@tonalt just for color correction. All sound and editing should be completed in your NLE. The only exception might be if you want to do flash or bloom cuts. I do those in AE, but I use FCP to determine the cut point, do a straight cut, and then fabricate the bloom in AFX. I also export all my sound mixing into a separate WAV or AIF file and either marry it in AE or in QT Pro.

In Vegas, you can save the project using the "Save As" function, and save it as an AVID AAF file, and then import that AAF into AE. It should work the same way as exporting an XML from FCP, in that all your footage and edits will be brought into AE, and then the CGT tutorials will tell you how to work with your timeline.

I'd test this workflow first between Vegas and AE before purchasing, just to be sure.

PS I tested AAF import in CS5, and you'll need to install Automatic Duck for AE for it to work. It's free. Links to it are on the ColorGHear website.

@shian thanks for the help. I must upgrade to Lion anyway. The latest QT X (v10.2) has Vimeo/Youtube sharing option and can trim ProRes MP4 file from 5DtoRGB without any loss. If that doesn't suffice my need, I'd get the QT 7 Pro.

FYI the Mac App Store has the latest 5DtoRGB free/batch versions.

@shian More or less. Some power windows with levels and exposure, too, to get the sky shots closer. Thanks again.

Here's a new music video I just did for my band -- While it may not be the best grading job ever, I never would have gotten it looking this good without ColorGHear and the tutorials -- thanks @shian (and of course VK & Driftwood).

Prolly 444 would help render output faster, too.

1.0 is totally flat. Those are my exact settings. The tutorial I did before was on a earlier version. I now use the full paid version, which has the same interface. And it rules!

Did make an interesting find. 422 HQ transcodes are flatter than 444, but 444 has better detail and sharpness.

Also notice that at the bottom it tells you the bitrate of your clip as well. So if you don't have any of the streamparser type apps, you can at least see what the actual bitrate is of your clips. This was how I decided to stop using EOSHD's patches. They may work for him, but they don't hold up for me. They performed abysmally in my tests, and once I peeked at the data rate I knew why. They claimed to be 88Mbit and 44Mbit patches but only yielded a max of 40 and 19 Mbit streams respectively, and with fog/smoke they dropped to 25 and 11Mbits which created a TON of artifacting. I now only use Quantum 9b. While it doesn't span on my cards, it does give me consistant 149Mbit/s streams (146 with fog) that are a dream to grade!

@stonebat at $30 QT Pro is a steal, and a must have in my opinion. I don't know that I have time to do side by side comparisons of all the different ways of exporting from AE vs it's QT Pro equivalent. I'm busy putting together the film school shoots. I want to get those off the ground before the end of the month when I could get crazy busy again. And the CGFS will undoubtedly unleash the creativity of everyone who watches and learns, and I promised to give you the tools you need to start telling your stories with greater production value...I intend to deliver.

@shian, you wrote "what i've found with 444 is you have to remain in a logarithmic LUT throughout post until you get to QT Pro, QT Pro does an amazing job of translating Log back to Linear with no loss. I'll cover this in the tutorials, but if you leave AE in linear rather than Log, your footage will seem to wash out... because it's baking linear back into your footage.... You don't want that."

Then you showed us how to export using QT Pro and AE output module. I've been using your render settings for AE.. and just getting curious. How do QT Pro differ from AE? I could do comparison by myself, but I don't have QT Pro.

Also I just realized I didn't zoom the camera in on all the detailed stuff. I'm gonna go back and re-render and re-upload the tutorial. (somehow I knew that was too easy when the whole thing rendered out in under 15 minutes.)

Alright, been waiting for this. Thanks Shian I know you've been busy. Cheers

@shian

If I were you, I'd wait for Adobe Production Premium CS6. Integration with SpeedGrade will be interesting.

I began on Premiere, Cut my first feature on it, used it for years, until I started editing in a professional arena on FCP, and when I came home to edit on Premiere I wanted to shoot myself in the face. When the frustration reached its peak, I was in the market for a new computer, switched to mac, and fcp. It ain't perfect, but being able to quickly get an edit done, export an XML, and get to grading in AFX is valuable to me. I still have PP 2.0, thinking of upgrading to PP CS5, and one day soon I will, but for now, still too many memories the hassles of editing with PP.