@chauncy Colorfist was rushed. I'm trying to keep the tutorials under 20 minutes, I said in it that I'd cover secondaries in another tutorial that specifically covers secondaries alone. I just wanted to show users that they weren't really missing anything by not buying Colorista, that ColorFist is a nice replacement.

After the first 12 are laid down, I'll start getting into niche problems like the one you're referring to. And by then I'm sure you guys will have plenty of other suggestions for features/tutorials, as well as I think you'll have started thinking outside the box, and started coming up with your own ways of doing things, that's the nature of grading.

Interesting discussion.. @jpbturbo - Next I Ctrl+Click on each of the color sample points on the image it will add a corresponding point on the diagonal line in the curves dialog. Now I adjust the points on the curve until the rgb values in the info box match up with what I wrote down earlier.

I am trying out your process, just wondered how you adjust the points on the curve and get the rgb values to show in the info panel at the same time? I can adjust the points on the curve but the info panel stays blank.

On pc with CS5, Thanks :)

@jpbturbo Got it, will let you know how I get on :) Thanks!

@Hallvalla - nope, a little leery of messing with the most important tool in my arsenal in terms of paying bills, it works just fine the way it is.

@chauncy what exactly do you mean by difusion? Give me an example and I'll let you know.

Just sat through all the Tutorials last night and started doing some testing. CGT works great. I've already saved a couple presets for myself using the GHears. I find the Ghears to be very user friendly as they are rather easy for someone with limited knowledge of grading. For anyone on the fence about buying it; the tutorials are well worth the price tag. I learned quite a bit from them. I will be posting a sample hopefully this weekend. Thanks again @shain. Can't wait for the rest of the tutorials.

...and the images:

BTW the "login" link here on these security scripts is returning a void value (working on it), so just click the member login at the top of the page to login.

@shian GHrain Killa' @ 44%

This footage is pretty grainy in the first place. Shot w/Quantum 5 and 100-300mm lens. I like the GK.

@kholi View (and contribute to) wiki at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColorGHear

All right, I wanna know right now, who's responsible for this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColorGHear :)

@Pechente Because unlike most preset collections, or "looks" this goes way beyond a look suite. When used as directed it adds a broader functionality to AE. or at the very least opens up access to it's full functionality. There just isn't a simple term for what this is. It's a hybrid, not a true plugin, and not just presets.

I lack the programming skill to create it as a true plug-in, so I did what I would have done with the plugin if I could program one, only through means of a back-door, so to speak. AE is extremely powerful, but if you don't know how to make it work for you to accomplish what you want to do, its useless. I've created a system, that allows even beginners with no AE experience to access the full power of AE to color grade their footage, quickly, easily, and very, very effectively.

As I've said before, you're not so much paying for the toolkit, as you are paying for my knowledge, along with it, you get the toolkit, a toolkit that has the potential to evolve into something more than it is now, and access to my experience and tutelage through the site.

Calling it a plugin saves time. If it gets results, why waste time debating the semantics of the issue?

@Vitaliy Not to split hairs, but to say i didn't do any programming is not entirely accurate. I did do extensive expressions scripting on the 3-way and ColorFist presets, those 2 are not possible without programming.