by Digital Anarchy·VFX
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Beauty Box Video ranks 14 on toolfarm and is used in the production pipelines of Park Road Post Production, NBC and Universal Music.
Beauty Box Video is Digital Anarchy's skin retouching and digital makeup plugin for After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X, Avid and Nuke. You apply the filter, let it analyze the video, set a few smoothing options, and let the plugin render. It automatically identifies skin tones and creates a mask that limits the smoothing effect to just the skin areas, using face and skin detection algorithms to take the edge off skin and makeup problems that can be visible with HD and 4K video.
The plugin removes imperfections like digital makeup while leaving important facial details sharp. It uses CUDA and OpenGL for real-time or near real-time rendering on some GPUs. Park Road Post Production, NBC and Universal Music use Beauty Box in their production pipelines, and it has been used for feature films, music videos and commercials.
Version 6.0 adds AI enhanced shine removal, the ability to save out face data as After Effects paths and masks, eyes and mouth as splines that export as AE masks, and improved speed on Silicon chips.
Digital Anarchy Beauty Box Video is best for video editors and artists applying skin retouching and digital makeup in post-production on HD and 4K footage.
Digital Anarchy Beauty Box Video is completely free to download and use.
Beauty Box Video supports Adobe After Effects CC2015 and later and Premiere Pro CC2015 and later. On the Apple side it works with Final Cut Pro X 10.5 and later. It also runs in Avid applications that support AVX2 plugins, and as an OpenFX plugin it works in DaVinci Resolve, Nuke and possibly other OpenFX hosts on Mac and Windows. Host support does vary by version and platform, so check the developer's page to confirm your exact host application and version are supported before installing.
Beauty Box Video runs on both Mac and Windows. On Mac it requires macOS 10.14 or later and supports both Intel and Apple Silicon chips. On Windows it requires the 64-bit version of Windows 10, version 22H2 or later. These are the platform requirements listed for version 6, and operating system support can shift between releases. If you are on an older or newer OS build than these, review the developer's page to confirm your system meets the current requirements before you download and install the plugin.
Beauty Box Video supports both Intel and Apple Silicon chips on Mac, including M1, M2 and later, for Final Cut Pro X and Premiere Pro. Version 6.0 adds improved speed on Silicon chips, and earlier updates introduced Apple Metal and M1 support along with After Effects MFR support. Performance depends on your specific Mac hardware, GPU and host application, since real-time or near real-time rendering is only available on some GPUs. For details on how the plugin runs on your setup, see the developer's page.
Beauty Box Video is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing and pricing for skin retouching plugins like this can change over time, and the terms shown here may not reflect the developer's current offer. Before you download or install, check Digital Anarchy's own page for the latest licensing options, trial details and any purchase requirements. That way you can confirm exactly what is included and whether the version you want matches the host applications and platforms you plan to use.
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