CooInTheZoo Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I'm in a right mess. Filming bits of my final major project on monday. Couldn't hire out any lighting equipment. Can't find any halogen lights in any shops. Don't have the time to travel... Anyone know of any decent alternatives I might already own/easy to aquire to light an indoor area adequately? Or any post-production techniques on Final Cut I can use to make the footage look less shitty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Although this contains Final Cut questions, I think in this board it might get little feedback - especially considering the quite advanced and specific software in question. Plus there are questions about general lighting for film... Maybe a mod could move this to the General Chat so it'd get more attention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) Copied from google as I don't think many people can help "Matt S" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com... > Some of the home movies I shot turned out to be a little dark when > viewed on the computer/TV. Is there a way to add light through a video > editor? Sure. Any decent editor will allow you to do this. Entry level editors usually allow adjusting brightness and contrast across all color channels at once. This may be adequate for what you need. More advanced editors, e.g. Premiere Pro, also allow adjusting pedestal, gain, gamma, and contrast center for all channels at once, or each channel (red, green, blue) independently. I've used these tools in Premiere Pro to do some fairly significant restoration of old videos that had all sorts of problems, including brightness. Note, however, that the best tools can't create information that simply isn't there. If your videos are so dark that there is, literally, no video information there, then there's no way to create it. You also may wind up with fairly grainy video (lots of noise), but there are also filters that can help with that. You might experiment with Virtual Dub -- a free program that can handle simple correction. Also check out this collection of videos perhaps they can help http://www.expertvillage.com/video/90650_video-lighting-natural.htm Might be missing the mark completely but here goes nothing: http://www.expertvillage.com/video/90641_video-lighting-supplies.htm Edited April 5, 2009 by Ten10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 My g/f reccomends that you find an independent film company or something like that, see if you can borrow some equipment from them? Or do you could try a uni messageboard if your Uni has one, maybe someone else has managed to get out the equipment you need and can lend it to you for a day or two.... Why do you need halogens, don't you need stuff like Kino Flo lights etc? Did you just leave it too late and now your Uni's stores are closed for Easter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) I like pies Edited April 16, 2009 by Jasper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooInTheZoo Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Thanks for the help. I ended up gathering the strongest lights I could find, and making some crazy stand for each. All things considered, it doesn't look half bad. It's only one scene anyway, hopefully I can do something with the footage I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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