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Electronic Makeup Artist or Beauty Box?
As a way to do my part in the eternal struggle to make people look like movie stars (and keep clients happy), I would like to use either Electronic Makeup Artist (Sheffield) or Beauty Box (Digital Anarchy), or even some other filter.
If someone out there has actually tried both, and has an opinion, I’d love to hear it.
Thanks!
Bob C
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8 Replies
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Beauty Box does a SLIGHTLY better job, but EMA still does a great job. There are demo’s for both, download and test. That’s how I knew.
Then check out the render times. 10 seconds with EMA takes 35-40 seconds to render, and 3.5 min for Beauty Box to render. If you have a LOT of stuff, then the render will take all night, PLUS!
Shane
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EMA is miraculous. Using it has amazed clients. The default settings are a great starting point and once you start playing around with it you will find your own sweet spots for various client needs.
I cannot comment on Beauty Box because I’ve never used it…ever needed to us it, cause EMA does everything I need and more.
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Just an fyi, regarding Beauty Box speed…
We’re working on a GPU-optimized update that should be available around NAB (April). It’ll be a free update and should improve the render times significantly.
cheers,
Jim
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I used Electronic Makeup Artist in a project a while back that made the woman I used it on cry. She told me that she hadn’t looked that good in 15 years… it works man. It’s magic.
Jerry
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[Jerry Hofmann] “She told me that she hadn’t looked that good in 15 years… it works man. It’s magic.”
That’s it, then, Jerry.
I’m gonna get it and use on myself.
Bob C
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One more candidate: Re:Vision Effects SmoothKit. Would this work as well as EMA/BB?
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I only wish…
I do like it though and it’s very easy to use. I’m doing some DVD’s for the COW and I’m gonna use it on myself… too bad it doesn’t remove BAGS under the eyes, it minimizes any color difference. But Preparation H shrinks the bags… LOL. The models I worked with over the years told me about that little trick. It really does work too.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski.
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
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Bob,
I’d recommend downloading the demos of all three and trying them. All three products have free trials, so you can see the results on your footage and how intuitive it is to use each of them.
cheers,
Jim Tierney
Digital Anarchy
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