• Movie Studio

  10 answers, most recent on 12/28/2018

  RE: Incomplete removal of borders when using Magix stabilization module
  Again, I had to create another account, can no longer access the first one, password refused... Thanks for this quick reply, but please pay attention to what I wrote. In the first part, I said “Magix stabilization effect”, not “Mercalli”; then I
• Movie Studio

  10 answers, most recent on 12/28/2018

  Incomplete removal of borders when using Magix stabilization module
  I'm using Magix Video Deluxe 2016 Premium (I believe it's also known as Movie Edit Pro). When I apply the Magix stabilization effect, and check the “eliminate black borders” box, the result seems fine in preview (even at 100%), but when exporting
• Video Pro X

  55 answers, most recent on 7/4/2019

  RE: VPX problem with Rotation/horizon levelling
  @RogerGunkel Hi Roger After watching your video, the obvious difference I can see is you have the Drop Shadow turned on - I suspect this is forcing you into global mode, as would Border and 3D when on. Try turning off the Drop Shadow, (mine is off
• Video Pro X

  55 answers, most recent on 7/4/2019

  RE: VPX problem with Rotation/horizon levelling
  @RogerGunkel Hi Roger . . . . Some of the new bugs that weren't there before such as . . . . . . . . not being able to change the colour of individual words in a title . . . . AFAICS there has been no bug introduced, as you can see below (VPX
• Video Pro X

  55 answers, most recent on 7/4/2019

  RE: VPX problem with Rotation/horizon levelling
  Here is some discarded footage from a wedding I am editing, where I accidentally left the video running while I was taking some stills. All three clips are from the UHD timeline converted to HD mp4. 01 is the basic footage, 02 is using the normal
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 1/9/2019

  RE: Smart Rendering
  @jak.willis Smart rendering in MEP (or any other video editor) will only work if the project only uses butt joins. No cross fades or effects except when using the AVCHD codec. From the pdf manual. Page 338 (refering only to MPEG 2 files) Smart
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 1/9/2019

  RE: Smart Rendering
  @jak.willis Smart rendering in MEP (or any other video editor) will only work if the project only uses butt joins. No cross fades or effects except when using the AVCHD codec. From the pdf manual. Page 338 (refering only to MPEG 2 files) Smart Copy:
• Movie Studio

  41 answers, most recent on 12/7/2018

  RE: How do I make LOGO STINGERS
  Hi, Group = Link. The correct term is Group.   As in almost all Windows programs, to select more than 1 thing, hold down the Ctrl button and click on each one. It will highlight or, in MEP, turn yellow. If, when you select one object in MEP, others
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 11/9/2018

  RE: Problem with stereo3d export side-by-side
  Okay, so I investigated a bit further and here is what I found. When one exports (say a 1280x720 stereoscopic video) to half-width SBS, MEP creates a 1280x720 video file with two images squeezed horizontally to 640 pixels each. In this case, one
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 11/3/2018

  RE: Is it possible to make section of my video have 'camera shake' effect?
  Absolutely it can be done. Automated? Not so much as far as I know. If you look at the bottom of page 144 of your pdf manual it will give you the basics of how to go about it but it is a manual process. There is more than one way to get the effect
• Movie Studio

  19 answers, most recent on 11/3/2019

  RE: New Blue Titler EX problem
  Thanks for the reply and help, John. The manual (page 17) says that Plus, Premium, and Control versions have additional feature of “New Blue Titler EX” then, it goes on to say that the Premium and Control versions have “exclusive” features of “New
• Music Maker

  8 answers, most recent on 9/1/2018

  RE: Midi Editor Color Scheme
  @Former user Apoligies if I did not explain enough. The image is a series of notes in the MIDI Editor each assigned to a different MIDI channel as identified by the numbers I added underneath the colour bar. Turning on the MIDI channel colours
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 8/27/2018

  wondering if anyone can help me with these issues
  I'm having trouble with a few things... is it possible to change the background field color to white so that when i reduce the size of an image on a clip that is on a white field i won't get a thick black border around the image? while in story
• Other products

  10 answers, most recent on 8/27/2018

  RE: Magix Photo Story deluxe
  Hi . . . . saved slideshow in the 16.9 format but do not like it as they all look dumpy and large, how do I change it to do a normal size show now I have saved it. . . . . Assuming you mean people and objects, this is a common problem where you
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 8/7/2018

  RE: VPX Mercalli V4 plugin - how to stabilize GoPro video - chest harness
  Hi John, I just checked, mine is definitely 4.0.467.1 so I may have something slightly newer than you. Forensic view There are 2 places, but first, you may want to view this proDAD tutorial at about 3 minutes in: As indicated in the tutorial, click
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 8/7/2018

  RE: VPX Mercalli V4 plugin - how to stabilize GoPro video - chest harness
  Hi John . . . . do not show the same things in the graphs as per the tutorial . . . . Same here - I find the graphs to be poor. . . . . Why Sports Cam? . . . . Experience from stabilisation my skiing videos both from my old Contour HD and my Sony
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 8/7/2018

  RE: VPX Mercalli V4 plugin - how to stabilize GoPro video - chest harness
  @johnebaker Hi John, Thanks for trying this out and the details. I get a very slight improvement using your values over what I had, but still have some bouncing up and down from walking. I tried a few more test, adjusting up both Pan and Roll and
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 8/7/2018

  RE: VPX Mercalli V4 plugin - how to stabilize GoPro video - chest harness
  Hi John Try these settings: Camera: Sports cam Keep camera dynamic - off Avoid border - on set to 70% Movement tab Pan shot smoothing 22% Roll compensate - on set to 76% Border tab Best border Scale 71% Dynamic scale 85% Perspective tab Zoom
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 8/7/2018

  VPX Mercalli V4 plugin - how to stabilize GoPro video - chest harness
  I have been trying to stabilize some video clips filmed with a GoPro Hero 5 Black, mounted on a chest harness. Other than left-right movements, there is some roll and some up and down as I'm walking. I see a very nice job done on this on the proDAD
• Web Designer

  9 answers, most recent on 8/1/2018

  RE: Is there any way to place a border around Table 02 widget?
  @Wiffle Hi John . . . . I use Notepad++ as well. . . . It has a very useful plugin - Compare which I used to spot the problem with the HTML comparing a page without the border and one with. I put in a bug report yesterday as well. Thanks John EB  
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 7/31/2018

  RE: Movie Edit 2018 - can't keyframe Section anymore
  @johnebaker I couldn't figure out how to calculate it, so I created a grid to help me keep the same position, or close to it. In the video below, I managed to keep the inset close to the original position and size but panned the section clip by
• Movie Studio

  15 answers, most recent on 7/4/2018

  RE: Strange video artifacts when using pro DAD Mercalli
  Hi and welcome Is this some kind of a bug? No. Mercalli V2 and V4 work superbly in MEP. The jello effect is the CMOS rolling shutter effect caused by the camera moving while the CMOS sensor, used in most modern digital cameras, is exposing
• ACID

  52 answers, most recent on 2/20/2025

  Frequently Asked Questions
  Below is a list of frequently asked questions in this forum. I will try to keep this up-to-date with questions that are asked repeatedly. Please feel free to suggest edits if you have a new question please raise it as a new post on the forum, NOT as
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 6/17/2018

  RE: proDAD Mercalli stabilizer default settings
  Thanks John. Yes. I am saving my settings. But when I select a bunch of videos and do the analysis, setting stay but it will always default to "without borders" even when I have set it to "optimal stabilization". The 1st one will be at "optimal