Overexposure

Using FCP and I need to fix some overexposed files. Please help!

Considering your previous post (you may want to delete the other one and treat this one as a combined post), it isn't really clear what's going on.

From what I can tell, your PXW-X70 records XAVC formatted video. It doesn't seem to have any sort of log recording setting, so a "technical" LUT (which performs a color space conversion, e.g., to go from log to Rec. 709, usually) wouldn't do much good. It certainly isn't intended to "fix" overexposure.

You may be able to correct for the overexposure using various color tools in FCP, but anything in the highlights that was recorded over a certain level of brightness/luminance is lost.

If this doesn't help or make sense, please give us more information.

Cheers.

Thanks for your reply. I cant seem to find the other post, maybe you could tell me how to do that please? 

Piper wrote:

Thanks for your reply. I cant seem to find the other post, maybe you could tell me how to do that please?

Your other post is here:

Look Up Tables

I'm not sure if you have the option to delete your post while in edit mode. You could always try contacting (via DM?) a moderator for help. Or, just leave it, as is (maybe add a post saying that the thread is continued elsewhere and add a link to this topic).

Cheers.

Hi Piper,

I might have something that will help. It's a clipping repair effect for FCPX. It's free, just download it from my site:

fsorvin.freeshell.org/02projects/0203clippingrepair.html

It rebuilds clipped highlights by pulling detail from unclipped channels, i.e., the green channel is remapped to the red channel. Instructions are on the page, but let me know how it works for you and if you need any help.

Flemming