With RG, I can save my look which is great and a big time saver. Color Finale is good for quick fixes on a clip to clip bases, I have not seen a way to save a preset, which I suggested to Denver to add, a preset would really ramp up my use the app. Love Color Finale, been using it and other software from Denver Riddle. The point is to spend the money on what you need rather than what's on sale. It may not be as fancy as the Magic Bullet Looks or Colorista, it's probably not even the same thing, but that's beside the point. If you jump on a sale just because there's a sale, you'll actually lose money instead of saving it.įor example, Color Finale is also on sale right now, the same 25% off, for a week or so. There is indeed not much point in buying stuff just because it's on sale, unless you actually need the stuff. Hold that thought, and think again what you really need vs. In this case the obvious might be in the old saying "when in doubt, leave it out."Ī paragraph earlier you were wondering what's the point of buying the damn thing. I'm still going back and forth but I suspect that ultimately I'll end up buying the Suite if nothing more than the few hundred dollars difference means I can upgrade all the products when the new one is released (and the new one can always contain more tools than just these, just like 12 added a few). The biggest difference is you can key the results of the individual tools (and, again, see it in real time as it plays, unlike Looks which only grabs a single frame). Colorista III has the auto White Balance as well as a keyer, which IS useful, and Cosmo allows more control over skin selection. Since I wrote I've been playing around and clearly some of the individual tools have a bit more controls on them than you can apply in Looks. Having more tools available can help make the image you want, but there is so much already included with the NLE (with FCP and Motion) or adobe premier and after-effects, personally I like software that improves the work flow, RG products are helpful for sure. RG is a high quality product but it sure adds up quickly. You can also try the free version of DaVinci resolve, which is too much for my little mind to wrap around at this point. The color temp correction can be done with a variety of software pieces, and Keyer is offered in FCPx at least and most likely Premiere too (I haven't played with Premiere but I know from people its awesome). For quick color corrections there are some very useful tools like Color Finale or Hawaiki that work well too. The list of things to add to the editing suite is endless it seems. Thanks in advance for any ideas, suggestions, and winning lotto numbers. But if I'm missing anything obvious I'd love to hear about it (because I'm well known for missing the obvious). I have the trial version installed, so it isn't like I can't see that it's sometimes a *bit* easier to choose the individual tools rather than slapping a look and having to add the other tool, but for about $400 less it sure seems to me to be worth the slight effort. So I'm really wondering what the point of buying the Suite is. Since LUT Buddy is free, that only leaves Denoiser II, and I already have Neat Video for that. When you render in the Picture Viewer, the Magic Bullet Looks effect will be applied. Make the desired settings and to finish, click on the check mark at the bottom right. I'm definitely getting Looks, but it also contains Colorista III, Mojo and Cosmo and seems to even have at least the Print part of Film. Activate the Magic Bullet Looks option in the Edit Render Settings menu Click on the Open Magic Bullet Looks button The Magic Bullet Looks application interface will open. Sorry if this is an old discussion thread (and, if so, point me in that direction) but since Red Giant is having their annual spring sale soon I need to make a decision shortly about what to get. Denoiser I don't use as its not ready for FCPX I use use magic bullet its a great tool as well, you can color grade and apply with your own defined presets - like a lightroom room for video if you will. Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on there, I am big fan of RG products, I use Looks, a lot, its a valuable tool.
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