Exposure changing when paused in preview window

[jsnevets]

I am using VideoStudio Pro X3 and trying to understand some behavior in the program. I have some AVI files which I added to the gallery. If I play the video from the gallery in the preview window, the exposure appears correct. But when I pause the video, the image becomes darker (with more contrast). I've attached 2 image captures which demonstrate. After the video clip is added to the timeline, playing or pausing the clip will also appear darker. After I trim and create a new AVI and watch both in Windows Media Player, the original is brighter and the edited video is darker. What is causing this change to the video's exposure??

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

It has been noted before that the preview screen does change a little when playing the project, but is assumed to be just the preview, a representation of the video not always showing the full quality, However the rendered video should be full quality.

Can you tell us just what type of AVI you are using, Avi is just a container, there are loads of video compression types.

If DV-Avi

Video Studio uses its own templates Share Create Video file-DV to create the new file.
There is the option Share Create video File –Same as First Video which should use your original properties.

As I say what type of video and what are you selecting for the render properties?

[teknisyan]

You may also want to check on the smart proxy settings, this also affect the preview video that you have on the timeline.