DvShade Easylooks is a color grading plugin for FCP/Express/Motion that is part of FxFactory that you can use without purchasing FxFactory…pretty cool. I absolutely love this plugin. By just adding this one filter you have over 30 presets at your fingertips to make your ordinary footage look extraordinary.

Usability

It is so easy to use. The plugin is located in the filters tab along with all your other FCP filters. Just drag and drop on the timeline or in the viewer of the clip you select.

Once you click on the filters tab in the Viewer you can choose anyone of the 32 presets.

Glad to say that DvShade comes with a help button in the filter that opens a PDF explaining each parameter so you understand how to use it. I love it because now I understand what Techni does…Techni will transform the colors in an image to mimic that of older film shooting and processing methods.

You can manipulate any of the presets and make them your own. Once you do you can save your preset and name it to use later. Nice!

If you have a unique preset you can submit it to DvShade’s Look Repository and they will host it on their website for other users to download and use for free. I love that aspect of community and availability. Kudos to DvShade.

Tech Specs

1.Make sure you meet the minimum system requirements.
2.Download the latest version of FxFactory here. No purchase of FxFactory is necessary to run DVShade EasyLooks.
3.Install FxFactory.
4.Quit and restart Final Cut Pro/Motion/After Effects if they are running.
5.A demo of DVShade EasyLooks and the FxFactory plugins will now be available in Final Cut Studio 2 and After Effects. After your 15 free days are up a watermark will be applied.

System Requirements
FxFactory 2.0.3
Final Cut Studio 2
Final Cut Pro 6.0+
Motion 3.0+
Final Cut Express 4.0+
PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Processor
Graphics Cards Supported:
ATI Radeon 9550, 9650, 9600, 9600 XT, 9700, 9800, 9800 XT
ATI Radeon X800, X850, X1600, X1900 XT
ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT, 2600 PRO, 2600 XT
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600, 9700, 9800, X1600
NVIDIA GeForce 6600, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL
NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 7800 GT, 7800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, 8800 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, 5600

Price Point

$49…if your a newbie to editing this is essential and easy to use. For an experienced editor this package is a treat to use. You get great results quickly and can manipulate the presets to make it your own. This is a great price to quickly add some cool looking color effects to any of your videos. You can download and test DvShade Easylooks 2.0 with FxFactory Pro and test out the plugin for free for 15 days. Give it a shot.

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