Eduardo Portas Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Hello everyone,I use FCPX to edit, color correct and grade, but I feel a lot of time is wasted with its native toolset to achieve a "look".Seeing that MB Looks now includes a similar feature to Film Convert called "Magic Bullet Film", does it make financial sense to spend a little bit more and get the MB?I would like to know your experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrik Lyhne Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 If you are just looking for better tools I think Color Finale for 99$ is worth a look. They also have free trials. I think it's easier and faster to use CF combined with native FCPX tools but it depends on your needs and skills I guess. Sorry, I don't have any experience with the FC or MB.FYI, I'm just a newbie.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubrickian Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 The stronger looks in MB Looks have a tendency to stretch 8 bit footage way beyond its limit. Film convert always looks great and is easy to use, but is much more limited as a color grading application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzynormal Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I like Looks because it's quick and easy and I've found my own special recipe for a lot of my footage. But yes, you don't want to push 8-bit too hard. That's true regardless though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utsira Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 ImpulZ LUTs are nice too. You can buy them in a bundle with LUT Utility (an FCPX plugin). I'm not sure if they've been bundled with their newer product Color Finale yet. I installed the trial of Finale, it has slightly better options for managing lots of LUTs, compared to the older LUT Utility. You get film grain clips too with ImpulZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benymypony Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I would go for Magic Bullet Looks !More expensive but more versatile in my opinion.It's an all-in-one tool, you will have more fun to play with it, it's perfect to start.And there are a lot of tutorials on Youtube about how-to-use, like this one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z78NI-nL4o0What you can do with Film Convert or Color Finale, you can do it with Magic Bullet Looks.Also in Magic Bullet Looks you have the scopes, and it can be really helpful fuzzynormal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Portas Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Thank you all for your opinions. At the end I picked Film Convert, just because I mainly shoot with 8-bit codecs andthe various examples I saw comparing both of them featured a "heavy hand" when showing footage graded with MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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