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@PeterD58 Hi, The photo part of Travel Maps is very rudimentary with no control over the display of photos except for the duration and transition. TM takes the photo and automatically resizes it to fill the screen, which usually does not give the

Photostory

2 answers, most recent on 11/9/2020

[Solved] Travel Maps (version 1.0.1.385) - embedding photos in route

Hi, no issues inserting landscape photos so they pop up when route is animated / played, but portrait photos are not correctly shown, they have a zoomed in / cropped effect, looks like they are coming out in landscape format. If I dont play the

Xara Designer Pro

3 answers, most recent on 11/24/2020

RE: [Solved] Difference between Upgrade and Update

@Donald-Sanders Hi, Check carefully about the Update Service for $39. It is probably not for Xara DPX, but for either Photo&Graphics Designer or Web Designer Premium. Extending the Update Service and Upgrade are the same thing. Given that Xara

Photostory

2 answers, most recent on 9/25/2020

[Solved] Cannot import photos

Hi I am using Magix PhotoStory De Luxe Serial No P3-Serial number removed by Moderator I cannot access My Photos. I cannot find any way of getting into my folders. It worked OK originally but I do not know how it changed in this way. I have

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/19/2020

RE: [Solved] Portrait Images-"Echo" Pillarbox Effect on Edges

@AAProds @Scenestealer Alwyn, I was assuming that you knew about the Edge Effects and were looking for a way to apply the effect quickly to 30 images. The next step was to make the transitions. Were you aware of the Edge Effects? There are two -

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/19/2020

[Solved] Portrait Images-"Echo" Pillarbox Effect on Edges

I'm doing a slideshow where the millennials are providing some of the images. You guessed it, half of them are portrait! I am trying to come up with a quick solution to avoid having straight black bars down the sides. I've currently got the

Movie Studio

12 answers, most recent on 5/18/2021

RE: [Solved] "Scenes" versus "Takes" in MEP parlance.

@Richard-Curtis Hi Richard, "...but having to import a complete parent file to the timeline to locate the required scene for one or more MVD's doesn't seem very straightforward to me - and if more than one parent file is imported to show more clips

Photostory

5 answers, most recent on 11/3/2022

[Solved] More Collage Templates

I'm working on my 2nd project so am still quite a newbie. One of the reasons I chose PhotoStory Deluxe was for the "over 100 photo collages" but I only see 10 collage templates. I've reviewed doc and support info and don't see another place to find

Photostory

2 answers, most recent on 9/11/2020

RE: [Solved] View Screen is Gray

@Teresa-Hoffman Welcome to the Magix user to user forums. Can you tell us the exact version number of Photostory you have, please? You can check under Help>About MAGIX Photostory. The current latest is 20.0.1.56; although the version number is

Photostory

2 answers, most recent on 9/11/2020

[Solved] View Screen is Gray

I have just upgraded to Photostory 2020. My project imports fine and I can see all my photos and titles in the timeline. However, when I play the slideshow, it is all gray. I can hear the music and the slideshow moves along the timeline, but I

Movie Studio

13 answers, most recent on 8/23/2020

RE: [Solved] New User Here and I Have Some Questions Regarding the Timeline Tracks

@LightfireCreative Hi and welcome to the user to user forums. First answer I'm afraid is no. Tracks can't be reversed. It is more similar to photo editing programs where the last layer applied is normally the lowest in order. I suppose it's what you

Other products

5 answers, most recent on 4/8/2022

[Solved] Waiting for Registration Code?

I installed the trial version of Photo Manager and resisted the program, now it says the registration Code will be sent to me but its not in the email, see blow......... Hello Richard Cullis, Thank you for successfully registering for this

Photo & Graphic Designer

12 answers, most recent on 7/7/2020

[Solved] download on new computer

I have been using Photo & Graphic Designer on a low-end laptop and it recently stopped working so I had the odd chance of buying a high-end desktop PC just for the use of this product and others with the high demand of graphics and ram. However,

Other products

2 answers, most recent on 6/27/2020

[Solved] Backup

Hi, I have just purchased MAGIX Photo Manager Deluxe. Is there not a way you can backup the database to either a USB drive or NAS rather than a CD or DVD

Photostory

3 answers, most recent on 5/29/2020

RE: [Solved] Photostory Playback Timing Off

I made a slideshow with pictures of similar composition but much smaller file sizes and the slideshow timing tracked fine in timeline mode. I went back to the working files from my original slideshow and managed to reduce size of each almost 90%.

Photostory

7 answers, most recent on 5/5/2020

[Solved] Audio fade out.

I am working on a presentation of Photo Story Deluxe 2020. There are no handles to fade out the audio clip. I can simply move the clip in to cut it off. Is there a setting to turn the handles on?

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 5/1/2020

[Solved] Importing an object shifts all my tracks

I just recently come across a problem I've never had before: Whenever I import a file (photo or video) into my project, it shifts all the other objects in my project to the right - leaving an empty spot (above/below) where I place my imported file.

Music Maker

3 answers, most recent on 3/31/2020

[Solved] Grid lines suddenly changed?

I have had this issue a few times -- every once in a while the grid lines will 'widen' and it makes it difficult to line things up with the beat. Please see attached photos: Normal: Messed up: Loops that used to take up one block now take up 1/5.

Photostory

3 answers, most recent on 5/29/2020

[Solved] Photostory Playback Timing Off

PS Deluxe v19.0.2.46. Created slideshow, 24 B&W slides, no effects, standard transition, single audio track. The time line looks correct, the audio track is lined up correctly. But when I play it back the slides play longer or shorter than

Photostory

21 answers, most recent on 3/12/2020

[Solved] Photostory Burn disc will not play on DVD player

I have recently purchased Photo Story Deluxe 2020 version. I have burned the program on a DVD. I have burned it as both DVD and Blue Ray. The disc will not play on my DVD player. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Photostory

3 answers, most recent on 3/14/2020

RE: [Solved] If I upgrade, I am concerened about my new laptop which has no DVD

@B-V-Boy With this new technology, can I still use the newest Photostory the same way I have been using Photostory since 2011? Yes! If DVD technology is going away, how would I save my slideshows to show them on a TV? As long as your DVD player

Photostory

3 answers, most recent on 3/14/2020

[Solved] If I upgrade, I am concerened about my new laptop which has no DVD

Hello ! Just bought a new Dell Inspiron laptop having no DVD player. I am a windows 7 guy. Now I have to use windows 10, and an external DVD player connected with a USB port. With this new technology, can I still use the newest Photostory the same

Photostory

2 answers, most recent on 2/14/2020

[Solved] Effects Stack: Can they be modified?

Hi... I'm doing a simple collage on Photostory deluxe 17.1 There's a photo in which i've applied 3 whatever effects. For example: a) a pulsating movement b) a vertical movement c) an artistic effect is it possible, for example to remove only one of

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 3/9/2020

[Solved] MEP update 19.0.2.58

Greetings Update loaded OK and Store seems to load quickly. A change of date will soon see if it's repaired. However, the patch seems to have messed up (at least) NewBlue Essential IV. Magnifying Glass now has "gone peculiar". The attached video