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A couple of questions that I really want to know the answers to!
Now I know this has to do with both digial video cameras AND Final Cut Pro, but I figured this was the right spot to post this.
I film using the Panasonic DVX100b and the master ped is set to -5. I recently play-backed my footage on not only the camera on the TV, but also on my Mac OS X version 10.5.6. I noticed that even though Master Ped works on making the dark parts of the video even darker, it darkens the whole group of images completely. I really don’t like this, being that the house I’m filming in is already dark enough.
Since I already filmed in Master Ped -5 (and auto iris -3 though I don’t know if thats a major player in the “dark” problem), is there any way on Final Cut that I can sort of erase my mistake and make it look EXACTLY like how it would of looked if I shot with Master Ped set to 0? Is there a way to do this without increasing the noise, since I know brightening the image would do that, but Im just simply lighting the dark spots that were turned dark when Master Ped was set to -5. I hope I’m not being too confusing.
Also, does Master Ped make the colors more, bright and colorful? I noticed some of the colors stand out more now that Master Ped is at -5.
Also, is it true that how the video looks on the computer monitor is truely darker then what it really is?
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crushing the blacks on video is not uncommon, although i wouldn’t recomend doing it with an auto iris setting. if you would like the most control to try and “fix” the images, Color is probably your best route. the 3 way color corrector can do some things but it isn’t the nicest of tools. the biggest problem that i would expect you will tind is that some of the information is lost in the blacks. this can happen on both ends of the spectrum when you either over or under expose. a quick tutorial in color to get the basics of correction will give you the basics you need to see if you image is salvageable. BTW do your best to get a quality monitor. second guessing what is dark and what is not with a computer monitor will send you chasing your tail.
Thompson
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