Photo Flashes ruining effects! at DVinfo.net

Ryan DesRoches · June 27th, 2007, 08:31 PM

Hi gang,

In a little dilemma here and looking for some advice. I recently shot a wedding and was recording the toasts hand-held. There is some shakiness that I want to get rid of, and typically I can use the region stabilize tool on my Avid to fix that up for me - but unfortunately, people were shooting flash photography during the toasts and it is reeking havoc with the affect (i.e. every time it detects a flash, the affect goes nuts and doesn't work).

Any way to avoid this issue, or deal with it nicely (I would hate to manually go in and cut all the frames with flashes, as it would take hours!). Any advice would be appreciated.

Footage shot in NTSC 60/i. I am using Avid Xpress Pro v 5.6.4.

Thanks guys!
Ryan

Peter Szilveszter · June 27th, 2007, 11:38 PM

Thats a tough one, You could put edit points into the clip into where the flash bits and apply the effect only to the clips with no flash . Its not that much time saving but shouldn't take that long to do. ..I havn't had this issue before though (I'll have to test it out). the other option if you have AfterEffects, that can do a pretty good job too.

Richard Wakefield · June 28th, 2007, 02:11 AM

this thread too:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...camera+flashes

Pete Costanzo · June 28th, 2007, 05:50 AM

I can't speak to Avid directly, but maybe there is an analogy to FCS. In Apple FCS Motion 3, there is a smoothcam tool that does what sounds like your region tool does. However, it allows keyframe changes. Maybe this is something you can do? Are you able to modify the behavior on at a keyframe level? That way you can coorect the motion at the hickup point and continue past.

June 27th, 2007, 08:31 PM	#1
Ryan DesRoches Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Worcester, Mass USA Posts: 125	Photo Flashes ruining effects! Hi gang, In a little dilemma here and looking for some advice. I recently shot a wedding and was recording the toasts hand-held. There is some shakiness that I want to get rid of, and typically I can use the region stabilize tool on my Avid to fix that up for me - but unfortunately, people were shooting flash photography during the toasts and it is reeking havoc with the affect (i.e. every time it detects a flash, the affect goes nuts and doesn't work). Any way to avoid this issue, or deal with it nicely (I would hate to manually go in and cut all the frames with flashes, as it would take hours!). Any advice would be appreciated. Footage shot in NTSC 60/i. I am using Avid Xpress Pro v 5.6.4. Thanks guys! Ryan __________________ Lakota Den Productions, LLC Http://LakotaDenProductions.com

June 28th, 2007, 05:50 AM	#4
Pete Costanzo Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: United States Posts: 25	I can't speak to Avid directly, but maybe there is an analogy to FCS. In Apple FCS Motion 3, there is a smoothcam tool that does what sounds like your region tool does. However, it allows keyframe changes. Maybe this is something you can do? Are you able to modify the behavior on at a keyframe level? That way you can coorect the motion at the hickup point and continue past. __________________ www.wakefieldproductions.com www.elegantweddingproductions.com

June 27th, 2007, 11:38 PM	#2
Peter Szilveszter Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Yeppoon, Queensland Posts: 332	Thats a tough one, You could put edit points into the clip into where the flash bits and apply the effect only to the clips with no flash . Its not that much time saving but shouldn't take that long to do. ..I havn't had this issue before though (I'll have to test it out). the other option if you have AfterEffects, that can do a pretty good job too.

June 28th, 2007, 02:11 AM	#3
Richard Wakefield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 680	this thread too: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...camera+flashes