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Fix for Blown out footage?
Hello all.
I have to edit some footage shot by a cameraman who was basically clueless and did not know how to operate the iris on the camera… All of the people shot, look like ghosts.. the footage is very blown out…
I know there is no true fix to make the footage look 100% better, but there has to be some tweaking I can do…
I was just wondering if anyone has any experience repairing blown out footage and what exactly (filters, adjusting, etc.) they did to make it look somewhat better…
And suggestions would be greatly appreciated…
Thanks.
Justin
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3 Replies
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Once you clip your white levels, you are pretty much SOL. I know that doesnt help you much, but its the truth.
Things you can try, aside from the obvious “turn down your brightness”. Add a little bit of contrast to your highlights channel. Also, take down the brightness a touch. Make subtle changes, anything drastic will make it look like crap real quick.hope this helps
moody glasgow
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Thats seems to be the answer i have been getting…
It looks slightly better when I adjust the brightness, so I will have to go with that…
Thanks for the reply..
Justin.
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Apply the “Color Corrector 3-Way” and turn down the Whites and the Mids,
then adjust the Black level.I have been able to make some pretty over-irised footage much more usable.
Another method comes from COW vereran Philip Hodgetts:
Multiply mode is particularly effective – if there’s any detail in the highlights it will build up (Multiply mode always darkens an image). Don’t be afraid to stack more than 2 copies to get the density you might need.
if you want to thicken up the highlights without darkening the darker areas, try isolating the highlights with a chroma key filter (yeh, don’t worry about the name) set to near white to pick out the highlights (you’ll need to invert the chroma keyer but that’s easy).
Cheers
Philip Hodgetts
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