It's been a while since I upgraded, I previously upgraded to Sony Vegas Pro 13, so I've installed a trial now of Vegas Pro 18. Just on loading it, it already feels somehow busier and less intuitive than the old version. Anyway... I'm trying to quickly decide if it's worth upgrading to 18 for my limited usage (some family video editing such as vacations, etc).

Using the VisionColor plugin for 13, and the built-in LUT filter for 18, I've tried both Cube export options from Resolve (16), but the results I see in Vegas don't look as vibrant or colorful or full as they do when I look at the grade in Resolve. I'm not doing anything fancy in Resolve (I only started trying it so I'm just doing basic adjustments in Resolve from a YouTube tutorial, I'm more advanced in Photoshop and used to use the IWLTBAP LUT Generator to do grading in Photoshop), so I'm wondering if anyone else has a Resolve -> Vegas workflow or any LUT -> Vegas workflow, if you've run into this issue before or might have any suggestions if I'm somehow doing something wrong... any help would be appreciated!