Need information on FCE video filters

I am in post and have a shot that has the sky as a background. I used a 3CCD camera (DVX-100B) and notice that after a while the sky background really begins to look "hot," meaning it begins to glare around the subject and it's a bit annoying to me at least. This is mainly evident when I watch it on my television, not the laptop.
Is there a video filter or video fix that can bring down this bright, "hot" look? I brought down the opacity already about 15% but wonder if there is more I can do?

You might try using a garbage matte and fiddling with brightness.
There is also a very interesting free filter that Patrick Sheffield wrote called Captain's Blowout Fixer that looks like it could do the job very nicely, lots of control. It was written for FCP and it may also work in FCE.

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My video filters (i.e. color correction, levels, RGB balance) don't seem to be working anymore. The only things I've done lately are upgrade to 3.5.1 and also OS 10.4.8. I believe this problem started happening after the 10.4.8 upgrade.
I've been working with video for some time, but am relatively new to FCE. My workflow was to doubleclick to open the filter, make the adjustments to the filter settings, then drag the filter to the clip on the timeline. This was working just fine but just doesn't work anymore.
Other things such as transitions work fine. LiveType and Soundtrack also seem fine.
Anyone else have this problem, and how did they correct it? I have a project due tomorrow afternoon and would like to be able to fix ASAP.
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Tom,
First:
I did trash my prefs, first thing. However, I might not have gone deep enough with this. I only trashed User > Library > Preferences > com.apple.FinalCutExpress.plist.
I produce a 10-minute weekly announcements DVD and as such have very little downtime for my apps. The project I'm working on now is much more important, although only about 6 minutes, but it's crucial and I didn't want to risk downtime if I screwed up by trashing something else and possibly causing me more work. So I've had a feeling maybe more should have been trashed.
Second:
To better explain my incorrect workflow, I've created some movies you can find here:
http://little-works.com/sepia_ex.html
In this first example, I created an exaggerated color for a sepia tone, something I would never use. If you click the link and go on to the next page, you'll see where I apply that filter to the clip in the timeline (it's actually a still picture, not a video clip), and beside that, you'll see the unchanged result. BTW, I did render that still after I applied the green sepia filter.
What happened when I first installed FCE was that any and all changes I made in this manner immediately presented themselves (in other words, they "worked"). Now I see no change at all.
I burned a rough cut of this project yesterday and it looks fine, but I've worked as an art director for too many years and am very picky! I know it's fine for my audience but a) I know it could look better b) I want it to work right.
I appreciate any and all help on this. I've been a Mac user for over 20 years, but am a newbie to FCE and am learning on the fly. So far my results have been great and very much appreciated by my audience(s), but I want to go much deeper into the program, as I am only touching the tip of the iceberg and don't want to develop bad habits from the get-go!
Thx --
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I have looked through the forums and haven't found the solution to my problem. I am having problems with video filters on clips in the timeline. I have footage that needs color correction. In the viewer I created a 3 way filter for one clip, saved it, and applied to all clips in the browser. They all open corrected in the viewer. (I did this because i was reviewing the clips with my client).
When I put the clip in the timeline it does not indicate it needs a render, the filter does not appear on the clip, but when I double click and open the sequence clip in the viewer the color correction tab is there. I've removed attributes and tried again several times, both using the menu with the clip selected, and by doulbleclicking the clip into the viewer and apply the filter there. The tab is always there but the filter does not appear on the clip. It only appears when the process is done to clips from the browser inthe viewer. I've checked the RT for unlimted, I've done a render all video, I've checked settings under the render tab and filters is checked. I've gone into another project and have the same problem in a different project with different clips. I had a recent project where I used a blur effect and it worked fine. My video is DV and my sequence settings are DV NTSC.
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Thanks

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Not sure what the issue is with your application of the 3-Way Color Corrector in the Browser. My guess, is that perhaps you only thought you applied the "saved" instance of the 3-way corrector but instead applied a default neutral instance of the corrector. How did you save the correction you applied to the other instances? A good method is, having applied and tweaked it as needed to a sample clip instance, you can drag a copy of it out of the clip's Filter tab and drop it directly into your Browser window. To check, then double click that Browser instance of the corrector to open it in the Viewer window and see if has the corrections settings as expected and no the default ones. If so, go ahead and drag it to another clip instance in the Browser and then drag that clip to your sequence ... has the correction "stuck" bow? But while we figure it out, for now, why not just apply the saved correction directly to the clips in the sequence? Regarding trashing your preferences ... download Preference Manager from Digital Rebellion. Very straightforward to use.
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Hi(bonjour)!
As a rule of thumb for HDV editing, use those numbers:
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If you do any editing, add transition, video effect, add 12 to 15 meg /second to the total.
As your project will have to be rendered for the print to tape operation, calculate 12 to 15 meg/second for all the length of your final movie. Add this amount to the total. (example: a 60 minutes movie : 49 Gig).
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Any recommendations on how to accomplish this?
Thanks for the help!
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