color node on/off toggle while in playback

I think it would be quite useful to be able to toggle a color node on and off while the clip is in playback.

Right now you have to pause playback or be in pause for it to take effect.

I don't think you can do that on any of the major color systems (Baselight, Colorfront, Lustre, Mistika, Nucoda, or Scratch). I think the software would have to buffer two simultaneous versions and switch between them, and that's more stress than they can take. I don't think there's enough processing power to handle two simultaneous streams of color.

One workaround would be to render out a version without that color node and play it back simultaneously as a Reference Movie.

Otherwise, we just bypass the node and look at the shot one way at a time.

You can Loop versions and use a split screen to see the differences, so that might be another potential workaround.

Right yes the processing power logistic could be it. if so understandable. Thanks for work around suggestions also Marc.

Right yes the processing power logistic could be it. if so understandable. Thanks for work around suggestions also Marc.

I swear, there are days where I think most of what I know are just workarounds.

Marc, resolve only cache few frames in playback (24 IIRC) and you can prove that by hitting play on a long clip and swing a control like gain: after a second or so you will see the change.

That means, yes, you can disable a node and theoretically see the change with some delay.