Improve Your Video Editing with Magic Bullet Looks

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You work hard to create your story. Yet, sometimes you need a little extra to take your project to the next level. Your video editing software can do a lot but sometimes there are coloring or other issues that it just can't handle. This is where the Magic Bullet Looks Suite comes in and becomes your filmmaking dream team. With an variety of tools such as Looks 2, Colorista II, Mojo, PhotoLooks, Instant HD, Grinder, Frames, DeNoiser and others, this powerful editing plug in can take your video editing to the next level. The nice thing about the suite is that you get all these items that would be over a thousand dollars at a small fraction of the price. If you add that with student discounts its super afforable. What this suite can do for your visual projects is really amazing but its probably better to see examples rather than read about it. Take a moment to check out this short film.

Plot Device, An example of Magic Bullet in Action

Short Film, Plot Device from Red Giant Software

This sort film directed Seth Worley illustrates the special fx capabilities the Magic Bullet Suite can provide. The entire film was created on a budget of less than $9,000. In order to make this modest budget work they decided to use the affordable VFX from Red Giant software. These simple tools can provide giant results. You can see examples of color treatment to change the feeling and moods of your scenes. You can see how authenically you can jump from film genre to genre. Its a really fun film and you can see how Plot Device was made here.  Magic Bullet enhances several different applications ranging from Avid Media Composer, Sony Vegas Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro & Express, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro.

Benefits for Video Editing

There are several great things the Magic Bullet Suite can help you do to make the best use of your film editing software. You will be amazed on what you can achieve with your films and projects.

Magic Bullet Looks 2 Here are some of the key benefits:

  • Skin corrections and beauty. Say you don't have a lot of money for hair and make-up on your project. No problem because this suite allows you to correct skin blemishes and more. If you happened to shoot your film not quite with the lighting expected, they've got you covered.
  • Colorizing. Use color treatment and correction to help convey the atmosphere of your scene or specific genre of your film.
  • Adjustable Tools and Presets. If this is all new to you, you can take advantage ove over 130 existing looks. If you are more advanced, take these looks and modify them to make them your own.
  • Transcoding Inputs. You can now use your DSLR cameras for filmmaking and easily transcode to HDSLR footage. Doesn't seem like a big deal but DSLR is taking filmmaking by storm but many softwares can't except that as input.

Student Discounts on Magic Bullet

Red Giant Software offers special pricing for students. You can choose the Magic Bullet Suite referenced above which offers you a great variety of Red Giant Products. Or you can choose much simpler offerings such as Magic Bullet Looks or Quick Looks

 

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