The Ultimate VEGAS Pro 17 Color Grading Crash Course 👨‍🏫 VEGAS Tutorial #61

[@auxiliarylens3876]

I thought this was going to be another KZbin amateur teaching the masses about color grading, but this was not. You showed first color corrected (WB) and then did grading. That alone is extremely rare to find on YT. Vegas FB page highlighted your video, so I'm glad they picked a really good tutorial. Good tip about the color wheels at the 12:00 mark. Never knew thats what it stood for! That makes things easier for me.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm trying to break the mold and become the first KZbinr who teaches very in depth, accurate, and informative VEGAS tutorials! Stick around if you want! I'm aiming to upload twice a week :]

[@auxiliarylens3876]

@@ScrapyardFilms I subbed for sure! Look forward to more videos!

[@Queennumen]

I can't click the colour grading and minimize it. Help.

[@jhowardsupporter]

Why would people be trying to colour grade their crazy cat videos?

[@alexnikitenko4805]

@@ScrapyardFilms Hello! I want to ask you (if you have such information, of course) to explain the render settings . Unfortunately, I can't find the answer anywhere. The fact is that I can't activate the color subsampling and color bit rate settings . Do you know how to do this?

[@THR.Cru2]

I would like you to talk about two very common cases: a shot in which there are no white colors and a poorly exposed shot in which the lights are totally burned out. A color correction covering both cases would be fine.

[@toddwmac]

Outstanding....been a Vegas user for years and watched a lot of videos along the way...yours are top-shelf! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@rsmith02]

Hold control to make the color wheels usable.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Ah hah! I could have sworn i help control while dragging those points but I must have missed that. Great info. Pinned!

[@renevgprive]

This works for most settings like sliders in Vegas Pro as well.

[@Queennumen]

Scrapyard Films I can’t use the wheels. It’s not working for me for some reason

[@WaltKerr]

@@Queennumen Make sure you have a timeline clip selected before you Alt-G to open the color grading tools.

[@OscarLee.THRCru2]

Please, please, please, make a video like this, but more friendly for begginers. I suggest you take the "COLOR CORRECT Like A PRO" video from Matti Haapoja as reference. Thanks and greetings from México. Great Work! I hope you can help those of us who are really starting.

[@Victerd1999]

As someone who's never color graded before this is extremely helpful. Really needed this as I'm experimenting with Vegas Pro 17 for the first time as I just bought it a couple days ago.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Glad I could help!

[@marchamilton7668]

Holding down the ctrl-key will allow finer change of the color wheel controls. Excellent video, thanks for the explanation of CG contols.

[@funnygirl491]

this guy has the best tutorials on youtube by a mile

[@daenodae8089]

*where id you get the film grain?*

[@utkarsharora5329]

I thought this was some another short tutorial on Sony Vegas but this was something more than an in depth tutorial.You ought to have a million subscribers .

[@EJLad]

very good tutorial clear as day

[@ssingh72]

Wow! You covered so much in few minutes, extremely helpful to understand the basic controls of Vegas pro. I think this tutorial is a must for any hobbyist working with Vegas pro. Thank you for a doing such a great job and sharing your knowledge.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

I appreciate the kind words!

[@SyedAsad]

It was the most perfect color grade tutorial I've seen so far, he was on point, and taught us very clearly and neatly.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Thank you! I'll be doing a more advanced one soon!

[@SyedAsad]

Of course, I'll be waiting !

[@jimmyzero31]

I recently started using Vegas pro 17 and this video is just so informative and helpful. You earned yourself a patron!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Jimmy I appreciate the kind words and the support! I messaged you on Patreon so we can get you fully settled in to the VIP Lounge!

[@mrfmrfmrfltltlt]

Amazing tutorial 😌👌 couldn't find anything on KZbin for Sony Vegas so professionally explained.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Glad you liked it! Be sure to check out all the other tips and tricks videos I have!

[@justinhamilton8647]

Hey man, you commented on a reddit post I made about color grading based off of a KZbin video, and I checked out your channel. This is INSANE, it was so easy to start color grading and by the end my clips were just gorgeous. Thank you so much for this, you’re probably the best VEGAS Pro guy by far.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!

[@HunterW.Photography]

Man what a fantastic tutorial, without a doubt one of the best and easiest to understand I’ve seen

[@MikevomMars]

Best color grading tut out there yet. Period. 👍

[@charlespowell9169]

Wow. This is beyond helpful. I have subscribed. I am an audio guy being thrown into video to help diversify my audio business. So I have much to learn about video. I have chosen Vegas Pro as my NLE, so my education is now beginning. You sir are most excellent. Thank you!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

I really appreciate that! Thanks!

[@photogenic2010]

Crash course may be, but very useful. I didn't know about Secondary color, thanks

[@stevesharkey3312]

Have to say I was sceptical from you other videos BUT this one nails it. Fantastic, keep it going

[@InspiraDrone]

Incredible! I'll go to pratice later... like. thanks.

[@ramengirll]

Thankyou sooooooo much for this video coz I have been struggling with this topic when it comes to editing videos. You've made it really easy to understand

[@Lynter]

My problem was the reverse of it, I wanted that brighter diff thing. So I figured it out using WMV V11 format and changing its settings, now it is 100% as it shows in the preview, no quality loss btw.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Brilliant stuff as always Josh. Keep it up.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Thank you!

[@Dragonking2356]

i copy step by step in till we get to the white balance part. for me it just has auto adjust color balance and i cant change it as far as i know.

[@MrJoangles]

One of the best video editing tutorials I have seen. A veil disappeared from my eyes. Thank you very much!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

I appreciate it! Don't forget to check out the second color grading tutorial I made! It's linked in the description.

[@ConnorMaxwell]

Finally a video that actually goes in depth and teaches colour grading! Thank you so much!

[@Gusseq81]

Thanks for this video amazingly explained for all of us down on Earth when it comes to color grading

[@taikenSHOW]

You do an amazing job for those who use Sony Vegas to edit. Thanks a lot.

[@firstandlastproductionsllc]

This was extremely helpful, thank you so much. I'm so glad you made this and that Vegas finally incorporated this into their program. I've been a Vegas user since 2006 and so use to its platform that this tool has been revolutionary since you showed me how. Thank you!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

I'm glad I could help! Be sure to check out the Advanced Color Grading video I just uploaded!

[@somthinsomething174]

It was the sa for , In the GMS I switched the "Program" to "Analog app 1 TE"

[@stealth2951]

Best video I seen to explain this. Well done sir.

[@BorjKhalifa]

thank you boss for the tutorial. finally ill be shooting in flat and native

[@ScrapyardFilms]

I'm glad I could help! Be sure to check out part 2 of this tutorial in the description.

[@redsoda]

This tutorial is outstanding and has helped us so much with the look and feel of our band videos. Are you planning on doing an updated version for Vegas Pro 19? The workflow in 19 seems to have changed to the point that a new guide would be hugely helpful to the Vegas editing community :)

[@GPULibrary]

i bought last year an xc10 and I didn't know how to use it because of the exposure and settings but now I set up the camera on CLog and follow your tutorial I ended up with nearly 1:1 on color, i have to buy better lights but I`m so FK happy because you made this tutorial

[@markdavisphoto]

Excellent information! Thank you for sharing your talents! Much appreciated!

[@schifferfoto8659]

Expert advice right there - subscribed!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lancespearsman]

This tutorial convinced me to upgrade and purchase Pro 17, looking forward to all your tutorials.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Great to hear! Thanks!

[@zizou4111]

What a brilliant tutorial. Regardless of what the final outcome is, you actually showed us how to get there and what each adjustment did, allowing us to make our own decisions on our edits. A lot of colour grading tutorials just explain how to achieve a specific look. Fantastic work. Subscribed! One quick question regarding workflow - when working on grading an entire timeline of clips, how do you work in Vegas to compare to achieve consistency? Can you show multiple vectorscopes?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

As far as I know, you cannot use multiple vector scopes at the same time. You may be able to do that with 3rd party plugins. But how I achieve consistency is by creating custom luts for certain shots after I've completed the correction and the grade for the scene. I shot 3 scenes outside in the sun? Make an outdoor lut. I shot 2 scenes indoors in the kitchen? make a kitchen lut. I shot 4 shots in a dark office? make a dark office lut. You can also next a bunch of shots and then grade the nest to apply it to all footage in the nest.

[@zizou4111]

@@ScrapyardFilms thanks for replying so promptly, that's really useful. I didn't think of creating my own LUT. I've been saving a Vegas media/clip FX chain as a package, but obviously that has its own cons as well. Do you have any advice for scenes that are consistently inconsistent with their grading needs? I.e a scene shot inside near a window, where clouds are coming and going in front of the sun, causing white balance and appearance of the video to change constantly?

[@joshuaunderwood1873]

Auto adjust for WB turns the preview window black, fml.

[@edmunek]

have the same

[@hazim1307]

I learnt so much things in this video. Thanks bro. Got my subs

[@RestlessRoamers]

Is there a way to connect MIDI to the Color Grading? Would save some time to just use the MIDI board to correct all the clips. Thanks for this video!

[@insanet3]

amazing tutorial, you covered so many topics i was interested in.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Thank you! Don't forget to check out my follow up color grading tutorial here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpbPZayDocStms0

[@guidobroman8977]

Thanks for the nice video. I will start with vegas 17 soon and I suscribed and surely liked your video. I hope I can learn from your knowledge.

[@kebab3194]

1. Lift --> 0 2. Gain --> 100 3. Gamma --> 0 4. Color curves --> contrast 5. Gain --> Increase 6. Lut --> 1. 0.30

[@TOWER4HIRE]

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP BOSS CAN YOU SHOW A TUT ABOUT PROPERTIES FOR 17..I USE 32 BIT PIXEL FORMAT WHAT DO YOU SET YOUR COMPOSITING GAMMA TO?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Thanks! And I'll see if I can find enough info and content to make a properties video.

[@SufferingOutdoors]

Fantastic video! Thank you!

[@jakieskropki]

Thank you for this useful and informative tutorial.

[@IndiCoder]

Hey! Could you please tell how can I reduce the tint in a video? My videos look a bit of pinkish.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Do the white balance part and reduce the reds and try to get the little white circle in the exact center. That would take the pinks out

[@adamlavigne1774]

Just started with Vegas this week, first time ever using editing software. Great content.

[@SidelineMediaCo]

Yes! People are gonna love this!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Hope so!

[@SidelineMediaCo]

@@ScrapyardFilms You wanna try to collab on a dope edit with Vegas Pro 17 now that it's out?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Yeah sounds good! shoot me a DM on Twitter or email me and we'll figure something out! Look for my ingo in my 'About' section of my channel since it's not liking me linking stuff in comments.

[@SidelineMediaCo]

@@ScrapyardFilms Okay dope!

[@SantiagoMonroy5]

how to bring back the vectoscope!!!??? i closed it by accident and cant find how to open the preview again

[@unimode1]

The Secondary Color Corrector - effect - very helpful explenation of masking !! Thanks!

[@Dendi-e3c]

Awesome. Could you make a tutorial about how to render video from sony vegas with resolution 1080p and upload to youtube but the codecs still vp09. I'm sorry for my bad english.

[@georgesealy4706]

Good stuff fella. Learned a lot.

[@HunterW.Photography]

whenever i do anything within the color correction tools it creates a colorful diagonal line across the video when i render it, doesnt show up in the preview though

[@CosmicJonas]

wow thanks this was a really excellent and helpful video. new sub!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Awesome, thank you!

[@WriterLady]

So glad I subscribed to this channel. Such useful content!

[@QTALISCHILL]

Not sure why, but using the Auto Adjust for White Balance was giving me some really wonky results. I zoomed in on the white portion of a cloud....

[@jediestrada6963]

This crash course tutorial is great! Thank you!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Thanks!

[@adliberate]

Instead of adding bars just change project settings to 1920x818 instead of 1920x1080 and use the track motion to reframe the clip.

[@insidemyshop]

Most helpful color grading tutorial for Vegas I've watched! Thanks!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Thanks! If you liked this one, be sure to watch the second one I made!

[@Reyfox1]

Out of the starting blocks first! Great tutorials! Thanks!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

That was the plan! And thanks!

[@tonywashamyhands2053]

Great tutorial. Under the Color Curves Tab mine does not list White Balance. Instead the list is: Brightness (yours says RGB) Red Green Blue RESET Button Auto Adjust (yours says White Balance) Color Balance Button w/drop down menu Just upgraded to 17Pro the other day not sure if its an update issue or not. Any help would be much appreciated.

[@captainphoenix]

I actually normally skip the "color grading" because Vegas makes it so difficult to micro-adjust and go straight to the "color correction" plugin which has ALL of the same features and turn on my vector scope. I think you've basically reinforced my approach.

[@agungkacaribu]

Hey men. Love your tutorial. Could you make a tutorial about the BEST render for KZbin? To get codec Vp09 please. I tried to render in 2k resolusion and it took 5 hours to render (6 minutes long video). Maybe you have better idea? Sorry for my bad English. Thanks and stay safe😊😊.

[@seanyboyoc]

Adjusting the colour wheel is having no effect at all on my video. Can't seem to find any answers on this. Using Sony Vegas Pro 17

[@underwatercam]

Stunning, great work, sooo useful, absolute amazing, thank you very much!!!!!

[@bsor_riddles]

Very good but I encounter a problem by doing the same (I think) things: auto adjust white gives me very weird colors for all the rest, like very very contrasted. It's not just 1 line for each color, it splits the line in 3 parts, the first and last part are horizontal and the middle part is a kind of diagonal. I must be doing something wrong. Do you (or anyone else) have an idea?

[@eminnmba]

hey , i think it's good idea u provide us a link for the preset u just made :)

[@ScrapyardFilms]

I got Free Luts at www.scrapyardfilms.com !

[@giangothuy2694]

Nice tutorial ... I've got a problem ... when I first used soft soft , there were so tutorial such as Slayer , wNice tutorialch disappeared after I

[@hemen1126]

How do I do this for the whole track? I have a bunch of small clips and a global option would really help

[@OnurCobanoglu1]

Amazing! Thank you for highlighting almost everything needed to start with. Thank you so much!

[@tracksin8d903]

Thank you man! This was so good guide, will be using a lot! Subscribed too for more great tutorials.

[@emanuelsoaresleite3544]

I love soft soft so so so so much!

[@BrewerShettles]

Dragging / Adding cinematic bars 8:35 - where did you get these? Thanks

[@ScrapyardFilms]

You can get them on my site here: www.scrapyardfilms.com/downloads

[@midhunshankar747]

Thanks a lot...Youmade my work Complete 🖤🖤🖤🖤💥💥

[@TheAdventurousBen]

Thanks so much for this - easily the best Vegas color tutorial I've found!

[@KLADETheMagician]

Wow man really good tutorial, thats exactly what i was searching for, big up !

[@nish_ttp]

This is a great tutorial, thanks!

[@sunnydeyaliofficial]

can you please explain how you drag bars on the video at 8.34?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

That's actually a .png picture of cinematic bars that I dragged in from a folder.

[@wesleymarques5029]

Very good, thanks from Brazil!

[@153grover]

where do i find the vector wheel on my vegas 17 editing system? I can not find that option anywhere.

[@0npoint589]

How can you use the Vegas vector scopes to make grade realistic skin colors?

[@limematrix_films]

Hey,can i save presets? From the color grading? To apply to another scene from this scene?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Yes you can but it's a little different. I'll be creating another tutorial on that in the future though.

[@TheNorthernMist]

Very thorough, helpful!

[@MDC885]

I can see that the color grading tool applies to individual events, but what if I have multiple events for which I want to apply the settings I made on the first event?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

You can nest all the events you want to color grade at once. See my nesting tutorial for more explanation on that.

[@MDC885]

@@ScrapyardFilms Would that be this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aILZkqScnNGpg68

[@MDC885]

I watched that video, waaaaaaay over my pay grade,, I'd get so lost as I was lost just trying to follow your speedy talking in that video

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Sorry for the fast talking. If I talked any slower, all my videos would be over 20 minutes long lol. You can slow down the speed at which KZbin plays if that helps.

[@NotMishon]

is there way to get presets from adobe into sony vegas? have a certain look that i l ike and premiere pro takes two hours of rendering and its not worth the extra editinfg

[@lordtodd2112]

Maybe I just missed it, but where did you drag those cinematic bars from?

[@hperacer]

I have Vegas Pro 15, does Alt + G work in that version? I’m unable to bring the color grading tools... Great video!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Correct. Alt+G is a new feature for VEGAS Pro 17. All the color grading tools are still in V15 but separated out between a few video FX plugins though. And thanks!

[@TheChristas]

I am very sad that Hitfilms-Movie Essentials is missing in MAGIX Vegas Pro 17. A few days ago I bought a Vegas Pro 17, but I didn't realize that this version of MAGIX Vegas Pro 17 does not include these plugins. I spoke with the MAGIX team and they said that the problem is with Hitfims - Movie Essentials, because they do not have plugins updates.

[@40MileDesertRat]

Just a quick question. In Color Grading under Color Curves, I do not see {Auto Adjust} White Balance. I only see Color Balance and Color Levels. Am I missing a step or a switch? I am on V17.0 (Build 452)

[@27chaz]

I worked on a project for several hours using the new çolor grading plug in. Also used the new slow motion on some clips. Finished for the day, saved and closed Vegas. Next day tried opening project and Vegas stops working trying to open. Anybody else experience this?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Have you attempted to open an autosave of your project?

[@FusionRifle25]

after im done fixing it so that the whites are accurate, my whole image is then colored differently, the whites look good but everything else has a red/green/blue tint to it. Do you know why and/or how to fix it?

[@DarienLingstuyl]

Good Tutorial, I noticed this work for each video separated, but what if you want to do the whole color correction and LUT on the whole track or the whole video (video Output FX) ? I couldn't do it

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Actually if you wanted to grade a batch of videos, you can move them all next to each other, select them all, and right click on them and create a nest. Then go back to your main project and you can grade them all as one file.

[@BlackwoodHinterlandVibes360]

Hi Scrapyard Films, what colour profile in Vegas pro 17 would you choose when you want to colour grade "Dlog M" footage from a Mavic 2 pro? Thank you so much for your helpful tutorials

[@skills_hd]

how do i apply the correction to multiple clips at once??

[@skills_hd]

cause i realise i have to click n hilight a clip b4 i can use the color wheels thingy

[@ScrapyardFilms]

You can color grade all clips at once by using nesting. I explain this option in my latest nesting tutorial.

[@IndiCros]

White balance is missing for me?

[@GIBBFILM]

Hi, there. Thanks for a great color correction tutorial. Have had great use of it. I'm using version Vegas Pro 17. Used it on a bird record correction and discovered that a kind of "blueish" rectangle was formed in the image. What do you think this comes from? Shooting is with a Sony PXW ‑ fs5 camera.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

can you link a screenshot so I can see what you're talking about?

[@GIBBFILM]

@@ScrapyardFilms kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2HVqYOrnduqprM

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Looks like you may have Bypass Effects enabled on accident. Click that little bot to the left of the preview quality [Best (Full)] and that will disable Bypass FX

[@GIBBFILM]

​@@ScrapyardFilms thank you so much, you saved my day :)

[@skoliose9104]

Great Video! Thankyou :)