Magic Bullet Frames Plus

Magic Bullet Frames Plus (formerly the Magic Bullet plug-in) is the core technology of Magic Bullet Frames. It contains the award-winning technology developed at The Orphanage in a form that has been specifically engineered to require as little operator intervention as possible. There are only two sliders to control the deinterlacing process, and you may never have to move them from their default positions. But rest assured, this is not some “dumbed-down” version of the plug-in—this is the real thing.

Frames Plus UI
The Frames Plus plug-in ready for action.

Frames Plus works in a very complicated way, and thankfully, After Effects is sophisticated enough to support it. Not all compositing or finishing systems provide plug-in developers the control that After Effects provides. In order for Magic Bullet Frames to do what it does in After Effects, you must help it out by setting up your footage and your compositions properly. The plug-in itself will help you with this as much as it can, but please read this section carefully to make sure you get the best results.

Frames Plus’ main function is to convert interlaced footage to whole frames with a new frame rate of 23.976 frames per second, or 24p. So you MUST start with interlaced footage because Magic Bullet Frames Plus only deals with interlaced media. It cannot convert progressive material from one frame rate to another. This will likely be your edited project, conforming to the methods outlined in Section One. It’s worth reiterating that this footage should not be recompressed. In other words, it should be at its native size and compression format. The cleaner the footage you start with, the better the result.

If you desire only a de-interlaced output, you could also use Frames Plus to convert you footage to a progressive format such as 25p for PAL or 30p for NTSC.

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