Premier Pro 1.5 How to lose home video look for a slick movie appearance!!!!!

[Craig Howard]

I also would love a plug in that turns chicken manure into chicken pie but I have not found one yet.

🙂

[Steven L. gotz]

There was a free plugin available from Adobe when you registered Premiere Pro called “Movie Looks”.

It takes forever and a day to render, but it might help you. Also, search on “Film Look” on this and other forums. Make sure you include the archives.

You will find that you should have worried about the lighting and the way you shot the video. After the fact is a bit too late to do too much about it.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Tim Kolb]

I think Steven hit it on the head. Most of the traits you seek are achieved in the camera, not the editing system.

Proper lighting, exposure, depth of field, etc have far more to do with the “film look” than the frame rate does. Film doesn’t run “slowed down” as you suggest, but it does have less frames per second than NTSC video does.

There are cameras that will simulate this 24 frame per second look, but again, unless you’ve got a handle on the camera techniques in the first place, I doubt you’ll be satisfied with the result.

…there’s a reason why cinematographers accumulate experience and education to accel in their craft.

TimK,

Kolb Syverson Communications,
Creative Cow Host,
2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net

[Steven L. gotz]

Besides, why is everyone so concerned with looking like film? The frame rate of film is just fast enough to fool the eye in order to save money of film stock. DV uses a faster, more realistic frame rate. So that is better, right?

And video is the way you shot it. So what is so terrible about showing people what you shot? If you want it to look like film, use film!

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Tim Kolb]

[Steven L. Gotz] “And video is the way you shot it. So what is so terrible about showing people what you shot? If you want it to look like film, use film”

Old argument. Couldn’t agree more. I guess it’s just the way most look at what is “high end”.

The DVX100A is a beautiful little camera, but what made it sell was the 24p, which unfortunately in many cases in NTSC land just meant that 20% less poorly lit and shot footage was committed to tape every second. Many users thought that 24p fixed everything.

TimK,

Kolb Syverson Communications,
Creative Cow Host,
2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net

[Stefan W]

I just want a more uniform appearance. I’m making a mountain bike video, which means many sections are set faster, slower and even reverse. IN the intro for example, I have clouds and chairlifts moving at 8000 times faster. What happens is that you get clear home video look on all clips that have not been manipulated and then suddenly when the footage is slowed “and quality is reduced” it loses this clear look. It’s annoying to look at. I would rather have it all more grainy and uniform. That’s what I assume they do in professional video as well. In otherwords, if the final product looked the way it does on the computer screen during editing on dvd then I would be happy(It as a more grainy uniform look but reverts back to what I explained once burned and played on regular tv)

I’ve been reading about magic bullet movie looks. It seems to have the respect of many editors. Whats your opinion on movie looks 2.0, please respond.

stefan

[Mark Weaver]

Stefan,
I’ve been using Movie Looks 1(the free one that came with PPro)
for a year or so and just bought Magic Bullet for Editors 2. I
really like the feel of the video after it has gone through
the Movie Looks filters. Unfortunately these filters take
forever to run. Version 2 is supposed to speed things up by
using the graphics card, but I haven’t verified this personally.

As it is, right now, if I have time I use Movie Looks for
as much as possible.

Mark

[Matthias]

If Your trying to fill your colors and make not so washed out i prefer Magic Bullet editors for premiere or MB suite 2.0 for AE. They really help me with shooting weddings and def. make a difference in quality. With MB suite for AE you can deinterlace and Deartifact the footage and convert it to 24 fps. It works for me.

[Stefan W]

That sounds really encouraging! I did read about 2.0 being faster so that was why I was going to try and get it. Special mood scenes aside, is there any particular movie look the magic bullet provides that you find works the best all around???

thanks – stefan

[Mark Weaver]

Stefan,
The name has changed from Movie Looks to Magic Bullet for
Editors, but it is something like Default or Filmic. This
seems to adjust colors and contrast just to be a little
smoother. I like it for most shots. Again, it is not a
complete fix, just a simple addition to hopefully enhance
what you already shot.

Good luck.

Mark