• Photo & Graphic Designer

  No answers, created on 10/25/2020

  Transparency and Opacity masks in Xara Photo and Graphic Designer.
  I have edited some photos to erase the background. I would like to stack the photos so that the photo underneath shows through the white (previously erased) portions of the top photo. Is this possible. The section on opacity masks and transparency
• Movie Studio

  36 answers, most recent on 10/24/2020

  RE: HDR Gamma control creates indow on upper left of the movie window
  Cube. I looked at your s-caps. I don't use masks (don't even know how). Is this what you wanted to see. It goes with the previous s-cap which shows one quarter of the image in the monitor. Kami
• Movie Studio

  36 answers, most recent on 10/24/2020

  RE: HDR Gamma control creates indow on upper left of the movie window
  @Kami_1 Hi Kami. Not exactly what I was looking for although enlarging the double screen shots to a size I could make out, the text in (Always useful) I think I may be seeing part of the problem. From your screen grab, enlarged for me to try to see
• Movie Studio

  36 answers, most recent on 10/24/2020

  RE: HDR Gamma control creates indow on upper left of the movie window
  Ray, here's the full program; the MEP monitor window is in second monitor. The one with 1/4 of the video screen is with a Gamma HDR setting; other one is with the HDR control at zero. Before I tried unchecking the Hardware Accelerator for playback,
• Video Pro X

  2 answers, most recent on 10/14/2020

  RE: Selective Blur
  @mkro Hi . . . . had an effect that allowed edge blur while keeping a selected area of the frame in focus. The blur pattern could also be adjusted radially (keeping a selected region in focus), horizontally, vertically (each with a band of
• Video Pro X

  25 answers, most recent on 10/13/2020

  RE: How can I convert movie made in 2006 with BUP, VOB, IFO and MVD files?
  @CubeAce @browj2 @johnebaker Hi Ray Your screen shots of the Eiffel Tower are a very good example of why not to use too much HDR Gamma in VPX ie much more than 20% starts to show dark and light bands, which i think is created by the blurred mask
• Video Pro X

  25 answers, most recent on 10/13/2020

  RE: How can I convert movie made in 2006 with BUP, VOB, IFO and MVD files?
  @lauriemessage @johnebaker @CubeAce Hi I would use the excellent HDR Gamma slider in the Contrast / Brightness effects section of VPX for bringing detail out of the dark areas if there is any detail hidden in there that has not been lost by the
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 10/9/2020

  RE: [Closed] Plug-ins for mask effects
  @davidm-thangliana Hi . . . . When I use the drop-down menu for video effects (load effects), I could not find any pre-loaded masks. . . . . Which version of Movie Edit Pro are you using? I presume you mean this option? Did you download and
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 10/9/2020

  RE: [Closed] Plug-ins for mask effects
  @davidm-thangliana Hi David. I'm not sure what you mean but Layer Masks are found in the templates section. Ray.
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 10/9/2020

  [Closed] Plug-ins for mask effects
  When I use the drop-down menu for video effects (load effects), I could not find any pre-loaded masks. But tutorials show a window where you can choose from HD or SD. Is something wrong with my installation?
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 10/6/2020

  RE: Editing.. Howbto Question
  @christopher-stultz Hi Christopher. All of the above can be done and done quite easily. The first question you ask is using a technique called picture in picture and can be done using the size / position tool within Movie Edit Pro. The second can be
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 10/5/2020

  RE: Stepped lines on imported images/jpg edges
  Hi Ray, yep i've done that, i think that's what i did in the mask i mentioned, This image was on a 1920x1080 transparent back ground PNG, but the image was smaller, you can see the writing is almost clear in the PNG but Magix spoils it further with
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 10/5/2020

  Stepped lines on imported images/jpg edges
  Hi, i have stepped lines on imported images/jpg edges, i'm pretty sure i've resolved this in the past but that might have just been on a fixed pic, a mask i think it was, that was a long time ago & can't remember what i did, This is two pics i
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 11/30/2020

  RE: Using Alpha Channel Video
  Yes, those were the products that I bought: Sparks, Flames, Powders, and others. I was finally able to get the masks to work.
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 11/30/2020

  RE: Using Alpha Channel Video
  @JK_Harper Hi, I noticed that BusyBoxx has some products that come with a mask as well as the effect. Is that your case? John CB
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 9/19/2020

  RE: Portrait Images-"Echo" Pillarbox Effect on Edges
  @CubeAce Hi Ray . . . . Any idea why the order I did it in caused problems . . . . The Cookie cutter is equivalent to using a black white mask with Chromakey Black applied which occasionally can have a weird effects depending on what transitions
• Video Pro X

  2 answers, most recent on 9/1/2020

  VPX12 Update to 18.0.1.85
  There is an update today to 18.0.1.85. Here is the list. Fixes: Fixed: Crash on Windows 7 when working with certain graphic cards. Fixed: Crash when displaying thumbnails . Fixed: Crash when closing the programme in VfW mode. Fixed: Crash when
• Movie Studio

  28 answers, most recent on 8/1/2020

  RE: Black area
  @johnebaker Hi John. I thought that was John CBs first video. The second video showed the use of a png mask but I've only just realised your enquiry for images related to the first video, not the second and got confused when you asked if there was
• Movie Studio

  28 answers, most recent on 8/1/2020

  RE: Black area
  @CubeAce Hi Ray . . . . I notice in your images you supplied for John EB there is no track with a mask in it between the two clips used as was instructed to do in John CBs' second tutorial. . . . . There is no need for a mask using the Section
• Movie Studio

  28 answers, most recent on 8/1/2020

  RE: Black area
  @derek-williams @johnebaker First apologies. I have tried to copy John CB into this reply but it is not taking. Hi Derek. The video is showing fine at my end. No-one is in a rush here although I notice in your images you supplied for John EB there
• Movie Studio

  28 answers, most recent on 8/1/2020

  RE: Black area
  @derek-williams Hi, It's not clear to me what you are doing. I gave you links in another thread on how to use the Section feature and how to use a mask. I also showed the timeline of me twice using a mask. Section is a cropping feature. I would not
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 7/23/2020

  RE: How to use Alpha Channel Transition videos?
  @Basheer Hi Did you try the same set up as the example I posted, I did not have a fog transition so used the nearest one I had. Note: fog transitions and Alpha are the worst type to work with as you nearly always get an 'odd effect' ie with black
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 7/29/2020

  RE: [Closed] Combining 2 scenes into 1 scene
  @derek-williams In the image below, I used a black & white (chromakey alpha) mask with a slight transition zone; this was to hide a slight difference in lighting. Track 1 is the left part, track 4 is the right part. John CB
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 7/23/2020

  How to use Alpha Channel Transition videos?
  I tried to use an alpha channel transition. but its masking the bellow video completely!. How to know a video (saying transparent) is really transparent? Please advise.