On Sunday, Jan 11, 2004, at 18:33 Europe/London, sb wrote: > It's probably a lost cause. > > (though just having the backlight on shouldn't actually blow out the > background) > > Use the FCE Color Corrector to change the midtones as best you can. If > it's > really totally white, there's not much you will be able to do. > > FCP would not have any additional controls that would help this > situation. Thanks - I can't afford FCP anyway! I will probably be getting FCE and I will practice on this if I do. Thanks. Colin