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ok. I'll see what I can do.... Sorry, it was working for me as an admin, but apparently doesn't want to work for everyone else. I'm starting to not like wordpress.

@shian These videos are really helpful. Extremely well done, thank you sir.

@shian,

I have a question. I posted a camera test yesterday of ungraded footage. Last night I imported the PPro project into AE to give it the ColorGhear magic. Since AE won't bring in titles from PPro, I took them out figuring that I would just bring in the rendered DNxHD footage back to PPro for the final encoding to mp4.

Well, the file that AE generated was about 6.5gb. When I imported it back into PPro it choked it so bad I could do nothing. Is there a file size limit in Premiere that you're aware of?

Anyway, I guess I'll try re-importing the project into AE along with the audio and then do the titling there as well. Then I'll export using your Vimeo preset.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I don't think it's my computer because it's an i7, 16gb ram and Nvidia graphics card, if that makes any difference.

Thanks,

Tony

@shian,

Thanks so much. I guess I was assuming that I would be round tripping from PP to AE and back to PP again. So basically, if I get this correctly you would:

Edit in Premiere - meaning hard cuts, audio finalization, titling. Grade footage in AE, bring in PNG converted titles matching frame rate to footage. Render final edit from AE (in my case DNxHD linear off, since I'm on a PC...) Convert to mp4 ( I could use Handbrake I guess...)

Does that sound about right?

Tony

@Mark_the_Harp Thank you so much! Just finished the tech grade on an 11 minute short in Color Finesse and about to do the creative pass with CGT. CGT is the best film purchase since the GH2

Pete - did I not cover enough in Tutorial #5?

let me know

so no way this will ever be ported to sony vegas? ;)

I too was hoping to see CGT in my NLE (PPro). But I bet the reply will be the same (sigh) ...

@Mike_C I think Premiere Pro is way closer to the AfterFX. (CS6 now supports layers I think! - FINALLY!) Not 100% sure, but I think shian wrote some time ago that the Premiere version is in testing. Vegas Pro is totally different thing.

btw. I´m going over the Film School and its way beyond amazing. ColorGHear Film School is way better at explaining the theoretical stuff (I´m looking forward to the advanced topics) than actual film school. Bummer. Well, not much of a surprise. But sad in its own way. The fact that we had to shoot many practical school projects, without even going over (nobody ever told this to us after 3 years!) the contrast, exposure etc. - all the theoretical stuff, 3 point lighting.. that´s a total shame. I knew all of this before I even tried to sign up for this film school - just because these are the must-know basic things for every filmmaker. I´m really sad for all the other people in my class that they never heard of 3-point lighting, dynamic range, contrast in film. Yet, they still shoot the school projects. Wrong. No one gives a shit about it. I feel I´m making more mistakes now, because of other people not knowing this stuff and when I have to work with them in a film crew, imagine how freaking hard is to explain all this to them while trying to focus on the actual work you have to do there.

I can´t blame the professors and teachers for everything. Well, a little bit, but the other students could try to do something for it on their own. Google what dynamic range means or whatever. The possibilities today are huge. They feel that they can make a good looking images right now by just taking Canon 7D. No, they can not. They don´t listen. Professors don´t give a shit about lighting. But they will definitely finds out eventually.

Shian thanks for your work! You are totally awesome guy that knows a lot and try to share the knowledge with others. Priceless. I´d love to meet you one day. It would be an honor. I´m flying over to LA every summer for a work, there should be like a ColorGHear meetup. hehe. I´m trying to spread the word about this project as much as I can. Watching the basic tutorials is perfect way to refresh and sort all the things in my head after some time. Looking forward to the next ones!

Mike_C

I pretty new at this stuff, but have you tried Dynamic Linking your clip to AE from PP, apply CGT and see the results immediately in PP. It's a little confusing at first, but with a little trial and error, it starts to make sense.

BTW, how do you respond to someone and have their name be a link?

Also, those that get in on CGT and CGFS before July 1st will be very glad they did. I did say that things would change after the first 6 months, did I not?

As of July 1st, 2012 CGT will only be available under a subscription plan. $50 will get you CGT and access to all Grading and Filmschool tutorials for one year. If you choose not to renew, you can keep the GHears, but will lose access to the tutorials, and oh, the tutorials I have yet to show you. (Yes, a mild Hellraiser reference)

All of you who currently have CGT or buy it before July 1st, 2012 will be grandfathered in (no annual subscription rate for the current "CGT for AFX" version....ever. I did say early adopters would be rewarded, did I not?)

Subscription plans for other platforms will vary. Those currently in development are Davinci Resolve and Premiere Pro. And while CGT won't really work in FCP X there will be tutorials for getting the most out of the grading tools in FCP X, as well as creation and integration of SpeedGrade LUTs into AFX. '

Also, as I promised, all CGT Members will get discounted prices on versions for other platforms.