According to a MacCentral story, MB's planning a new FCP plug-in product, "Magic Bullet for Editors", to be demonstrated at NAB. There is no announcement on Red Giant's site at this writing.

MacCentral story here. (http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/04/07/magic/index.php?redirect=1081368861000)

(I was hoping they'd drop that idiotic product name.)

I just tried out the demo of the Sapphire plugins and I really liked their film effect plug in but $600 is too steep for my budget.

So this looks like just the thing for me. I've been checking out the Magic Bullet Suite and I was wishing they would break out just the looks part of the program. I'm happy with the frame mode on the GL2, so I don't need/want the deinterlacing.

Try as I might, I have never gotten I look I'm happy with using just the FCP native tools (I'm sure it's my lack of skill/ability). I will gladly plunk down the $299 for this.

Yeah, the name is stupid but I sure like the look of all the examples I've seen using the Magic Bullet Suite :)

You should also check out my Film Effects plugin, which does everything the full MB does (and more) for a much more affordable price, and is FCP native and available now.

Graeme

Hello Graeme. I just downloaded the demo and I'm giving it a try but I have a question. The manual says "Once you've found the one you like (preset), you can render it as is, or delete the G Film Presets Explorer from your clip and apply the same named preset, and have all the familiar G Film Plus controls available to tweak the preset to your needs."

I'm probably missing something but I can't figure out how to apply the preset I want to use when I delete the preset explorer and then add the G Film Plus plug in. Help...

Sorry, but I don't include all the individual presets as individual FCP filters as it takes me ages to update them for a release. There's very little in the way of automation for creating FCP filters, and to do that many is quite labourious, especially when it's for a demo and a full release together!

So for the demo, you can start from scratch with the G Film Plus, or you can explore the presets to give you a feel of what is possible.

Thanks,

Graeme

Thanks Graeme. I get it, I'm pretty new to FCP and I'm still learning. I'll render out some of the demo presets and see how they look. I like what I've seen so far.

Red Giant's MB for Editors page (http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/mbforeditors.html) is now up.

Availability: April 16, 2004.

So it's just the "looks" and not the 24p they're selling for $299.

Graeme

I've used both Magic Bullet and the Nattress Film Effects, and I must say, Nattress Film Effects is a steal for only 100 dollars, especially since its FCP native and theres no need to enter AE just for a "film look".

Eddie

So what's the main difference between the full
version and the Editor version? Just the 24P
conversion?
By the way, a very successful videographer
I know of says Graeme's G Film is the best "film look" program currently available.
So Graeme, when are you coming out with
the Windows version?