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Kona and Magic Bullet Looks
I posted this over in the Magic Bullet Forum but think I might get a better answer here.
(from a previous post I found about using Magic Bullet Looks)
[Dean Stapleton] “2. Be sure you are not using a Matrox, AJA or Blackmagic type card if you are please disable this card on your system. These may cause Magic Bullet Looks to operate incorrectly.”Just curious… what are some workflows to get Looks to render correctly with a system with an AJA Kona card? Guess I’m out of the loop as I haven’t heard this as a reason for the render errors. By saying that the Kona and Blackmagic cards are incompatible with Looks is like saying that 3/4th’s of your user-base shouldn’t be using the plug-in. Is there going to be a fix?
tony
tony
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WHoever said that is a moron. How the heck are you supposed to view what you are doing without a capture card and external monitor?
Shane
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Shane, do you use Looks at all, and if so, how do you overcome the intermittent render errors? The one I get the most is that the highlights in the footage blow-out terribly only on a render. I’ve had some success with lowering the opacity of the clip to 99% and then render again but that doesn’t always work.
tony
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I used it for a day or two but gave up. I didn’t care for the interface. I must prefer using Colorista 2.
Although now that I think about it, I don’t think there was a way to monitor externally with LOOKS and a capture card. Maybe that’s why I gave up on it. I don’t rightly remember.
Shane
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There is no output to the kona using looks while you are prepping (building) a look. If you have an approximate idea of the difference between your computer display and HD/SD SDI monitor some cool looks can be achieved. as soon as the look is applied it is available on the Kona because now you’re back in the FCP environment. It is a trick to fine tweak. I use it as a plugin in FCP
Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN
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