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Lighten up!
Hi there,
Does anyone have any best tips on how to lighten up a scene that has been shot a tad too dark in natural light without making the image appear grainy or over exposed (there are times when I wish FCP had a similar effect to Sony Vegas’s natural light filter).
Thanks in advance
Matt
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5 Replies
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I’d send it to Color and do the adjustment there (then render it and send it back to FCP) as Color has better tools than FCP and generally seems to be a little cleaner.
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Use the 3-way color correcter and your vector-scopes.
The vector scopes will help you judge how much you actually have to lighten your clip..
C.R.
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Second the suggestion of the 3-way color corrector, and Apple Color if you need a bigger gun. A few years back, the tool I used for this was Boris FX, which had virtual spotlights you could aim at targeted areas to fill in shadowed aeras and you could even gel it. Worked really well. Apple Motion can do that too.
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If you want to stay in FCP, use Colorista. It can bring up light in a scene with less noise than the FCP 3 Way CC tool. It also has masking capabilities to allow you to lighten certain areas isolated.
Better yet, go into Color as suggested and adjust to your heart’s content.
The point at which noise and grain is introduced is wholly based on the camera and format of the original. Noisy, highly compressed formats will introduce noise much quicker than higher end formats. Another reason to go into Color, you can control the noise much better than in any other app.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Thank you all – I will certainly be chasing those tips up!
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