LearnFilmbox Looks3.6

Final Cut Pro Quick Start

Install and activate Filmbox Looks

  1. Sign in to your Video Village Account and find your Filmbox Looks license page.
  2. Download the Video Village Plugins app.
  3. On the license page, select Activate on this device to launch the Video Village Plugins app and install your license automatically.
  4. In the Video Village Plugins app, select Final Cut, then select Install. (Final Cut Pro must not be running during installation.)

Color management

Create a library set to Standard Gamut SDR.

Final Cut library color processing set to Standard Gamut SDR

Disable Color Conform on all media by selecting all clips and disabling Color Conform in the Media Properties pane. This prevents Final Cut from applying a look to your footage.

Final Cut Pro Media Properties with Color Conform enabled

If you are working with clips from different cameras, you may want to convert them to one common working space using the Video Village Camera Conversion LUTs that come with Filmbox.

Add Filmbox Looks to an adjustment clip

Dragging Filmbox from Final Cut Pro's Effects browser onto an adjustment clip

In Final Cut Pro, both Filmbox Pro and Filmbox Looks use the effect named Filmbox.

We recommend applying Filmbox Looks to an adjustment clip above your footage.

  1. Choose Edit → Add Adjustment Clip and extend the clip to cover the shots you want to affect.
  2. Choose Window → Show in Workspace → Effects (or press Command-5) to open the Effects browser.
  3. Select Video Village under VIDEO and find Filmbox. You can also type Filmbox in the search field at the bottom of the browser.
  4. Drag the Filmbox effect thumbnail onto the adjustment clip in the timeline.
  5. Select that clip, choose Window → Show in Workspace → Inspector (or press Command-4), then click the Video button at the top of the inspector to access the plugin controls.

Using an adjustment clip allows Final Cut Pro to render Filmbox Looks at the timeline resolution instead of the clip resolution, which may improve performance and texture quality. You can also drag Filmbox directly onto a footage clip for shot-specific control.

Filmbox Source setting in Final Cut Pro set to Sony S-Log3 - S-Gamut3.Cine

Select the color space of your footage in the Filmbox Source setting, or select LogC4 if you are using the Video Village Conversion LUTs.

Interface Tour

Filmbox Looks interface with Source, Camera, Looks Family, Look, and characteristic controls
  • Source: Select the colorspace your footage was recorded in.
  • Camera: Adjust true Exposure, Temp, and Tint of the footage, just like on the camera.
  • Looks: Select a Look from a Family of looks with similar characteristics.
  • Look controls: Adjust basic characteristics of the selected look.

Looks Library

Looks are organized into Families that share core characteristics. “II” Families are general-purpose emulations ordered from cleanest to most filmic: grain, halation, gate weave, dust, and photochemical color character generally intensify as you move toward 8mm.

General-purpose Looks families from Clean and Commercial through 8mm
  • Clean & Commercial: Neutral color with minimal grain and halation; no weave or dust.
  • Idealized 35mm: Versatile film color with restrained grain and texture.
  • Full 35mm: Authentic 35mm color, grain, halation, dust, and weave.
  • 16mm: Gritty small-gauge texture with stronger grain, halation, and weave.
  • 8mm: Nostalgic home-movie texture with heavy grain, halation, weave, dust, and flicker.
Aesthetic Looks families including Pastel, Photography, Iconic, Vintage Cinema, Black and White, and Extreme
  • Pastel & Low-Contrast: Soft, airy color with restrained contrast.
  • Photography: Popular still-film negatives, including halation-heavy CineStill looks.
  • Iconic: Homages to movies with distinctive visual identities.
  • Vintage Cinema: Period looks based on older, often expired cinema stocks.
  • Black & White: Monochrome looks with varied tone, grain, and texture.
  • Extreme: Unconventional film looks that push color and style.

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