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Blown out footage need immediate suggestions
I had my first shoot, a children’s concert. I used CANON 70D, Av setting as many blogs told me too, footage looks great on the LCD screen, now Im seeing (at home/full screen) that its blown out. The stage lighting was really harsh and I couldn’t tell on the small LCD, now I feel terrible because I dont know how to fix it, ive tried RGB, levels, captains blowout fixer, etc. Im using either FCP or Premiere CS6, which ever will save my ass. ANy suggestions is greatly appreciated.
this is in motion, when I zoomed in on the kids it got a little better.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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If it’s clipped/blown out (the highlights are a thick, smashed line at the top of your waveform monitor and you bring down the highlight levels but no detail appears in white-hot areas) then there’s nothing that can be done as no image information was recorded in those areas of the frame.
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Wait a minute. Are you telling us that even now, on playback from the camera, the footage looks better-exposed on the camera’s LCD display, with details preserved? If that’s the case, then there may be hope, because it suggests that there was something about the way you got the footage out of the camera, or something set wrong in the TV you are watching, that is raising the brightness too high.
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I did go into the waveform and tried to pull down the whites but they seem to stay at 100. I have tweaked a few filters making it slightly better so I still have hope. Though it may be lost. and I feel terrible.
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yes on the camera LCD it looks better, not great, just better. A lot more detail, I am looking at it in both FCP and CS6. Both with blown out features, on my iMac. I was curious to see the HDMI out to a TV but I dont have the camera with me, it was a rental.
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Wish we could see what “a lot more detail” looks like on the LCD screen.
I’m trying to figure out what you might have done to “ok” footage that would present as totally blown out and useless. In the analog TV days, you could get something like that by having an unterminated RF connector. Today, I dunno, getting the blending mode set wrong might do it.
Can you get the camera back? Based just on what you’ve said, I think that’s your only hope.
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what would that do, if I had the camera? can I capture direct from HDMI, I read up on that and people say its laggy. I agree, the camera may be the best option, I had even considered use the A/V out and capturing live,….wont be HD but the details will be there….in theory.
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What I’d like you to do is set up the footage in FCP, with the waveforms and scopes turned on, and use the free “grab” utility in your Utilities folder, to take a snapshot of the entire desktop:. Then post it using the little gadget just above the comment box here.
With that, got to a clip of the footage, right click on it, get the properties, and snap a picture of that info and post it.
Do the same for the Sequence setting and FCP Video output settings.
We can’t see what’s wrong without a visual aid.
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OK when I get home I will do that, thanks very much.
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ok here is all the info you request, I hope it helps, I know I am sorta screwed and will have to make do. Again, much appreciated for the help.
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Under “Item properties”, I was hoping to see the FORMAT tab…
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