Magic Bullet Looks is a popular plugin for the After Effects software that allows users to enhance and transform their videos by adding various visual effects. Created by Red Giant, Magic Bullet Looks offers a wide range of tools and features that can help create unique and visually stunning videos. One of the key features of Magic Bullet Looks is its vast collection of preset looks. These looks are pre-designed combinations of color grading and stylistic effects that can instantly transform the appearance of a video. With just a few clicks, users can completely change the mood and tone of their footage, whether it's adding a vintage look, a cinematic feel, or a futuristic vibe. The plugin also offers a powerful set of tools for color grading.
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/t5/after-effects-discussions/is-it-possible-to-achieve-magic-bullet-looks-without-the-plugin/td-p/8819885 Jan 07, 2017 Jan 07, 2017
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Just curious because I don't have that ridiculous amount of money. However, I assume if I'm going to take Motion Graphics seriously I need Trapcode, Magic Bullet, etc.
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The plugin also offers a powerful set of tools for color grading. Users can adjust the overall color balance, saturation, contrast, and exposure of their footage to achieve the desired look. They can also fine-tune specific areas of the image using selective color correction and secondary color correction tools.
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LEGEND , Jan 08, 2017 Jan 08, 2017 Mylenium • LEGEND , Jan 08, 2017 Jan 08, 2017Yes, you can achieve pretty much everything Looks does without the plug-in. It's just going to take more work and may require things like extra-precompositions, multiple layer duplicates, extensive use of blending modes, channel-based mattes for thresholds, masking. Of course it will also require a keen eye, good knowledge of AE's effects and tools and experience.
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Yes, you can achieve pretty much everything Looks does without the plug-in. It's just going to take more work and may require things like extra-precompositions, multiple layer duplicates, extensive use of blending modes, channel-based mattes for thresholds, masking. Of course it will also require a keen eye, good knowledge of AE's effects and tools and experience.
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DreamOn21 AUTHOR Participant ,/t5/after-effects-discussions/is-it-possible-to-achieve-magic-bullet-looks-without-the-plugin/m-p/8819887#M18681 Jan 08, 2017 Jan 08, 2017
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Awesome, thank you for responding. I'll study Magic Bullet and do some more experimenting in After Effects.
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Community Expert ,/t5/after-effects-discussions/is-it-possible-to-achieve-magic-bullet-looks-without-the-plugin/m-p/8819888#M18682 Jan 08, 2017 Jan 08, 2017
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LATESTGiven enough time and a thorough knowledge of the inner workings of AE I do not think there is any effect by any third-party that you could not replicate, with the exception of Element 3-D, 3-D stuff from Zacks, Boris FX and a couple of other 3-D plug-ins. using the native plug-ins that come with AE. You just need a lot, and for many an awful lot of time and a very deep knowledge of visual effects and the use of all native effects. The reason that Shine from Trapcode is in almost everybody's toolbox is that it takes several layers and many minutes just to get to the point that you arrive at when you first apply Shine.
Magic Bullet Suite’s MisFire and Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium
I say unsung, because there’s not any mention of it being part of the Magic Bullet Suite. Once I loaded the Suite and opened it up for the first time in Premiere Pro CS5.5 — there it was. I went back to the RedGiant website and searched and found just a small amount of information on their blog.
Aharon Rabinowitz has written a good warm up about MisFire, along with some information about similar programs. Looking at the plug-in, I’ve used Premiere Pro to apply it to a short film I’ve I shot of the Access 59 Car Show using the iPhone4.
Misfire is a plug-in that lets you transcend your footage from new to old. You’ve seen this effect, it’s everywhere it seems. It’s even a standard preset for many consumer cameras.
With most of these, a preset filter is applied that usually throws in some grain and scratches and desaturates the image. The issue with this for pro applications is that you’re stuck with the effect, making sure your project will look just like every other piece that uses this effect.
You’re In Control
With Magic Bullet Misfire, you have complete control over all of the aspects that go into creating the old film look. There are 14 different plug-ins that make up the MisFire plug-in, and you can add, remove and tweak them to your liking using key frames in either Premiere Pro or After Effects CS5.5 or other NLE.
After editing and color grading that footage using Magic Bullet Quick Looks. I was pretty happy with the results, but I wanted to add something to make it more stylized, and make it look less like video. Once loaded, you’ll find MisFire in the Video Effects Section of Premiere Pro. Scroll down the list, and you’ll see MisFire with the other Magic Bullet plug-ins. Once you click on the MisFire Bin, you’ll notice all fourteen of the various plug-ins that are automatically added with just dropping the first MisFire effect into your clip.
Scratches
Now the first one I played with were the scratches. You’ve got Micro Scratches, Basic Scratches and Deep Scratches – all of which are customizable. You can adjust the color, size, and frequency.
This helps you to keep the scratches confined to a particular area of the picture. That way they don’t interfere with your subject. Because you have such control over every aspect of MisFire, you can make sure the effect doesn’t become stale, giving it a more original and unique look.
Fading, Flicker & Funk
You can adjust fading, which gives the image an uneven look mimicking what you might see in older film due to age or cheap development. Funk allows you to add various splotches and discolorations which are supposed to represent bad processing or age of the film.
You can further tweak this by setting key frames for splotches to alter the size and amount of discolored patches on the image. You can just the flicker, to again, give the film a rough and uneven look that might be a bad projector or again show the age and wear of the film.
Add It In Premiere – Tweak It In AfterEffects
One of the things I love bout the Magic Bullet Suite 11 and Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium is I have the choice to either add these effects here in Premiere, or I can add them in AfterEffects by using the Adobe’s Dynamic Link.
If I’m sure I want this effect, but I want to work with it in AfterEffects, I can simply add it here in Premiere, and tweak it in After Effects. All I have to do is right click on the clip and select replace with After Effects Composition.
After Effects then opens the clip as a composition, and it places the clip in the time line.
Your Clip Comes with Baggage
When After Effects Creates a composition from the clip, it takes with it all of the effects previously added in Premiere. It even brings over all of the key frame information I’ve done previously, so if all I want to do is tweak this in AfterEffects, I’m free to do so without having to start from scratch. Once I’ve completed my work in After Effects, I can go back to Premiere and see that the clip has now been replaced with the After Effects Composition.
I realize this might be a bit more tedious than what some may want to do. However, if you do want that control for not only a unique look, but you were also trying to match the look of some footage that really is old, you have a better opportunity to do this here than with other plug-ins and apps that I’ve seen.
Phone Shooting
This video was shot using the iPhone 4, and I’ve been getting into shooting with it, simply because of the quality and convenience. Had I known this car show was happening, I most likely would have bought my 7D out. Because I didn’t, as we just drove up on it, I had the option of capturing all this colorful frivolity with the iPhone or allow the event to exist only in my memory.
Almost DSLR
If you’re familiar with the iPhone, then you are undoubtedly aware of all the Apps there are for photography and videography.
A friend turned me on to this app last year, and although I’ve downloaded a number of other camera apps, this is the one I keep coming back to because of the amount of control you’re able to have over your image.
Almost DSLR allows you to manually control the focus, exposure and white balance simply and easily. You can easily switch between any of the controls and without having to go through a series of sub-menus. Almost DSLR is certainly my favorite when it comes to shooting.
Movie Looks
Once you’ve shot your footage, RedGiant makes it easy for you to achieve similar effects using their “Movie Looks” app. For only a mere $1.99 you get access to some of their stunning image settings similar to what you would see in Magic Bullet Quick Looks.
First open the app in either your iPhone or iPad. Then, trim your clip down to only the footage you want to use. Now you’re ready to select any of the forty looks available. Once you’ve chosen your look, you can adjust the strength and brightness so you can make it just right. Choose your resolution to either half or full and hit Develop. Once the footage is done rendering, that’s it.
Noir Photo
RedGiant also has two additional apps to awaken and beautify your still images. Noir Photo allows you to add custom lighting and tint to take flat pictures and create beautiful and dramatic imagery that will give new life to your pictures.
Touch and pinch the Vignette to quickly highlight and light up the part of your photo that you care about. Use Contrast, Outer Exposure and Inner Exposure dials to massage the darks and lights around the Vignette. Noir’s preview area is huge and the controls are minimal and you never have to open a second panel.
Plastic Bullet
Plastic Bullet, RedGiant’s first iPhone app, develops stills that are dreamy and surreal, just like those from an old plastic camera. Once you load your images into Plastic Bullet, it processes a series of images, and you simply tap the one you want which is saved to your camera roll.
Plastic Bullet’s render engine is by far the deepest and most sophisticated of any iPhone photo app. Generate beautiful, unique photos in seconds without fiddling with sliders, settings or buttons. Do it fast, with results from the iPhone 4 in seconds.
iPhone Groups on Vimeo
From the beginning, Vimeo was created by filmmakers and video creators who wanted to share their creative work, along with intimate personal moments of their everyday life.If you are shooting more with your iPhone4 and you’re starting to take some of your projects to the other level, then you’ve got a lot of options for exposure.
If you go to Vimeo, and search for groups using the key word iPhone4, you’ll find a plethora of opportunities to showcase your work. Check them out here: www.vimeo.com
Original iPhone Film Festival
Another opportunity to get your iPhone productions seen and get prizes to boot it the Original iPhone Film Festival sponsored in part by RedGiant. The deadline for entries is September 30th, 2011. The rules are simple: it has to be shot with an iPhone or iPad. However, it does not have to be edited with those devices. As it states on the website, you can edit on your computer and use your favorite editorial software, and of course, I recommend using Adobe CS5.5Production Premium and Magic Bullet Suite 11.
Magic Bullet Looks
Offers a set of features that help with enhancing your pictures. The Trackpad Mode is a feature that interacts with Looks using your computer’s trackpad. With Lens Vignette you can add or remove vignetting. There are solutions that can emulate the photochemical process used in motion-picture film and many others.
There was a download of Magic Bullet Looks 5.0.2 on the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this software available.
We cannot guarantee that the program is safe to download as it will be downloaded from the developer's website. Before launching the program, check it with any free antivirus software. The most popular versions of the software are 4.0, 2.5 and 2.1.
The most frequent installation filenames for the program are: Magic Bullet Looks.exe, LooksBuilder.exe, LooksBuilderPL.exe, LooksBuilderQL.exe and LooksBuilderQLLE.exe etc. The actual developer of the software is Red Giant Software. This PC program was developed to work on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 and is compatible with 32-bit systems. The software lies within Multimedia Tools, more precisely Editors & Converters.
From the developer:
Magic Bullet Looks is a program that works with your favorite editor to transform the look of your footage in seconds. You can use the Looks tools to powerfully manipulate color and light. It brings you a huge library of professionally designed presets, organized by category.
You may want to check out more software, such as Magic Bullet Mojo, Magic Bullet LUT Buddy 32-bit or Magic Bullet LUT Buddy 64-bit, which might be related to Magic Bullet Looks.
Magic Bullet Suite 16.1 ships
Originally posted on 25 April 2022. Scroll down for news of the Magic Bullet Suite 16.1 update. Maxon has released Magic Bullet Suite 16.0, the latest version of its suite of colour correction tools for compositing and editing software including After Effects and Premiere Pro. The update adds new Halation and Optical Diffusion tools for Looks, along with initial OpenColorIO support. It was released alongside updates to three of the other products in Maxon’s Red Giant Complete subscription bundle: Trapcode Suite 18.0, Universe 6.0 and VFX Suite 3.0. New tools in Looks for generating hazes of light, plus an ‘initial look’ at OpenColorIO
Magic Bullet Suite 16.0 adds two new film and lens emulation tools to Looks, its set of cinematic looks. Both generate hazes of light: Halation mimics light bleeding around the boundaries of bright areas in a film frame, while Optical Diffusion generates a more even overall haze. In addition, Looks now supports colour-management standard OpenColorIO (OCIO), also supported in a wide range of other VFX tools, and its configuration for ACES, the Academy Color Encoding System. In the release notes, the implementation is described as a “first look” at OpenColorIO. Updated 30 June 2022: Maxon has released Magic Bullet Suite 16.1. The update makes Looks compatible with Unreal Engine 5, the latest version of the game engine, and updates the version integrated into Cinema 4D S26.1 to include the Halation and Optical Diffusion tools.
Pricing and system requirements
Magic Bullet Suite 16.1 is compatible with After Effects 2019+, Premiere Pro 2019+, Final Cut Pro X 10.5+ and Motion 5.5 on Windows 10 and macOS 10.14+. Individual plugins are also compatible with DaVinci Resolve, Media Composer and Vegas Pro. Looks works with Unreal Engine 4.27+. You can find full system requirements here. The software is now rental-only, via Maxon’s Red Giant Complete subscriptions, which cost $79/month or $599/year, or Maxon One subscriptions, which cost $149/month or $1,199/year. Find full details here.
Read an overview of the new features in Magic Bullet Suite on Maxon’s website Read a full list of new features in Magic Bullet Suite 16.0 in the online release notesWith these tools, users have full control over every aspect of the color grading process. Additionally, Magic Bullet Looks provides a range of stylization effects that can further enhance the visual impact of the video. Users can add lens flares, glows, vignettes, and other effects to create a more dynamic and engaging visual experience. These effects can be customized and blended to achieve the desired result. Another notable feature of Magic Bullet Looks is its integration with other plugins and software. It can be used within the After Effects software or as a standalone plugin in other editing software such as Premiere Pro. This allows users to seamlessly incorporate Magic Bullet Looks into their existing editing workflow. In conclusion, Magic Bullet Looks is a powerful plugin for After Effects that offers a wide range of tools and features for enhancing and transforming videos. With its preset looks, color grading tools, stylization effects, and integration capabilities, it provides users with the means to create visually stunning videos that leave a lasting impression..
Reviews for "Spice up your video projects with Magic Bullet Looks plugin for After Effects"
1. John Doe - 2 stars - I was really excited to try out the Magic Bullet Looks plugin for After Effects based on all the positive reviews I had read, but it turned out to be a huge disappointment for me. The interface was clunky and unintuitive, making it difficult to navigate and find the specific effects I wanted to apply. The presets and adjustments available were also quite limited, leaving me feeling frustrated and restricted in my creative process. Overall, I found the plugin to be more of a hindrance than a help, and I would not recommend it to others.
2. Jane Smith - 1 star - I had high hopes for the Magic Bullet Looks plugin, but unfortunately, it fell short of my expectations. The colors and effects it applied to my footage looked extremely artificial and overly saturated, giving my videos a cheap and unprofessional look. No matter how much I tweaked the settings, I couldn't achieve the natural and polished look I desired. Additionally, the plugin slowed down my workflow significantly, causing lag and crashes in my After Effects projects. I would not recommend this plugin to anyone looking for high-quality color grading and effects.
3. Emily Johnson - 2 stars - As an experienced user of After Effects, I was eager to try out the Magic Bullet Looks plugin to enhance the visual appeal of my videos. However, I was disappointed to find that the plugin didn't integrate smoothly with After Effects, often causing glitches and crashes. The interface was also difficult to navigate and understand, and the lack of detailed documentation made it even harder to troubleshoot issues. While the preset looks offered some interesting options, I found it challenging to customize and fine-tune them to my liking. Overall, my experience with the Magic Bullet Looks plugin was frustrating and unproductive.
Enhance your storytelling with Magic Bullet Looks plugin for After Effects
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