Brightening Dark Video Clips

[johnrr6]

Great Article----thanks Jeff!!

Explains my situation perfectly. I get the flicker or the rolling dark to light while the camcorder is trying to set the white balance and light levels ---drives my Panasonic MiniDV camcorders crazy on any manual setting where my shutter speeds are higher.

I can only set the Casio to 210 FPS for slow motion----which is not a divisor of 60----which explains the "flicker"

The 60 FPS video----shot on the little hand held Kodak Zi8 pocket camcorder is actually quite good with very little motion blur when you run it back in a slow motion analysis tool like Pro-Trainer----and it's HD to boot!!---it may be my new Camcorder of choice as it certainly is easy to just dump the video clips via USB----instead of capture.

ProDad has contacted me and wants copies of my video----they are going to analyze it and see if they can come up with a tool or suggestions. They are working on a commercial filter to fix Flourescent lighting problems.

[Black Lab]

I would hope they know about the frame rate/flicker issue, but I guess it wouldn't hurt sending them that article also.

And BTW, when you first joined the forum and said you were a baseball coach I sent you a link to a video of my son. Per your comment about his lack of bat speed we have been seeing a hitting instructor and have retooled his stance, hand position, load position, etc. In the batting cage he is getting there. Time will tell in about 3 months.

[johnrr6]

I will send them the link to the article---good idea----they probably know but it can't hurt.

I remember your son's video.

He has the "tools" Jeff from the little I saw. How a boy refines them and uses those tools....

Ah---that is always the question.

I think the instructor is a SUPERB idea----just make sure you coordinate with his HS coach so that they both are on the same sheet of music. Nothing confuses or frustrates a kid more than learning one method----only to go to his HS practice and be told that this method is "not right". The boy loses faith in both his coach and the instructor. Whereas if they are together as one----it can REALLY make a positive difference.

Go to www.sportsmotion.com and download their trial slow motion program. it is fabulous for analysis. And even when the trial runs out----you can still uses their software as your slow-motion player----and you can still write X's and O's on the screen.

Take some minDV of him at a high shutter speed in good light and let him see what he is doing and stress what the instructor is telling him----maybe even do it with the instructor present and let him talk to your son while you act as the mouse mover and drawer.

You being a video guy can really help him as I have found that these young players are TRULY visual learners!!

[Black Lab]

Thanks for the tips. I actually did video the first 3 sessions when the instructor was changing things. I am in the process of putting it on DVD so he can jump to different spots that he might be having trouble with (i.e. load, hand path, etc.).

Now it's just a matter of applying what he has been taught to muscle memory.