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BJ_M wrote on 6/2/2004, 8:06 PM
well -- the 50 or so for MB for AE all work .. but MB might not like us passing those around ...

you can make your own also by just editing the exsisting ones in your xml editor


Stonefield wrote on 6/2/2004, 9:36 PM


MB ??
Grazie wrote on 6/2/2004, 9:43 PM
I think this is the Magic Bullet [ MB ] s/w? It comes "bundled" with V5 - yeah?

Grazie
jmeredith wrote on 6/2/2004, 9:44 PM
MB = Magic Bullet

which is part of the full name of the product i.e., Magic Bullet Movie Looks made by a company called Red Giant
FrankieP wrote on 6/2/2004, 10:41 PM
"well -- the 50 or so for MB for AE all work .. but MB might not like us passing those around ... "

So what you're saying is that if you drag all 50 or so .aex MB for AE files to a certain folder in your Vegas plugins installation folder, you can use it?

Don't you have to have Boris Red GL to use AE effects in Vegas?

Just curious...
B_JM wrote on 6/3/2004, 8:52 AM
The presets are not AEX files .. they are something else in the preset folder (i forgot name now, not at that machine) - they use same suffix as the vegas presets ...

SCErwin wrote on 6/3/2004, 11:05 AM
Does anyone know where the existing presets are stored or what extension they use?
jsteehl wrote on 6/3/2004, 12:43 PM
Just do a search for "*.mbl" on your C: drive.
mark2929 wrote on 6/3/2004, 1:59 PM
Just had a look it appears that AE MB Presets can be used in Vegas Although Vegas Presets cannot be used in AE... ALSO The preset File sizes in The Vegas Presets are VERY Small Compared to the File sizes In AE presets 2 KB oR SMALLER.... but AE SIZES are 286 KB
B_JM wrote on 6/3/2004, 2:20 PM
as i said -- they all can be used .. the AE file sizes are larger because there is a sample image embeded into the ae presets .. doesnt mater and can even be stripped out if you dont like ..


mark2929 wrote on 6/3/2004, 3:02 PM
Thanks B_JM ... Also you have solved the problem of Larger file sizes I was having ! The presets in Vegas also work in AE.. What threw me was usually you would see what the preset looks like (The Picture) before Loading (AE) I just assumed it dident work when the Picture did not appear But if you just press load then it LOADS ....
filmy wrote on 6/3/2004, 5:56 PM
Just a word about the pre sets from the full version - they will all "load" however they don't all work...at least not fully. After Effects works on a lot deeper level than Vegas so what goes on is AE is *not* exactly that same as what goes on in Vegas. If Tim is floating around he can sort of draw a little comparrision with BigFX FilmFX for AE and the Vegas version - example is that many of us who use the AE version were a bit let down that the port over to Vegas was not an "all in one" set up. Tim explained that because of thae way Vegas handled things it could not handle it the same way. My point is that some of the MB suite presets, such as Bleech Bypass, are not fully functional from AE to Vegas.
B_JM wrote on 6/3/2004, 8:50 PM
i thought that one works -- from the HD version of MB anyway ..

I'm using the HD presets -- though of course Vegas still is severally crippled in that you cant render TO hd or film using the MB movie looks - which takes a LOT away from using movie looks in the first place ..

looking at the MB dlls for AE and vegas -- they are ALMOST the same name, but didnt work yet interchangeably