NewBlue ColorFast 51% OFF . . couldn't resist . .

Grazie wrote on 2/13/2013, 12:01 PM
. . anymore!

Got plays nice with VP12

"Feeel the luuuve . . !" Promotion . . You have er . . hours left . .

G

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wwjd wrote on 2/13/2013, 12:41 PM
what does this do for you?
Marc S wrote on 2/13/2013, 1:09 PM
Thanks for the heads up. Just watched this tutorial and I must say it's impressive. I really like that it works as a native plugin in Vegas for instant feedback to my monitor. How is the render quality?


Grazie wrote on 2/13/2013, 2:19 PM
Just to make it easier . . .

Grazie wrote on 2/13/2013, 2:39 PM
For me? I find the "One-Stop-Shop" appealing, but the MaskShaping+SkinTones+Primary ColCor and locking off areas that shouldn't be touched. Yes all this could be done with EXTRA tracks and FXing and . . . . time consuming Vegas-Work, and while I'm doing the drudgery I'd wouldn't have a clue as to what I would want something to look like! ColorFast is well . . er . . F-A-S-T ! !

Our 3rd Party Partners are getting Vegas to become more and more intuitive to use.

Cheers

Grazie
Grazie wrote on 2/13/2013, 3:01 PM
This is the one that got me hooked:



wwjd wrote on 2/13/2013, 3:45 PM
that does look handy and quick. NewblueFX have impressed me so far. got the freebies from Movie Studio, and Essentials III when available. All seemed usable and solid.
Also check out Magic Bullet Movie Looks free on the Vegas download area. Faster, but zero adjustments other than %mix
Marc S wrote on 2/13/2013, 4:27 PM
Ok they got me... just ordered it. I've never been a huge fan of NewBlue because I felt like many of their tools were just repeats of what's already in Vegas but this plugin with the masking capabilities is what I've been waiting for.

They also include a non OFX version if you prefer an alternative interface which is nice.
Zeitgeist wrote on 2/13/2013, 5:38 PM
You guys took a long time to catch on to what everyone knows. NewBlue ColorFast is the best color plug for vegas. Glad you like it. It is powerful.
Grazie wrote on 2/13/2013, 5:46 PM
Hmm . . . My Controls aren't being spread evenly over the Menu Area . . . .

TAXI!

Grazie

Grazie wrote on 2/13/2013, 5:48 PM
At 51% discount - I catch on fast enough pallie!
larry-peter wrote on 2/13/2013, 5:51 PM
Unless anyone can tell me how to achieve the same result as their Brightness control with one tool in Vegas, I'll buy it just for that. Vegas' pedestal/gain/gamma holdover from CCUs of the past isn't what most people want in a color correction plug. When I think of how many keystrokes a day I can save with the ability to hold pedestal and stretch gain with one tool - that's a few extra carpal tunnel-free years.
Grazie wrote on 2/13/2013, 6:05 PM
Do you mean keeping the Blacks as they are? Look at that first Video.

Grazie

larry-peter wrote on 2/13/2013, 6:36 PM
Exactly. That's what got my attention. Thanks for posting this.

Larry
ddm wrote on 2/13/2013, 7:23 PM
Yes, thanks for posting. Too good to pass up.
Tom Pauncz wrote on 2/13/2013, 7:26 PM
+1
Tom
wwjd wrote on 2/13/2013, 8:58 PM
Great I got 3 hours to test and decide. Yeah it's not much, but I have no money.

Is this REALLY the best, easiet color correction for VEGAS???

I don't have time for "complex" but this seems easy and looks to do interesting things....
downloading the Demo...
farss wrote on 2/13/2013, 11:04 PM
"Unless anyone can tell me how to achieve the same result as their Brightness control with one tool in Vegas"

Colour Curves.
I've even been playing around using them for colour correction.

Bob.
Enerjex wrote on 2/14/2013, 12:23 AM
I've been debating whether to pick up Colorfast for a few months now however this special was too good to pass up!
larry-peter wrote on 2/14/2013, 8:35 AM
Bob, Color Curves are the tool I generally use to accomplish this, and almost always in conjunction with the color correction plug. I'll continue to use this because of the variable control it gives over the curve, but many times I want to just correct for an exposure change during a shot, or mimic opening my camera up one stop.

For my camera, which shoots 16-255 levels, the Colorfast brightness control is almost a perfect duplicate in levels of an iris adjustment. It takes a bit of manipulation of the bezier handles in CC to get the same result.
wwjd wrote on 2/14/2013, 8:54 AM
welp... color fast looked useful and handy, but it seemed I get most of that through the Vegas plugs already. Was interesting to mess with and seemed like a great deal for those interested.
RalphM wrote on 2/14/2013, 8:58 AM
The way I read it, the discount was only for Feb 13?
AlanADale wrote on 2/14/2013, 9:05 AM
Correct, and at the time of this posting (16:03 CET) there are 7hrs 56mins left on todays deal (14th Feb) - Video Essentials IV - going for USD58.50
larry-peter wrote on 2/14/2013, 9:41 AM
I did buy it, and will probably use it frequently for actual "correction" rather than grading. It seems a much more efficient tool for "fixing" than my usual string of Vegas plugins. Resolve is still my go-to for grading, but for my many run-and-gun industrial shoots I think I'll be using this a lot.

And since Bob brought up Color Curves, it reminded me of the one feature that would make Vegas' (or any third party plug in) color corrector a true grading tool - separate pedestal/gain/gamma controls for each color channel. You have this ability in Color Curves, with a higher degree of precision, but in the speed department that's what sets the big guns apart. It would give the ability to quickly correct clipped highlights in a single color channel - and the key to gorgeous skin tones is almost always in the blue gamma.
jetdv wrote on 2/14/2013, 10:54 AM
If anyone else was thinking about this but missed it yesterday, check back tomorrow!