MB is powerfull but also painfull. They have added CUDA support in 4, but foro Premier only. It is still slow in Vegas.

For FilmConvert, sometimes around NAB time and when MyRodeReel comes around, they offer 30% off the cost.

I wasn't sure what you meant by Resolve roundtripping being broke. Also, while Resolve doesn't have all the features of Vegas for editing, it is moving toward becoming a full fledge NLE, at least that's the plan they say.

I shoot CINE 4, CINE. You can color correct in Resolve and render out DNxHD with no loss. Then do whatever you want with that footage. My understanding of 8-bit Hypergammas is that they are not meant to be heavily graded and don't hold up well some times even to modest correction. For me, CINE 4 looks great right out of the camera, and usually just needs an S-curve added if that. That's just my experience.

@karma17, re roundtrip being broke, there's a thread about this here.. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-15-xml-bug-davinci-media-offlines--108689/#ca672766

I don't really like having to do this, ideally I would love to stay in VP for the entire process thus avoiding transcoding..; and you're right, the cine hypergammas are easier to grade, and not as much prone to crumbling apart like LOG does, even 8bit..as it doesn't try to fit a crazy 14stops into a 7stop data range

And, refreshing to hear someone else using Cine4! [you should check out filmconvert ..!]; although, I'm not brave enough for Cine gammut, this always ended up weired...

I see. I don't usually do EDLs and have some testing to do. But more than likely, my future workflow will be to do my color correction in Resolve, then render out in AVC Intra or DNxHD. My understanding is that since Resolve works in 32 bit space, and you have AVC Intra MXF or DNxHD to render out in, it should not recompress or degrade the quality of the footage. Then, with the grading done, I can bring that footage into Vegas, and do the fine cutting there. So, in this way, I get the best of both worlds, the color correction power of Resolve, and the ease of editing I enjoy in Vegas, without degrading the footage. At least, that's how I see round tripping. I believe you only get the AVC Intra option in the Studio version of Resolve. But the good thing with Resolve is that they don't charge you for future versions, at least not at the moment they don't. Honestly, want to run some test between AVC Intra and DNxHD coming out of Resolve and into Vegas. I suppose you could also edit the AVC in Vegas, then pull into Resolve for grading. It is just a matter of preference I think.