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taking away a forehead glare
Hello,
We shot an interview outside and the camera was hand held. The subject is wearing a headband pulling her hair back and the sun glare on her forehead is really hot. It’s so bad that it makes her look bald. I’ve tried to matte and use other different filters to try to cover up the glare, but since there is so much movement with the camera and the subject moving when she talks it’s hard to use it without it looking too noticeable. My question is there a quick fix, that will allow me to use the interview and make her look like she isn’t balding, because I’m sure she wouldn’t enjoy it. Thank you.
Adam
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5 Replies
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Definitely there is no quick fix. Without knowing what format (DV, HDV, etc.) you shot, it may be hard to get good results. From the sounds of it, your video level is way off the chart and you may not have enough dynamic latitude to pull it back.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Adam,
If the “blowout” is as bad as you describe, there is NO quick fix. It would probably be faster to
just reshoot! You could spend hours trying to fix this and still never get as good results as a
reshoot.Good luck.
Mark
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There really isn’t a quick fix. There is a plugin called Captain’s Blowout Fixer (https://pistolerapost.com/pluginz/) that might help. It’s not terribly tricky to use, but will take a little getting used to.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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the problem is there is so little information in the blown out area.
captains blowout filter tries to get around this by accessing the colour channel with the most detail, and using that alone to fill in the area,
and then, i think, colouring it appropriatelybut on the whole, any solution would involve “colouring-in” the blank, featureless area, with a skin tone.
i think your talent might still look bald!nick
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The fix might be to use her sound bites and cover the footage w/ b-roll and gfx.
“The deepest blues are black” – Foo Fighters
(this doesn’t help me when I’m chroma keying!)
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