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Company: Red Giant LLC

Price: $899; $449 (Academic version);

$299 (upgrade)

Rating:

Hot: Real-time playback in

Adobe Premiere Pro CC!

Not: Pricier than I’m comfortable recommending

Red Giant

Magic Bullet

Suite 13

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

Seven Tools Bring Intuitive, Real-Time

Color Correction to Your Timeline

Review by Rod Harlan

New Guided Setup for Colorista IV makes

color grading much simpler for beginners