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Luminence Fix
I am pretty new to final cut but I am posting here because my question is, I think, Farly complicated…
really I should say I think the solution or answer will be complicated…Okay here is the problem…
I have a client that wants me to “fix” a clip that
has an over-exposed background with under-exposed subject.
Meaning the guy who shot it put the subject in front of a window and
didn’t use a fill light or anything… so I have dark silhouette and my
client wants a well lite face… Import Note… re-shooting isn’t an option because this footage was shot in china and we can’t afford to send a cameraman over there for a 30 second re-shoot…Currently I have some solutions in my head… but I just want to know what anybody would recommend…
Thank you in advance,
AnDyDanDy (color corection n00b) -
6 Replies
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If the subject and overall shot are fairly static, export a typical freeze-frame into Photoshop and “COB” (Cut Out Background) the subject.
Create an alpha channel shaped like the background and re-import it back into FCP.
Use that shape to separate the subject so you can adjust that level independent of the background.
Use the “Color Corrector 3 Way” and the White, Mid, and Black LEVEL sliders (and others) to make the subject look as good as you can.
You can substitute a “similar-but-different” background.
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try the shadow highlight plugin. its free. has got me out of a lot of rubbish camerawork. dont show it cameramen though….they will get lazy…..
https://www.lyric.com/fcp-plugins/
best wishes
nick -
FCP has a built in 4&8 point garbage matte generators and there are are also free 16/32+ point generators. Just duplicate the clip move the copy up one track and apply the matte, feather the edges and apply different CC filters to the two versions.
also try duplicating the clip and using composite modes might also help
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And don’t expect to get the interview subject to look too good. At best you’ll wind up with kind of flat looking skintones.
Arnie
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Thanks everybody for the responce!
I used a chromo key on the window… and then put the keyed out clip on v2 and then but the original on v1… I then lower the original so the background was broadcast safe… Then turned up the
gain on the v2 track… the result looks better then I thought… It took a bit of playing around…However… I will try that luminence plugin… Thanks Nick!
I may post pics comparing the results from the plugin and my method…
-AnDyDanDy
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a bit late to the party, but you might want to look at the free “Facelight” plugin from Marcus Herrick “… a fast way to make under-exposed faces look prettier…”
you can grab it, together with his vignette plug-in, here: https://www.haiku.com.au/fcp_plugs/Marcus_plug.zip
check out his site https://www.haiku.com.au/ wjile you’re therecheers
Andy
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