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A plug-in for making highlights more natural - controlling the flare of the white light?

Back in FCP7 days there was a lovely 3rd party plug-in, mmm, might have even made it to FCPX. I forget who created it, but I think he moved on to other things.


It was a filter that allowed one to control the 'whites' in an image, to brighten or whiten them more, to flare or mist them a bit (to make the SD/HDV video look less 'video' and more 'cinematic'. A beautiful tool. It's sort of like the current 'Bloom' .. but without abberrating all the other colours.


Wondering if anyone has seen a plug-in like that?


All ears, Ben

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Nov 21, 2024 10:29 AM

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Nov 22, 2024 6:49 AM in response to fox_m

How's that fox_m? The old plug-in I used to have (now defunct) would allow all sorts of control over the 'whites', flaring, misting, etc. etc. It would even pick up on lighter brightnesses or reflections on walls ... I did one film where so much of the shooting was in an environment with a particularly noxious yellow light. Adding the filter allowed me to bring out the whites in the shots ... such that they neutralized the noxious fluorescent yellow. The whole thing looked so much cleaner, more natural. I'm going to try Luis' suggestion, and mess with the colour mask and the Bloom filter.


A plug-in for making highlights more natural - controlling the flare of the white light?

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