so i'm finding that when i mess with color grading in color director, the preview window playback suffers. i have lowered preview resolution and my computer is 16gb ram yet still playback is fairly choppy.
because of this, with my latest home movie i made i did all edits then color graded and went right to produce. i've set custom resolution presets for final output quality for 24fps and 60 fps depending on what i shoot, final output looks pretty good but on my tv at home i see some compression cubes, not BAD, but they're there in the sky or big open areas...
so today i open the same project to play with it some more, and i discover that if i use the tools within power director (after removing the previous grading) the playback is just fine! it can handle my tinkering with it's look...
so my questions are these.
i haven't yet spit out a produced project (with the PD tool set) but i'm curious, are these tools 'lesser quality' and will they affect the final output? i can get a similar look here without going into color director... just not sure if it will cheapen the final output...
is there a way to make a 'lut' out of the settings and apply it quickly? all the footage is from the same time of day, same location...
and finally,
it would be great if there was a simple way to remove ALL effects from an entire project/revert all back to 'untouched' video. does this exist or do i need to open each clip with the fix/enhance tool?
thanks everyone for reading and any help. i'm having a ball with this software (photo director too!)
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