Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com ([17.158.161.1] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5255135 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:56:52 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MUT00B79G49CC00@nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:57:46 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-10-17_04:2013-10-17,2013-10-17,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1308280000 definitions=main-1310170045 Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Levels vs Curves render times From: Jim Curtis In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:57:44 -0500 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) Color Finesse is an impressive plug-in, but not user friendly. I don't like going in and out of their Full Interface to see scopes, not = being able to compare shots while in the Full Interface.=20 I have Synthetic Apps' Test Gear, which is very useful because of the = floating / dockable palettes. But I often skip Color Finesse = altogether, and use Fresh Curves. On Oct 17, 2013, at 4:46 AM, Chris Zwar wrote: > I think it might be more worthwhile to look at the way Colour Finesse = works with the simplified interface and determine why so few people use = it. Some of the feature requests that have been listed in this thread = are already covered by Colour Finesse, and I'm often surprised at how = much better it looks that the standard Adobe curves plugin. But there = has to be some reason it is often overlooked=85 >=20