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Using the built in replay editor, replays look fine (as they do in gameplay):

But after saving the replay to a file, they come out very dark:

Note it doesn't look too bad here since it's small, but bring up the fullsize and you'll see the difference. Also here's the full video to see the darkened issue:

This seems to be a reoccurring problem for people: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1875348

What could be the cause?

Win7 64bit
6GB RAM
i7 CPU
ATI Radeon HD 5800
1400x900
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  • It sounds like the gamma in-game and the gamma for rendering don't match, although I don't have enough experience with replays to help further than that.
    – agent86
    Commented Jan 30, 2012 at 14:24
  • The issue is there's no gamma or lighting setting for rendering.
    – Zeno
    Commented Jan 30, 2012 at 18:40
  • Is the cloaking effect supposed to give you rainbows in your skin? Is the dead ringer supposed to be pink? Does removing the skin help? (Also, damn, that's quite a long capture time on a last point right outside the enemy spawn.)
    – badp
    Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 13:16
  • With no mods, the problem still happens.
    – Zeno
    Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 17:21

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Per Steam support, this (the codec part) solved it:

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

You may wish to select a different rendering output codec.

Note that video compression techniques often rely on reducing the range of colors and brightness used in a frame.

Using a different codec may create better results.

You may also try increasing the Brightness Levels in the in-game Video options menu prior to rendering the replay.

For more information and options, please refer to the TF2 Wiki replay article linked below.

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Replay

If you have any further questions, please let us know - we will be happy to assist you.

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  • Could be useful (for posterity) to specify which codec you were using, and which you switched to that fixed it.
    – BoltClock
    Commented Apr 11, 2012 at 17:46
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The same forum post you linked to has a possible solution by using windowed mode.

Other than that, it could be a driver issue - try installing the latest & greatest ATI drivers.

Also, if you are running dual video cards try disabling one of them. Dual GPU setups can exhibit weird behaviors.

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  • I'm already running (borderless) windowed mode and have the latest drivers.
    – Zeno
    Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 18:28
  • Sorry I couldn't help.
    – Ben
    Commented Feb 8, 2012 at 4:04

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