Color Finesse

Another nice tool that we "can't" afford ($600) is the Color Finesse Synthetic Aperture. This product is specifically geared towards photography and video color correction and adaptation. The great difference between this tool and the Color Munki is that Color Finesse draws strength from using gain, gamma, pedestal, hue and saturation to affect the color within the image.

Some of the options in this product are similar to programs like Photoshop. However, Color Finesse works with a '6-channel secondary color corrector' that allows you to select 6 seperate colors within the image and to manipulate their characteristics together. This allows for a more atmospheric difference between the two programs.

The downside in working with Color Finesse is its limited program compatibility. Currently it is a plug-in (thats right, this is a $600 plug-in) for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, & Premiere Pro. If you would like to spend even more money then there is a version that works with CS3/CS4.