Is there a way to see the exposure a clip was shot at?

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Is there a way to see the exposure a clip was shot at?

In FCPro X v 10.4.3 is there a way to see the exposure used to shoot a clip? Is there metadata anywhere in FCPro that will allow me to see the shutter speed and aperture and iso I used on a clip?

For some reason some clips look overexposed in the timeline, and I'm curious if somehow the camera over exposed the clips because maybe I set something wrong? But if I could see the exposure used, that would answer that!

Thanks,

Larry

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3), 16 gig memory / 1 TB HD

Posted on Nov 4, 2018 2:58 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

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Nov 4, 2018 4:40 PM in response to Larry Cohen

Check Exyended view in the Info inspector.

What’s the media? Is it HDR? Make sure the library is set to wide gamut and the preferences are set to compensate for HDR display.

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Tom Wolsky

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Nov 4, 2018 5:22 PM in response to Larry Cohen

The camera doesn’t shoot HDR.

The exposure information isn’t available.

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Larry Cohen Author

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Nov 4, 2018 5:14 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thank you for your thoughts, Tom. Actually, I did check the Extended view (after hitting 'command + 4' and clicking Extended at the bottom.) But nowhere does it show shutter speed, aperture or ISO. It does show frame rate and other things, but NOT what the actual exposure settings were 😟

We shoot with a Panasonic AG-UX180 camera. 1920x1080 / 59.94p / 60mbs / . . . all kinds of info there, but NOT the actual exposure. Anywhere else it might appear?

Hmmm . . . not sure what you mean by "Make sure the library is set to wide gamut and the preferences are set to compensate for HDR display."

Hopefully I've given you the info you need to know if we can see the exposure information!

Thank you,

Larry

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Larry Cohen Author

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Nov 4, 2018 5:27 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thank you, Tom. I guess you put THIS question to bed! By HDR, you mean "High Dynamic Range" ?

I really thought somewhere in the metadata there would be basic exposure info. But I guess NOT!

Thank you

Larry

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Is there a way to see the exposure a clip was shot at?

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