I keep hearing about this program. I am about to goto NYFA at Universal Studios (march 1, 2004 session). There is no way I can afford to shoot all my films on 16 mm or 35 mm. I will have to shoot digital (sony pd150's. Would this program really be worth 500 dollars to me?

tough question. It will make your projects look better, but it's not a magic bullet (ha ha ha). I own it. I got it for a specific project I wanted a look and feel I couldn't/didn't have the time to recreate. You should know that everything, looks suite-wise, done in MB can be recreated for free using the bundled plugins and standard composite modes in AE--it's just a question of how. And the smart deinterlacer plugin is subtle (but effective).

I would say if your audio is great and your video looks good, MB is worth it. Otherwise, I'd put the 500 in front of the camerea or use it to increase other quality issues. Garbage in, garbage out. Plus, you should know MB isn't for render wimps or whinners--a 20 minute project took about 90 hours to render.

HTHs
joren

When I went to NYFA all the film and whatnot was supplied to me. Which course are you taking that requires you pay for it all?

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its 25,000 dollar tuition for both semesters. Plus 1,000 dollars for film processing semester one. Semester two you have the choice of filming on digital which is 1,000, 16mm which is 3500, or 35mm which is 7,000.

wow, I've got to get into the film school business. If you're already spending 27,000 bucks and want that extra edge, MB may be great for ya.

Magic Bullet Rocks

Hey Jake, just in case you didn't know, Magic Bullet is not a standalone program. It's a plugin for After Effects. You'll have to buy that, too.

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