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Nightclub footage - suggest filters in FCP7 to use?

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steveOooo

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Ive shot a nightclub promo video, I used a Sony DSRPD150 with 20w halogen light, most of the shots are ok, most / all have minor noise / grain on them from lowlight, some have alot of noise so used 'Kill noise' filter and have also played around with 'Colour glow' and upping the whites, downing the blacks etc. .

ANyone done nightclub footage before? good filters to use?
 
heres the rough cut (no filters etc.. added)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QazlrqOUAxY

I would say most problematic are:

3m16s - 3 shots (dj, girl dancing, dj)
3m34s
3m37s
3m42s

It actually looks ok on YT - i think im looking to just make the light parts brighter, highlight the people in it. NOt totally sure if what ive got is ok, can be ok?
 
it looks fine on the youtube upload... I assume you are judging the brightness/image quality in the FCP canvas, big no no.

you absolutely can't make image judgements based on what you see in the canvas for exactly this reason... your outputs will always look different than the canvas. you may think you need to fix something that isn't broken (which appears to be the case).
 
bigbossbmb said:
you absolutely can't make image judgements based on what you see in the canvas for exactly this reason... your outputs will always look different than the canvas. you may think you need to fix something that isn't broken (which appears to be the case).
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Yes, always use a preview monitor for a good indication of exactly what the finished product will look like.
 
yar know not to make judgments in fcp - ive hooked up via dvi-hdmi my mac to my sony bravia tv, though im sure theres a better solution...?
 
steveOooo said:
yar know not to make judgments in fcp - ive hooked up via dvi-hdmi my mac to my sony bravia tv, though im sure theres a better solution...?
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that is no better than the canvas

you would have to go out of a Video I/O card (not a graphics card) HDMI to the TV to have a better solution.... examples of these would be a Blackmagic Intensity, Matrox MXO2 mini, etc
 
You might have been told differently in your brief however I feel like the video is a bit too similar to be as long as it currently is.

Just an observation. However, the colour etc. looks similar throughout so I think you might be alright!
 
For grain, you really should check out the Neat Video plug in. It will work wonders on removing the grain. I've tried every grain removal plug in
made for FCP, and Neat Video blows them all out of the water....well, OK,
there is ONE other one that works basically as well as Neat Video and
that Furnace's 'DeNoise'. But you can get a demo of Neat Video, and
try it out on your footage, I bet you'll be impressed......
 
footage seems fine...Did they provide you with the audio track; or did you mix it yourself?
Now to comment on the content...
What's the point of the vacuum cleaner? :confused:
Where is "The Situation"? :p

I think this video explains why I don't go to clubs :D
 
bigbossbmb said:
that is no better than the canvas

you would have to go out of a Video I/O card (not a graphics card) HDMI to the TV to have a better solution.... examples of these would be a Blackmagic Intensity, Matrox MXO2 mini, etc
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Thanks, do you rec. a certain card for my mbp 17" unibody (it has the port underflap thingy) - !!
 
My 'bare bones' solution from several years back was to hook up an external SD TV monitor to my camcorder which was hooked up to my iMac. The camcorder allowed video playthrough of the footage being edited, so my monitor showed a much cleaner and more accurate presentation that what was in the canvas.

I don't know if something similar works these days. This was 5-6 years ago.
 
mstrze said:
My 'bare bones' solution from several years back was to hook up an external SD TV monitor to my camcorder which was hooked up to my iMac. The camcorder allowed video playthrough of the footage being edited, so my monitor showed a much cleaner and more accurate presentation that what was in the canvas.

I don't know if something similar works these days. This was 5-6 years ago.
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Dont suppose anyone knows if this (video play thru) is possible with a SONY DSRPD150 (DVCAM SD camera, PAL/uk)
it has s-video, composite, red,white audio, DV in/out ilink
 
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