• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 4/4/2013

  RE: video layers not behaving
  Hi, I don't think I've understood that confidently enough to attempt reproducing it with your object sizes. Make a small project exhibiting the problem and (assuming you have the facility in your unspecified version of MEP) use File > Backup
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 4/4/2013

  video layers not behaving
  I have three layers of stills that I want to use to produce a moving image; the back layer is a starfield, the mid-layer is a debris field and the front layer is a driver in a vehicle. You can see through the window - I made the window white, set
• Off topic

  5 answers, most recent on 4/2/2013

  RE: How do I change background color on a simple text layer?
  Emily, As Terry just said, his method is using standard Magix tools. I think you are asking '...directly within the Title dialog window.' which is not possible because of the way MEP titling works: Titles, as they appear on the timeline, are
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 3/26/2013

  RE: A Line
  Hello Anirban, I will try to help you start. 1 Pull the clip on track no 2 down to track no 3. 2 Go to Effects > Video effects > Chroma key and click the triangle at the red ring on my picture. 3 Click  Load effect mask (red line), and
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 3/24/2013

  RE: How can I use a blue screen/green screen effect
  VaderHaider, Technique neesd two track in timeline: Upper (lower number) is the background which will be visible through the transparent areas. Lower (higher number) has the foreground clip which was filmed against a plain blue or green
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 3/23/2013

  RE: JPG pictures fade away
  Hi There is no need to open the mixer to fade down the picture track as you can do this directly in the timeline by dragging down the handle in the middle of the picture track clip just as though you were dragging down the volume handle. But
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 3/23/2013

  RE: JPG pictures fade away
    Thank you for the answer´s. I have first pic at track one, then second at track two, third at track three. But still, as the second picture fade up is full done, the first track first pic fades away.  Its like it does crossfade,
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 3/10/2013

  RE: Better comic word balloon?
  FriendlyFloyd, Entirely possible, but with some complications depending on whether you want a custom text ballonn (or any other overlay FX) to be available with one click from an effects menu or not. Everything there is controlled by a .ini file
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 3/7/2013

  RE: Does Magix make a program that can create annimated books opening and closing? Something similar to Adobe After Effects.
  DavidS, 'Effects' tab >> 'Design elements' >> 'Intros/Outros'. They get dropped onto a video objects on the timeline. Sorry I can't offer more specific help to such general questions as what else...? Most any image or video clip
• Movie Studio

  10 answers, most recent on 3/6/2013

  RE: Title Effects
  Dear Carl,  Thanks for your kind suggestions. I understood the recodring of the sparkling part. But I am sorry the later part was not understood: Effects' >> "video effects' >> 'Chroma key'.  I will be thankful if you are kind
• Movie Studio

  10 answers, most recent on 3/6/2013

  RE: Title Effects
  Anirban, I'd say the effect is probably done with a third party plug-in such as NewBlueFX or proDAD which come bundled with some 'Premium' version of MEP. See: http://www.magix.com/au/movie-edit-pro/premium/functions/ . Some of these programs
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 4/11/2013

  RE: Hello Everyone, how do you blur out the side or backgroud, and still maintain a good view of the key talent in front thats on film already?
  Charlie, One way is to use an 'alpha effect' mask. You make a stack of three tracks (I'm ignoring any audio here): your video clip a B&W image of say a circle or oval with 'Effects' tab >> 'Video effects' >> 'Chroma key'
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 2/24/2013

  RE: Border / frame around the video clip
  shubert, Two say I can think of: If you want to keep all the video image then use 'Effects' tab >> 'Movement effects. >> 'Size/position and slightly reduce the area. You would then put a background in a higher track (lower number)
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 2/18/2013

  RE: Is it possible to do a "freeze frame sequence" effect in MEP?
  Sorry I'd not watched all the way through as the beginning instructions had a direct parallel in MEP. Their example is relatively easy as the bike rider is seen against evenly blue sky. In MEP you would again use a movement effect but this time
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 2/15/2013

  RE: Hey there, Is it possible to change completly the background of a video when editting and if so, How please?
  I think Georg's suggestion makes an interesting effect but won't selectively remove the background. As the video level  is adjusted the clip becomes more transparent everywhere. Complete removal of a background pretty much requires planning and
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 1/16/2013

  RE: how do i align a series of still images and turn them into a time lapse
  Hi, I would create a grid, or download one put it on a track below where the photos are, since the grid will likely have black lines on a white background you will need to use chroma key to eliminate the white so that you just have the lines. 
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 1/7/2013

  RE: [MEP17+] Gray key image matte...
  Many thanks, Carl. My mistake was to add the gradient image using the dropdown box in the chroma key window itself. I'm sorted, now :)
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 1/7/2013

  RE: [MEP17+] Gray key image matte...
  Gorg, I've not got MEP17 to check just how it does it (14Plus >> 2013Premium) but what you want is 'alpha' chroma key. Basics are a stack of three tracks: Background image on higher (lower number) track. Alpha mask -- governs
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 1/6/2013

  RE: How can I get a print of a photo edited in MEP?
  "The only stupid question is the one that never gets asked." I clicked Import file/Pictures/Open. Then I clicked Edit/Chroma key. The photo then appeared in the monitor looking like a frame from a movie clip. I didn't have the correct way of
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  Hi Jay and Terry, What a great discussion.  Jay, I wanted to mention that I currently use 3 editing programs because each one has some unique strengths that the others don't.  My primary editor is MEP mostly because I really like the workflow
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 1/6/2013

  How can I get a print of a photo edited in MEP?
  I imported a photo taken against a green screen into MEP 16. I then used the chroma key to eliminate the green. Now I have an image set against a black background. I like what I see in the monitor but how can I get this Image in a file that I can
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 1/3/2013

  RE: Rotation - highly flexible method from wabu
  Another trick:   4.  Export the video as a mxv file *** 5.  Open the project in which you want to include the rotating video. 6.  Import the exported mxv file created in step 4.  Make sure you keep this selected 7.  Select
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  Hi Jay, I'm away using my iPad right now. But I'll summarise the exact steps you need to take below. If I don't hear back from you that you've succeeded, I'll illustrate it when I get back to my PC in an hour or so. It's really very simple (once
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
    Well it seems my writing style leaves data out of the details, while it is clear to me in my head. So here is what I did, as referenced in your post: I created an oval with a white border and transparent center. Then I added a rectangle