Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:30 pm
Very frustrating bug here. I'm using an ACEScct workflow, with Rec.2020 ST2084 (1000 nits) as my ODT. When I add any text element over pure black, the black ceases to be perfectly black and is instead around 1 nit. Additionally, when I put the text layer on top of some clip, it adds an ever-so-slight white tint over the entire image, not just the part near the text.
It seems to me as though there's some sort of issue with the text's alpha channel, in that the text is surrounded by *mostly* transparent pixels, instead of complete transparency. I've tried messing around with the blending modes, but there doesn't seem to be anything which produces correct results.
Curiously, though, when I disable color management (either on the individual clip or the project as a whole) this problem disappears. My workaround solution is to use an adjustment layer which takes that 1-nit-ish background and pushes it down to true black, but this is an awful solution especially when the text needs to go on top of a clip instead of black.