Exporting ProRes conversion of HDV into Motion 3 darkens image

When I export an HDV clip from FCP into Motion 3, apply Optical Flow frame blending, then export to FCP as an HDV file, the brightness and saturation of the resulting QT HDV file are essentially identical to the original. But when I begin by exporting the original clip to ProRes(HQ) via QT conversion or Compressor, bring the ProRes file into Motion and afterwards export to FCP as HDV, the resulting clip is considerably darker (and maybe more saturated) than the original. In the QT conversion, I'm not applying any brightness or contrast filtering. Any clues about what I'm doing wrong?
Alfred Guzzetti

hi,
why do you need to convert the codec into motion and then back again into FCP. Why not send to motion from fcp keeping the same format, and then drop thew motion file itself onto the fcp timeline and use it as a clip. ( although the need to render it everytime something moves can be a pain I know). I find that the less codec changes in a work flow the better.
hth
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