


I think with more practice adjusting looks for my video will be easier. I struggled a bit with the Magic Bullet Looks plug-in, not so much the plug in's fault, but it's a more complex process that the other plug-ins which require simple adjustments. Skin tones were easy to adjust as were noise removal and various color "looks". The new HD footage I tested benefited the most from Magic Bullet Suite. The before and after from my 20 year old video footage is amazing. See the difference in the before/after pix below. Until I saw the newly corrected footage, I simply didn't realize how poor the original video was. Here Colorista IV's guided color correction made fixing this footage so easy. The colors/contrast and noise were much worse that I realized. The effect was particularly striking in the documentary shot on standard video. I can tell you right now that the Magic Bullet Suite took my footage from all three sources and made them much, much better than the originals. I tested 3 different kinds of video with each plug-in: an old 16mm home movie from the 50's, a documentary I shot on standard video in the late 1990's and a brand-new HD video I shot this last October. The Suite is designed primarily for working artists, although there's no reason anyone who wants their videos/films to look better couldn't benefit from these great plug-ins. DeNoiser 3 has been rewritten and is now a leaner and slimmer application with a new easier-to-use UI.Įven very old home movies can be tweaked to perfection with MBS 13 Colorista IV now has a special panel for Adobe Premiere and After Effects users along with a Guided Color Correction process that's industry standard. Other notable updates include Magic Bullet Looks 4 which now has over 200 preset looks many of which are taken from popular TV Shows and popular films. Fully customizable, you have complete control over every aspect of the process. There are 16 noise/grain presets that reproduce the look of real film stocks and popular movies. The brand-new Magic Bullet Renoiser is a unique tool that gives digital filmmakers/editors the ability to add grain to their footage in order to emulate the texture of traditional cinema. There are so many, I can't cover the all here, but I will provide some highlights. The entire suite of tools are GPU Accelerated. All seven of the tools come with real-time color correction and Open GL/Open CL support. One product (Magic Bullet Renoiser) is entirely new. Six of the seven products in the suite have been upgraded. MAGIC BULLET FILM - Emulates the entire photochemical process for an authentic look. MAGIC BULLET RENOISER - Restores texture and noise to overly processed digital video. MAGIC BULLET COSMO II - Quickly balances skin tones, reducing wrinkles and remove blemishes. MAGIC BULLET MOJO II - Instantly gives your footage an action movie color grade.
