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Last week I was a guest on 16x9Cinema.com’s Digital Convergence podcast. Hosts Carl Olson & Chris Fenwick took me through a range of discussion topics related to color grading. Chris asked me about how I get Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Looks to update to my external broadcast monitor while I’m working in the Looks interface.

(In case you’re unaware, Final Cut Pro doesn’t allow custom interfaces to output live updates to the video card… the final ‘look’ needs to be applied to the clip before it is output to the external monitor.)

I mistakenly answered Chris that I don’t have a solution to this problem – forgetting that I came up with a viable workaround earlier this year.

So. This Video Tutorial is my mea culpa to Chris & Carl. It’s about how you can control Magic Bullet Looks and get live updates to an external monitor – in real time! It also features a quick little demo using Knoll Light Factory with Magic Bullet Looks to create a ‘dream sequence’ feel.

Threaded comments are turned on for this post – please post a comment. Below the video are all the relevant links for this post. Enjoy!

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You’ll the “Enlarge” button to go full screen…

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Links:

• 16x9Cinema.com
• Digital Convergence Podcast #40
• Red Giant Software’s “Magic Bullet Looks” (with annoying autostart video) | Buy from Toolfarm (affiliate link)
• Red Giant Software’s “Knoll Light Factory” | Buy from Toolfarm (affiliate link)

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FTC Disclosure
I have not received compensation, goods, or services from anything mentioned in this post or in the Video Tutorial. I hope, one day, this might change. Affiliate links are clearly marked, resulting in a commission on sales (and helps support TaoOfColor.com).