colour correcting problem....

Hi, am using fcp 5.1.4 and am editing a program thats been shot using 2 cameras. (Z1's)

One camera is darker than the other, but the one that is lighter is right by a huge window and the whites have been blown out slightly.

The other cam is facing the windows making the subjects rather backlit.

Using the 3 way corrector and magic bullet look suite i have been able to roughly match them and bring out the skin tones of the subjects by boosting the gamma levels and bringing down the whites..

Is there anything more i can do?

Any help greatly appreciated.....

You could try matching the hue on something in the room, or the skin tones of one actor. Here's a couple of tutes :

[www.kenstone.net]

Thanks jude, tried that and it turns out i wasn't far off from what that process produces, it seems to be a case of bad cam positions, one camera has the whites blasted right out and the other has the subjects in shadow from the light behind. The Black levels are very concentrated on this camera.

Luckily its only for the first 2-3 minutes so i'll try and work it in as a style!

For the overblown backlit shot, you might also want to matte out the subject if he's underexposed.



www.strypesinpost.com

Thanks strypes, just heading down that route now, just found a load of footage further down the line where the bright light from the windows is gone (ie: this part of the rushes shot later in the day), there a couple of key lights being used bu its a big room and the cameras are quite far from the subjects . But most of it looks underexposed and grainy..... joy!

Thanks again for the replies...

overexposure is really hard to deal with, as you know.

Lyric make a free "shadow highlight" filter that deals with shadows and highlights, believe it or not.
[www.lyric.com]
it's more successful at lifting shadows than reigning in the highlights, IMO,
but it's better than the 3-way CC.

if the shot is locked off, and you can matte in a better bg, that'll look a lot better.


nick

To the rescue again Nick! Much appreciated!

Am looking it up after i've made my first cup of tea for the day...!

Cheers!

Tally Ho!


nick