C dark shadow in video clips be fixed?

Hi Everyone
I hope I am in the right place. Some clips in my footage taken in dark room against light. How can I salvage them?thank you. Faruk

A few things to experiment with, in order of my personal preference:
1) Color correction. By far the most common and comprehensive of the included filters is 3D Color Corrector. Spend some time figuring it out, you''ll probably end up being good friends with it. You will want to work the three horizontal sliders to adjust relative values of dark, middle, and highlight areas.
2) Gamma adjustment. Read up on Gamma if you aren't familiar. You would be looking to adjust the gamma curve of your image to bring some of the shadows out. There are several gamma filters around - both included in FCP and free.
3) Levels. There are several filters which work with familiar controls such as "contrast" and "brightness". I haven't found them useful but you might.
4) various fixits... there is a plugin called "Face Light" which might be really good for this specific situation.
There are a lot of other potential issues and ways to deal with the noise you'll probably find in those shadows, and the white clipping you may be forced to do. But this is a start.
Sorry I can't help at the moment with exact filter names, I am sadly away from FCP.

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