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John Moon · January 25th, 2007, 09:01 PM

I have several clips that were captured with Sony Z1U and in poor light. Using FCP 5. I have worked with color correction and adding 2 pixel gaussian blur to the blue channel and nothing seems to be working to get it to a respectable level. Any suggestions on how to lighten these clips?
Thanks,
John

Shane Ross · January 26th, 2007, 04:55 PM

Try the color corrector 3-way and adjust the MIDS up. The BLACKS too if you need.

Clips that are REALLY dark are hard to dig info from.

John Moon · January 27th, 2007, 07:24 AM

Thanks Shane. I did find something that seems to work. I copied the clip and moved them up to V2 directly above the dark clip. I right clicked on the copied clip and went to composite mode and selected overlay (screen works too). This seemed to improve the darkness of the clip quite a bit.

Dave Perry · January 27th, 2007, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shane Ross

Try the color corrector 3-way and adjust the MIDS up. The BLACKS too if you need.

Clips that are REALLY dark are hard to dig info from.

Exactly what I was going to suggest.

Lisa Shofner · March 28th, 2007, 10:12 AM

I have similar issue, so instead of starting a new thread - thought i'd use this one.

I used the color correction filter to fix the look of the clip - in the preview monitor it looks great. However, when i compress it for the web (using compressor) it came out looking very washed out. This is all viewed on the same monitor.

Is there a way to adjust the preview monitor settings, or will I just need to fudge with the color correction and re-compress until it is correct?

January 25th, 2007, 09:01 PM	#1
John Moon Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 446	Dark clip I have several clips that were captured with Sony Z1U and in poor light. Using FCP 5. I have worked with color correction and adding 2 pixel gaussian blur to the blue channel and nothing seems to be working to get it to a respectable level. Any suggestions on how to lighten these clips? Thanks, John

March 28th, 2007, 10:12 AM	#5
Lisa Shofner Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 373	I have similar issue, so instead of starting a new thread - thought i'd use this one. I used the color correction filter to fix the look of the clip - in the preview monitor it looks great. However, when i compress it for the web (using compressor) it came out looking very washed out. This is all viewed on the same monitor. Is there a way to adjust the preview monitor settings, or will I just need to fudge with the color correction and re-compress until it is correct? __________________ [http://www.ljparkerphotography.com] photos [http://www.youtube.com/darkdragonvegas] videos

January 26th, 2007, 04:55 PM	#2
Shane Ross Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Los Angeles, USA Posts: 539	Try the color corrector 3-way and adjust the MIDS up. The BLACKS too if you need. Clips that are REALLY dark are hard to dig info from.

January 27th, 2007, 07:24 AM	#3
John Moon Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 446	Thanks Shane. I did find something that seems to work. I copied the clip and moved them up to V2 directly above the dark clip. I right clicked on the copied clip and went to composite mode and selected overlay (screen works too). This seemed to improve the darkness of the clip quite a bit.