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The Stats
- Developer: Red Giant Software
- Version: 2.1.1
- Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows
- Host Applications: Apple Final Cut Pro 5.1, Apple Motion, Vegas, Adobe Premiere Pro, Media Composer v2 & Avid Xpress
- Microsoft Vista Compatibility-According to Red Giant Sony Vegas 7.
- Mac Universal Binary
This Product has been discontinued and replaced by Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Looks
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Description
Magic Bullet for Editors, a plug-in that works inside your editing application, enables filmmakers to add film treatments right on the timeline. Based on the award-winning Magic Bullet technology, the software delivers film stock emulation, diffusion filter, and easy-to-use film-look presets. Magic Bullet for Editors also includes the film damage creation tool, called Misfire, which accurately recreates characteristics of old film, including grain, splotches, and scratches - as well as projection artifacts like flicker and gate weave.
Features
- Make any video source look like film including DV, HDV, HD, BetaCam & DigiBeta
- Includes 50 presets that mimic popular TV and film "looks"
- Includes looks inspired by The Matrix, Traffic, & Three Kings
- Create and save your own unique looks
- Soften the harsh edges and over saturated colors of video
- Provides 14 filters that accurately mimic damage of old film
- Film damage includes grain, splotches, scratches and projection artifacts
- Uses proprietary DeepColor technology delivering the highest quality output
- Optimized for Power Mac G5 and Intel Pentium 4
Magic Bullet for Editors has four main components
- Magic Bullet Looks: 50 preset Looks
- Look Suite Extensive: color controls to create and save your own look
- Misfire Film Damage: Realistic film damage effects
Uses
- Create and save your own unique looks.
- Add grain and scratches to mimic the look of old film with powerful film damage controls.
- Apply proprietary DeepColor technology to deliver professional quality output.
- Easy to use and install85 drop preset on timeline render done.
- Used by NBC, ABC, Disney, and Time Warner, on thousands of professional projects from Vanilla Sky to Nike commercials.
- DeepColor RT render engine for up to real-time playback and rendering. (Look Suite 2 only)
- 10 new Look presets that include looks inspired by The Island, and the CSI TV series
- Compression Correction engine removes DV & HDV artifacts for a smoother results
- Apple Motion 2 support
The Box version includes the FCP, Motion Vegas, Premiere Pro & Avid versions as well as project files to complete the tutorials in the manual.
Compatibility & System requirements
Magic Bullet Editors is a plug-in and requires a host application to operate.
Magic Bullet Editors requires one of the following
- Final Cut Pro v5.1 (or later)
- Motion 2.0
- Premiere Pro v1.5 (or later, including v2.0)
- Vegas 5.0 (or later)
- Avid Xpress or Media Composer (requires AVX 1.5)
Does not work in the following (We are considering supporting all of these host applications)
- Canopus Edius
- Ulead products
- Adobe After Effects
This plugin does not work with Final Cut Xpress.
Send us an email if you'd like to use Magic Bullet in another application
Minimum system requirement
- Mac OSX 10.3 G4 or higher, 256 RAM
- Windows XP or 2000 Pentium 3 600MHz (or equivalent), 256 RAM
Support
Red Giant Forum
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Bugs and Issues
NEW Intel-based Macs. What's the deal for MAGIC BULLET EDITORS Final Cut Pro and Motion?
Problem Magic Bullet Editors does NOT work Apple has released Final Cut Pro Studio 5.1 that supports Intel-based Mac computers including the iMac models and the !MacBook Pro (the only current Intel-based Mac models as of this posting). With this release Apple makes it possible to run Final Cut Pro, Motion and other apps at native speeds on the Intel-based Macs. On Intel-based Macs ONLY, Final Cut Pro will NOT run Magic Bullet Editors 2 plugins. Why? Apple has dropped support for After Effects-compatible plug-ins in this release on Intel-based Macs. The plugins will still work as expected on PowerPC-based systems with version 5.1.
Solution A New Version of Magic Bullet Editors 2 for Motion Red Giant Software CANNOT provide After Effects plug-ins for Final Cut Pro on Intel if there is no support from Apple. However, we will update our plug-ins to work in the Motion 2 FX Plug API for Intel Macs. That means that all plug-ins that currently run in Final Cut Pro will instead run in Motion 2.1 including Misfire plug-ins. To use the tools on a Final Cut Pro sequence you will need to export the sequence to Motion and apply the plug-ins to the clip(s) in Motion and then use the Motion sequence in Final Cut Pro before you output a final file or print to tape. This is the only solution to the current compatibility issue that Apple has created. Full workflow details and availability will be posted in May.
We are committed to continue working with Apple to solve the issue inside of Final Cut Pro, we apologize for any short term inconvenience.
Reviews
- Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Editors 2.0, by Jeremy Hanke, MicroFilmmaker Magazine, November 15, 2005
- MacWorld, by Robert Ellis
- Digital Video Editing ,By Stephen Schleicher
- Kenstone.net, By Ken Stone
- Digital Directors, By Marc Peters
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