• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Pixelated shadows, or Noise in shadows

  Posted by Mike Armstrong on February 10, 2009 at 6:55 pm

  Hi,

  I’m currently trying to edit HDV footage, which I have been told was shot with the HVX 200.
  I am taking some scenes and colour correcting them to look more like night.

  I’m using ‘colour correction’ from the final cut pro effects as well as ‘natress day for night’

  I’m starting to see very weird pixelated shadows.

  Can anyone help me as to what these might be or how to fix them?

  Alfi Randy replied 17 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Alfi Randy

  February 10, 2009 at 10:40 pm

  How far are the shadows from the subject? i.e. If it’s a person, is the shadow perpendicular to that person, casted on the ground? Or are they all pretty close to the subject?

  Serenity now…
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  Mike Armstrong

  February 10, 2009 at 11:01 pm

  They’re pretty close.

  it is a person laying in a bed, it almost looks like a ring around the bed.

  “Rage against the Dying of the Light”
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  Alfi Randy

  February 11, 2009 at 3:07 am

  If you only need to do it with one shot, a quick fix is duplicate your video track. Use a garbage matte for the one on top and mask out everything else except the shadow. Then apply a fast blur on it and a flicker filter. Make sure to feather your mask so that the shadows will blend in smoothly.

  Serenity now…

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