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I was playing around with Magic Bullet and did a color enhancement of one of the hand held clips I shot at the bookstore today. I used one of the Looks presets. This is the result. (I apologize for the shaky footage, but I'm learning to shoot hand-held. Any pointers, outside of using a stabilizer, would be greatly appreciated.)

This is a great product and I love the limitless color enhancement possibilities that Looks offers, but I was shocked and amazed at the EXTREMELY long rendering time. The above clip is 1 min, 14 sec long; the rendering time was 17 minutes. That's compared to the last video I made, which was 4 min 12 sec long and only took about 9 minutes to render. I'm sorry, but I think that's ridiculous. That being the case, I will definitely use MB Looks sparingly. And when I do use it for a full video, I will have to set it to render before I go to bed.

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Janaka Jayawardena 7 months ago

As someone who has really crummy hand-held skills (think Blair Witch nausea), I've found that using a monopod with my HV30 and using it to guide the camera (using both hands on the monopod) helps me get somewhat better moving shots. If you look at my stuff, the zombie walk videos were entirely done with the monopod in motion. Granted, that still meant I had tons of unusable footage because I don't have the steadiest hands but it would be loads worse for me if I didn't use the monopod. On the SF city/bay stuff, I also used the monopod but was resting on it for stability. It's a good compromise when you are on the go, willing to deal with the somewhat unwieldy nature of the monopod, but don't have the time or patience to set up a tripod.
urban:masala 7 months ago

Thanks for your comments, Janaka. I've thought of using a monopod, but from the reviews and comments I've read and some of the footage I've seen, it still takes a LOT of practice to get them to work properly. I've also heard they can be heavy and tiring. To me, it doesn't seem like the end results justify the expense or the hassle.

I would like a decently priced stabilizer that provides more solid support and is easier to learn to use. What do you recommend?
Glen Raj 6 months ago

This looks great! Are you using Magic Bullets with Sony Vegas or FCS/FCP?
urban:masala 6 months ago

Thanks, Glen. I'm using MB Looks with Vegas.
Shawn Landersz 3 months ago

this is neat!