Has vegas implemented, or considering implementing, the ability for us to use any color checking products? Like datacolor spyder checkr? This would help us with keeping a proper color workflow. I know you can in all the other major players. Or does this fall on the manufacturers of the color cards?
I believe we are talking about 2 seperate things here. But thank you!
You can certainly make use of a reference. Assuming it's intended for video you can use the primaries in the vectorscope. There are a few ways to do white balance, including the color grading panel. Other scopes can help you line up middle gray and contrast.
In terms of an automated 1-click correction function that doesn't exist (unless Datacolor has an OFX that does it). That said it doesn't necessarily work that consistently in other software so maybe manual is okay.
Personally I use the X-Rite white balance chart with Leeming LUTs to dial in color for my cameras in VEGAS.
Vegas doesn't have custom ICC color profile import or saving capabilities for either preview or output. It's an interesting concept, though. Vegas will save custom LUTS from the Color Panel, if that's of help.
Resolve has had very nice masking support for a variety of color charts for years. I don't think it actually does a calibration on each little swatch, however. If its auto-calibrate function does that, it doesn't show up in its hue-vrs-hue tool. Before Vegas got its slick CGP, I used to have to do the calibration in Resolve and then export a LUT to Vegas.
Be nice if Vegas could do a swatch-level calibration on the 6-swatch RGB-CMY section of my X-Rite chart. And could transfer the readings to its hue-vrs-hue tool in CGP. Right now I have to mask each swatch one at a time in either Resolve or Vegas to accomplish that.
Thanks! Im kinda the same way here, so Im glad I wasnt missing something then!!