Advice to correct bright backlight

GrahamYSA

Newbie Location: Gold Coast Joined: Dec 27, 2008 16:49 Messages: 11 Offline

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Apr 15, 2014 04:29

Hi, I am a PD12 newbie and hope someone can give me some advice. I shot video of my son's wedding, unfortunately the backlight compensation on the camera didn't work really well and my son and his (now) wife are underexposed. I have had a little play with the features under the Fix/Enhance tab and also looked at Color Director but couldn't get a clean looking image.

I have attached a 1 minute clip, I would be so grateful if someone could guide me as to what settings I could use, in which feature, to repair it - if possible!

Thanks in Advance
(PD12 Ulitmate Suite. Windows 8 i7 4GB RAM, Nvidia Geoforce GT 635M 2GB)

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CubbyHouseFilms

Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline

Apr 15, 2014 05:04

Quote: Hi, I am a PD12 newbie and hope someone can give me some advice. I shot video of my son's wedding, unfortunately the backlight compensation on the camera didn't work really well and my son and his (now) wife are underexposed. I have had a little play with the features under the Fix/Enhance tab and also looked at Color Director but couldn't get a clean looking image.

I have attached a 1 minute clip, I would be so grateful if someone could guide me as to what settings I could use, in which feature, to repair it - if possible!

Thanks in Advance
(PD12 Ulitmate Suite. Windows 8 i7 4GB RAM, Nvidia Geoforce GT 635M 2GB)

Hi Graham

In the Fix & Enhance button there's an Extreme Backlight tool.

See how you go

Happy editing

Happing editing

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CubbyHouseFilms

Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline

Apr 15, 2014 06:49

Hi Graham

I tried the Lighting Adjustment - Extreme Backlight & in ColorDirector but it looked pretty sad.

Here's the best I could get using the Color Adjustment with the following settings:

Happy editing

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Happing editing

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PD12 Ultra v2930. Computer: HP Pavilion dv7, Intel, i7 2630 2.00 GHz, 8GB RAM, ATI Mob. Radeon HD 6770 2GB, Windows 7 Pre. 64
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BarryTheCrab

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Apr 15, 2014 06:54

This is where on-board lighting is useful, even in daylight, to overcome such things. I see Pro photographers using big flashes in broad daylight. Nice work Cubster. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Carl312

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Apr 15, 2014 07:20

There are LED lights for use on Video Cameras, that fill in the front lighting.

They are not very expensive.

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Aus_Sean

Newbie Location: Australia Joined: Nov 27, 2013 19:55 Messages: 25 Offline

Apr 16, 2014 00:27

Ultimate suite has colour director if I recall. Failing the basics within PD, use colour director and masking to try balance the under/over exposure. Search for tutorials on colour director if you're not familiar with it. All the best.