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  • What to do to eliminate Flickering luma levels

    Posted by Soose Triolo on April 15, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    I’ve got some footage shot late evening with a shift tilt lens and is time lapsed. The problem is that the luminance levels in the sky flicker and it’s distracting. Does anyone have thoughts on how to eliminate or at least minimize the flickering?

    Soose

    Walter Soyka replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Walter Soyka

    April 15, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    The Color Stabilizer effect [link] can be used to reduce flicker in timelapse photography.

    Walter Soyka
    Principal & Designer at Keen Live
    Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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  • Soose Triolo

    April 15, 2011 at 8:32 pm

    Brilliant. This is not an effect I had used before. Thanks!

    Soose

  • Soose Triolo

    April 19, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Color Stabilizer worked well for the evening footage, combined with Echo on areas that had no movement, On another clip, shot same Shift Tilt in daylight, time lapse, with moving objects and shadows, it’s proving to a bit more complicated. I still have hope, but am going to spend some time tweaking the effect, finding the right white and black points. Any other suggestions are welcomed.

    Soose

  • Walter Soyka

    April 19, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    [Soose Triolo] “On another clip, shot same Shift Tilt in daylight, time lapse, with moving objects and shadows, it’s proving to a bit more complicated. I still have hope, but am going to spend some time tweaking the effect, finding the right white and black points.”

    You might get better results splitting the layer around some of the moving objects and shadows, so that you can pick a black and white point for a smaller range of frames at a time, instead of trying to find a single point that’s good across the entire clip.

    [Soose Triolo] “Any other suggestions are welcomed.”

    You could try the Auto levels effect [link].

    Walter Soyka
    Principal & Designer at Keen Live
    Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
    RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
    Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

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