Highlight recovery

NattyLumpkins wrote on 3/7/2021, 5:33 PM

This is in Movie Studio Platinum 17.0 build 204

Are there any video effects specifically for manipulating hightlights in this version of Vegas?

I need to recover some highlights in areas that were over exposed. The help guide makes reference to boost, radius and threshold but I don't have any of these. Thoughts?

Thanks!

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Musicvid wrote on 3/7/2021, 6:42 PM

Maybe not, but post a screen shot.

NattyLumpkins wrote on 3/8/2021, 7:32 PM

Maybe not, but post a screen shot.


Sure, here's an example in Lightroom of a still from the video I shot.

https://imgur.com/gallery/ROPpHXC

EricLNZ wrote on 3/9/2021, 2:49 AM

@NattyLumpkins

Best to upload images direct to this forum using the upload button rather than to an external site

Your image actually shows very little area that is actually white and unrecoverable.

Use video FX curves or levels (I prefer levels) to adjust your video to give a similar effect to your Lightroom shot.

Musicvid wrote on 3/9/2021, 6:09 AM

Your image appears to be shot in HDR, which has far more available dynamic range than your 8 bit destination, probably 20 f-stops!

There is very little, if anything in your shot that could be be described as "overexposed."

Your issue appears to be simply a learning challenge; rather than "posting" an image, upload the actual DNG image to a fileshare (Drive or Dropbox), and we'll get you started, but your best learning resources are on the internet. It should be easily transformed in Lightroom.