AVI files are color reversed

Hi. I've been given a disk with a few AVI files in them. They came from a high-speed panasonic video camera. When I open them in FCP or QT, the colors are all messed up. The basic picture is there but instead of what it should be, everything is brilliant yellows and pinks.
Could this be a CODEC issue? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
FCP 6.0.6

This sounds like a color space transformation issue: the conversion from the internal working color space of the Panasonic WRAW to the output color space (RGB) is not happening.
You'll need to find an application that can open the files in their native color space and the convert them for you. It's not uncommon for specialized software to be needed to open raw files. And, there are numerous "raw" formats, new ones keep getting introduced and some get abandoned.
The support pages for the camera that shot the clips are probably the best place to check. That, or a user forum for those who have shot or shoot with this camera.
-Warren

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