Judging Exposure on lights?

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vision_filmz

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I have 1 artist and two kino flo style lights lighting him from the side. I have always been able to judge exposure on a person by their skin appearance, but how do I know if the lights that are in the shot are being over exposed?


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Are you saying the bulbs are on screen? If so they will be overexposed. There's no way you could stop down and not have everything else lit.
 
draven4 said:
Are you saying the bulbs are on screen? If so they will be overexposed. There's no way you could stop down and not have everything else lit.
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Exactly, so if I were to submit this for broadcast then it would not be possible due to over exposure , correct? Using 3 way color correct I like to adjust the mids and highs but noticed it overexposes my lights, just thinking od a better more professional way to do this..... :(
 
You can still adjust and submit for broadcast. The light will clip. You will need to either use a software broadcast safe filter or a hardware limiter. Either way you'll be fine.
 
Hot back lights are all over every bigtime music video. I think the main issue is properly exposing your subject. As long as you do that you're money.
 
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