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musman wrote on 11/28/2003, 4:03 PM
I have the same problem with my short, but it is made to look like a damaged silent films from eons ago, so it doesn't matter as much. What I did was darken the well lit shots so they match better with the imperfect shots. I could be wrong, but there's not much you can do that won't result in some grain looking stuff. But check out billyboy's color correct tutorials and see what you can do from there.
My thought is next time I'm going to have a crt production monitor so I can monitor the action as we go.
Good luck!
rebel44 wrote on 11/28/2003, 4:19 PM
You could use contrast FX but that will affect all video. Just cut the portion of clip and experiment with.
Maxter wrote on 11/28/2003, 5:58 PM
do you mean the brightness /contrast or something else
johnmeyer wrote on 11/28/2003, 6:30 PM
You can't do anything about the grain. Use Color Curves, and the gamma, offset, and gain controls in the Color Corrector. Put the two events above each other, and use track control to set up a split screen and watch the results on a monitor. Keep playing around until you get as close as you can get. There is no way it will ever match (can't do this with film either), but you can make it less jarring.

If the grain is a real problem, then use the Film fX to add grain to the properly exposed footage.
PeterWright wrote on 11/28/2003, 7:10 PM
Sometimes a tiny bit of Gaussian blur - maybe .001- can reduce grain, but it's hard to get rid of completely.

If the grain is in fairly well-defined areas, you can use a second copy of the clip and Cookie Cutter (with feathered edge) to limit the blur to where it's needed.

Good luck.