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I have tried to make a shadow (Hitfilm shadow) on a mov clip (an animated logo with alpha). But when the shadow is applied then the alpha disappears and the background returns to black. This must be a bug, or? and is there any other way of making a

Movie Studio

No answers, created on 6/18/2018

Importing png file sequence as a single clip

Is it possible to import a sequence of png files (100+) (with alpha) as a single clip? This is possible in the much older Vegas Studio without much trouble.

Movie Studio

8 answers, most recent on 6/4/2018

RE: How to achieve the "infinite zoom effect" with MEP 17?

Hi, I presume that you have Plus or Premium. To do this, you need to understand keyframing, mask creation and Chromakey alpha. I used VPX, but you can use MEP for everything but the zoom blur at the end. I created a mask of the window using Xara

Movie Studio

8 answers, most recent on 6/4/2018

RE: How to achieve the "infinite zoom effect" with MEP 17?

Hi, I presume that you have Plus or Premium. To do this, you need to understand keyframing, mask creation and Chromakey alpha. I used VPX, but you can use MEP for everything but the zoom blur at the end. I created a mask of the window using Xara

ACID

12 answers, most recent on 1/21/2019

Acid Pro 8 - nice program, but bad yet

For several years I have been using ACID for my professional job.I was looking forward to 64 bit. version so I can use the new effects already on 32 bit. they are not. Unfortunately, I have to say that the current build 143 is inapplicable to the

MAGIX

54 answers, most recent on 4/30/2020

RE: [Closed] [Release] ACID Pro 8 – the revolutionary DAW returns

Acid Pro 8 - nice program, but bad yet For several years I have been using ACID for my professional job.I was looking forward to 64 bit. version so I can use the new effects already on 32 bit. they are not. Unfortunately, I have to say that the

Movie Studio

48 answers, most recent on 11/24/2019

RE: Unwanted Black Background in Title

Hi John CB, At first that bizarre work-around of saving (an incorrectly displayed project!), exiting and restarting seemed to work. But when I previewed all the objects, the effect was gone again. (Ive written a macro that jumps quickly to each

Video Pro X

2 answers, most recent on 12/18/2017

RE: VPX9 - No audio after using Solo

Hi John EB, Thanks for taking a look. The movie was corrupt and copy/paste to a new movie solved this particular problem. However, I had other problems, like the one that I mentioned about exporting with masks not working properly and then I had two

MAGIX

No answers, created on 12/18/2017

[Closed] Patch for Video Pro X - version 15.0.5.211

Changes in version 15.0.5.211: Multi-track performance improved More audio effects can now be copied Fixed transparency issue on older computers (title, chroma key) Fixed error where only some objects were copied by duplicating (D key) Fixed errors

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: split screen with alpha mask does not open

Hi all, I just tried MEP2016 and the latest VPX and naming the file with _alpha does not turn on the Chroma key Alpha effect anymore. I am trying to update the text of the YT video, but after clicking on Save changes, the cursor has been turning,

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: split screen with alpha mask does not open

Hi John, Nice find! I can replicate that quirk in MEPP 2016. In fact the alpha suffix trick does not seem to work at all. My import just got the standard 'Stamp' key applied. MEP 2014 does work as expected, i.e. the mask does get alpha status, an

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: split screen with alpha mask does not open

@terrypin . . . . "...so that when it's imported into the video editor, it automatically turns on Chroma Key alpha." . . . Except that MEP appears to automatically apply Alpha in one direction only - there is no direction arrow to modify its

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: split screen with alpha mask does not open

I think I should mention that after watching the tutorial once more, there is no indication that Chroma Key should be applied and this is what got me confused. I think you missed it, José. At the 0:55 point of John's 2:59 video 'Tutorial 04 Split

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: split screen with alpha mask does not open

Hi José, As John EB pointed out, you have to put the chromakey alpha on the mask - Effects, Video effects, Chroma key and select alpha. Once on the object, you can reverse the arrow on the object to inverse the effect. John CB

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: split screen with alpha mask does not open

Hi José How are you creating the split screen effect ? Is the mascara split screen rev.png a mask you have created or is it one of the MEP masks ? If the mask is one you have created can you upload a copy to Dropbox, and provide a link to it, for us

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

split screen with alpha mask does not open

This for John CB Hi John, As you can see above the mask has not been applied and I don´t know why. At first I thought it was caused by the mxv extension or that maybe I had not saved the mask as alpha but after rechecking both I found this was not

Video Pro X

28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: Overlaying clips that are transparent

Checked this again another way using MEP2018 Plus and I found that simply using a chromakey black on the overlay was better. When the musical notes show up, there is a cross-shaped white glow that can be seen in the simple version with chromakey

Video Pro X

28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: Overlaying clips that are transparent

Hi again, Here is another trick. To get possibly a better result, copy the produce.avi down directly below where it was located (easier to see if you remove the audio track) so that you have it on tracks 3 and 5. Remove the chromakey from both

Video Pro X

28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: Overlaying clips that are transparent

Hi, Make sure that you have updated to the latest patch. What is the patch version number that you are using? See under Help, About. In VPX (15.0.4.176), put the title on track 4 unless you want the overlay stars to pass in front of the titles, and

Video Pro X

28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: Overlaying clips that are transparent

Oh my... thanks you. It must be my program as I cannot get anything to go Black or Alpha up or down. I haven't messed with any prefs but is there somewhere that it may have switched something off? BTW I have put in a Ticket to support about the

Video Pro X

28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: Overlaying clips that are transparent

Hi Thanks for the overlay clip - here is what I get when applying Chromakey Black and Alpha using the same track order as you image - at least for the 2 examples in the video. The second example is correct - if you had another image or text then

Video Pro X

28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: Overlaying clips that are transparent

Thank you for the help. I have the avi I am using to overlay and a screenshot of the time line in VPro X. Whether the arrow is up or down I get the same black result. Tried Black and Alpha every way I could. Strange thing is it does work with Black

Video Pro X

28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: Overlaying clips that are transparent

Hi @story97 Thanks for the feedback. Getting used to different software's workflows can be a nightmare. Using Alpha has a lot more going for it depending on the placement of the objects eg you can do this things like this with it Here is the

Video Pro X

28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

RE: Overlaying clips that are transparent

Hi VPX appears to no longer automatically apply Alpha when it is present, or the filename indicates it is to have Alpha applied to it. Your client needs to apply either Chromakey Black or Alpha from the Effects tab, Video effects, Chromakey dialog