Stupid question about Magic Bullet at DVinfo.net

Larry Secrest · August 14th, 2008, 07:09 PM

I'm using Vegas and I'm played a little with MB. Frankly, I'm not impressed and I think I can achieve the same stuff with the color wheels. Anyway, before I can see the effect on a media to I have to RENDER AS.....
Until I render as, it's not really there, correct?
Using VEGAS 7 e

Danny O'Neill · August 15th, 2008, 02:47 PM

No need to render, what you see in the preview is what it will look like. Although playback is generally slow.

IF you can get the look using the standard plugins then do it. Vegas is a yellow plugin (see your plugin icon goes yellow). This means rendering only uses a single core. IF you can use Sonys plugins they are green plugins which are multithreaded and use 100% of the CPU.

There are some effects vegas can do I havnt been able to re-create.

Larry Secrest · August 31st, 2008, 05:10 AM

Im actually going to stick to Vegas Effects, really, I think MB is just a distraction.
L.

Danny O'Neill · September 10th, 2008, 06:58 AM

MB editors is, but MB looks is very VERY powerful and faster. Love it so far.

Daniel Alexander · September 10th, 2008, 07:29 AM

agreed that magic bullet looks is very powerful but I have serious reservations about doing broadcast grading to a still image as opposed to a video timeline. I personally prefer to stick to colour wheels and use magic bullet for special occasions, especially now as most editors are sticking with factory presets and you can spot a 'bulleted' video a mile off. Just a personal opinion though.

Evan C. King · September 28th, 2008, 05:26 PM

It depends on what you're editing, who it's for and what works for you. MB is great, colour wheels are also great, just two different hammers for the same job.

August 14th, 2008, 07:09 PM	#1
Larry Secrest Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 404	Stupid question about Magic Bullet I'm using Vegas and I'm played a little with MB. Frankly, I'm not impressed and I think I can achieve the same stuff with the color wheels. Anyway, before I can see the effect on a media to I have to RENDER AS..... Until I render as, it's not really there, correct? Using VEGAS 7 e

August 15th, 2008, 02:47 PM	#2
Danny O'Neill Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 915	No need to render, what you see in the preview is what it will look like. Although playback is generally slow. IF you can get the look using the standard plugins then do it. Vegas is a yellow plugin (see your plugin icon goes yellow). This means rendering only uses a single core. IF you can use Sonys plugins they are green plugins which are multithreaded and use 100% of the CPU. There are some effects vegas can do I havnt been able to re-create. __________________ mintyslippers.com

September 10th, 2008, 06:58 AM	#4
Danny O'Neill Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 915	MB editors is, but MB looks is very VERY powerful and faster. Love it so far. __________________ mintyslippers.com

August 31st, 2008, 05:10 AM	#3
Larry Secrest Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 404	Im actually going to stick to Vegas Effects, really, I think MB is just a distraction. L.

September 10th, 2008, 07:29 AM	#5
Daniel Alexander Major Player Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 320	agreed that magic bullet looks is very powerful but I have serious reservations about doing broadcast grading to a still image as opposed to a video timeline. I personally prefer to stick to colour wheels and use magic bullet for special occasions, especially now as most editors are sticking with factory presets and you can spot a 'bulleted' video a mile off. Just a personal opinion though.

September 28th, 2008, 05:26 PM	#6
Evan C. King Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 532	It depends on what you're editing, who it's for and what works for you. MB is great, colour wheels are also great, just two different hammers for the same job.