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New Guided Setup for Colorista IV makes
Red Giant Magic Bullet
Seven Tools Bring Intuitive, Real-Time Color Correction to Your Timeline
Review by Rod Harlan
color grading much simpler for beginners
Red Giant released the latest version of its suite of color-grading and -finishing tools for filmmakers, Magic Bullet Suite 13. This most recent version consists of seven tools, six of which are upgrades from previous versions (Magic Bullet Looks 4, Colorista IV, Denoiser III, Mojo II, Cosmo II, and Film 1.2), with the introduction of the new addition to the suite, Magic Bullet Renoiser.
All the tools in this latest upgrade are now GPU accelerated for maximum speed and, even better, they now offer real-time playback of the effects due to OpenCL support in Adobe Premiere Pro CC! Let’s take a quick look at what each of these tools can do for you.
Looks 4.0: With the addition of 50 new presets, this tool now has over 200 ways for you to apply a Hollywood design style quickly to any of your clips. You can modify the presets, save your favorites, and even create a reference library for comparison. A handy new feature in the updated scopes area is the ability to resize the scope to show further detail and, in particular, the fact that you can now zoom in and out of the hue/saturation scope.
Colorista IV: This handy color-correction tool now includes a step-by-step process for accurate and speedy shot balancing called “Guided Color Correction.” Then, with the inclusion of the new Colorista Panel, you can turn Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects into top-notch color-grading tools. With the addition of custom
Suite 13
Company: RedGiantLLC
Price: $899;$449(Academicversion); $299 (upgrade)
Rating:
Hot: Real-timeplaybackin Adobe Premiere Pro CC!
Not: PricierthanI’mcomfortablerecommending
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