Upgrading from Movie Edit Pro to Video Pro X (16)

Operaman wrote on 5/18/2025, 12:20 PM

I recently upgraded from MEP to Video Pro X 16 and I am getting reacquainted the the platform after taking a break of a few years. the interface is very similar and I think I can find my way around, but I am interested to learn how to search for license free video and audio content. Is there any content that comes free with purchase or is everything a la carte?

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browj2 wrote on 5/18/2025, 1:32 PM

@Operaman

Hi,

First off, did you download and install all of the additional content that comes with the program? It is about the same as what you had with MEP if you downloaded and installed everything, except that with VPX, you get the commercial use license.

Secondly, you can download content by going to the MAGIX Hub tab, logging in, selecting Stock Media. There is royalty free footage and audio that you can download. There is limit to the number of downloads per year as shown on the Magix.com site. The content actually comes from Storyblocks and you can search their site easier than in VPX, then search and download from within VPX.

The biggest change in the program from MEP to newer versions is Size/Position/Rotation where rotation is now with size and position, and you can now set the anchor point, amongst other changes. See my tutorials for details.

John CB

Operaman wrote on 5/18/2025, 2:42 PM

Aha! Eureka! My bad. I only went as far as the Store tab, thinking that was where I should go for stock content. I went to the VPX help site (https://help.magix-hub.com/video/videoprox/16/en/content/home.htm?skinName=Dark&major=22&minor=1&patch=260?cshid=1), but the help navigation is organized in a sort of workflow manner (makes sense, I guess). There's some info about the tabs under 'Design and optimize videos' but only on the Effects, Templates, and Audio. I'll take a look at your tutorials. Thanks for the info!

Reyfox wrote on 5/21/2025, 9:28 AM

You should have a tab for Magix Hub. When you go to your Profile, you will see what you have and how much you can download. There is also an option, if you run out, to purchase more "stuff", like Text to Speech and Speech to Text.

In the second image, you see my Profile. I have it through Vegas Suite 365, so I have pretty much unlimited and can download 4K footage. The image of the Magix Hub is from MMS2024.

While browsing Storyblocks for what you might be interested in downloading, not everything will be available to you.

I do have to say, a lot of the music is really nice, and I've used it in some of my videos.

johnebaker wrote on 5/21/2025, 10:43 AM

@Operaman

To add to @browj2 and @Reyfox comments.

For completeness, once you have downloaded items using the Magix Hub tab, they are accessed from the Magix Hub shortcut as shown below, this has caught out several users.

John EB
Forum Moderator

Bol wrote on 5/22/2025, 5:18 PM

@Operaman

Hi,

Hereby, I would like to add something to the correct answer of @johnebaker. You can go directly to the MAGIX Hub download folder from the MAGIX Hub tab.

Do the following:

Click on the folder icon at the top right
Then click on: Open MAGIX Hub download folder

If you press the shortcut key "Y", you can specify in which folder you want to save the downloaded MAGIX Content via the Program settings - Folder tab - Magix Hub.

Good luck,

Rob