Apple acquires Silicon Color

Yes, personally I'd love to see the PC side of the equation strengthened with someone like Adobe creating (or assimilating) a colour correction application that is POWERFUL yet integrates with the Production Studio suite of programs. After Effects, whilst ok for basic CC, has very little in the way of dedicated colour correction functionality (such as multiple windows for pre, current, next shot to show colour consistency).

Anyone know of a good solution right now to use in tandem with Premiere Pro 2.0 that won't mangle the timeline etc?
 
visceralpsyche said:
Yes, personally I'd love to see the PC side of the equation strengthened with someone like Adobe creating (or assimilating) a colour correction application that is POWERFUL yet integrates with the Production Studio suite of programs. After Effects, whilst ok for basic CC, has very little in the way of dedicated colour correction functionality (such as multiple windows for pre, current, next shot to show colour consistency).

Anyone know of a good solution right now to use in tandem with Premiere Pro 2.0 that won't mangle the timeline etc?
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You might want to check out http://www.speedgrade.com/hd/
from Iridas. They're not cheap but very serious about Colorgrading. We finally gave up on Final Touch and contacted them for an evaluation copy. Later that night came the announcement about the sale to Apple. Pretty ironic :)


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Ouch! 9,999 Euros is a fair whack above my budget but even so, thanks for the link and info. Looks a lot like Lustre, interface wise (no bad thing). Seems to have the same masking, area tracking and selects etc. They don't mention compatibility with Premiere Pro but do use CMX3600 EDL info so I guess you could hack it into shape.

Cheers!
 
Apple has been good with dropping the prices of aquisitions, even though Shake took a while, going from $10k > $5k > $3k > $500.

Whatever Final Touch ends up being, could probably be under $1k, assuming it is a separate product.

Apple could easily just take the IP, incorporate it into current or upcoming software, streamlining the core technologies.

That being said, how many people really serious about color grading?
It takes more than just turning a few dials.

Things like monitor calibration, viewing luts, and neutral color work area need to be taken into consideration.

There is a reason why colorists make a lot of money, those years of experience and knowledge helps them to create fast and consistant results.

Anyone can learn to be a colorist, but it takes time and patience. Both of which could be used for filmmaking.
 
I think most of you just want something like Magic Bullet. Give it a look. I think it has secondary color correctors etc.

Digital Fusion is actually a very good grading application. It has pretty good interactivity. Vectorscope, WaveForm, Histograms and an excellent selection of masking/grading/tracking tools. If you need more, it's time to buy a highend dedicated grading workstation with a grading specific board.
 
I think most of you just want something like Magic Bullet. Give it a look. I think it has secondary color correctors etc.

I don't remember Magic Bullet having secondaries. Hoewver, it's a good tool for primary and overall corrections.
 
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