workaround for limited dynamic range?

BillHansen

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May 11, 2014 21:04

Shooting videos with Canon 70D camera, editing and rendening in PD 10 Ultra. I like PD 10 Ultra a lot, but if the sun is out, I often struggle with what seems like very limited dynamic range. This problem seems much more severe with videos than it is when I'm shooting stills. It's severe enough so that even my very noncritical wife notices it. Is there a workaround for this in any version of PD?

If there were an adjustment which would allow selective brightening of mid tones and "darks", I could lower exposure of the video while shooting, pull up (brighten) midtones and darks during processing, and limit the extent to which highlights get blown out in videos. It seems that a processing program could include such an adjustment - but if there is one in PD 10 Ultra, I'm missing it.
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James Dotson

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May 11, 2014 22:09

Your best bet is probably in Fix/Enhance under Color Adjustment. Color Director may do more, but I have only played with it a little, so I can't really promise that. __________________________________
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BarryTheCrab

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May 11, 2014 22:17

ColorDirector is the tool you need, it's much more powerful than the in-built PD corrections.
Don't get me wrong, PD does a decent job on it's own, but if you're looking at serious color and lighting corrections, you gotta go CDr. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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CubbyHouseFilms

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

May 11, 2014 22:45

Further to what Jaime and Barry have already stated ColorDirector is the way to go:

They have a free trial:

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/colordirector/features_en_AU.html

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BillHansen

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May 12, 2014 07:50

Thanks to all of you replied. I'll certainly try Color Director!

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BillHansen

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May 15, 2014 11:48

Trying color director now - delighted with it. It's expensive, when I consider that I'll need to upgrade from PD 10 to PD 12, but CD will do exactly what I need. I'll purchase it. Bill Hansen