Fixing Bad Overexposure

[Walter Biscardi]

If the information is gone, then it’s gone.

The only way to know for sure is to take it into Color and bring down the highlights. If there’s anything left in the sky it will show up in Color.

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[Mark Raudonis]

That’s a case for the the “reshoot” plug in .

Not much else you can do with something that overexposed.

Mark

[Arnie Schlissel]

I think you are hosed. If you can reshoot, do so. If you can’t reshoot, cut around it. If you “need” the shot, well, sorry to hear that.

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[Shane Ross]

Well…this might be somewhat salvageable. It is true that there is a lot of information lost, but some might be recoverable in some of the other color channels, such as green. And then you can try to map that to the other channels via a compositor like Shake or AE or there is a free plugin that deals with this, called CAPTAIN’S BLOWOUT FIXER:

https://pistolerapost.com/pluginz/index.html

Try that and see what you can salvage. it has helped me a few times.

But, this is a pretty bad shot…so don’t get your hopes up.

Shane

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[Chris Borjis]

[Franco Noonan] “Is there anyway I can fix this”

yeah, never hire that camera person again.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Ouch, that’s pretty bad. You will have to give the footage a ‘look’ to make it seem intentional. This is really down and dirty example and perhaps not appropriate for the piece, but you get the idea. Give the eye something else to look at.

Jeremy

[Kevin Monahan]

Good idea. I’d use a gradient to simulate a sky.

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[Rick Desalvo]

Short of a reshoot, I’d filter the image as suggested and then do a PIP with some B-Roll to redirect the viewer’s attention. Slight of hand may be your only choice here.

[Adam Mokrzecki]

I used this Tutorial, it did the trick for me.

https://monstersareart.blogspot.com/2009/06/overexposure-correction-in-final-cut.html

(3 years to get you an answer, but I just found this thread looking for a solution for the same problem, maybe it’ll help those looking for answer who find this thread the same way I did.)