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Movie Studio
19 answers, most recent on 10/23/2014
RE: video

Seems a little complicated John. With the 2 videos on track 1 & 2 use "Section > Free Proportions" making sure you are in "Edit" Mode, drag the dotted borders to the size you want or enter size directly in the width and height boxes eg

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
RE: Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

The idea with this adjustment was that you run tests using the chart that MEP has as a jpeg that allowed you to calculate exactly the % of cutoff that your individual viewing device was creating on a rendered clip. This made it possible to see the

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
RE: Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

Hi . . . . If you have set the TV safe area guide in the Movie Effects window to the visible area displayed on your TV, and the right click the video track and tick "Border Cropping Adjustment" the whole picture area will draw in to fit inside

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
RE: Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

Hi Peter, "By not using that feature you are effectively potentially losing 5% on every side of your picture content to an area outside of the TV's screen. Ticking border cropping brings that lost content into your visible area." Apart from

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
RE: Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

Hi Terry "....as I like to keep as much of my (mainly landscape) content as possible." By not using that feature you are effectively potentially losing 5% on every side of your picture content to an area outside of the TV's screen. Ticking

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
RE: Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

BTW All If you have set the TV safe area guide in the Movie Effects window to the visible area displayed on your TV, and the right click the video track and tick "Border Cropping Adjustment" the whole picture area will draw in to fit

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
RE: Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

Hi CDHoward "The thing is, I always set my top left window small (so I have more room for my timeline and file thumbnails). And this leaves borders at the sides." "The helpful greyed-out areas are no longer there. Instead, its virtually all

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
RE: Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

Hi . . . . there were grey borders that showed you where the edge of the working screen . . . . I think you are referring to the 'Safe area' frame which indicates where the image will not be cut off by overscan of the TV. Anything

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
RE: Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

Hi . . . . there were grey borders that showed you where the edge of the working screen . . . . I think you are referring to the 'Safe area' frame which indicates where the image will not be cut off by overscan of the TV. Anything within the

Movie Studio
2 answers, most recent on 9/30/2014
[Closed] Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus: Vital Grey Borders Now Solid Black In This Version

Hello, friends. In the previous 2014 edition, there were grey borders that showed you where the edge of the working screen was. This was absolutely vital, as that was the only way you could make sure that your finished piece was going to fill the

Movie Studio
17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2014
Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus - Vital Grey Screen Border Markers Now Solid Black!

Hello all. In the previous 2014 edition, there were grey borders that showed you where the edge of the working screen was. This was absolutely vital, as that was the only way you could make sure that your finished piece was going to fill the

Movie Studio
7 answers, most recent on 9/27/2014
RE: Remove black border from GIF export

MEP 15 Plus (not 2015): With two 881x768 JPG files (which appear as 557x518 once dragged in) and PAL 4:3 project / film settings (720x576) I get a border, but I would expect only small black edges. If I change the export settings to match the

Movie Studio
7 answers, most recent on 9/27/2014
RE: Remove black border from GIF export

I'm using Movie Edit Pro 15. I've cropped the photos to 3:4 size and using matching resolution. I did get it working by adjusting the Size or zoom, but dont seem to be able to reproduct it. I give up! Me too, almost! Without the

Movie Studio
7 answers, most recent on 9/27/2014
RE: Remove black border from GIF export

Hi, What resolution are your photos and what are your project settings? Is the black border displayed in the preview monitor before export when the photos are selected? More information and a screenshot or two might help us to help

Movie Studio
7 answers, most recent on 9/27/2014
Remove black border from GIF export

If I export a burst of (6 to 10) photos as a GIF image, MAGIX Mobie-Edit Pro puts a large regular black border all around the GIF. However, if I do the same, but using a video (split into 6 sections) as the source I dont get the border. Is