I was at a wedding and took video where there was a brightly lit window behind my subjects. It wasn't until further into my shots I realized I had forgotten to put on the exposure adjuster for such an occasion.
If my camcorder can adjust the exposure while recording, I'd assume FCPX could do it post-recording.
Can you tell me how to make it so my subjects aren't so dark with a bright window behind them?
Thanks
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Can you post a single frame of the shot?
An additional question, are your subjects changing position…especially their heads?
Russ
Here is an example screen shot. Yes, the people are moving, and I might pan across. The bridesmaids are getting ready, and, unfortunately, they were all getting their hair done in front of the windows.
sorry, just did copy and paste.. it didn't like that... had to "grab". then change from a .tiff file to a .jpeg for this to take.
actually probably an underexposed shot now that I think of it?? oops.
Try this. I'm not 100% sure.
STEP 1 : Balance Color (Commant+Option+B)
STEP 2 : Hit Option + 6, select whichever color preset is good.
STEP 3 : If you have Fx factory, there is "SKIN LIGHT" under PHYX Stylist.
STEP 4: If necessary use "Make up artist" in Sheffield Softworks and "Vivid Touch" in Lucas Light Kit
Normally these things helps me.
You should be able to get very good results with FCP's Color Correction.
It's basically a two step process: 1) a primary correction to get the color balance you're happy with; 2) a secondary to selectively correct exposure problems – using masks (to isolate areas) and keyframes to animate the masks to track the subjects' movement.
I think you'll find the masks don't have to be all that exact – nor do the keyframes – to be effective.
If you've had some experience using the color board and key framing, it should not be very time-consuming either.
But if you aren't familiar with that part of FCP, post back; there are many people here who explain it in detail.
Good luck.
Russ
If you can take this shot to Apple color, its pretty east to correct the shot.
You will have more controls in secondy color correction, applying masks and even tracking.
I dont think as of now secondry color correction is that easy with Final Cut Pro X, if you are not experienced.
To balance the room a little better, in FCPX, the first thing I would do in the Color Board is create a Color Mask of the lighted vertical blind region -- click and drag out a little in the lighted area (you get feedback about the region being masked) then holding down the shift key, click in other areas of the same type of region until the mask is as filled as you can get it without overflowing into the "interior".
Click the > to go into the corrections click Outside Mask
Starting with Exposure, I set:
Global -4
Shadows -2
Midtones 36
Highlights 0
Saturation:
Global 9%
Color:
Global 60° -4% [reduce incandescence]
[The JPEG compression makes this image a little difficult to work with as an example]
After this stage, I would add another Color Correction and go after the entire scene... if necessary (or even if *possible*.)
PS - I added a deinterlace filter to the original photo.
overexposed video
