Tutorials for the Beauty Box Video Effects Plugin

The Beauty Box Video plugin is easy to use. You almost don't need tutorials to use this video effects software! It's always good to see how you can push software to perform even better than we imagined, so read on.

Beauty Box Video Manual

Download the Beauty Box Manual. It's a fast way to learn the video plugin.

Beauty Box Video Manual for Sony Vegas Pro

This goes over the features that are specific to Sony Vegas Pro. Primarily the Masking section, as all other features function the same as in other host applications.

Please see the full Beauty Box Video Manual for information about those features. Also, please view the Intro Video for Sony Vegas Pro.

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Beauty Box Video Demo Reel

The short version of the Beauty Box demo reel created for presentations at events. Takes two minutes to get across how well Beauty Box works at retouching skin in videos!

If you want to see Beauty Box Video in action this is one way of doing it. Although, because of web compression the comparisons aren't quite as good as if you were looking at your own footage playing back on an HD monitor! So it's still better if you download the trial and see Beauty Box in action on your own footage.

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Beauty Box Video Basics

This skin retouching tutorial guides you through the basics of Beauty Box Video in Adobe After Effects. LEVEL: BASIC

Don't have video footage of your own to test? Just download the sample movie below. It is saved at HD resolution, 1920x1080 pixels. NOTE: This movie is only for testing Beauty Box, and NOT for royalty free usage.

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Davinci Resolve and Beauty Box Video

This tutorial talks about how to use Beauty Box Video in Davinci Resolve. LEVEL: BASIC

Don't have video footage of your own to test? Just download the sample movie below. It is saved at HD resolution, 1920x1080 pixels. NOTE: This movie is only for testing Beauty Box, and NOT for royalty free usage.

Avid Media Composer and Beauty Box Video

This tutorial talks about how to use Beauty Box Video in Avid Media Composer. LEVEL: BASIC

Don't have video footage of your own to test? Just download the sample movie below. It is saved at HD resolution, 1920x1080 pixels. NOTE: This movie is only for testing Beauty Box, and NOT for royalty free usage.

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Final Cut Pro and Beauty Box Video

This tutorial talks about how to use Beauty Box Video 4.0 in Final Cut Pro X. LEVEL: BASIC

Don't have video footage of your own to test? Just download the sample movie below. It is saved at HD resolution, 1920x1080 pixels. NOTE: This movie is only for testing Beauty Box, and NOT for royalty free usage.

Premiere Pro and Beauty Box Video

This tutorial talks about how to use Beauty Box Video 4.0 in Premiere. LEVEL: BASIC

Don't have video footage of your own to test? Just download the sample movie below. It is saved at HD resolution, 1920x1080 pixels. NOTE: This movie is only for testing Beauty Box, and NOT for royalty free usage.

Davinci Resolve: Commercial Beauty Work with Colorist Jason Bowdach

Colorist Jason Bowdach uses Beauty Box and Resolve to retouch a shot used in a commercial. The key to good beauty work is to keep the retouching looking natural. Jason shows how he uses Beauty Box and Resolve masks to apply a bit of digital makeup to just the areas that need it.

After Effects: Mocha Masks with Colorist Jason Bowdach

Colorist Jason Bowdach uses Beauty Box and Adobe After Effects to retouch commercial work. The key to good beauty work is to keep the retouching looking natural. Jason makes use of Beauty Box and masks from Mocha to apply digital makeup selectively to specific areas.

Premiere Pro: Retouching for Commercials with Colorist Jason Bowdach

Colorist Jason Bowdach shows how to realistically retouch skin on a shot used for a commercial. Applying the right amount of 'digital makeup' via the Beauty Box plugin will get you a natural looking result and Jason explains how he uses it to get that look.

Tips for Speeding Up Beauty Box

This blog post gives you some great insight into what Beauty Box is doing and how you can make sure it's rendering as fast as possible. This is extremely important for users of FCP X. LEVEL: BASIC

Speeding Up Beauty Box Video Plugin Blog

Using Mocha to easily create animating masks in After Effects

In this tutorial we use Mocha within After Effects to create animating masks, limiting Beauty Box to just certain areas. LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

By default the mask within Beauty Box will affect all skin areas. This works great for most situations. However, there are times when you want to retouch only certain areas, like just the face. In this tutorial we use Mocha to do some, uh, 'creative' retouching, affecting just the actress' face!

Using Premiere's tracking masks to isolate cheeks/forehead

Premiere Pro has a new feature that will track the bezier points of a mask. It's really pretty amazing when used with Beauty Box! LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Traditionally, retouching just the cheeks and forehead of an actress was something that required a big budget and lots of time. Premiere Pro's new tracking masks make this MUCH easier, requiring a fraction of the time it normally would have.

The bezier points track the footage and move with your actress! It's very cool and in this tutorial we show you how it works.

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Masking out teeth in Final Cut Pro X

This tutorial talks about how to use CoreMelt's SpliceX Final Cut Pro plugin to mask out problem areas, like teeth. LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Occasionally Beauty Box will affect areas that you would prefer it doesn't affect. This can teeth, hair, eyes or other non-skin areas. Creating a mask can be difficult, especially in Final Cut. SpliceX is a plugin for FCP that makes creating and tracking a mask much, much easier. This tutorial goes over the simple steps necessary to make it happen.

Assimilate Scratch: Using Beauty Box Video

In this tutorial we discuss how to set up and use the various features of Beauty Box Video in Assimilate Scratch. Beauty Box has a slightly different layout in Scratch vs. After Effects, so this tutorial shows where everything is and how to make use of the Manual Sampling which is very different than AE.

Otherwise, the advanced tutorials that are done in After Effects should translate well to Scratch once you're familiar with the layout of the controls. This tutorial does go over the basics of Beauty Box as well. LEVEL: BASIC

Don't have video footage of your own to test? Just download the sample movie below. It is saved at HD resolution, 1920x1080 pixels. NOTE: This movie is only for testing Beauty Box, and NOT for royalty free usage.

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Sony Vegas Pro & Sony Movie Studio: Using Beauty Box Video

In this tutorial we discuss how to set and use the various features of Beauty Box Video in Sony Vegas Pro. It covers the basics of Beauty Box and how to make use of the Manual Sampling which is very different than After Effects. Otherwise, the advanced tutorials that are done in After Effects should translate well to Sony Vegas as the controls are laid out almost identically. LEVEL: BASIC

Don't have video footage of your own to test? Just download the sample movie below. It is saved at HD resolution, 1920x1080 pixels. NOTE: This movie is only for testing Beauty Box, and NOT for royalty free usage.

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Beauty Box Video Manual Masking in FCP X

Learn how to manual mask in FCP X. LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Don't have video footage of your own to test? Just download the sample movie below. It is saved at HD resolution, 1920x1080 pixels. NOTE: This movie is only for testing Beauty Box, and NOT for royalty free usage.

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Beauty Box Video Manual Masking in After Effects

In this tutorial we learn how to manually select Beauty Box's mask in After Effects. LEVEL: BASIC

Beauty Box Video Manual Masking in DaVinci Resolve

How to create a manual mask in Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve. LEVEL: BASIC

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