• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @Former user @johnebaker Hi. My problem is not the amount of masks in use for blurring but keeping them all tracking correctly. With say five or sometimes only even two masks traveling at different speeds and positions across the screen, sometimes
• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @CubeAce Hi Ray, You would be better served to get Xara Photo & Graphics Designer and use it from MEP to create and animate multiple masks. There is currently a problem with it (ticket raised) but there is a workaround. The way that you are
• Video Pro X

  26 answers, most recent on 7/26/2022

  RE: VPX vs Vegas
  @1940 Hi Oz, I don't have a lot of time, but... There is no such thing as "Pro" software or a "Pro" video editing program. A program cannot be professional. I am a Professional Engineer; the software that I use is not the professional, I am. Here is
• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @CubeAce yeah manual tracking is a pain, the main reason i went to Vegas was so i could track my no' plate with Mocha Pro/BCC Continuum, but in MEP i prefer to blur a duplicate track & set Alpha on the B/W mask that's in-between I'd now use BCC
• Movie Studio

  19 answers, most recent on 6/30/2022

  RE: Convenient Place To Buy Plug In's?
  @CarpentersMate Hi, hmm plugins 😋 I do like them, Vegas fx window shows what i've got, a lot of them show in MEP, some work well or quite well, some work but have limited use of their controls & some just don't work or are useless, there tends
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 7/5/2022

  RE: Top left video display screen
  @John-Dean Hi John. For once I'm going to wholeheartedly agree with John CB. Get to grips with the basics first. Out of all the things to pick in video editing you have picked possibly the hardest one to get right. Green screening is an art to
• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @johnebaker Hi John. They are feathered but it's the blur and transparency I'm having trouble with.The mask is HD proportions but didn't give it the _alpha designation. It's a bit late now to rename the png file. However I have a cunning plan ready
• Video Pro X

  5 answers, most recent on 6/22/2022

  RE: 3 Split screen images at once
  @JBDL Hi, For an aspect ratio that is different from the original, under Size/Position/Rotation (SPR), if you uncheck 'Combine input fields.' Then you can squash/stretch the rectangle, probably not what you want. The normal way to get 480 wide x
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @Scott-Maas Hi In addition to @Former user's method, a different technique using the Mask generator effect to create a mask and then by adding Chromakey Alpha and changing the Alpha direction arrow you can also create a blend an example is shown
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @Scott-Maas I only have MEP/MS but i think it would similar to VPX, Chroma key to remove any colour not wanted or to make the image transparent in areas, Color correction or any other effect/filter to alter the two images, Then the opacity slider on
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @CubeAce Hi forgive me if you know this but blend/composite modes are similar to masks but also a bit different,   @johnebaker You're the first one to mention Chromakey & i've already pretty much said - Blending modes take each corresponding
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @Scott-Maas Hi Scott. This is normally done using alpha channel masks in most video editing packages. I can't find recent experiments I did with normal video backgrounds but here is an earlier one I did. Just the opening title sequence. The free
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @CubeAce Hi, bit hard to select an option but i'll see what I can do, a lot of Boris effects seem to have Screen as their default blend option, most are like you say like a mask, they remove/add white or black in different levels, but some composite
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @CubeAce Hi forgive me if you know this but blend/composite modes are similar to masks but also a bit different, B/W masks work with maths, black = 0 & white = 1, so if you put a Black on top of a colour its 0 x the colour no' = 0 & so you
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @Scott-Maas Hi. These are essentially layer mask options but with no control over the area it would be applied to. This would be something you would probably find in the Vegas product range where there would be more control. With the differences in
• Samplitude

  8 answers, most recent on 6/9/2022

  IZotope Neutron 4 Mix Assistant
  When I use Neutron 4 and Relay plug-ins for features like Masking Meter, Visual Mixer, and Mix Assistant, the track names in my DAW (Samplitude Pro X5 Suite) aren’t pulled into the plugin. So it is impossible to work with Assistant, because you
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 6/3/2022

  RE: Freewell anamorphic lens desqueezing
  Hi and welcome to the user to user forums. That depends on how you are going to use the footage in your project. There may be several solutions. I can think of one way but may not be ideal. If you want the whole video to be from the anamorphic lens
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 5/28/2022

  RE: Feathering a Photo
  @hdrechsel18 Hi Harry A quick method is to use the effects masks already available in the folder: C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common\Videocontent\Movie Edit Pro Premium\VideoEffects\EffectAlphaMasks\HD Drag the shape you require onto the
• Video Pro X

  3 answers, most recent on 5/23/2022

  RE: Green Screen problem
  @Sugar-Shane Hi and welcome to the user to user forums. Not sure I know what you are trying to do here. The point of a green screen background is to use it as a key for an overlay to another track. It is really its only use. If you are trying to
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 5/21/2022

  RE: circle mask or crop
  @j-zee Hi . . . . Is there any feature in the new or prior movie studio to create a circular mask or crop for a webcam, for instance? . . . . Can you clarify what you mean by this or are trying to achieve an example image will help.. John EBForum
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 5/21/2022

  RE: circle mask or crop
  @j-zee Hi and welcome to the user to user forums. There should be a lot of choices to explore but try starting with a basic effect called the cookie cutter. Then there is a whole section of masks that come with the program. These are for recorded
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 5/21/2022

  RE: circle mask or crop
  @j-zee Hi . . . . Is there any feature in the new or prior movie studio to create a circular mask or crop for a webcam, for instance? . . . . Can you clarify what you mean by this or are trying to achieve an example image will help.. John EBForum
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 5/21/2022

  RE: circle mask or crop
  @j-zee Hi and welcome to the user to user forums. There should be a lot of choices to explore but try starting with a basic effect called the cookie cutter. Then there is a whole section of masks that come with the program. These are for recorded
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 5/21/2022

  circle mask or crop
  Hi. Is there any feature in the new or prior movie studio to create a circular mask or crop for a webcam, for instance? Thanks!