• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 10/12/2021

  RE: Overlaying still images on a video
  @amaethu There are a couple of ways of dropping the video level to "blank out" the underlying video. 1. Use the Video Effects>Chroma Key>Video Level effect to set keyframes to drop the video level then bring it back up again as needed (points
• Movie Studio

  47 answers, most recent on 9/28/2024

  RE: chroma key: how to get rid of green or grey fringe around the subject
  @kate-m Nearly forgot. If you were lucky enough to get this third party New Blue plugin with your copy of MEP, it is much more versatile than the standard chroma key option within MEP. Although the controls look different in layout within MEP on
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 9/22/2021

  A bug in copying chroma key pro effect?
  [V. 21.0.1.85 UDP3]. Hi everyone, I keep hitting what seems to be a bug in this newer version, when trying to copy video effects. The Chroma Key (I'm using pro) effect is not listed with the effects to be copied. Has anyone encountered this issue?!
• Movie Studio

  47 answers, most recent on 9/28/2024

  RE: chroma key: how to get rid of green or grey fringe around the subject
  @kate-m Hi . . . .  i can't get rid of the green or grey fringe . . . . A green fringe is where you would use the Antispill control. If you are getting a grey fringe or areas then if the green screen you are using is not evenly illuminated it will
• Movie Studio

  47 answers, most recent on 9/28/2024

  chroma key: how to get rid of green or grey fringe around the subject
  Hi, i'm filming in front of a green screen and i can't get rid of the green or grey fringe around my subject. Does anybody have an idea how i could fix this? Filming at a higher frame rate has helped a bit. I'm filming outside in perfect daylight
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 8/2/2021

  RE: Merge video files - or should that be superimpose or even overlay?
  @CubeAce Hi Ray, It would be nice to have similar tools in the Chroma Key section that Vegas has Vegas users would like to have those tools in Vegas as well. Your link is to Vegas Image which is an image editor, not the video editor Vegas. It is
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 8/2/2021

  RE: Merge video files - or should that be superimpose or even overlay?
  @me_again Hi Andy. It would be nice to have similar tools in the Chroma Key section that Vegas has as this would have been a cinch with them but please I'm not getting into a which editor is better conversation. Just making an observation for those
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 8/2/2021

  RE: Merge video files - or should that be superimpose or even overlay?
  @me_again Hi Andy. This is why I suggested trying to make a matt dynamic mask that could be applied to the movement within each frame. It is more convoluted and can be painstaking but can work with isolating a bright subject compared to the
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 8/2/2021

  RE: Merge video files - or should that be superimpose or even overlay?
  @me_again Hi Andy. Try lining the clips up on individual tracks and using the Chroma Key effect using either STAMP or MIX on the lower tracks and vary the blend levels to taste. You may be limited to using only two or three tracks though. There may
• Movie Studio

  26 answers, most recent on 6/11/2021

  RE: Title fonts not rendering
  @Kevin-Tam Hi . . . . This seems to confirm my initial thoughts that this is a bug in MEP2014 . . . . seems strongly worded but it does strike me as strange that it can render the font in one setting and not another. . . . This is more likely a
• Movie Studio

  26 answers, most recent on 6/11/2021

  RE: Title fonts not rendering
  Thanks again for help everyone and welcome to the party AAProds :-) I have a Lenovo X1 Yoga G3 which has an Intel UHD Graphics 620. I just tried MEP2021 - it has no problems embedding the above said fonts into the video. This seems to confirm my
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 5/16/2021

  RE: Only half of the image shows up when I use the "Section Effect"
  @Julie-Davidson Hi Julie and welcome to the user to user forums. A screen grab of Movie Edit Pro with the effect applied and showing the main track editor as well would be very useful to try to see what is going on. At present we have no context as
• Movie Studio

  34 answers, most recent on 4/16/2021

  RE: RGB Colour Identification in Raw Clip
  Hi Ray Here's the problem. This artefact goes all the way through the film, changing its shape and definition a little as it goes, but basically similar throughout. The sky does indeed vary from clip to clip within the film, and most of the clips
• Movie Studio

  37 answers, most recent on 6/7/2021

  RE: 3D Lock up
  @johnebaker @jdonnel5 Hi John. As far as I'm aware MEP has never opened Xara 3D Editor although it shows up in task manager. In VPX it came up as MAGIX 3D Maker, not Xara 3D editor and in task manager it comes up as X 3D in both programs. If either
• Movie Studio

  54 answers, most recent on 3/16/2021

  RE: Chromakey issues 2020 version
  @Karkes Hi i had another go, I turned the colour full up & exported it I then imported it back in, put chroma key green on, that worked fine but the colour was high because i increased it before exporting, so i reduced the colour & the
• Movie Studio

  54 answers, most recent on 3/16/2021

  RE: Chromakey issues 2020 version
  @Karkes Hi To add to @CubeAce and @Former user comments - see this comment and this comment. John EBForum Moderator
• Movie Studio

  54 answers, most recent on 3/16/2021

  RE: Chromakey issues 2020 version
  @Karkes I've been using Chroma key in 2021 today, I've just tried all options & there's no prob i can see. I didn't have or know of a problem in 2020 Sometimes if a mask etc. doesn't go completely transparent it's because the colour isn't a true
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/27/2021

  RE: Thought bubble video
  @Larry-Burkholder Hi, the easiest thing to remember is black is see-through when Chroma key is Alpha, I've used colours here but any picture or video can be put between Alpha masks
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/27/2021

  RE: Thought bubble video
  That fixed it! The key was moving the mask 'above' the video-clip; then, size/position, distortion, color/brightness and chroma/key tweaks. Magix and your coaching enable accessibility to enjoyable creation that I did not envision when I purchased
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 2/25/2021

  RE: effects
  @Larry-Burkholder Hi Larry. This is a slightly different topic. In future could you start your own new thread. To do what you want to do you need to use a black and white mask. These can be easily made using Windows Paint as I have in the example
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/5/2021

  RE: Chroma Key Pro
  @Rolf-Ixmeier Hi See this comment and the following posts on this Chromakey issue. The quick solution is to use Chromakey, Color selecting an area of the green background. . . . . My green screen fabric is well lit and has no creases . . . . Try
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/5/2021

  Chroma Key Pro
  Hallo ich bin neu hier im Forum, und am verzweifeln... Ich nutze seit längerem einen Green Screen, allerdings ist das Bild meist nicht ordentlich frei gestellt. Mein Greenscreenstoff ist gut ausgeleuchtet und hat keine Knicke, trotzdem gibt es
• Movie Studio

  43 answers, most recent on 1/27/2021

  RE: Lines drawing
  @Turkana @johnebaker @browj2 @CubeAce Pleased to hear you're reasonably happy so far. But if you're still keen on creating that Gedi type of animation (i.e. with a curved line, not several straight ones), you can do so entirely within MEP.. Use the
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 1/22/2021

  RE: 'Layering' - Is there a way of doing this?
  Hi Davy. Welcome to the more complex aspects of video editing. Try looking at this topic I posted some time back that goes through the basics and watch various video results from people that participated. Ray.