Grading "Return to Dungeness" with Magic Bullet Looks on Vimeo

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Made for RGTV. Here is a look at the kind of things I did using Red Giant Software's Magic Bullet Looks whilst grading my short film "Return to Dungeness"

I hope it is informative, it runs at 27 minutes. It barely scratches the surface of Magic Bullet Looks. But I will be going into much more detail in later videos. This will hopefully give you a better understanding of the software.

You can the finished short film "Return to Dungeness" here: philipbloom.co.uk/films/35mm-films/return-to-dungeness/

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Joseph Palmario 7 months ago

I love magic bullet, thanks for the informative tutorials.
Alex Everingham 7 months ago

Do you have the new macbook?
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

Yes I do, but you can do all this with your old Macbook Pro too. I used to.
Alex Everingham 7 months ago

also it's really quite amazing just how much color correction and such can add to the image. Great work, nice tutorial.
Bartosz Hamerlak 7 months ago

this is really great tutorial. thanks
DIGITALVIDEOART 7 months ago

thanks for tutorial
Blanche 7 months ago

Thanxs for sharing, I'm learning a lot from some of you guys on Vimeo...I'm waiting for my Imac and then want to give a go to some more serious filming. Until now I mended pictures together (:>)

Do you know if Grading is also possible in Final Cut Express?
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

thanks! I don't know. will find out
Mathmission 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing! I've been keeping up with your videos, and enjoy them.

I know this may be a little off topic, but I was wondering if you could share your specs on the Mac Pro you're using (I'm assuming it's a pro). Thanks!
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

did it on a macbook pro, new 17" but used my old macbook pros too. I have a Mac Pro. Which is quad core 8gb, with an Aja Kona and 30" and 24" monitors.
Tracey Lee 7 months ago

Philip, thanks for sharing your info. Is the new suite better than the old one? I am thinking of upgrading.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

miles better!!!
Tracey Lee 7 months ago

perfect...i'm pulling the trigger tonight then!
Hyperfokal 7 months ago

Thanks for the great tutorial.
But is it just me or does the sound runs about 4 sec delayed?
Pedro Hassan 7 months ago

Sound running a little off.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

that's weird. maybe it's the encoding. Am uploading a new version shortly...try downloading it to see it that is better
郭磊 6 months ago

thanks philip， By the way ，how to get this software and how to get the sn？ Please reply thankyou very much！
Jerry Serna 7 months ago

Phillip thanks for sharing tips on magic bullet looks, finally someone posted information on this software. I'm really thinking on buying it soon, I just needed a video like this to fianally pull the trigger. Please make more tutorials on bullet looks.
Tom Guilmette 7 months ago

phil this is great. i thought i knew everything about this software, but i never knew about the "slideshow" feature to see all the presets! thanks!

just one question that nobody asked yet (and off topic of course), how did you do the screen record for this tutorial? and the zooms to focus attention to different areas of the computer screen?

i promise i will credit you when i steal this idea for my own site!!!

when watching vimeo full screen, the hd web vid translates so well, like you have taken control on my own desktop!

see you at nab!

tomg
Tom Guilmette 7 months ago

found the link on your site! thanks!
telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

great piece of software that! cheers Tom
Kevin Dermody 7 months ago

really informative, thanks for sharing!
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

Thanks Kevin
Hyperfokal 7 months ago

Phil, without making to much promotion. But I bought the software for 20% off with your code a few weeks ago. Thanks for that.
Great SW.
Cheers
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

Yeah it's a good deal even I say so myself. Works for Magic Bullet Quick Looks too!
Matthew Collins 7 months ago

Wow, great piece! I use MBL a lot and thought I had a pretty good handle on things but this showed me a lot of other great options!

One thing however, once the webcam section is done, the tutorial audio is panned all the way to theleft. I only had one headphone in and couldn't hear it initially. I guess you recorded mono on a stereo input and it went all the way to the left. Just FYI. Probably won't be a problem for most people but just so you're aware.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

Yeah sorry about that Matthew. It's going to be Mono on the podcast and RGTV site.
Ivan 7 months ago

Being a huge Philip Bloom fan, I was really inspired by his very interesing video about color grading with Magic Bullit and vignetting in FCP. Although I used Vegas Movie Studio instead, and no Magic Bullet, and my camera is very low budget (Canon md101/zr800) and SD, I'm really pleased with the looks of this video. For the music, I used some loops from a free 8pack.
Watch it here: vimeo.com/3988063
Tracey Lee 7 months ago

Philip, what do you do to avoid artifacts using color grading tools? I seem to get a lot of digital artifacts like blocking when I grade my footage.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

what are you shooting with Tracey? Is it HDV?
Tracey Lee 7 months ago

I am using both the Canon XHA1 and 5D MKII. I notice it on the MKII the most but I do upres to prores with the MKII clips but maybe there is still not enough information for heavier color grading.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

yeah that is problem with HDV, it's hard to grade as you get blockiness. Also Canon is low bit rate so same problem.
Chris 7 months ago

Hey Philip, I would love to see you use a swing-tilt lens on some of your shots!
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

Chris, check out my shorts "South Bank" and "Lost Times" for some lovely Swing-Tilt Shots!
Ashley Harrison 7 months ago

Philip this was a great deep dive in to MBL. I've been using for about 6 months or so but have only really scratched the surface. This video will help me take my videos to new levels. Thanks!
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

Thanks Ashley
TheWakePlace.com 7 months ago

Applied some of this here: vimeo.com/3992664

Didn't have too much time to perfect it.

Thanks for taking the time to do the screencast!
Chris Kennedy 7 months ago

smashing
dave 7 months ago

It's not that good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
marcoitaly 7 months ago

thanks posting, Phillip. very interesting.
KAZ Productions 7 months ago

Great job Phillip B., seems to be an impressive tool !
Adam Palmer 7 months ago

Thanks so much for doing this Philip! Love your work.
Tom Smith 7 months ago

Hi Philip. How far can you push this software before it wouldnt be classed as broadcast safe colouring? I take it what you have done in this video must be as you said it was for RGTV. Thanks Tom.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

Hi Tom, as long as the image stays intact and you put a broadcaste safe filter over it you will be fine. RGTV is a web based outfit.
Jacob Keeton 7 months ago

I'm really impressed Philip. I watch a lot of these tutorials but yours was especially cool to me because of the side by side film at the end. I usually find that adding effects tends to destroy a lot of visual information but the grading and extra color contrast actually adds specific visual data for the eye. I'll look forward to future videos.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

Thanks Jacob. It's my first attempt at a tutorial. Glad you liked it! Phil
Enes Kesk 7 months ago

i guess a problem with video.
can you re-up ?
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

what is the problem? it is working for me
Common Machine Prod. 7 months ago

Not working for me either. Was watching this morning around 11:30. Was half way through and it went belly up. Now is just color bars.
Common Machine Prod. 7 months ago

uh, scratch that. It's working. But showing color bars in the right hand window.
Simon Ruschmeyer 7 months ago

Hey Philip! Thx for the tutorial, really appreciate it. Keep on doing more! Best, Simon
rickflick 7 months ago

It says Sorry this video is temproarily unavailable, Please try again later. What gives?
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

refresh and see it you still have a problem!
rickflick 7 months ago

Hmmm...doesn't help. But then you're probly in England. Maybe I have to wait until the sun is overhead in Grednwich? I'll try agian later. Looks like an ad I shouldn't miss.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

weird it is working for sure in England. It is also on XR if still fails.
exposureroom.com/library/tutorials/view.aspx/22/
rickflick 7 months ago

I still get the sad face. The XR works though, so thanks. It's really a nice tutorial. Technique is good. I'm quite interested in a grading tool. Are there others on the market you've looked at?
Also, do you get commission from some of these vendors? Just curious. It would make sense if you did.
Philip Bloom 7 months ago

weird! i have used color a little but love the ease of MBL. They contacted me as I talked about their software so much so became an affiliate. People get 20% off my Bloom20 code and I get some money to help run my site. I also have a similar, much smaller deal with LetusDirect and Editor Keys. Don't get much but every little bit helps. All products I rate highly so I don't feel like a prostitute for promoting them!
rickflick 7 months ago

Fair enough. Your a good enough salesman to do well at it I would think. Thanks for all you do to promote video. As a beginner, I need all the help I can get. 8-)
Amanda C Smith 7 months ago

wow - thank you so much... I have been trying to find ways of grading for ages on FCP - once i can afford it, i think my life will be changed forever!!!
Great tutorial.
Lovely film.
Chris Crary 7 months ago

Hey Phillip,

How did you upload this video if it is more than 500mb, do you get to upload bigger files when you're a Vimeoplus member?
Terence Beal 7 months ago

Great, Philip. As always ;-)
Jon Neely 7 months ago

what paint settings do you run on your ex1 Philip?
Jon Coy 7 months ago

Magic Bullet Looks can certainly be a wonderful tool in the right hands. Great idea for a video!
Michael Towle 7 months ago

Thanks, Phil.
Rash 7 months ago

Hi Phil, great tutorial. Just bought MBL using your code for 20% off! Thanks for that..
Ed Dobry 7 months ago

I was looking at getting MB, and now after watching your video it is a must buy! Thank You Phillip.
Andrew Ventura 6 months ago

Well, I guess the secret is out... Haha, Thanks Phil
Jan van der Meer 6 months ago

Great job Phil, Dont know if you mentioned it before, but I always run a second video timeline of the origional edited project in VEGAS on top or underneath the MBL FX timeline. It works ideal to reduce some xtrm MBL FX shots by pulling down the dissolve value line!
Federico 6 months ago

great tutorial. thank You Phillip.
Matt 6 months ago

thanks Phillip for all the work you've posted, i think most of us understand the time and work involved in creating all of this. Sincerely appreciate it
Fyodor Zavizionov 6 months ago

It's very interesting! May I translate it in russian???
Urs vom Schnee 6 months ago

You're a very creative person!
Great work and thank you for the tutorial.
DiBa Festival 6 months ago

Do you dare to shoot a short film in 3 days?
You can win Canon HD cameras and a 15,000€ grant to make your audiovisual project in Barcelona.
From the 14th to the 17th of May.
dibafestival.com/dibaexpress
BrideStar.ru 6 months ago

Thanks !!!!! Cool !
Arturo Marinho 6 months ago

Phil, from argentina, how much percent or amount destructive for video signal MBL is? I'm workin on dvcam rigth now, so, I need to know this before purchase MBL. Thxs a lot, great approach to try define memories!
Carlos 6 months ago

Es un poco destructivo, mas si lo trabajas con 8 bit de profundidad, ahora si trabajas con clip de 10 bits se comporta de maravillas. Te paso un dato, yo suelo hacer toda mi edicion en 8 bit tal cual capturo, en mi caso con una sony ex1. y luego inflo todo a 10 bit. por eje. quicktime pro res. y hago el degradado con MBL y la diferencia es increible. Pruebalo tu mismo y veras de lo que hablo.

Carlos desde españa (uruguayo)
Carlos 6 months ago

pretty cool!!!

thanks from spain
Makinov 6 months ago

Hey man, great tutorial. I've been playing around with Magic Bullet Looks on my latest edit, so it's good to get a bit of clarity on a few bits. Your finished article looks great too!
Samuel Laubscher 6 months ago

My favorite part is the cat jumping around at the beginning! Haha!

Thanks for posting. Keep up the wonderful work.
Donny Romanazzi 5 months ago

Possibly the best MBL tutorial I've seen so far. Thanks Mr Bloom!
xELstudio 5 months ago

This is hot. Thanks so much for posting this. I read about this software all the time, but to actually see pre- and post- footage to see what a difference it makes is priceless.
Waynester 5 months ago

Is the audio really low when the tutorial starts? or is it just me?
Marcin Szpiglewski 4 months ago

Did you try the same with Apple Color?
Jen brannstrom 3 months ago

Very useful tutorial, thanks for making this!
eLIUD rAMIREZ 3 months ago

HEyyy ..Amazing !!
I Wanna USe it !!
cool shoots very poetic very ..cartier bresson Eye :)
...What Camera do YOU use 4 record this ??
Amila Galappatthi 3 months ago

Thanks you very much! Learned a lot.
dalvideoguy 3 months ago

Hello Philip, what do you think of Color and the new Final Cut studio upgrades?

Thx!
Kenny Mcmillan 3 months ago

Hello, I hate to bother you with this question that im sure you answered somewhere down the line, but do you have any clue to if MBL works well and without problems on fce4? I am aware the MBL website says it doesnt, but i have seen some videos and read about how it does work with fce4. I just need to know for sure, before spending the money ! Thanks
Jeff Lively 3 months ago

Thanks for this Philip - very helpful - like a typical 'dude' I've been stumbling thru Magic Bullet often doing more harm than good. This will allow me to still avoid reading the instructions!

Have appreciated your opinions on gear the last year or so - not to mention your sweet freakin' imagery - finally decided I should give credit where credit is due and say your openness is appreciated I'm glad it seems to be paying off for you in the types of gigs (shooting & speaking) you are getting recently, you deserve it.
Sesa Video 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing tips about magic bullet looks. Well done.
Alexandros Hadjicostas 2 months ago

Thanks Philip!!!!
Luma1 1 month ago

Gracias Philip, muchas gracias por compartir tu informacion, este tutorial es de mucha ayuda para mucha gente, que trabaja grading en apple color u otros sofware.
Eres increible men, gracias por todo.
Sam McCready 1 month ago

thanks for your help Philip, actually Im thinking about to buy something like this. Just thought...can be camera man sad after he will see what editor made with his footage :) ?? its absolutely different...
christian anderl 14 days ago

great tutorial, thanks for sharing!
do you also use mojo from magic bullets? or is looks quite the same with more possibilities?