User manual PINNACLE MAGIC BULLET LOOKS CONFIGURATION COOKBOOK V1.02

[. . . ] MAGIC BULLET LOOKS FOR PINNACLE STUDIO 12 Getting Started Online Help Installation Support What is Magic Bullet Looks SE?Copyright Red Giant Software License Features of Looks SE System and GPU Requirements Preparing for Looks SE Presets Looks Library (90 Presets) LooksBuilder SE Interface LooksBuilder SE Overview What is a Look?Info Bar and Help Preview Area Looks Drawer and Presets Tools and Controls Tools Chain Hands-On Mode Application Reference Studio Plug-in Reference Welcome to Magic Bullet Looks Studio Edition v1. 0 help!Click on a subject and the corresponding instructions will open in this frame. [. . . ] The light value is calibrated in stops like a camera exposure control and can be adjusted by up to plus or minus 16 stops. The gamma in the Advanced I/O Input tab influences how the stops are measured. Stops: with a 1. 0 gamma, each positive stop doubles the amount of light, each negative stop halves it. Pinnacle Studio 12 60 MAGIC BULLET LOOKS FOR PINNACLE STUDIO 12 Grad Exposure (appears in Subject, Matte, Lens, Camera, or Post) The Grad Exposure tool applies exposure adjustment in a soft rectangular area with rotation and falloff controls. The gamma setting in the Advanced I/O Input tab influences how the stops are measured. Stops: with a 1. 0 gamma, each positive stop doubles the amount of light, each negative stop halves it. X1, Y1, X2, Y2: establishes the positions of the start and end of the gradient Falloff: weights the gradient toward one end or the other of the gradient Color Balance: tints the exposed regions Pinnacle Studio 12 61 MAGIC BULLET LOOKS FOR PINNACLE STUDIO 12 Gradient (appears in Matte) The Gradient tool adds a colored tint, like a matte box gradient, with control over color, falloff, and strength. Stops: with a 1. 0 gamma, each positive stop doubles the amount of light, each negative stop halves it. X1, Y1, X2, Y2: establishes the positions of the start and end of the gradient Falloff: weights the gradient toward one end or the other of the gradient Strength: specifies the extent to which the effect is applied Exposure Compensation: corrects any resulting changes in overall exposure. Color: the color of the filter ­ typically bright and saturated. Pinnacle Studio 12 62 MAGIC BULLET LOOKS FOR PINNACLE STUDIO 12 Lightflex (appears in Matte) The Lightflex tool emulates the flashing of light in the film box. This has the effect of lowering the contrast of the scene that the camera photographs. The actual Lightflex device was used by cinematographer Freddie Francis to create a filmwithin-the-film look in The French Lieutenant's Woman, and again to create the color look of Dune. Boost: lifts the black pedestal on all three channels, proportional to the Color setting Exposure Compensation: corrects for any resulting changes in overall exposure Color: the specified color is flashed into the blacks. Pinnacle Studio 12 63 MAGIC BULLET LOOKS FOR PINNACLE STUDIO 12 Sky Filter (appears in Matte) The Sky Filter tool emulates the look of a polarizer on a blue or partially blue sky. The digital version doesn't control reflections but does add saturation and contrast to a sky. Tint: determines the relative amount of blue or green in the sky color. Strength: specifies the extent to which the effect is applied where 0 produces no result and 100% causes a strong blue tint. Exposure Compensation: corrects for any resulting changes in overall exposure. Pinnacle Studio 12 64 MAGIC BULLET LOOKS FOR PINNACLE STUDIO 12 Spot Exposure (appears in Subject, Matte, Lens, Camera, or Post) The Spot Exposure tool controls the light in a circular area of the image with on-screen adjustments for size and position. Stops: with a 1. 0 gamma, each positive stop doubles the amount of light, each negative stop halves it. Center: the center of the blur region (and the least blurred area), expressed as percentage offset from the image center. Radius: size of the area outside which the blur operation is at full strength Spread: threshold/softening region feathers the radius Falloff: sets the median point between the Radius and Spread Color Balance: tints the exposed regions Pinnacle Studio 12 65 MAGIC BULLET LOOKS FOR PINNACLE STUDIO 12 Star Filter (appears in Matte) The Star Filter tool generates 2-point star shapes on overbright areas of an image, emulating the look of a star filter on a real camera. Threshold: the luminance level above which highlights are picked up by the flare. Threshold Softness: introduces softness into the boundaries of the Threshold region, softening the overall flare effect naturally. Color: Shifts the color of star from the overbright color tint toward a pure color. Pinnacle Studio 12 66 MAGIC BULLET LOOKS FOR PINNACLE STUDIO 12 Warm/Cool (appears in Matte) The Warm/Cool tool creates a color temperature offset, making the image warmer (more orange) or cooler (more blue) with additional tint bias adjustment to move the color towards green or red. [. . . ] (b) copy the Software or documentation, except to the extent permitted by paragraph 2(a), or allow any other party to do so. (c) sublicense, distribute, disclose or transfer any copy of this Software or the documentation in whole or in part, to any third party, or allow any other party to do so. (d) use the Software simultaneously on more that one central processing unit, or allow any other party to do so. (e) use the Software, documentation or any portion thereof after any expiration, termination or cancellation of this agreement or any license granted hereunder, or allow any other party to do so. [. . . ]