Use DVD snapshots in SpeedGrade CC

Here's a cool workflow to easily introduce snapshots from your favorite movies into SpeedGrade CC to aid your grading. I find this helps rapidly improve the artistry of my grades.
First, you need to be able to open your reference film in Quicktime 7. I use Handbrake to create an .m4v file with the standard Apple TV preset.
Next, with the reference frame open in Quicktime 7, choose "Export" and select "Movie to Picture".
You'll end up with a .pct file on your desktop. Drag it into iPhoto. Select the image in iPhoto and select "File" and then "Export". For "Kind" choose "JPEG", for "Quality" choose "Maximum", and for "Size" choose "Full Size".
Now you have a JPEG on your desktop. Drag it into Photoshop. In Photoshop, choose "Image" from the drop down menu, and then "Image Size".
You need to adjust the image to the same size as the footage you're grading in SpeedGrade. For example, if you're working with 1920 by 1080 footage, you should change the width to "1920" and "Pixels". In my case, I'm working in 4K, so I changed the width to "4096" pixels. Click "OK".
Now choose "Save As" from the "File" drop down menu.
Choose "Targa" for "Format", and click "Save".
And then click "OK".
Now you need to get this Targa image in the correct folder. The file path is Documents, Adobe, SpeedGrade, 7.0, settings, and finally snapshots. Put the image in that "snapshots" folder.
Finally, launch SpeedGrade and prepare to grade your footage. Toggle open the right panel and choose "Snapshots". The reference image should be waiting. Click on it to open a two-up display. Look how sad and bleak my footage looks side by side!
But there's something about side by side 2 up that inspires! Twirl the dials...and behold...
Okay - quick adjustment and needs work but you get the idea! This CC capacity alone will insure that I stick to SpeedGrade over all the other options for my grading work. Hope you enjoyed.

Thank you, Dennis, for the comment and more importantly for your participation in this forum. I'm aware of the auto-shotmatch function, and I'm sure there will be instances where it will come in handy, but one of the main reasons I'm exploring (and ADORING) SpeedGrade is because I'm trying to get away from "Magic" one-click solutions.
So many DSLR users endlessly talk, blog, and post about "film looks", but so few seem to really push the envelope on their material the way legends like David Fincher always have. I think SpeedGrade is a big step for me in the right direction.
I think many, many Adobe video app users would embrace this software if they could figure it out. The introductory vids on Adobe aren't nearly enough - the interface is just that different from other Adobe apps. Without the fambulous Peachpit Press book, I wouldn't be here.
I hope this software continues to be supported by Adobe. I hope to see support for the Motion Jpeg codec used in the Canon 1D-C, to see a film grain function added, and to see an easier way to paste looks from clip to clip.
Hoping to see this product catch on in a bigger way, and thank you again for you role in seeing it do so.

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