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Why did my iPhone film like this? What’s wrong and how can I correct it?
Hey people.
So here is some footage from my iPhone taken in a church.Obviously iPhone is confused by the white balance or some such. Doesn’t seem to be a problem with the focus though I could be wrong.
Any idea what causes it and how I can best fix it in fcpx?
I have some creative license with the edit so I could de-saturate etc.
Could it be a rolling shutter?
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Looks like you broke the compression with too much contrast etc. Moire + compression artifacts etc. This unfortunately is a good example of what separates a phone with a camera on it from a video camera.
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To fix it up I’d grab the best looking still of the window area, track the window with Slice X or in Motion or AE and matte in the still. That way you lose the flicker.
John
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Yeah, window blowing out and the AE is trying to compensate… FYI, you can override AE/AF on an iPhone by tapping and holding the area you want to expose/focus for…
https://www.imore.com/daily-tip-aeaf-lock-iphones-camera-ios-5
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great ideas! I didn’t know you could HOLD on the iPhone to keep the exposure the same.
I just tapped. Will hold next time.I’m not 100% sure how to get the motion in After Effects but I may give that a go. However the footage isn’t that precious; I can make it black and white and, perhaps, find a filter to stop it popping so much. Or so obviously.
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Looking at the vid, the exposure never changes. I don’t think the focus changes either, but whatever is happening it actually happens to the whole frame. Cover the window area and you’ll see the exposure doesn’t change, but the abberation still occurs across the rest of the image. I think it’s either a strange vibration or a compression oddity. But it could be a focus issue. However my iPhone doesn’t focus that erratically or that fast for that matter.
And as others have mentioned, yes if you tap and hold on an area you’ll see a little “af/ae lock” phrase at the bottom of the screen. And in my testing, it also holds white balance.
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[Andy Branner] “that is the stabilization compensation.”
I downloaded the full res version and yes that is the issue. Just look through it frame by frame and you’ll see the issue. Notice here:
And then look what happens as the stabilization tries to compensate between two frames.
The iPhone can do some great stuff. But a handheld shot like this without enough light isn’t one of them.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque
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