For what we did i used abit of a mixture of the auto setting and manual… it does take a while to get used to… with regard to the effects I'll PM you I've good pretty good results from my style of doing them, wouldn't ming hearing yours (obv i'd credit you for use… thats how its done in the fanfilm world)
Heres a pic of the older version of our standard proton stream (a couple of months old its been tweaked more the footage wasnt great it was shot on a crappy old cam)
btw the one in the stills is not coming from a proton pack hence its yellower colour