I am trying to get my head around the following sentence that appears when dragging a file to the timeline: "If you want to align the movie and the movie settings to the file you wish to import, please click on "Adjust".
What does it mean and what happens when you adjust it versus do not adjust it?
I have tried the manual but couldn't find the information.
Johan
Hi,
It means exactly what it says. Your Movie/Project is set up for a resolution of 2720x1530 (16:9) with a frame rate of 29.97 fps. You are importing a video clip that has a different resolution and frame rate - 1920x1080, 30 fps. The program is asking you if you want to change the movie resolution and frame rate to this. Yes or no. If you select Adjust, then your project parameters will change. If you select Do not adjust, then your project parameters will not change. The video will be imported and adjusted for the Movie resolution/frame rate. That is all.
EDIT: Sometimes you may start off a project with certain settings and then when you import the first object and it doesn't have the same parameters, you realize that you actually wanted a different set up. This is a reminder.
When you start the program and select a New project - on the first screen - you see the parameters that you can set for your Movie/Project.
These can be changed, per Movie, within the program under Movie Settings (shortcut E).
When you go to File, Export Movie...., the same Movie settings will be presented by default.
So, when you start your project or movie, think about what parameters you want for export, and set up your Movie parameters accordingly.
Note that I said that each Movie in a project can have different settings, so you can have movie 1 with your settings as above and another movie set up for Portrait mode, for example.
For this last part, I am presuming that you understand how to have multiple movies/multiple timelines in a project.
John CB
Thanks, John!
I think I get it now. I was worried that making the wrong choice would create a missmatch by 0.3 frames each second which would add up to one second a hundred seconds later. I did not want to discover that in the middle of editing.
Johan
Nitpicking, but none of these settings are "project" settings. They are all "movie" settings "in" a project. As has been pointed out, movies can have different settings.
Hi,
A bit more, the first settings for a Movie when you start a Project usually become the default preset for the next Movie and the next new Project. There is a parameter for this in Movie Settings (E) that you can uncheck, "Use settings as presets for new movies." Something to be aware of as I sometimes use a different setting that becomes an unwanted setting the next time round.
Johan, if all or most of your videos were shot at 30 fps, then use that instead of 29.97. You may want to check the frame rate of a video from your camera in MediaInfo just to make sure that it is actually 30 fps.
John CB
I have a question about this:
My active movie has a resolution of 4096x2160 (1.896296), 30 FPS.
My imported file is 1920 x 1080 (16:9)....also 30 FPS.
I have tried both ways (adjusting and not adjusting) and I cannot see the difference.
I thought if I had a higher resolution, the movie would be crisper and clearer. 16:9 is what my tv has. I would like the movie to fill the screen (no black). If I use 4096x2160, will part of my imported video file be cut off?
Assuming VPX is the same as MMS...
If your source video is 1920x1080, just set up a movie setting to match. 1920x1080 is the same ratio as UHD, 3840x2160, which is what all TVs are. (note this is NOT "4K" even though many ads for big TVs, are called "4K" because it sounds cooler that "UHD").
4096x2160 is the real "4K" and in my experience, very rare as an actual video ratio.
So, in your case, if Magix offers to "adjust" your movie settings when you import your 1920x1080 video, tick Allow. That will ensure your video file fully fills the movie window with no black bars.
If you do use 4096x2160, when you import your 1920x1080/16:9 video, you'll end up with black side bars because, while the video and the movie are the same height, the video is, effectively, only 3840 pixels wide whereas the movie is 4096 pixels wide. Unless there's a problem with the file data. Magix will not "stretch to fill" if a file is not the same ratio as the movie settings; it will add black bars to fill.
You won't get any crisper video because you're using a 4096-wide movie.
If it all gets too hard/confusing, just hit key E (or File>settings>Movie) and manually set the movie to match your source video, in this case 1920x1080 and 30fps.
Hi,
Further to what Al said and what you said:
I thought if I had a higher resolution, the movie would be crisper and clearer.
Think about it. If your image is 1920 pixels wide and you want 3840 pixels wide (or 4096), where do those extra pixels come from? You won't get a crisper clearer image with duplicated pixels.
If your original is 3840 pixels wide, each one could be different, so you get a crisper clearer image that what you filmed at 1920 wide.
Or something like that. I believe that there are plugins/programs that will do upscaling, presumably interpolation, but still not as good as the real thing.
John CB
I guess I thought that the pixels would be smaller (to allow for more pixels) and therefore crisper, sharper images.