Color grading presets

Red Prince wrote on 8/2/2011, 8:48 AM

One of the most common questions I see in the Vegas forums is what expensive plug-in you need to get the film look. The answer is: None. You can achieve any look you want by just using the color grading tools that come built into Vegas. You can then save that look as a custom preset and reuse it over and over. You can even export the presets to a file and share them with others who can import them to their own Vegas using the Sony Preset Manager.

Here is a video I made about using presets to get different looks in Vegas:

Comments

paul_w wrote on 8/3/2011, 4:49 AM

Really supprised no one has responded to this. So:
Thanks for taking the time to release these free colour grades. I downloaded them and they look pretty good. And thanks for your effort in making the 11 minute youtube video too.
Starting to think it would be great if someone set up a free 'looks' website where we can all share our film looks and grade ideas. You can make great looking grades just using Vegas's internal tools, the skill is more to do with being a good colourist! Anyone interested in setting up such a website / forum ? To share grading presets like this.

Also check this thread:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=4&MessageID=770612Free Vegas Looks[/link]

Paul.

Red Prince wrote on 8/3/2011, 8:00 AM

Thanks, Paul.

altarvic wrote on 8/5/2011, 9:22 AM

Thanks for presets. BTW, they only work in Vegas 10 (Vegas 8 or 9 dies when attempting to apply a preset)

Check out free color grading presets for Sony Vegas Pro 11 and newer: http://vegasaur.com/free-color-grading-presets-sony-vegas

Red Prince wrote on 8/5/2011, 9:13 PM

Thanks for letting me know that. I only have Vegas 10.0e on my system, so I was not aware of the problem with the earlier versions.

Red Prince wrote on 8/15/2011, 10:27 AM

And here are seven more presets:

Richard Jones wrote on 8/16/2011, 3:35 AM

Red Prince,

You deserve our warmest thanks for the work you have done and for the clarity of your explanations.

Richard

Red Prince wrote on 8/16/2011, 6:56 AM

Richard, I’m glad you like it. :)

Avanti wrote on 8/16/2011, 4:50 PM

Thanks Adam!! I also like the names. Very creative.

Julius_ wrote on 8/16/2011, 6:42 PM

Thank you Adam. It's nice to have these presets already done.