Serious Magic Ultra 2 Review

A dedicated home theater is top on my list of home upgrades, but if I could have two new rooms, the second would be a dedicated chromakey stage. Getting the lighting correct so that your green or blue background falls away easily in software isn't something that lends itself to DIY, at least not without a permanent location. Of course, if you already have a space for recording green screen footage, you might want to take a look at the latest update to Serious Magic's Ultra. Digital Producer offers a compelling look at the new version with a newly lowered price.

From the review: "When we reviewed Serious Magic Ultra back in December, 2003, the stand-alone Windows chromakeying application proved itself to be both impressively powerful and easy to use. Although pricey at $795, it was able to do a great job of keying even poorly-lit chromakey shots. Equally at home with standard AVI and QuickTime files, it even made keying DV footage easier while raising the quality level at the same time. Now Serious Magic has released a new version, Ultra 2 ($495), which offers new features along with improvements of those that were its claim to fame in the first place."

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