Converting image sequence

Dear Sirs,
when I convert image sequence into a ProRes 4444 + Alpha using Compressor i noticed a difference in brightness with the original content.
This happens every time i elaborate in After Effect a special effect.
The images in output from AF are identical to the original, after the conversion there is this difference.
I tried to create a custom ProRes 4444 + Alpha setting changing to "none" the gamma conversion into the Quick Time settings panel, nothing changes.
Can you help me to find the right solution?
thank you
Aldo

Thanks, Nick, that already doubles or more my knowledge.
As far as final form, could be one of many. Leading candidates are QuickTime (.mov), MPEG (.mp4) or iPhone (.m4v). (Is iPhone format just a special case of MPEG-4?)
I'm generating the frames as .png files using Perl's GD library. They are very compact and in fact the primitive QuickTime movies I make from them, with all media included in the file, are still very small. (E.g. a 600-frame movie is half a meg.) Converting each frame to JPG actually increases the size dramatically (could spend more time tweaking the JPG conversion).
At first I thought .png would be good because I could play them easily in an iPhone app. But then I started thinking perhaps it would be better to turn them into a movie and then tell the iPhone app "play movie" rather than handle all the timing of rendering each frame myself. And synchronization of audio... a big can o' worms to roll your own.
I have had the experience twice of upgrading QuickTime to QuickTime Pro only to see the Pro-ness vanish in the next QT upgrade. @#$%! But you may be right that QT Pro would suffice.

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Community Expert
tomwood2 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use LightWave 3D to create a set of characters that
are simple talking
> heads. Composited in Mirage and edited in VT4, it's all
bitmap images. You can
> see a sample here:
>
> www.subversive-entertainment.com
>
> That version was intended for TV but isn't going to
sell. I'd like to try it
> as an animated editorial cartoon embedded in a Flash
player at online
> newspapers. But when I compress the video it doesn't
convert as cleanly as I
> know a direct Flash file would. I'd like to import the
image sequences into
> Flash and converting them to symbols(?) or movie
clips(?) or(?)...
>
> What would be the best way to handle the image sequences
in Flash? They are
> currently 180 frames long for each character, but I
could reduce the image
> sequence to as little as 60 frames. Once the image
sequence is converted to a
> set of symbols(?) they would be re-used over and over.
>
> I imported a 180 frame image sequence and it put one
image on each frame in
> the Flash timeline. How would I convert that entire
image seqence to a sequence
> of symbols(?) that I could re-use. When I exported it as
a movie it made a .swf
> file that looks great but I don't think that's what I
want to work with within
> Flash. (I'll create a differnt background in FLash as
well.)
>
> Whew,
>
> Hope this made sense.
>
> TW
>

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www.supernap.com/supernap-building-design.html
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