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VASST Film Look software
Hey guys,
I know this has been posted about quite a bit before, but I’m wondering whether I should get one of the VASST film look volumes. I’m pretty pleased with how Vegas 9 can produce a film look using only contrast, color saturation, and color curves, but wonder if I’m missing out by not having the VASST software.
I’ve seen a lot of “film look” footage on Youtube and think a lot of it is way over corrected, kind of like all the CSI shows. I know a lot of people love those shows and go for that, but I’m not a fan and don’t like things looking so glossy (CSI: Miami) or metallic (CSI: New York).
This is mostly for events I shoot in which I don’t have much or any control about the setting or lights, so I partly want this because I love the look of film and almost always shoot in 24 fps, and partly because I want to bring out blacks, bring down highlights, and bring out contrast and colors.
Here’s an example of something I just did that I adjusted using only Vegas plugins, mainly color curves, to get a film look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SUcj_Dr-2s
Investing in a better camera and lenses would be the other step, but film look software is a lot cheaper.
Should I get VASST? Will it even work with Vegas 9 (I’ll upgrade to 11 when that comes out)? Will I notice an improvement over using Vegas plugins like color curves?
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[Angelo Mike] “Should I get VASST? Will it even work with Vegas 9 (I’ll upgrade to 11 when that comes out)? Will I notice an improvement over using Vegas plugins like color curves?”
VASST Celluloid and the 5 ReelPaks work with Vegas 6, 7, Pro 8, 9 & 10. They are a set of presets for the build-in Vegas plug-ins that were designed for us by David Jimerson. What you are paying for is David’s color grading expertise. You could certainly build these yourself if you have the knowledge. You can download the free Celluloid plug-in from our download page and it contains 6 free film looks so that you can try before you buy.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Thanks, much appreciated, as usual.
For anyone who was interested, I tested out the six film looks but didn’t find any for me. Try them out for yourself, but they are all fairly heavily processed looks, whereas I prefer something more subtle that doesn’t stand out much, like the look of a Sidney Lumet movie.
But I never know when I’d need one of these, so I’ll keep it in my toolbar.
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