!HELP! Washed out images

If the image is totally washed out, you may be out of luck. Overexposed areas may not have any pixel info left to recover. But try "Captain's Blowout filter" available here: http://pistolerapost.com/pluginz/ It may be worth a shot.

-DH

Depending on the steadiness of your shots, you may also be able to isolate pools of "blowoutness" with a garbage matte, and color correct individual parts of the stage. Also, try using the "Limit Effect" function of the Color Corrector, and isolating a high tone of Luma, then correct for that particular intensity.

Hi:

You can try using the 3 Way Color Correction Filter. You can set the filter limits to affect just color/luma you need.

But as you have been said, if no information in the overexposed areas, no way to corretc them.

Hope that helps!


Alberto

In the future....

1) Man both cameras
2) Use Manual Controls
3) lock your shutter at 60... set gain to 0dB (or as low as possible if you need extra gain)
4) activate the cameras zebra stripes
5) control your exposure using the iris

if you don't know how to activate your camera's zebras check the documentation for your camcorders. if you don't know how to use the zebras to judge exposure there is plenty on the internet about it.

Get the best footage you can at the shooting stage. You can do more with SLIGHTLY underexposed footage, as video holds more detail in the blacks than the highlights. Once you overexpose (clip) your video signal there is no information to work with. Just white.

PowerMac G5 2.7GHZ, 3.5GB Ram, 2x 250GB Sata, 2x 250GB G-Drive, Kona LH Mac OS X (10.4.9) Final Cut Studio, PS:CS2, Shake, BitVice

As Matthew advised, never use an unmanned camera for a stage show and never, ever use auto exposure.

-DH

Wish we had good news, we don't. The pixel information is gone.
Not to pick on you personally, we often wonder what has happened to the fundamental craft of photography. We see similar posts every week from folks who simply do not understand how their cameras function.

bogiesan

There is whole generation coming that has never used (or even seen) a manually controllable camera - for video or photography.

If you want to see something funny, hand a Nikon FM2 to someone who thinks only the latest fully auto device constitutes a 'real' camera. Clueless doesn't cover it.

x

along these same lines, a resolution independant timeline is coming from apple. no need to know anything about what sort of video you're working with anymore or how to create the common denominator, let a piece of software do it as the consumer won't notice.

i sound like a crotchety middle-ager. this is a reason i love my holga and dvx100 on the progressive modes - manual focus, iris and audio. keeps one sharp or in my case points out just how horrible a cam op i really am!

here's something that really got to me and that was the continual demo usage of the auto level/color type control in color. i mean, c'mon, how hard is it to balance the whites and blacks and set a contrast ratio which goes an amazingly long way in repairing bad color from these horrendous auto controlled cameras.

Well, FCP6's timeline IS for FCP, and not FCE. I think the "auto function" lovers we're talking about here aren't for the most part going to have Pro; in other words, it's more about saving time for the people who do know the stuff than who don't.