![]() ![]() It’s impossible to move that focus point without the full version of Looks.īesides this review, you can also get a really good sense of what the program does with the Trial Version. For example, there may be one look in the lighter version where only one area of the frame is in focus and the rest is blurred in an artistic way. It has the same 100 as above, but each of them is fully customizable. If you want even more power, then you gotta go for the more expensive Magic Bullet Looks. I’ll also continue to use it for other little artsy videos that I have in the works. Simply for personal use and footage of my kids, I can’t imagine editing together another home movie WITHOUT using this plugin. I’m used to how a filter can change the mood of a photo, but it’s another kind of powerful when it is applied to video. Quick Looks comes with 100 nice effects, and it’s great fun to try them out. Within less than 10 minutes, I was adding looks to the video you saw above. But after you install them they are really easy to use. These Magic Bullet programs are not standalone - these are plugins that work with those video editing programs I just mentioned. Now, for these programs I’m reviewing, you’ll need After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Avid, or Sony Vegas. Whether it is home movies, an art project, a short film, or something in between, it’s great fun to add these filters. While editing, why not give things a special look with some easy-to-use filters? It starts to fill up your hard drive, and then at some point you decide to actually edit the stuff together. I think this is one of the biggest growing areas of photography - figuring out what the hell to do with all the video you are now taking! If you’re like me, then you’re using starting to grab more and more video. If you appreciate the idea of adding filters and looks to photos, then it should be an easy transition to doing the same thing for video as well. Mojo is so quick and easy that I reach for it all the time, saving Looks for those occasions when I want to invest some time into my color grading.More Thoughts on Magic Bullet Looks and Quick Looks In my own experience, Magic Bullet Looks is occasionally a bit to much overhead for a quick-turnaround project. Q: I already have Magic Bullet Looks, why do I need Mojo?Ī: Because you don’t open a walnut with a jackhammer. I wish FCP would let us do that too, because the ranges we show in AE represent a “sweet spot,” and the values outside those ranges are kind of pushing things into the red a little. Q: Why do the sliders have more range in FCP than in After Effects?Ī: Actually, they have the same ranges, but in After Effects we can have the slider min/max be different from the absolute min/max. ![]() If you love the way your footage looks before Mojo, try the “Mojito” preset-it’s just a little bit of Mojo. If what you need is color correction, then reach for Colorista. Q: I tried the demo and Mojo makes my footage look terrible.Ī: Mojo is designed to work with footage that’s pretty solid to begin with. Skin tones tend to fall right in between. Try reducing Mojo Balance-it’s the control that determines what’s a shadow and what’s a highlight. Q: I applied Mojo but my skin tones aren’t popping.Ī: Your faces might be underexposed a bit. Try turning the Mojo slider down instead of up when you first apply it. We provide the tools, you provide the taste. Personally, I love the way it looks, when done tastefully. Is it overused? Sure, but that’s because it works. Q: Isn’t this look just a cheap gimmick? Just a trend that could pass in a few days/weeks months?Ī: Maybe, but in another way it’s an evolution of practices many years old in color correction suites around the world. Here are some preemptive answers to questions you might have about Mojo: Mojo is also now a part of the Magic Bullet Suite. One license allows you to use it in Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Avid, After Effects, and Apple Motion. It’s simple and easy and priced to be an impulse-buy at $99 US. Unlike Looks and Colorista, Mojo is a bit of a one-trick pony. It gives you that Mojo thang with just a few simple sliders to adjust, and ships with presets for popular looks. It does one thing, and does it quickly and easily. Magic Bullet Mojo from Red Giant Software is the pocket-sized screwdriver to Magic Bullet Looks’s cordless driver drill. Sometimes you just want to take your footage that already looks pretty darn good, and give it a little bit of… Mojo. ![]() But sometimes you just want to spruce up your footage quickly and easily, without a hundred presets to peruse or a powerful colorist’s interface to manipulate. It’s more than possible to achieve this look with Colorista or Magic Bullet Looks (check out the Blockbuster preset-it’s been there since day one).
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