Fixing an overblown background

[nyvideo]

I'm using FCPX to put together footage for a local public service video. It will be under 4 minutes. It entails a presenter and quite a few cut-aways. The presenter is on-screen for a total of less than 2 minutes, all in short clips of 5 to 15 seconds.

The problem is that the background was overlit. Here's a still of the presenter (whose face has been obscured).



I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to darken the background.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Chris Adler]

Vignette would be an easy way if the look is appropriate.

 

[Gary Huff]

I think I'd be more worried about the big black dot in front of the talent's face...

 

[stoneinapond]

I think I'd be more worried about the big black dot in front of the talent's face...

Not helpful, but funny. :happy:

I haven't used it myself but you might want to look into the SliceX plug-in from CoreMelt.

http://coremelt.com/products/slicex.html

 

[bbalser]

Simple color correction. A simple contrast adjustment via the "Exposure" (incorrectly titled) controls in FCP X's built-in color corrector. I doubt you'd have to, but you could also use the built-in shape mask. Don't make it more complicated than it is. Not a huge issue to fix.

 

[dillont]

The built in color corrector should be able to fix this.