Burned whites and CC.

J. Skaf

J. Skaf

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Hi :

I have a simple question (and have a post related to this one in this forum) but can’t get it right because I have no experience in CC.

I’m in the middle of editing a short film and have come across various burned out shots (not sure if that’s the term in English..sorry). The whites are much too bright or overexposed. I’m trying to do e little CC on the final image,
a) applying a very light Color Effect (green for the insights and blue for outside)
b) applying Magic Bullet Look effect (the standard) for a more cinematic look.

So every time I apply these colours the problem becomes even worst.

Can anyone recommend what I need to modify to make the whites less saturated?

Thank you in advance.
 
That's a tuff one. They say, "Once you record it, you own it." Someone may be able to offer advise, but there is no way to "fix" it. When the whites are blown out, they are gone (same with peaks in digital audio). You can go in frame by frame and fix it (or have someone do it $$$$). If it is a tripod shot, locked off, you can fix a frame in Photoshop and key it back in over the blow out.

Magic Bullet could help, but anytime you apply a diffused look it has a tendency to accent the blow out with a "halo" look and draws more attention to it.

Keep plugging away and you could make it better. Sorry for no real answers...

FD
 
You can try bringing down the higlight luminance level by lowering your input white value.

I'm not sure what tools Avid has or how idiosyncratic they are but you can usually do this with Levels or Curves.

It won't look great - and will most certainly look worse if you go too far. Still, it's worth a shot.
 
One of the great things about film is the range of exposure and the ability to make adjustments in telecine that correct mistakes made during production. Video on the other hand is unforgiving. When the whites are blown out no amount of color correction will bring back the detail. long gone
 
Don't waste your time, you will not correct it in avid CC.

Overexposed images literally have "no information" in the areas. Therefore it is not possible to correct by dumbing down the setup.

Underexposure is a different story, you are usually able to bump up a bit, but this will also cause grain.
 
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