This is happening because we have applied Magic Bullet Looks to an adjustment layer and the plugin only displays the contents of the current layer – which, for an adjustment layer itself, is nothing. Note that our preview window (1) is currently empty. Under this tab you will find a large library of preset looks that you can quickly apply and tweak. Hidden beneath this tab you will find all of the effects that are available to you to modify your footage. These help you make accurate adjustments.

A variety of tools for visualising the colour information in your footage. Any effects applied to your clip will be listed here. Your final video with any colour adjustment effects will be displayed here. In the main comp the white background disappears because of the blending mode. Inside the precomp Looks sees everything as 100% opaque. In your main comp click the 'continuous rasterization' option (looks like a little sun icon) for that pre-comp layer, and that should resolve the issue. Then set the blending mode for the solid to Multiply.Ħ. Then below your footage add a solid that fills the whole background area.Ĥ. Inside the precomp add Looks on an adjustment layer above your footage.ģ. Precompose the element(s) you want to apply Looks to that needs to maintain an alpha edge.Ģ. My fairly easy work-around that seems to work ok is the following:ġ. Using a black background is useless if one is trying to use any of the myriad of effects in Looks to blend a CG element into a background plate for example - such as adding halation to just the rendered elements. If Magic Bullet Looks doesn't work well with transparency layers, an actual work around would be finding a way to utilize the effects needed from Looks while taking the transparency issue into account. This is a half answer that doesn't provide an effective solution.

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