My whites are blinding

traney1

Newbie Joined: Mar 15, 2010 15:26 Messages: 6 Offline

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Mar 15, 2010 15:32

I do video work for my daughters cheerleading team. At the competitions, most of the lights are off, and the stage lights are super bright. I've turned off the Gain to alleviate some of it...but it seems like no matter what I do, the girls faces are totally washed out unless I zoom in (which defeats the purpose of filming the team)>

I've messed with the contrast in PD8, but not getting great results.

Also, on the PC it looks a lot better than it does once on a DVD on large screen.

I film on standard quality, (using HQ on the camera, then having PD8 add to it made it TOO grainy), let PD8 upgrade it to HQ. The camera I use is a JVC Everio GZ-MG630SU HDD Camera.

Any ideas how I can stop the washout??

vn800rider

Senior Contributor Location: Darwen, UK Joined: May 15, 2008 04:32 Messages: 1949 Offline

Mar 15, 2010 16:28

My understanding is that blown out highlights on digital video are rarely able to be salvaged successfully - the information is just not really there to work with.

If your camera does not allow sufficient exposure adjustment - either manual or preset - then I suspect you should consider using ND filters. These links might help?

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/camera/filters/

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NgGLlL6oTkoC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=video+overexposure+filter+techniques&source=bl&ots=T3CgJbyjvu&sig=d_X0f-dZeyyaZ5_kAvqHsHuhsRA&hl=en&ei=tZWeS72tM9S7jAfyzp3GCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCIQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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Keith Widdup

Newbie Joined: Nov 17, 2009 10:14 Messages: 40 Offline

Mar 16, 2010 15:40

Hi Tranny
This is a problem caused at the shooting stage. There's to much contrast between the dark background and the lit section.some camcorders have a setting for stage work or the alternative is to set the exposure and white balance manually. Once the image is burnt out there's very little you can do to correct it on any edit system.

Keith