Dodgy FS100 highlights? Have you tried FCP's 'desaturate highlights' filter?

[Grug]

Hey guys,

I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but I've just begun some preliminary edits on a corporate I'm shooting, and glancing over FCP6's video filter options noticed 'desaturate highlights' for the first time. I'm working with with 10-bit ProRes from an F3, but the filter looks like it could be just the thing for those nasty, colours that come up in blown highlights on the FS100. It's also an incredibly fast fix, just drag and drop (or at least it is with ProRes).

I've also learnt that I seriously need a more colour-accurate monitor for recording, because none of the yellow cast that's on the original F3 footage was apparent when we shot it :furious3:

 

[LiamR]

Wow

 

[morgan_moore]

Yep that is desaturate highlights a the big solution - been doing it with Apple Color

Nice to know that there is a filter in FCP

Best

SamMM

 

[moldcad]

This makes me wonder: wouldn't the WB FX achieve the same (at least with this example)?

 

[LiamR]

I'm astounded at the fact you didn't see this in camera, you where shooting with the on-board screen right?

 

[Grug]

I'm astounded at the fact you didn't see this in camera, you where shooting with the on-board screen right?

Yep, the on-board screen (we had the PIX240 screen as well, but I didn't consider that accurate enough to be much use for monitoring - in hindsight it was actually closer to the real colour-cast than the on-board LCD was.

The image had the yellow cast before we white balanced, but after that appeared to be a cool, natural white.

 

[Grug]

This makes me wonder: wouldn't the WB FX achieve the same (at least with this example)?

It does, but it also adjusts the white balance for the entire image. This filter just pulls the colour out of the highlights (so assuming your white balance is otherwise correct, it'd be a more sensible tool).

 

[Darren Levine]

not that the ex1 has this problem, but when i do spot a little bit of yellow cast from some not quite fully blown out white, i just drop the white levels in the level control in premiere. works a treat. not sure if that option is available in other NLEs but even so seems each NLE has some way to help correct the issue.