Press reviews for Beauty Box Video

Beauty Box Video was released in December 2009 to rave reviews, and they haven't stopped coming. This skin retouching plugin for After Effects, Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro has been well-received by reviewers for large and small productions. Read customer testimonials about Beauty Box Video and check out its sister tool, Beauty Box Photo for Adobe Photoshop.

 

HD magazine

"Beauty Box Video will smooth out pimples and mottling in skin, but deeper wrinkles and blemishes will still need rotoscoping. Nevertheless, this is a very useful plug-in for a quick fix where makeup wasn't used or just wasn't doing the job — I can see it being used by everyone, from wedding videographers to feature film post. Within these limits, the results are truly fantastic, producing a subtle glow to skin without effecting the rest of the image." definitionmagazine.com

Layers magazine

By Marcus Geduld

"Beauty Box, a plugin for After Effects, has a built-in, face-recognition engine. Just park on a frame in which the actor is facing the camera, click the Analyze Frame button, and you're done. Beauty Box automatically detects skin, smoothes it out in a realistic way, and it doesn't touch anything in the frame that isn't part of the actor's face." layersmagazine.com

Videomaker magazine

By Dan Bruns

"Beauty Box does what was only previously possible for Photoshop artists and video editors with a ton of time to spare. By using a powerful face detection algorithm along with smart smoothing and blur settings, this plug-in allows video editors to make even the most self-conscious talent happy by tracking and smoothing unwanted blemishes in skin." Read Review

Creative Pro Therapy blog

By Angie Taylor

"If you shoot interviews or wedding videos and don¹t have a good make up person on hand to fix their spotty complexions, you can simply do it in post with this plug-in, it works miracles!... Beauty Box offers you a multitude of fine controls to really perfect results, and remember this works across frames too, it's pretty damned amazing!" creativeprotherapy.com

EventDV magazine

By Marc Franklin
Winner's Circle, The Best of NAB 2010

"In event videography and filmmaking, it's our job to preserve the memories of the bridge and groom, bar/bat mitzvah kids, or whomever the event is celebrating. Unfortunately, sometimes the star of the show has a bad complexion, rash or other facial issue that doesn't look good, especially on HD video. Enter Beauty Box, a plug-in for After Effects, Premiere Pro CS4, and Final Cut Pro that can pinpoint and smooth these skin problems without affecting the rest of the frame." eventdv.net

TV Technology, Mario Award

April 2010 award at NAB Show

"Organized in 1993, the Mario Awards were established to recognize products that represent significant technical breakthroughs—many of these products and services have gone on to significantly impact the future of audio and video technology... The awards are given out annually at the NAB Show to companies that demonstrate forward thinking and technical excellence in their products." tvtechnology.com

Larry Jordan newsletter

By Larry Jordan

"You know the drill. The client didn't have the money for makeup when they were shooting the video, then is horrified to discover in post that their star/kid/sweetie has a humongous zit that spoils all the close-ups of the video they dumped in your lap to edit... I was very impressed at both the results I was able to achieve and the speed with which I got there. Very cool." Read review

Renderosity.com

By Sergio Rosa Nemirc

"Beauty Box is an easy to use, yet very effective tool to fix skin imperfections. If you find yourself working with footage where the actors’ skins are not “perfect,” or in the absence of on-the-set makeup, you will find that Beauty Box may just save your day." Read review

Digital Arts

By Neil Bennett Rating: 4/5 stars

"We tested the After Effects version. Using it can be as simple as applying the plug-in, hitting Analyze Frame and letting it work its magic. As long as your subject has no major scars and is looking at the camera – and is consistently lit – this can yield remarkable results, as blemishes vanish quicker than in a Clearasil ad. Considering that much of Beauty Box’s target audience will want it for low-budget corporate productions, it’s no-brainer at an affordable price." Read review

Microfilmmaker.com

By Nikc Miller Rating: 9.3/10 stars

"Be warned: Beauty Box is addictive. Once you start using it, you find yourself using it on all of your footage, all of the time. It really makes you wonder how you got along without it... Digital Anarchy's Beauty Box is proof that not all diffusion filters are created equal. It perfectly balances good looking results with outstanding usability. While it's a great tool for any editor, I would highly recommend it to documentary filmmakers who shoot a lot of interviews." Read review

Digital Production Buzz

By Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan of Digital Production Buzz interviews our president, Jim Tierney. The first half of the interview is about our Beauty Box plugin. Listen to the interview streamed as an MP3 file. You can also go to the Archives page for February 4, 2010.

Joetheflow.com

January 2009 post

"Digital Anarchy’s Beauty Box is really not about creating fancy effects and appearances that stand out from the crowd, though I suppose one could create them to some degree. It is about doing the final retouching to facial characteristics and skin tones once you have created your sequence. Its effects are subtle, as they should be, which only makes it that much more valuable a tool to have. Using it was really quite simple and automatic." Read review

Kenstone.net

By Steve Douglas

"Digital Anarchy's Beauty Box is really not about creating fancy effects and appearances that stand out from the crowd, though I suppose one could create them to some degree. It is about doing the final retouching to facial characteristics and skin tones once you have created your sequence. Its effects are subtle, as they should be, which only makes it that much more valuable a tool to have. Using it was really quite simple and automatic. " Read review

GeniusDV.com

Featured FCP plugin for week of December 19, 2009

"This week's featured Plug-in for Final Cut Pro does an awesome job smoothing skin and removing blemishes from people on footage. Beauty Box from Digital Anarchy uses an advanced technique like Face Detection to automatically identify skin tones. There's no need to manually create masks or retouch frame by frame. " Read review

Press releases

June 1st, 2010 — Exciting Automatic Skin Retouching Tool for Photographers Released for Adobe Photoshop CS5. Beauty Box Photo Plugin is Now Available for Skin Smoothing in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. [more]

May 24th, 2010 — Beauty Box Skin Retouching Software is Updated for Adobe CS5 Suite and 64-bit Native Operation. 64-bit Update for Video Skin Smoothing Plugin is Released as Free Update by Digital Anarchy. [more]

April 20th, 2010 — Beauty Box Skin Retouching Software Wins Prestigious Mario Award from TV Technology at 2010 NAB Show. Video Skin Smoothing Plugin by Digital Anarchy is Voted as a ‘Significant Technical Breakthrough’ [more]

December 7th, 2009 — Digital Anarchy Announces Beauty Box 1.0 For After Effects and Final Cut Pro. Digital Anarchy returns to the film/video market with a powerful skin smoothing and blemish removal plugin. [more]