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Hey Guys,

I've scoured the internet for an answer to this question but have been unsuccessful: Does Magic Bullet Looks play nice in a 32bit work-flow?

I'm following the Adobe Whitepaper HDTV work-flow to the tee, yet when I open looks in my 32bit project in AECS4, it appears I'm being double gamma-ed! I'm getting a nasty crushed image that doesn't correspond to what I see in after effects.

What am I missing? Do I just need to stick to Colorista?

Regards, Jake Jelicich

March 5, 2010 | Jake Jelicich

Hi Jake,

Looks does indeed play nice with a 32-bit workflow. All of its processing is 32-bit.

But it does expect video input by default. You'll need to get a little advanced to make Looks work with linear-light images.

First, in LooksBuilder, go into Preferences and set Input/Output Processing to Advanced. Click OK.

Now you should see four tabs at the top of your screen: Input, Look, Preview, and Output.

Click on Input. Turn sRGB OFF, and enter a gamma of 1.0.

Now go to Preview, de-select the chain icon (Gang), and turn sRGB ON.

You now have a setup in Looks that takes linear in, gives linear out, but previews with sRGB gamma.

March 5, 2010 | Stu

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