@browj2

Hi John

OT.

. . . . Thanks for giving me a good laugh this morning. . . . .

Ah yes The Four Candles sketch - must be the most famous sketch from those 2 comedians, the sketch comes a close second.

@terrypin - recognised it as soon as I saw the preview image 😂.

John EB

Hi,

I got to the end, but don't see the "video effects" folder. I tried to make the 2 folders in "VidoutEng" folder but that didn't work. Is there another folder here you see that I should use? Thanks. I don't have a program data folder so I used program file folder

Here is an unzipped folder

 

 

@derek-williams

I don't have a program data folder 

You do (all Win 10 computers do) but it is clearly hidden! (Windows does this by default.)

See this screenshot:

Go to File Explorer for your C:\ drive. Click on the the highlighted "View" tab then ensure the box "Hidden Items" (the second highlight) is ticked.

Now you will see your Program Data folder.

HTH

Jeff

@derek-williams

Hi

The image shows that the CUBE files are in a folder Cinema LUTs Secret Agent.

When you find the correct folder paths and have created the 3 LUTS folders and INI file - copy the Cinema LUTs Secret Agent folder into the LUTEffect folder then it will appear correctly categorised.

John EB

Thanks everyone. I think I'm almost there. I am working on the support file at this time, and will try to figure it out based on your directions.

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@derek-williams @emmrecs @johnebaker

Hi Derek.

What is the bit of text under your last post?

Ray.

I don't know. It was a mistake. Sorry.

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Hi. I found the folders to put the LUTs in thanks. I did the notepad, and it's still not showing up. I restarted MEP, but not my computer yet. There was a lot to try and do, so I'm wondering if I missed something...

BTW. I put the notepad in other folders too to see if that worked, as you can see. Thanks again for your time.

.tb_button {padding:1px;cursor:pointer;border-right: 1px solid #8b8b8b;border-left: 1px solid #FFF;border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;}.tb_button.hover {borer:2px outset #def; background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}.ws_toolbar {z-index:100000} .ws_toolbar .ws_tb_btn {cursor:pointer;border:1px solid #555;padding:3px} .tb_highlight{background-color:yellow} .tb_hide {visibility:hidden} .ws_toolbar img {padding:2px;margin:0px}

@derek-williams

Hi Derek.

No problem.

I think something has gone wrong with your posts on the site. Your blue Signature +

that should be at the bottom of each of of anyone's' posts is coming out as code instead on your posts. Nothing you can do about that.

As for the rest, I think John needs to sort that although I think you need to restart Windows before reloading MEP.

To do that, don't shut Windows down but chose restart instead as that gives a clean reboot whereas shutting down and starting back up as separate actions saves the last configuration of Windows.

Ray.

Hmmm. I wonder if MEP2017 could handle LUTs. Anyone know?

John CB

@browj2 @derek-williams @emmrecs @johnebaker

Hi John CB.

I'm wondering if MEP 2021 would handle LUTS if I didn't have a copy of VPX to copy the folders needed to MEP instead of just creating the folders and text files.

I'm wondering if we copied other folders over we could get similar results with some of the plugin behaviour and control as well. The two programs are based on the same coding after all. I also wonder if it breaks the terms and conditions regarding altering the program. MEP was priced lower because it is a less well specified program. Was there a shop section in MEP 2017? I know there was in 2018 because that was my first version. What I can't remember was were there any LUTS in there? I think there was a set called Berlin. I have never bought any so don't know if they would have worked or not. Who else here has used them for a long time?

Ray.

 

@CubeAce, @browj2, @johnebaker, @derek-williams, @emmrecs

Back in May I see John EB advised that MEP doesn't support LUTS.

https://www.magix.info/us/forum/luts--1245242/

Terry

@terrypin, @browj2, @CubeAce

Hi Terry

. . . . . Back in May I see John EB advised that MEP doesn't support LUTS . . . .

I did however did you read further down that topic here.

Hi John

Correction: LUTs are supported in MEP 2019 v18.x.x.x. and later versions.

Hi Ray

. . . . . . . . I'm wondering if MEP 2021 would handle LUTS if I didn't have a copy of VPX to copy the folders needed to MEP instead of just creating the folders and text files . . . .

Given the above, we would not have found out about the support file that is needed id we were just using 3rd party LUTs

John EB

 

Hi John,

"I did however did you read further down that topic here."

Sorry, no, I didn't read the later corrections from both you and Jeff!

Terry

Thanks. There is no store tab in 2017. So I'm guessing from the comments that 2017 doesn't support LUTs. I've been thinking about getting 2021 MEP anyway, so maybe I'll just go ahead and make the purchase. Before I do that, are there any other 3rd party LUTs that I could look at purchasing that are compatible? There are some in the NewBlue Filters that I saw that may get the effect I want.

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@derek-williams

Hi Derek.

See what upgrade offer is available on the magix site. It's sometimes cheaper than the often discounted price they put up.

The store has quite a few LUT packs on offer.

Ray.

@derek-williams

Hi Derek,

As I mentioned before, I would use Pixelan FilmTouch 2.0. You can download, install it and try it for free. It will leave a watermark on the screen. It will work fine with MEP 2017 Plus/Premium.

See this to get an idea.

Alternatively, you can get Video Pro X11 from HumbleBundle for 25$ US. This would be a step up from MEP. You LUTs would work fine in that.

John CB

@browj2 @derek-williams

Hi John.

I thought that offer had expired. It is a good alternative although not if you want to later update the program cost wise. Still, it is an alternative and still has four days to go. No reason why Derek's' current version of MEP could not be retained as well.

Ray.

@derek-williams

Hi

. . . . are there any other 3rd party LUTs that I could look at purchasing that are compatible . . . .

The only requirements for compatibility are they must be:

1. 3D cubes - this is not always mentioned on the source sites - 2D cubes do not work
2. the file extension must be .cube

There are many sites where you can download cubes - many for free - eg here.

If you want Camera LUTs look to the camera manufacturers site eg Panasonic have a LUT library. (E-E cubes are the ones to get)

HTH

John EB

 

Thanks everyone for your time and research!!!

@derek-williams

Hi

What is the gobbledegook at the bottom of your post above meant to be - did you copy and paste the response from another program eg Word?

John EB