• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  RE: chroma key with mask?
  I've gotten the Chroma key effect to work, somewhat, as you can see in the attached image. However, its applied to the entire movie, not just the masked area. Did you make the mask as I showed, with Alpha assigned? It looks like you have assigned
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  RE: chroma key with mask?
  didn't work. slides image is in front of me walking in front of screen. Any other ideas? I feel like adding a mask effect should work when applying the chroma to the movie but I can't get it to only chroma just the projector screen even though that
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  RE: chroma key with mask?
  yes, at times, but rarely. I had a version working where I just placed the slide in front of the movie, but then thought it would be better as a background and therefore considered the chroma key effect for exactly the reason of walking in front of
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  chroma key with mask?
  Is it possible with the image below to chroma key just the white screen so I can show my power point slides that I have placed as a background. I've tried several methods of masking in an attempt to only apply the chroma key to the screen portion
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 9/14/2019

  Automatic chroma key setting tip: no longer works?
  While making a couple of masks this morning I noticed that the old trick of including the appropriate chroma key string such as 'alpha' or 'green' etc in the file name no longer automatically assigns that setting in MEPP 2016 or 2017. For example,
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  RE: Animated straight line between any two points
  Hi John, Hopefully your German language skill plus Walter’s tutorial will help! I’ll also get on the case in the morning if you haven’t found the solution by then. Meanwhile here are the steps I used: ANIMATING A TRACK IN MEP 2016 USING ECHO
• Video Pro X

  9 answers, most recent on 5/23/2019

  RE: 3D Maker CFX on Video Pro
  @SullyPanda76us Hi . . . . Avi don't have alpha channel... CFX does... (And chroma keying won't do a perfect job) . . . . Agreed however it is not necessary to use an AVI file exported from Xara 3D if you use it like this? John EB    
• Video Pro X

  29 answers, most recent on 5/31/2019

  RE: VPX10 - Updated bug list as at patch 16.0.2.322
  Hi Trensharo Chroma Keying is a compositing effect. Like blending tracks on the NLE timeline. Not the same thing. From Magix Help files:- "This section contains the effects for chroma keying used to mix together two videos into a foreground and
• Video Pro X

  9 answers, most recent on 5/23/2019

  RE: 3D Maker CFX on Video Pro
  Yes, avi works ok.... But Avi don't have alpha channel... CFX does... (And chroma keying won't do a perfect job)
• Video Pro X

  29 answers, most recent on 5/31/2019

  RE: VPX10 - Updated bug list as at patch 16.0.2.322
  Hi Trensharo Chroma Keying is a compositing effect. Like blending tracks on the NLE timeline. Not the same thing. From Magix Help files:- "This section contains the effects for chroma keying used to mix together two videos into a foreground and
• Video Pro X

  29 answers, most recent on 5/31/2019

  RE: VPX10 - Updated bug list as at patch 16.0.2.322
    Isn't an overlay a mix of two tracks? Magix calls Chroma Key a mix effect. Peter Chroma Keying is a compositing effect. Like blending tracks on the NLE timeline. Not the same thing. If you put two video tracks one above the other, what happens?
• Video Pro X

  29 answers, most recent on 5/31/2019

  RE: VPX10 - Updated bug list as at patch 16.0.2.322
  Hi @browj2 ".....playback is only from the beginning. I have to restart VPX to get playback to work properly in my movie. Anyone else seen this?" This has been a "feature" of MEP / VPX almost since they began.Cant say it has troubled me much
• Video Pro X

  29 answers, most recent on 5/31/2019

  RE: VPX10 - Updated bug list as at patch 16.0.2.322
  @Former user Hi, You can change the External Audio Editor in the Program Settings, Folders tab, near the bottom to the path for VSCL or ACL and try them out. In VPX, because the Edit in External Editor does not show up on an object unless it is just
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 5/7/2019

  Chroma key/green screen issue
  I have imported a green screen effect into the timeline of a project of mine in MEP, however, when I activate the chroma key effect, a thin green line appears on the border of the frame and I can't get it to go away. Does anybody know what could be
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 4/19/2019

  RE: Chroma Key effect does not render in final exported file (?)
  Thank you very much, John! After changing the Chroma Key to Black rather than Alfa, both foreground and background rendered and exported. I will now go back to editing to fine-tune the levels. Thanks again! ------------------------- Note: Even
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 4/19/2019

  RE: Chroma Key effect does not render in final exported file (?)
  Hi John, Here is a 12 sec clip of the Zoom Video. That first part in my timeline. Though this was split with a video splitter, I am not exactly sure if it was altered in any way in the process. I selected 'Direct Stream Cut- No re-encoding mode:
• Photostory

  One answer, on 4/11/2019

  Creating a Mask / Chroma Keying
  Can I create a mask or Can I create Chroma Keying and Masking in Photostory ?I want to add a video clip of an interview and on the background to show/run different photos   Thanks anticipated   Roberto  
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/24/2019

  Problems getting green screen to work properly in Movie Edit Premium
  I'm using the latest version of Movie Edit Pro Premium. I've recorded some videos in front of a green screen and I'm experimenting with chroma key to change the backgrounds, however I just can't seem to get it to work properly. The problems range
• Video Pro X

  15 answers, most recent on 2/24/2019

  RE: I have VP X Vesion 16.0.1.268 (UDP3) UG Code 8434 KA1
  @1940 The latest version/update/patch is 16.0.2.306 as announced here UPDATE: New release today, now it is 16.0.2.317 as announced here If you have a valid Service Update (You bought the product less than a year ago) you can freely update by opening
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 2/17/2019

  RE: How To Open A File?
  I've got it in the timeline now. Figured that out. Now I just want to export one frame to run through something like gimp maybe. Can't quite see how that is done. I can bracket a section down to as small as a frame I think it probably is. But then I
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 2/15/2019

  Magix Movie Edit Pro vs Vegas Movie Studio 15 - which is better?
  Hi all. I downloaded the trial version of Magix Movie Edit Pro (version 18.0.2.225) and Vegas Movie Studio Platinum (version 15.0), and both look really good and are available for a similar price. So which is really better, and why? The main thing I
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 2/27/2019

  RE: Movie Edit Pro - New Patch 18.0.2.235
  Below is a renumbered list for patch 235. If anyone has noticed any new bugs or if I have removed any that are still there, please post them. 1. Templates screen - on my Surface Pro 4, same problem that I raised for VPX - cannot use the vertical
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 7/2/2019

  RE: MEP Patch Update to version 18.0.2.233
  Below is the updated list from patch 209 for 233. If anyone has noticed any new bugs, please post them. I have not gone through all of the posts. 1. Startup screen - Mostly resolved - but the proposed project is not the last one saved, so there is
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 1/28/2019

  RE: Audio Spectrum in a video
  Hi Francis, Converting the audio file to a video of its waveform is the challenging part, not possible in MEPP itself I believe. I played around for a while with a complex method using ffmpeg. I did eventually succeed but can't recommend it, so