I tried every one of them and had a lot of fun, not in the least because this is the first truly professional colour grading/looks suite that I don’t have to switch applications for to work with. The new Suite includes one completely new application, Magic Bullet Film, and new versions of Looks, Colorista, Mojo and Cosmo (which also for the first time runs within Final Cut Pro X).

That’s the first big change - improvement in my book - that makes Magic Bullet Suite 12 a need-to-upgrade. It preferred Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro or FCP 7. Until recently, Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Suite didn’t run from within Final Cut Pro X. Magic Bullet Suite apps are also faster and the interface fonts finally look perfect. You don’t need Adobe After Effects anymore to get perfect skin colour or to work with Colorista. With Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 12, you get a myriad ways to create perfect video in terms of colour accuracy, colour creativity and film emulation - in any editing environment, including Final Cut Pro X.

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