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saving frames that have the sun passing through in a clip
Hi!
I was wondering if anyone knows how I would salvage a clip where a few frames in, the sun decided to come out and it’s suddenly a bleached look and then it goes down to the normal exposure again.
It might be something for AE, but if it’s possible in PrPro CS6, that would be great since I can’t stand the render times in AE. Well, I guess for one clip it won’t be so bad. 🙂
Thanks!
Anne
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4 Replies
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It becomes a keyframed color correction task…
Premiere Pro has reasonably effective color correction tools, but Colorista 2 from Magic Bullet is probably where I would turn for this…the exposure/density controls are a bit more intuitive for this sort of correction than simple gain/gamma/lift…
The free version of Colorista 1.0 may be enough for this (though I’ve not used it in CS6 personally, I have v2.0 full version)…Red Giant’s website doesn’t designate it as being compatible with CS6, but I believe it’s simply the installer doesn’t “see” CS6 so you just have to place it in the proper directory.
Whatever you use, I would probably cut out a copy of the part of the clip you want to correct and place it on V2 with the original on V1 (or whatever tracks are appropriate for you) and maybe move the bit over a spot in the original clip where the shot is what you’re attempting to match…that way you can switch the upper track on/off to compare them as you’re adjusting. Or you could use a garbage matte or the crop effect to cut the top layer to half-screen while you’re correcting and do a side-by-side comparison…
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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Anne,
If the sun blew out the clip then there won’t be much video/color information to bring it back. Try putting the three way color correction on your clip and adjust the whites down. You may have some color information you can save this way.
Other option is to cut around the blow out. Put b-roll on top or just make a cut.
Cody Walters
Houston Video Production
Houston Wedding VideographerFinal Cut Studio 3
Adobe CS6 Master Suite
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Good point…if you’re blown out, there isn’t much that can be done. I was under the impression the sun came out from behind the clouds and pushed the exposure a bit.
If faces are blown out…time to find a good excuse for a cut away shot.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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Yeah, I might be pushing it a bit with this one, but thanks for the advice. It went quite bright, but since the talent was very dark skinned, his face didn’t get blown out – only his white T-shirt and the set.
I can tell you, I never want to use a daylight studio again!!
I’ll give it a go with the keyframe option and see how it goes 🙂
thanks!!!
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