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Mike Rinkunas · September 2nd, 2003, 08:51 PM

well, while doing an interview with a VIP, I backlight him a little too much causing a glare on his head...yes, he's bald too boot (thank you MR Murphy!).

is there any tricks to reducing the glare in post? I'm editing with premiere 6.02

any suggestions?
~Mike

Robert Knecht Schmidt · September 3rd, 2003, 12:19 AM

Light is the information your camera is employed to collect. Glare is also light. You are fairly limited as to what you can do about this in post. There are lots of DV problems for which there are magic wand post solutions--camera shake, poor coloration, etc.--but flare, glare, and bloom are not among them.

Mike Rehmus · September 3rd, 2003, 02:32 PM

There are a few things you can do to minimize the glare but you cannot normally do this in an editing program.

A compositing program would allow you to tone down the glare with a partial mask. A rotoscoping program might allow you to clean up most of the problem. Both require a fair amount of work, perhaps on a frame-by-frame basis.

I've painted boom microphones out of scenes, wires, lumakeyed overexposed windows and fixed a lot of problems with AE and the rotoscoping program from Ulead's Studio Pro system.

But it all takes a lot of time.

September 2nd, 2003, 08:51 PM	#1
Mike Rinkunas Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 134	reducing the glare..... well, while doing an interview with a VIP, I backlight him a little too much causing a glare on his head...yes, he's bald too boot (thank you MR Murphy!). is there any tricks to reducing the glare in post? I'm editing with premiere 6.02 any suggestions? ~Mike

September 3rd, 2003, 12:19 AM	#2
Robert Knecht Schmidt Wrangler Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,933	This post contains no help Light is the information your camera is employed to collect. Glare is also light. You are fairly limited as to what you can do about this in post. There are lots of DV problems for which there are magic wand post solutions--camera shake, poor coloration, etc.--but flare, glare, and bloom are not among them. __________________ All the best, Robert K S Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| The best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

September 3rd, 2003, 02:32 PM	#3
Mike Rehmus Wrangler Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 4,049	There are a few things you can do to minimize the glare but you cannot normally do this in an editing program. A compositing program would allow you to tone down the glare with a partial mask. A rotoscoping program might allow you to clean up most of the problem. Both require a fair amount of work, perhaps on a frame-by-frame basis. I've painted boom microphones out of scenes, wires, lumakeyed overexposed windows and fixed a lot of problems with AE and the rotoscoping program from Ulead's Studio Pro system. But it all takes a lot of time. __________________ Mike Rehmus Hey, I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel!