Incorrect white balance ?

I recently shot a wedding and about 10 mins of the footage I shot outside I had forgotten to redo my white balance settings on my Sony z1.
Therefore this 10 mins of footage is very bright and glarery and I'd like to correct this.
I've tried colour corrector but not getting much joy.
Anyone got any suggestions that might aid me in this task?
Many thanks in adavance
Ali

White balance controls the color temperature and color balance of your image. Your description sounds as if the luminance is too high. Use the Color Corrector filter and try the mids slider. You might also try the gamma filter. Generally over-exposed material is hard or impossible to control. Once it's blown out there is little information left in the image to pull back. Often all you can do is reduce the levels so it's not too bright, but that often makes the image appear muddy.

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