What's New in PhotoLooks 2

PhotoLooks 2 lets you define the emotion of your photograph, and its new tools and presets open up a realm of creative possibilities. We've kept the PhotoLooks 1.5 features and tools that you love, but designed a more elegant interface with features to get your projects humming. We've added helpful tools from the Magic Bullet family like cosmetic skin cleanup from Cosmo and the 3 Way color wheels from Colorista II. A professionally redesigned library of presets includes over 100 new looks to add artificial lighting, talent cleanup, a documentary feel, or the grit of a crime drama. PhotoLooks 2 has more ways to make people and projects look stunning.

Please read What's Changed from Version 1.5 if you are familiar with PhotoLooks 1.5 and are wondering about specific features.

Improved interface

Magic Bullet PhotoLooks 2 keeps the tools and interface structure of PhotoLooks 1.5 while giving you a more organized, streamlined interface. New UI features range a lot in their functionality and include:

- New layout for the Looks Drawer and its presets. Learn more
- New icon appearance for the tools and Tool Drawer. Learn more
- New Tool Chain appearance and controls, including an on/off keyboard shortcut and improved interaction. Learn more
- Full backward compatibility lets you open and render PhotoLooks 1 presets, and deprecated tools. Learn more
- Tool Tips are improved and more helpful when you need them.

Reorganized and improved presets

A huge library of professionally designed presets are waiting to jumpstart your project. Organized by category, the presets range from setting the mood of an interview or documentary, to practical fixes for lens distortion and lighting problems, to stylized PhotoLooks inspired by Hollywood movies. Use a preset when you need inspiration or as the starting point for your own custom PhotoLooks. To preview the different preset looks, go to Browse the Gallery.

Powerful new tools and scopes

New tools in PhotoLooks 2 were borrowed from Cosmo, Mojo and Colorista II, which are other products in the Magic Bullet family. Learn more

- Pop tool (in Subject and Post Tools)
- Cosmo tool (in Subject and Post Tools)
- Colorista 3 Way tool (in Subject and Post Tools)
- Hue/Saturation tool (in Post Tools)
- Ranged HSL tool (in Post Tools)
- Lens Distortion tool (in Lens Tools)
- Haze/Flare tool (in Lens Tools)
- PhotoLooks 1 note: The 3 Way Color Corrector tool was renamed Color Ranges.

PhotoLooks 2 also includes scope technology from Colorista II product. There are now six Scopes in total, as four new ones have been added. Learn more

- Hue/Saturation scope
- Hue/Lightness scope
- Memory Colors scope
- Skin scope

The Preference Panel also has a new feature: Unlimited resolution. When you run out of video RAM for GPU rendering, PhotoLooks can enable the CPU for rendering. Learn more