes, you definitely overdid it.

Keeping details in the highlights is usually something that separates a professional looking shot from a consumer/cheap looking shot. UNLESS, there is a person talking against a very bright background - then it would be OK. But here, the subject is the landscape. That's one of the main things that makes an expensive camera look expensive - the dynamic range/highlight roll-off in challenging situations.

Since you have more details in the original shot, it will be an easy fix.

If you want to get picky I would mask out the clouds/upper part and apply different grading there for a more professional looking shot.