Hi Rob,
I first used Lr when it took off with Magic Lantern. So it is a good quick start to become familiar with color grading but I would not recommend it since you will be dealing with several programs, exporting, in and out, etc...
If I were to choose to work with RAW then color grading and working with scopes would be my target. Scopes are included in davinci, After Effects and even Premiere.
If you intend to produce documentary, promo like videos then Premiere would be just fine. Davinci even faster but its editing features are not YET as sharpened as premiere's.
If you want to produce short film and therefore color grade and use LUT or/and filmconvert etc. then use either AE or davinci. Davinci is faster but AE has better image quality however AE is much slower to work with since it requires a lot of RAMs. Davinci requires a strong GPU.
Besides that nothing beats davinci in its color grading features and its export (render) time.
So to sum up this as soon as you know what highlights, black, etc. are doing exactly to your picture then leave Lr and move to either of these three programs. You will see the big difference.
If you want full control then use the scopes (RGB curves, luma lumetrie and vectorscopes) to color correct and grade. Use cinelogC or ARRi alexa logC as a starting point.
I first used Lr when it took off with Magic Lantern. So it is a good quick start to become familiar with color grading but I would not recommend it since you will be dealing with several programs, exporting, in and out, etc...
If I were to choose to work with RAW then color grading and working with scopes would be my target. Scopes are included in davinci, After Effects and even Premiere.
If you intend to produce documentary, promo like videos then Premiere would be just fine. Davinci even faster but its editing features are not YET as sharpened as premiere's.
If you want to produce short film and therefore color grade and use LUT or/and filmconvert etc. then use either AE or davinci. Davinci is faster but AE has better image quality however AE is much slower to work with since it requires a lot of RAMs. Davinci requires a strong GPU.
Besides that nothing beats davinci in its color grading features and its export (render) time.
So to sum up this as soon as you know what highlights, black, etc. are doing exactly to your picture then leave Lr and move to either of these three programs. You will see the big difference.
If you want full control then use the scopes (RGB curves, luma lumetrie and vectorscopes) to color correct and grade. Use cinelogC or ARRi alexa logC as a starting point.