Magic Bullet Looks
Explore 300+ looks presets, build a grade from stackable color, lens, and finishing tools, and make adjustments to any parameter. Magic Bullet Looks includes ACES and OpenColorIO support as well as built-in scopes.
Cinematic color grading
For editors, colorists, and filmmakers looking to get cinematic results right in their editing timeline
Red Giant brings industry-leading color tools directly into your favorite editing software. Cut and adjust your footage, then build the look you want. Emulate filmstock with Film, instantly apply cinematic palettes with Mojo, and access 300+ adjustable presets with Magic Bullet Looks. Finish with expert skin retouching using Cosmo and noise reduction with Denoiser. Red Giant is compatible with After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Autograph, and Cinema 4D.
What is color grading?
Color grading is the creative stage of post-production where color, contrast, and tone of footage are adjusted to set an overall mood and establish a particular stylistic look across a project. It comes in tandem with color correction, which neutralizes exposure and white balance to a clean baseline. Where color correction fixes technical issues, color grading transforms footage for creative interpretation.
Create striking visuals that audiences are drawn to with Red Giant’s color grading tools like Magic Bullet Looks, Colorista, Mojo, and more. For a complete color-managed workflow through a larger pipeline, Magic Bullet Looks supports ACES and OpenColorIO.
Benefits
Color grading right inside your editor
Skip the back and forth
Sending footage to a separate grading application and back costs time and complicates the editing process. Red Giant color tools run directly in your editing timeline, so you can make cuts, color grade, and see changes against your edit, skipping the round-trip entirely.
300+ customizable looks
Magic Bullet Looks ships with more than 300 presets built to evoke recognizable film and television styles. Hover to preview a look against your own frame, apply it, then tweak to make it your own. All preset tools are adjustable so you can achieve the look you want. ACES and OpenColorIO support ensures optimized color management when scaling to a larger pipeline.
One color toolkit, everywhere you work
Whether you are editing in an NLE or working on VFX details in compositing software, Red Giant tools work across a variety of hosts. Magic Bullet Looks runs in After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Unreal Engine, Autograph, and Cinema 4D, so a look you build in one host moves with you to the next. With Maxon One, the color tools sit alongside Cinema 4D, Redshift, and the rest of Red Giant under one subscription.
Our Users
Built for you
Capabilities
Built for the look, not just the fix
Look development without baking it in
A LUT bakes one result onto your image. Magic Bullet Looks builds looks from stackable color, lens, and finishing tools you can reopen and readjust at any point.
- 300+ adjustable cinematic presets
- Stackable color, lens, and camera tools
- Hover preview against your own frame
- Built-in scopes for monitoring
- Save and share custom looks
- ACES and OpenColorIO color management
- Explore Magic Bullet Looks
A finished grade in a few clicks
Not every job has time for a shot-by-shot grade. Mojo sets a cinematic palette in one step, Colorista handles primary balance and skin tone on the timeline, and Film adds authentic film-stock character.
- One-step cinematic color in Mojo
- Color wheels, curves, and HSL in Colorista
- HSL skin-tone isolation
- Film-stock emulation with real grain
- Parametric HDR curves for HDR delivery
From flat footage to final color
A clip moves from technical balance, to a creative look, to clean delivery, without ever leaving the timeline you edit on.
- Balance and match with Colorista
- Build the look with Magic Bullet Looks
- Retouch skin with Cosmo
- Reduce noise and grain with Denoiser
- Monitor with built-in scopes
Red Giant color tools, right inside your editor
Red Giant tools run right in your timeline. The industry-trusted color tools install into your host application and appear as effects that you can apply to clips and layers. Grading happens in the project you’ve already built, so you don’t have to switch to a separate application. Red Giant tools are available across the most popular hosts.
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve
- Final Cut Pro
- Autograph
- Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine (Magic Bullet Looks)
Our Solutions
All you need for color grading in one go
Red Giant's color tools cover the creative grade from first balance to final delivery. Each one targets a specific job, and together they replace a patchwork of single-purpose plugins. All are included in the Red Giant subscription and in Maxon One.
PRODUCT ECOSYSTEM
Colorista
Use color wheels, curves, and HSL controls to balance shots and isolate skin tones without switching to a separate grading page or application. Colorista provides a step-by-step Guided Color Correction system for easily achieving a well-balanced shot that’s ready for color grading.
Mojo
Mojo warms highlights, cools shadows, and adds contrast for an instant graded palette that uses presets based on recognizable film looks. Quickly get a first pass when a full grade isn't on schedule.
Film
Film reproduces the color response and grain of specific stocks, giving digital footage the character of a chosen era or process, with grain handled as a real texture rather than an overlay.
Cosmo
Cosmo smooths and evens skin without masking and preserves natural texture, built for interview, broadcast, and talking-head footage where faces fill the frame.
Denoiser
Denoiser removes visible noise and grain from footage shot in low light while holding onto edge detail, recovering clips that would otherwise be unusable.
Tutorials
Learn color grading at your own pace
Maxon Cineversity includes tutorials for every Red Giant color tool, from getting the first look to using the tools in color-managed pipelines.
Magic Bullet Looks 101: A Fun and Easy Guide
Maximus Raharjo
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How to use OpenColorIO and ACES in Magic Bullet Looks
Maximus Raharjo
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Colorista IV Guided Color Correction
Red Giant
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How to get started with Maxon's color grading tools
Color grading with Red Giant tools happens inside the editor you already use. Install the tools once, then apply them as effects to clips and layers like any other plugin. Go from working on technical balance, to the creative look, to a clean finish without switching applications.
1. Balance the footage
Start with primary color correction. Set exposure and white balance, match shots to each other, and isolate skin tones with HSL controls, so the baseline is neutral before any creative color is applied.
2. Build the look
Open Magic Bullet Looks and start from a preset or a blank stack. Layer color, lens, and finishing tools, preview against your own frame, and adjust every parameter until the look is yours. Save it to reuse across the project.
3. Finish and clean up
Retouch skin with Cosmo where faces carry the shot and run Denoiser on anything shot in low light. Both preserve detail and the grade holds up at full resolution.
4. Deliver in your host
Since Red Giant tools work directly from within your editor, you can render straight from your host software without exporting to a separate application. Magic Bullet Looks supports ACES and OpenColorIO, ensuring color remains consistent if the project feeds a larger pipeline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between color correction and color grading?
Color correction is the technical baseline. It neutralizes exposure, white balance, and contrast, so footage looks clean and consistent. Color grading is the creative layer on top, where you set the mood and signature look. Red Giant's Colorista handles color correction on the timeline; Magic Bullet Looks handles the grade.
Can I use the 300+ presets as a starting point for a custom grade?
Yes, this is exactly how Magic Bullet Looks is built. Apply a preset, then open it and adjust any tool inside it: color, lens, contrast, grain, etc. Save the result as your own look and reuse it across a project or share it with a team.
Which editors can I use with Red Giant color tools?
Most Red Giant color tools work in After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, and Autograph. Support can vary by individual tool and host version as outlined in Maxon's compatibility documentation.
How much do Red Giant color tools cost?
The color tools are part of the Red Giant subscription. Red Giant is also included in Maxon One alongside Cinema 4D, Redshift, and ZBrush. You can download a 14-day free trial of Maxon One with no credit card required. See current plans on the pricing page.
Grade your next project
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