The scopes on the right can be switched between either a slice graph or the RGB levels, and the tool chain, consisting of tools for the subject, matte, lens, camera or post. The preview window shows the effects of the applied looks and any parameter adjustments you might make. The info bar at the top contains where you choose the genre of looks you wish to view, your zoom settings, your on/off graphs and RGB levels. The supplied video tutorial explains it clearly and got me up to speed in just a few minutes. The Magic Bullet Looks interface is considerably different than its' predecessor. There are 6 parts to the Looks Builder interface which is intuitive and easy to navigate and use. This brings up the Looks Builder window where different looks can be viewed, adjusted and applied.
Once a Magic Bullet Looks filter is applied one clicks on the edit button found in the filters tab in Final Cut Pro or the effects Controls in After Effects. In the previous version, while many looks were offered, they were difficult to adjust and impossible for the Final Cut Pro user to share a project with an After Effects editor. It is the 3rd generation of Magic Bullet and replaces both Magic Bullet Editors and Looks Suite functionality from Magic Bullet Suite. Magic Bullet Looks helps you create a look that will define the mood of your sequence. Rarely do you come across as complete a makeover of an application, as I am witness to with the Magic Bullet Looks. Usually they include some different features or improve its efficiency. Most of us have seen interesting upgrades from time to time. And then there is the star of the suite, Magic Bullet Looks that may be purchased for $399.00 separately. The Magic Bullet Colorista version 1.0 sells for $199.00, as does the Magic Bullet Frames version 1.0. I do wish that it were a bit easier to utilize as it takes some time to do the conversion, but once completed, the results were excellent. I have not gone back to Instant HD for the purpose of this review but it did its job very well up-converting Standard Definition footage to HD. The first of the four is Red Giant's Instant HD which I reviewed here June, 2006 and sells for $99.00 as an individual application. Each application can be bought separately, but if you don't have any of them, then I would certainly consider purchasing the suite in its' entirety. Magic Bullet Looks, MB Frames, MB Colorista and Instant HD make up the entire suite. In the new Magic Bullet Suite you are actually getting four separate applications which can be used in Final Cut Pro, Motion 3, Adobe After Effects, or all three. Motion templates are available from 't let that $799.00 scare you off before you read this.Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.6 tested using a 5-minute project with 8K Apple ProRes 422 media, at 8192-by-4320 resolution and 29.97 frames per second. Testing conducted by Apple in September 2021 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Max, 10-core CPU, and 32-core GPU, as well as production 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9–based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Radeon Pro 5600M graphics with 8GB of HBM2, all configured with 64GB of RAM and 8TB SSD.Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.6 tested using a 5-minute project with 4K Apple ProRes 4444 media, at 3840-by-2160 resolution and 23.98 frames per second, transcoded to Apple ProRes 422.
Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.6 tested using a 1-minute picture-in-picture project with seven streams of Apple ProRes 422 video at 8192-by-4320 resolution and 30 frames per second, as well as a 1-minute picture-in-picture project with 30 streams of Apple ProRes 422 video at 3840-by-2160 resolution and 29.97 frames per second.