[Mike Thomas] “My grading experience is limited to using the basic tools found in most NLE’s. I’m looking for reasons that Resolve is better in this department than say Sony Vegas which has a lot if not all the same tools plus 3rd party tools available.
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I think a dedicated grading application beats NLE grading in workflow. Instead of adding an effect that probably doesn’t have all the tools you need for that shot (for example Premiere’s Lumetri is downright terrible if you need to do secondaries) whereas in Resolve you have the color page where you have everything you need in the same place helping you work quicker. Then you can easily copy grades to another shots and splitscreen compare the neighboring shots or captured stills so you can see that the scene stays balanced.