Color Correcting Ever Changing Florescent Lights in Post?

[Macville]

Ok, here's my problem. For my film we shot a guy coming into a room, looking at his computer screen, making a few phone calls, and then a sit down interview. The problem was we mixed florescent overhead lights with incandescent (which actually looks perfect for this scene), plus I set the scan rate on my 100a to be the same as the monitor (which was dumb as I look back since we never got around to showing the monitor.) Therefore, I now have all this footage that around every 4-6 seconds, goes from nice warm to somewhat cold blue and back. Is there anyway to fix this without manually keying it back and forth? (I've tried, it ain't easy clyde!)

I have access to Final Cut, After Effects 6.5, and Color Finesse. Would one of those let me auto se the image color I want and then auto key it for me?

Thanks,

Matthew

 

[profnoxin]

Not in any way that is going to be pleasing to the eye. If you can tell what color is actually cycling in and out, and which color is the natural scene color, you could color correct the natural color to the one that is cycling in and out so that the cycling is less noticable. Maybe there are some better post gurus out there with more info for you. I myself am a production guy, and I really just know what can be done in color timing.

 

[BrianV]

Your best bet would be to manually keyframe it back and forth, I imagine. There's a chance that there is a miracle plug-in out there somewhere, but the quickest bet unless you want to do some massive Googling would be to key it back and forth. Luckily the two alternating color temperatures should remain consistent, so after a while its a matter of just keying in the same values back and forth.

Monotonous, yes... but possibly the only option.

If someone would care to disagree and send me a link to a plugin that can fix that, he or she will be quite the fellow/gal and very appreciated

Are you using Avid, FCP, Vegas? Or are you using seperate color correcting software?

 

[profnoxin]

No, I believe it to be impossible for there to be a 100% accurate plug in, as the variation in color temp. will not be constant, nor will the strobing. I agree that keying back and forth would be your only option, unless you end up with fairly new bulbs. In that case, your color temp. fluctuation might be predictable. Once again, I would suggest doing some test shooting and seeing where you're at.

Edit~> Nice avatar Brian.