best color grading option

[Walter Biscardi]

[Wayne Carey] “Have you been able to use Colorista in realtime? Aren’t you supposed to be able to use at least one layer in realtime? It is an FXplug plugin. I’m confused because I seem to have to render everything I do using it.”

Yeah I can do one layer of it in realtime using DVCPro HD 720/60 and 1080i/60. But I generaly use four layers of it and by dropping the RT down to Dynamic, I can run at least two levels of the plugin, but always have to render the finished look.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Walter Biscardi]

[Wayne Carey] “I guess you could say that I got used to the realtime of CC 3-way.”

And there’s really nothing wrong with the 3-Way except you have to be very careful of how far you push the levels and colors. I’ve used it a ton.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Peter Ralph]

color finesse is a great plugin – has all the features you need – no power windows though. Only problem is that echo-fire (needed for NTSC display) has a very difficult relationship with FCP – and breaks just about every time FCP is updated.

[Mark Maness]

[walter biscardi] “And there’s really nothing wrong with the 3-Way except you have to be very careful of how far you push the levels and colors. I’ve used it a ton.”

Oh yeah…. I’m not knocking it at all. I loved the fact that it is realtime and doesn’t need rendering on output. That’s it… You could say that I got spoiled.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com