Project like this that i wish i had global shutter

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Newman

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so one of my friend starting a line of lingerie collection came up to me and offer to shoot a promo for his new line; we shot in studio with canon 60d using some nikkon lenses, i wanted to have photo flash going when the ladies were acting all sexy on camera,... but boy i wish i had global shutter. ..
i'm tryin to convince him to re-shoot so we can probaly use the blackmagic 4k ( since it's in a more controlled environment)

but please enjoy:

 
Rolling shutter is never a good idea where live photography is taking place. To salvage what you have and save the time/expense of a re-shoot, I'd cover those up with a very short, luma-based flash transition that peaks at the original flash frame.
 
Samuel- that's an excellent point, except that Newman slowed down the footage in that clip. Each frame is on for longer than it should have been, and the half shutter frame gets far more pronounced as a result. I would either cover it up as Alex said, or at the very least overcrank your shot intended for slow motion next time.
 
I shoot BTS of a (b-list) celeb fashion shoot every year. I just stick a white solid over the flashes with a short ramp out - adjust duration and fade time to taste. Even with a global shutter, the flashes don't look right - Hollywood has us convinced that they last a half second and fade out after a huge, bassy "FOOMP".

If it's a really special shot or slow motion, I use levels with a keyframed histogram - start the histo at full bright and fade it back to normal. You get a cool blowout of the highlights that way. Either way, just cut & paste whatever you come up with where needed.

Seriously, fashion-shoot flashes don't look "right" unless you extend them a few frames.
 
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