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Issues with Magic Bullet and OSX Lion

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Brent Pierce

The Magic Bullet lineup of plugins from Red Giant Software is awesome, but apparently with the new Apple OSX Lion, there are a few issues with Looks and Colorista II within Final Cut Pro. But luckily, until they get this resolved, there is a workaround to make it work. Short answer, simply move you CTI (current time indicator).

Here’s the text from RGS’ website.

Magic Bullet Looks 2:

Description: On OS X Lion 10.7 with Final Cut Pro 7, Magic Bullet Looks LooksBuilder doesn’t open properly after clicking the Edit button.
Temporary Solution: After clicking the Edit button, move the playhead in the Timeline and this will open the LooksBuider.

Magic Bullet Colorista II:

Description: On OS X Lion 10.7 with Final Cut Pro 7, Magic Bullet Colorista II doesn’t update preview when the parameters of the color wheel are changed.
Temporary Solution: After adjusting the parameters in Colorista II, move the playhead in the Timeline and this will force the preview to update.

Guru Presets: Eric Escobar’s Indie Film II For Looks 2

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Brent Pierce

Eric Escobar has a new guru preset pack out for Magic Bullet Looks. This one, titled Indie Film II, is appropriately for those who desire the matted and slightly desaturated look of an indie film. Purchasing this guru pack will put you back $69, so you might want to make sure this is the package for you. Red Giant Software has a plethora of Magic Bullet Looks guru presets, so check them all out.

About Eric Escobar (from RGS):
Eric Escobar is a San Francisco-based digital filmmaker whose films have screened in the US and internationally. In 2005 his short film, One Weekend A Month, won an honorable mention in short filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to making films, Eric has worked in filmmaking software development at Apple Inc. and Adobe Systems. Eric currently works in a directors’ collective called Kontent Films, where he directs commercials and his own original work, helps develop tools for filmmakers, and blogs extensively.

Free Magic Bullet Looks presets

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Brent Pierce

Please note: You need Red Giant Software’s “Magic Bullet Looks” to use these presets.

Introducing “Awesome Looks” by Brent Pierce. This is my own Magic Bullet preset pack that I created, which I am providing to every filmmaker for FREE. In the past, I sold these presets for a small fee, but I now give them all to you, for free. (PS. Philip Bloom downloaded them a while back)

What is “Awesome Looks?”

32 customized presets to use inside Magic Bullet Looks
Various styles, including vintage, retro, wedding, B&W’s, and more
Completely customizable: once a preset is applied, settings can be tweaked to your needs
Absolutely FREE: much cheaper than a standard guru preset pack from Red Giant Software

With “Awesome Looks,” you have the power to create a unique emotion and style in your film with a simple click of the mouse. Once you apply a preset, you’ll notice that there are a few effects in the line that are not enabled. These disabled effects can be enabled to add a different desired look.

Most of the presets are perfect for a standardly exposed shot, but not every preset works with every shot. If a preset looks a bit too harsh, you can easily pull down an effect and get it to look like you want. Some of the presets in “Awesome Looks” are a bit extreme and just for fun. But who knows, maybe someone needs to make an actor look like a hippie zombie.

Below are a couple quick video samples with all 32 presets.

This video was graded entirely with these presets.

So there you go, as you can see, “Awesome Looks” presets are great for whatever stylized shot you may desire. There is a text file inside the download that will instruct you on how to install these presets. Also, if you want to get even more stylized, check out these free film burns.
NOTE: I have heard some issues with these presets not working in Magic Bullet Quick Looks. They should work fine with Photolooks though.

To download, click one of these links!

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Enjoy!

Leaves Falling : now on Red Giant People!

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Brent Pierce

Leaves Falling

Another simple preset is now on Red Giant People for your Trapcode Particular needs. Use with the text, or without it. The download .zip gives you the AE project, the preset, and images files. If using the preset in another project, just place the “leaf.jpg” in a 50×50 comp, and use that as your particle texture in Particular. The colors of the leaves are customizable, as well as size, gravity, rotation speed, etc.

Leaves Falling – by Brent Pierce

PS. I figured out which font RGP uses for their logo. “Century Gothic,” I think.

COLORIFIC uploaded to Red Giant People!

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Brent Pierce

Colorific!

Check out my new preset that I uploaded to Red Giant People. It’s a quick text reveal using Trapcode Particular. The particles look like confetti. Check out the sample video below.

You can change the text to whatever you want, obviously. Or, if you get creative enough, you can replace it with your logo to make it really interesting. And the best thing…it’s absolutely FREE. So have at it all you fellow mographers. Here’s the link that takes you to the download page.

Colorific – by Brent Pierce

Magic Bullet Looks

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Brent Pierce

I recently purchased a new plug-in for color grading called Magic Bullet Looks. There’s quite a few products in the Magic Bullet line at Red Giant Software, but “Looks” is the main one that stood out to me as being worth the few hundred bucks that it costs.

There is over 100 pre-made ‘looks’ that allow you to color grade a clip or image with just a couple clicks of the mouse, literally. Some ‘looks’ include basic B&W’s, tints, film stocks, Hollywood style, over-saturated/under-saturated, over-contrast, etc. Some ‘looks’ seem a bit too crazy for me, but with enough tweaking, and a little creativity, you can make any video clip, look COMPLETELY different, and alot more professional. MBL comes with a bundled plug-in called Misfire. Misfire allows you to add scratches, fading, splotches, etc. that is found on old film from earlier eras. Combine that with a sepia tone and a Posterize Time effect, and you can make a pretty simple yet realistic old film look inside your non-linear editing system. Read More →