RE:Match for Sony Vegas Pro from RE:Vision Effects

rs170a wrote on 9/18/2014, 9:26 PM
From the folks that brought us Twixtor and several other great software packages, this looks like an interesting plugin.
Here's the press release on the product.

Mike


(September 17, 2014) RE:Vision Effects, acclaimed effects plug-in industry leader and makers of Academy Award winning software, announces the release of RE:Match™ for Sony® Vegas ® Pro, taking intuitive color matching to a whole new level by addressing common color problems when using multiple shots and/or multiple cameras.

RE:Match does its work automatically and matches as best it can one sequence's overall color appearance to match that of another. For multicam shoots, or single camera shoots consisting of multiple shots with different lighting or camera settings, RE:Match assumes that both image sequences are taken roughly at the same location but perhaps were not shot at the same time or from the same point-of-view. Furthermore, RE:Match for Vegas Pro supports many more features, settings and options than those available with Vegas Pro's built-in Color Match.

Let RE:Match simplify your color grading tasks! Use it by itself, or use it to get shots more consistent before applying more creative color correction. RE:Match is very powerful and easy to use; however setup of the plug-in requires some easy-to-follow steps, so it is worth watching our tutorial found here: http://help.revisionfx.com/album/32/

Features of RE:Match:

Ability to globally color correct one sequence to match another.
Ability to set a color correction using a particular point in time of the sequence to match. Up to four still images can be selected and used to control the color correction over time. If you intercut between two or more shots that don't quite match, then you can animate which still frame you are color matching to, and even have the changes vary over time smoothly.
Ability to globally color correct individually for each pair of frames in both sequences. This is good for synched multi-cam or stereo shoots.
Ability to store a color correction between two images and use that correction for all frames of a sequence.
Ability to dissolve between two different color corrections over a period of time.
Ability to perform automatic global (whole image) color correction based on a smaller window of pixels for each of the image sequences.
Works well with over bright values and very wide dynamic ranges.
Pixels with zero alpha will be ignored from comparison statistics which is useful when keying a shot before the use of RE:Match.
Special adjustment controls are available to better adapt to oversaturated highlights, different gamma and color profile spaces.


Availability and compatibility:
Vegas Pro v10e or later, 64-bit only.

Pricing:

RE:Match for Vegas Pro is priced at $89.95.
Volume discounts available. Contact sales@revisionfx.com.
Purchase here: http://www.revisionfx.com/products/rematch/pricing/#vegasonly


Download:
Demo version download: http://www.revisionfx.com/products/rematch/downloads/#vegasonly

Comments

Richard Jones wrote on 9/19/2014, 5:20 AM
I noticed this as well and although it seems reasonably priced the Tutorial video suggests that there is a fairly steep learning curve which makes me wonder whether the return I am likely to get will be worthwhile. So far I've found the Vegas Colour Match Plug In pretty good (although I admit I've not used it that much). Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.as I'm open yo persuasion one way or the other,

Richard
Steve_Rhoden wrote on 9/19/2014, 1:32 PM
Nah, the learning curve isn't steep Richard. From you learn how to use it
properly once in your workflow, its smooth sailing after that with whatever
matching you want to achieve...
videoITguy wrote on 9/19/2014, 6:36 PM
There is an interesting situation on this products web site - notice that when you go searching Vegas compatibility - Match does not come up.
BUT when you go into the product Match, then it indicates limited compatibility with Vegas - so of course - the buyer always beware.
I think this is a big problem in the company marketing campaign and its website - but if it does in the way it is fashioned - lead a buyer into a bit of quandry about how to trust a company with its act hanging out there.

From the given information it would seem this operates exactly the way the built-in color match works in VegasPro12 and 13 - so again the next question does this do anything better - or has it in fact been surpassed by SCS code along the way.
Steve_Rhoden wrote on 9/21/2014, 10:36 AM
It is far superior than Vegas built-in color match!
No matter how it may seem on their website, They are gradually porting over
most of their plugins for Vegas compatibility, that is a very good thing.... Something
a lot of plugin developers are NOT doing!
Arthur.S wrote on 9/25/2014, 10:52 AM
Downloaded the trial, and my head's spinning LOL. I'll give it another try when I've got more time to play.
Richard Jones wrote on 9/25/2014, 12:35 PM
Be very interested to hear what you have to say.

Richard
Richard Jones wrote on 9/25/2014, 2:19 PM
Thanks but I already had - what makes you think I haven't been reading the thread? I'm interested in the opinions of a new user which will inform my decision whether or not to buy, especially in view of his initial reaction.

Richard
videoITguy wrote on 9/26/2014, 3:47 PM
Here is my assessment in real time of this new plugin. It seems to be very well designed, has a great interface, and yes, most useful for adding to VegasPro 64bit.

That said, this is not for the faint of heart - this is a power tool - makes the included color match tool look like kindergarten as it probably should. The interface is built-on a very technical assessments which means you have to really understand the dynamics of what is happening. You can get good results fairly easy - but like any tool getting the hang of it to control it is the key!

Recommend to all serious users of VegasPro13 build 373 who have serious output requirements - and NOTE, that could exclude the uTube posters.
Richard Jones wrote on 9/27/2014, 4:51 AM
That's very helpful. Thank you very much. Although I'm very much the amateur doing this for fun and the family, I still consider myself a fairly serious user of Vegas Pro (12 in my case as I could see no real benefit for me in upgrading to 13). Time to put the thinking hat on:)

Richard