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if it's like the download ONLY version of Samplitude Pro Suite (and remember I said IF its like the download version) - AFTER you install Samplitude you will find a new program folder in your start menu labeled "MAGIX" and under it you will see

Photostory

One answer, on 12/1/2017

RE: Best method to create a slideshow

Hi Welcome to the forum As a first step I would advise you watch the Tutorial in Photostory and read the installed PDF manual available under Help if you have not already done so. . . . . All my photos are in Windows/Pictures and are sorted in

Photostory

One answer, on 12/1/2017

Best method to create a slideshow

I have just purchased Photostory 2018 and need some advice on the best method to build up a slideshow. All my photos are in Windows/Pictures and are sorted in separate folders in the year that they were taken and I would like to have a similar

Photostory

5 answers, most recent on 11/26/2017

RE: ? what does it means ?

Hi Knud . . . . I am trying to follow your link to dropbox, but I am not using dropbox, . . . . You do not have to use Dropbox, the link I provided is for the Mask image I used in my example for you to try. When you paste the link into your web

Video Pro X

30 answers, most recent on 11/21/2017

RE: Comments on November 2017 update to VPX, improvements or problems

I have found most of my error messages while encoding have had something to do with the menus or chapter markers.Don't ask me why.That's why I have changed to mixing down to wmv then starting a new project just for the DVD.Seems to work. It is

Video Pro X

30 answers, most recent on 11/21/2017

RE: Comments on November 2017 update to VPX, improvements or problems

@RogerGunkel Hi . . . . I've just tried to write a 1hr 57min dvd, something I have done many times over the years, however with VPX after the new update I am getting the same problem that I had before the update. The programme should resize the

Video Pro X

30 answers, most recent on 11/21/2017

RE: Comments on November 2017 update to VPX, improvements or problems

I've just tried to write a 1hr 57min dvd, something I have done many times over the years, however with VPX after the new update I am getting the same problem that I had before the update. The programme should resize the file to fit the dvd when

Video Pro X

180 answers, most recent on 12/12/2017

RE: CANNOT EXPORT MOVIE

Hi Mark, Two problems I can see immediately from the spec you posted. If you intend to work in 4k, you really need as much ram and fastest processor possible. You really need to be looking at a 6th generation i7 as a minimum and 16Gb ram, but

Photostory

6 answers, most recent on 12/1/2017

RE: black slide as end of the show

Hi . . . . . How can I make a black slide as the last slide in the show and stop the shoe . . . . Add a black image at the end of the movie/slideshow and set its duration to the desired value - Photostory has some images available under Fx, Design,

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 11/8/2017

RE: MEP2018 Plus/Premium - where are own transitions and effects?

Hi John CB . . . . so if you don't know how it works, your transition will not show up under any existing tile. You have to place it elsewhere . . . . This is a common issue when creating your own transition, movement presets, collages, DVD/BD menu

Photostory

5 answers, most recent on 2/12/2018

RE: How to add a second slideshow, so you can burn to same disk

Hi What you are trying to create is a multi movie/slideshow project - to do this: Ensure you are in Timeline mode Create the first slide show Click the + button indicated by the red arrow in the image below - this will create a second timeline -

Video Pro X

24 answers, most recent on 11/2/2017

RE: Is this a titling bug in VPX?

Hi Roger, You may want to check out Xara. You actually have a light version, Xara Xtreme that comes with VPX and is used for creating labels. The full program can use the .XAR files and you can do what you want with them. Scan for .xar files and you

Video Pro X

7 answers, most recent on 10/28/2017

RE: VPX suddenly showing dvd writing problem

Hi John, Thanks for joining in. Just to be clear, I have made 3 separate attempts to produce a DVD using the identical MP4 files in each project. The first file as you can see from my last post was 4.66Gb which is too big as you correctly say for

Video Pro X

7 answers, most recent on 10/28/2017

RE: VPX suddenly showing dvd writing problem

Interesting that you picked up the DVD+R notification, as I have never used DVD+R and like you use DVD-R exclusively. It has been an error in several versions of MEP and VPX, so I have never worried about it as the burning has always been no

Video Pro X

7 answers, most recent on 10/28/2017

RE: VPX suddenly showing dvd writing problem

Ok, I've checked the dvd that came out of VPX7 and there are no problems with it The only problems came from trying to scroll along the timeline to enter chapter points, as the mp4 files created in VPX show extremely dark on the timeline making it

Video Pro X

7 answers, most recent on 10/28/2017

RE: VPX suddenly showing dvd writing problem

Hi Jeff, Thanks for the input, it's certainly an odd and unexpected problem. I always burn my finished edits to 1080 MP4, so since writing the first post, I have taken the MP4 files and put them into a new timeline and gone to create a DVD from the

Photostory

One answer, on 10/20/2017

RE: create chapters which play to end of chapter only

Hi . . . . I want to split my 1 hour video into a number of "chapters" then in the menu set things up to play only the selected chapter . . . select for example item 2 instead of playing JUST item 2 the dvd starts at the beginning of item 2 but then

Photostory

One answer, on 10/20/2017

create chapters which play to end of chapter only

Hi, in photostory deluxe I want to split my 1 hour video into a number of "chapters" then in the menu set things up to play only the selected chapter. I can create chapters OK but when I burn the DVD and select for example item 2 instead of playing

Video Pro X

One answer, on 10/13/2017

Travel route animation wizard not working

The Travel Route Animation wizard shows in both MAGIX PhotoStory on DVD 2013 Deluxe and in Magix Video Pro X (under the EDIT menu). It works in PhotoStory, but will not load correctly in Magix Video Pro X (I get a message that says it can not find

Movie Studio

8 answers, most recent on 2/22/2025

RE: [Closed] insert subs

Hi Movie Edit Pro (MEP) and Video Pro X (VPX) do not support sub titling using srt, or any other subtitling format, files. You would have to use Titles or captions which would be permanently visible and if making DVD or BD discs there is no option

Video Pro X

42 answers, most recent on 9/15/2017

RE: Unable to update Pro X

Hi Everyone.Just an update on my situation at the moment.After my 2nd factory reset, I wasn't going to install the .176 update again but realizing I couldn't do anything with version .56 I had nothing to lose. I couldn't even do basic things like

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 9/8/2017

RE: Definite Issues with Pro X

Hi . . . . When creating DVD's the menu's are not very sharp. . . . . Are you using the HD versions of the menu templates? Note: If you are creating DVD's and viewing them on a HD TV (1920 x 1080 or higher) or monitor then they will not be very

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 9/8/2017

Definite Issues with Pro X

Good day and yes this is going to be a gripe message. I've been back and forth several times with the support people but have gotten zero resolution on several issues and I'm posting to the community hoping you may have an answer for one of my

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 9/5/2017

RE: `FLY-IN` IMAGES

Hi Johnebaker, thank you so much,.......Final product is dvd... I want the resulting dvd achieved from the `master` timeline with all the video on to be Independently playable, this dvd to start with scene 1 `Flying In` after the Main Menu and