QTs are washed out when rendered.

HI there
I'm rendering out through AE (v12) and through numerous codecs - animation,H264, ApplePro, tiffs, etc.... - and all QTs look washed out when compared to the AE project. Does anyone have a solution or know the cause of this? (OSX 10.8.4 & GeForce GT650M)
Any help appreciated.
E

Tiffs and Targa sequences still seem to drop less so.
When importing the rendered QTs back into AE they appear less washed out/desaturated within the viewer than they do with the QT player. Obviously one or the other is causing the main problem, but both seem to be playing a part.

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