• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 2/9/2014

  RE: How to add a 'Camcorder' Style RED record flashing dot to a movie?
  weedavy6969, I think I'm guessing right. You mean the dot you see in the video camera viewfinder the blinks during recording but is not itself recorded onto you film? Here is a pretty easy way to do it: Create a still image of a red dot on
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 1/10/2014

  Quicktime file with alpha channel
  Hello everyone, I got stuck with a problem that probably is very easy to solve, but I wasn`t able to find an answer on the forum. I have a Quicktime file with an Alpha channel that I am trying to use over another clip. It is an Earth rotating
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 1/10/2014

  RE: Multiple effects on the same object
  Ivar said "...the underlying engine itself is quite capable though to achieve certain things require tricks." That is an understatement! You might not believe this trick: Apply rain effect to the background clip. Un-group and copy the
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 1/10/2014

  RE: Multiple effects on the same object
  Ivar, Though the intros and outros are listed under 'Effects' some are rather special as they contain multiple elements and no doubt behind the scenes code for applying them. Regular effects like zooms and distortions and color shifts can be
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 12/10/2013

  RE: How to change video clip background location.
  Just adding a bit to Terry's reply... I'd say he meant '...it can't be done' successfully or easily, if at all, without prior planning eg having shot the original video of the dancer against a plain usually green background. If you are fortunate
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 10/26/2013

  RE: Black Line Without Gaps
  Hi Anirban Carls method is correct however there is an even simpler way which does not involve using chroma key. A single black image is all that is needed - using Effects, Movement effects, Size/Position - deselect Keep proportions then set
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 10/26/2013

  RE: Black Line Without Gaps
  Anirban Ray, Your trying with text is a novel idea but I think there may be problems when MEP tries to line wrap or stay within the 'TV safe' area. For the line I would use a .bmp image of a black line on a white background. If it is named say
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 10/19/2013

  RE: Object mask
  Hi You have to use a mask image of some kind. I use a lot of  Alpha masks - which are black and white images, jpg or png, to which you apply the Chroma Key Alpha, Black, or White effect below is a small example of the masks I have created and
• Other products

  One answer, on 10/7/2013

  RE: Highlight specific area in scene
  Hi You can do this using a black/white image  - as shown below - this is a white oval on a black background with Chroma key white applied and the transparency level reduced to allow the background to show through shaded.   Here is an
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 10/4/2013

  Magix Movie Edit Pro always seems to lack adaptation to peoples' computer systems!
  Ever since Video Deluxe 12 I have been a loyal supporter of Magix continued release of new versions and all along I have hoped that they would stop maxing out their specs so much that the programs never runs any better really. At version 2014 I
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 9/8/2015

  RE: How to add a large sub titles file.?
  Hi, Why do you need to use a .srt file.  you can make subtitles in MEP as large as you want to and there are many different fonts to choose from.  Help me understand the problem you are having a little better and perhaps I can suggest how you
• Other products

  4 answers, most recent on 9/24/2013

  RE: How to edit a picture_for Beginner
  Hi @George Digital Photomaker is now part of Photo Manager - see here - small print at the half way down the page. @Pepsiw Check if DPM has the following functions/effects - Masks or transparency. Depending on what you want to use the
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 8/26/2013

  RE: Torn Paper Effect
  Hey Anirban, So once again you gave me a challenge with this idea.  So I decided to see if I could recreate it only using movie edit pro.  Here is what I came up with. The only thing I used for the torn paper was some old photograph torn up
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 8/26/2013

  RE: Torn Paper Effect
  Hi Anirban, Probably the fastest way to create a torn paper effect is to buy yourself a black or green poster board, pin it to a wall, get some paper and tear it the way you want it to look, put your camera on a tripod and take a shot of the
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 10/31/2020

  [Closed] All my fotos appear with a purple colour. All the blue coloer items appear in purple.
  All my fotos and video appear with a purple colour.  All the blue coloer items appear in purple.  Not sure what I did or how this happened.  I installed the latest patch but that didn't seem to work.  When I export the movie to the hard drive it
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 7/27/2013

  RE: Is there a way to display the timecode, or otherwise, a running time in a completed video?
  markstout, Though time can be displayed in the preview monitor, I don;'t think there is any way to include it in an export. I'd suggest filming this display (full screen, no other image, text color of your choice) for the required time and
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 7/24/2013

  Chroma key
  When I use chroma key while editing everything is fine but when I save the entire movie the chroma key cancels and the background is still there. Am I saving it as a wrong file or am I doing somethin else wrong?
• Video Easy

  2 answers, most recent on 7/18/2013

  RE: How to play four videos at once, like tiles, with simultaneous audio?
  Hi Joe, In movie edit pro, the link below will show you a youtube video I just finished to show you how to do it.  You can ignore the bit about chroma key if you like.  Also please note that I am using MEP 18 (the version before 2013).  By
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
    Hi Terry Nice one - do not forget Carls naming convention so you do not have to apply the green chroma key effect - which I cannot find a reference to    Thanks John. Re the naming convention, note that the rules for Alpha are
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
  Hi Terry Nice one - do not forget Carls naming convention so you do not have to apply the green chroma key effect - which I cannot find a reference to  Cheers John
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
  I've now worked out how to achieve the sort of clock I described in my summary on Saturday, namely a solid face of white or black and hands, numerals and first border of black or white. That provides consistent readability against a whole range of
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
  Hi Terry, I have not purchased from shutterstock before but I have purchased from Dreamstime and Fotolia in the past.  The clock that I used in the youtube video, I downloaded as a watermarked file (free) if you sign up for an account (just need
• Movie Studio

  21 answers, most recent on 7/9/2013

  RE: Making a clock
  Hi Terry, Here are two examples both from shutterstock They have a few more.  http://footage.shutterstock.com/search/?query=chroma+key+clock George ps I just realized that the one on the right won't meet your needs.
• Off topic

  9 answers, most recent on 7/5/2013

  RE: How to insert футажи with an alpha the channel?
    @Terry, Here is the first clock that John showed first.  I made the clock white using chroma key, black using alpha channel, and changed the white clock to yellow with color correction. George Hi George, See my reply in