light banding because of florescent lights. . .

[Jerry Neal]

Hello,

Yesterday I shot a video inside a paint booth and did not have enough room to use my lighting kit. Instead, I had to shoot under the florescent lights inside the both, and ended up with black bands in my footage. Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of these or make them less noticeable? This is also going to be a time lapse video, which seems to make the banding effect even worse.

Here's a sample clip for your reference.

Light Banding Effect Sample on Vimeo

Thanks!

[Enrique Orozco Robles]

I once had a similar problem... My solution was to use the BCC (Boris Continuum Complete) flicker fixer filter that I was very glad I had.... EXCELENT results, altough sometimes buggy to use.....

Good luck...

[Jerry Neal]

Thanks for the info. Unless I'm mistaken, it looks like I need to purchase the entire "image correction" suite? Or is it possible to buy the "Flicker Fixer" by itself?

Thanks!

[Bruce Watson]

Originally Posted by Jerry Neal

...I had to shoot under the florescent lights inside the booth, and ended up with black bands in my footage.

Easiest and highest quality way out might be a reshoot, this time using a shutter speed that's a multiple of mains power frequency. In USA, 1/30, 1/60, 1/120, etc. This should prevent the slowly moving dark bands.

Failing that, there are a number of "flicker fixer" programs and plugins out there for exactly this problem.