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How do I white balance a sony pd170, panasonic dvx100 or canon gl2 to look like it is overexposed but I really want all the color(i don't want an overexposed image). I don't want to use a preset either. I am shooting outside in full "noon", clear sky. I want to white balance for a certain temp? mood? what?
Thanks, confused about lighting

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Hi Dillon, I'm not sure I completely understand what you're asking. You want an image that looks overexposed but actually isn't? This look can be achieved in post very easily, but I'm not sure if you're saying you don't want to do that with "I don't want to use a preset". – Vu Bui Nov 10 at 8:18
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is it a little more gleam and glow you want to have ? – lImbus Nov 10 at 14:25

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thanks, after effects is where its at. Thanks again.

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please, upvote and accept "unknown"'s answer – lImbus Dec 3 at 16:36
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What you're referring to is called flaring. Things that are very bright tend to smear across the lens of our eyes in noticeable ways that don't naturally occur with video recordings. Our eyes can perceive color and luminance information separately, so while something is bright and flaring in our vision, it still retains color information instead of being completely blown out white.

To recreate this, you can use a method in post. When recording, you'll want to make sure you do not actually blow out your sky, make sure it's not white.

When you are doing color grading, you'll want to use a slight Glow filter that is limited to only the very bright things in the frame. After Effects has a tool that can do this, called Glow. It's very easy to learn. Vegas Video also has a similar effect that does not allow the same amount of control but can achieve a good effect.

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From a quick first look at it, the filters "Light Rays" (in Glow), "Desaturate Lows" (in Color Correction) might do the job, as well as all Contrast/Brightness/Level filters, of course.
You might also want to play with "Lens Flare" or "Solarize" (Stylize) to give it more aspect of sun.

But beware to not have it looking like a cheap seventies Hollywood dream sequence :)

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yes more glow, kind of bleached out look. I want to see the blue in the sky but make the sky appear very bright and almost overwhelming. I would prefer not to use a preset as well on the camera, if in post there is something i am very interested in that.

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ah, you mean presets in camera. yeah, right. This is all possible in post-production, so always shoot the best you can get, and distort/discard afterwards digitally in post. Need to check a few things when I'm home, then I will post which filter gives you fastest approach. Could you maybe rephrase your question to incorporate this detail, so that one understands the issue with reading the question alone ? – lImbus Nov 10 at 19:04
UNKNOWN: you rock after effects is where its at. thanks man – Dillon Jenkins Dec 3 at 15:58

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