CC and grading-Colorista vs presets+ColorFinesse in AE

[eco_bach]

Hi
At the moment do ALL my CC and grading in after effects with custom curves and the Color Finesse plugin, which has an excellent 3 way.

Debating whether to invest in another presets package for AE for grading, OR to buy Colorista.

Was wondering if any experienced Colorista or Color Finesse users could share why they use it.

In Colorista's favor
-works in BOTH Premiere and AE, meaning for basic CC grading roundtripping to AE not necessary
-built in oval -rectangular mask support for secondaries, Color Finesse only supports procedural masks keyed to user defined color


In Color Finesse's favor
-I find 3 way much easier to use with mouse, YMMV
-free!(with CS5.5)
-great support for LUT's(though haven't used this feature)

 

[Shooter]

Have you tried any of the 3 Way, Fast or Secondary CC directly in Premiere (where it is native and realtime if you have a CUDA card) ?

 

[El Director]

We used Colorista Free on my last film (we were the first to do so-it came out two days before we started the color grade). With CF, Curves, and some ingenuity, you'll have everything you need. Power windows are done by dup'ing and masking a layer, then darkening one of them.