Canon 5D: weird brightness flicker

[Jared Levy]

Hey Chris,

I am experiencing similar issues with interview footage shot with the 5D. The background was a solid grey and it is causing very strange gamma shifts whenever our interviewee moves within the frame. Needless to say, I’ve never seen anything like this before. I’m well versed with the 5D2 having owned it since it came out.

My team and I have been forum hopping looking for solutions and came across your AE links. As your posts are a year old those links are dead. We were wondering if we could discuss our issue further with you and perhaps see what AE solutions you may already have for it. Thanks a lot, your help and time are greatly appreciated.

Feel free to email directly if you wish: jared@alreadyalive.com

[Andy Taplin]

Jared

I’m jumping in here as I may have a solution for you. Boris Continuum Complete 8 has a flicker filter that should be able to remove it. Take a look at this link:

https://www.borisfx.com/videos/BCCAVX/Remove-Flicker.php

I think my original problem was caused by having the Highlight Auto Optimiser turned on in the menu as I’ve never had the issue again.

Andy

Andy Taplin
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[Jared Levy]

Thanks Andy, appreciate the link. It definitely helps the issue. The filter does not alleviate the flicker completely but still a dramatic improvement. We certainly learned our lesson about Highlight Auto Optimiser. Disabled forever.

Best,
Jared

[Chris Wright]

I reposted the files to remove flicker. I haven’t compared it to boris. Perhaps you can.

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https://www.mediafire.com/?5vkfg7ash7tgvj7