Highlights and shadows grayed out when syncing stil to video

[bearspa]

Recently, I took some stills and a video of big white birds (Snowy Egrets) in bright sunshine.  The results were washed out because of the highlights, which I was easily able to correct for the stills in LR. I tried adjusting the highlights in PS using adjustment layers, but was not happy with the results, as I don't usually use PS for this, unless it involves masking. A friend suggested syncing settings of the still with the video in LR in Library, but when I tried to do so, the Highlights and the Shadows were grayed out, as were some other adjustments. Is this a function of the program, or am I doing something wrong? I can probably make the adjustment with the Whites and Exposure slider, but wanted to check here.

In either case, does this approach work?  Also, is it possible to see the levels of the adjustments applied to the video like you can with a still?

Thanks.

[Laura Shoe · Accepted solution]

Many editing sliders and tools are not supported for video files, including Highlights and Shadows - these involve too much math for Lightroom to be able to do for every video frame.

[bearspa]

Thanks.  So the answer is that it is a limitation of PS CC. 

[Laura Shoe]

You're welcome! It's a limitation of Lightroom.

[Conrad C]

Just a suggestion in case you happen to have a full Creative Cloud membership (not just the Photography Plan)…

Highlights and Shadows can be applied to video using the Lumetri color correction effect in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects, and if your computer has the right graphics hardware Lumetri is GPU-accelerated in those programs.