• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  Hi peter Here is a quick and dirty usage of the Mask Generator using the Luminance option of the mask generator Set up is as follows: Track 1 video to have background replaced Track 2 same video as 1 - this will be the mask Track 4 the replacement
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 4/5/2017

  RE: Alpha masks missing
  Hi . . . . MEP 17 vers. 16.0.1.22 . . . . Please do not abbreviate the program year designation, ie from the version number, you have the Premium version, sometimes called Movie Edit Pro 2017 or MEP 2017, this causes confusion with older version
• Video Pro X

  8 answers, most recent on 3/10/2017

  RE: VPX(8) Arrow overlay image - mirrored - gets truncated
  Hi John CB . . . . Wherever I have the arrow object below a text caption (Blue 2), as soon as I deleted the mirror effect on the arrow, the caption went upside down. . . . . What is the sequence in which you did this? I cannot replicate it. . . . .
• Movie Studio

  No answers, created on 2/17/2017

  Newest effect features in Edit Pro
  I wasn't planning on getting the latest edition of the software, as I have last year's version (as well as an older version of Pro X) but got a tempting update offer and demoed just to see if I would be missing anything... Much to my surprise, I
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 2/7/2017

  RE: Animated arrows, circles, squares, callouts: Does Magix have them?
  I use Video Pro X. For editing, adding titles, effects, audio, etc. it is great. Just remember that, unlike most other programs, track 1 is at the bottom of the pile and overlay objects on tracks 2 and above come on top of the lower numbered tracks.
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 2/7/2017

  RE: Animated arrows, circles, squares, callouts: Does Magix have them?
  Hi, I use Video Pro X. For editing, adding titles, effects, audio, etc. it is great. Just remember that, unlike most other programs, track 1 is at the bottom of the pile and overlay objects on tracks 2 and above come on top of the lower numbered
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 2/7/2017

  RE: Animated arrows, circles, squares, callouts: Does Magix have them?
  Here is an example of my brush circle @browj2 Your brush circle looks good. I would call that an animation with a transparent background. But I would not know how to create that myself. Is it some kind of png file? I know how to make a png file in
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 1/28/2017

  RE: Reshaping a human body on a video without using Ghroma Key
  With or without the chroma key facility it sounds over-ambitious for MEP alone, IMO. I've not used them but there are various morphing or warping tools dedicated to this sort of thing. i could imagine using MEP's distortion effects on a static
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 1/25/2017

  RE: Arabic plugin to use for typing text
  Hi Does your computer have the required Windows Arabic language pack installed? AFAIK Movie Edit pro does not support Windows Arabic fonts. The only way to add text in Arabic, to a video, is to use an image editing program which supports Arabic
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 1/25/2017

  RE: Arabic plugin to use for typing text
  Hi Does your computer have the required Windows Arabic language pack installed? AFAIK Movie Edit pro does not support Windows Arabic fonts. The only way to add text in Arabic, to a video, is to use an image editing program which supports Arabic
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 1/18/2017

  RE: png or jpeg
  Hi That is actually a difficult question to answer if you already have the photos in both formats on your hard drive. Assuming the following: image transparency is not required  the original image source is a digital camera  the images are not RAW
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 1/18/2017

  RE: png or jpeg
  Hi @ YR . . . . png is not compressed . . . . PNG is a compressed file, however the compression engine is a lossless one similar to the Deflate option used in Winzip, 7zip and other compressors. Inflating a png file may not be so processor intensive
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 1/18/2017

  RE: png or jpeg
  Hi, If you use a scan at 120 dpi, may be 4 x 6 inches, 24 bits this is the same to use either jpg or png. But if you use a scan and output png in 32 bits you can use a transparent background the only advantage transparency the size today is not
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 1/18/2017

  RE: png or jpeg
  Better for what? Yes .png files will be a larger size than .jpg, partly because the png specification requires more data to be saved. (One part of this is that 32 bit .png files allow transparency, so one can use e.g. the image of a person from
• Movie Studio

  48 answers, most recent on 11/24/2019

  RE: Unwanted Black Background in Title
  Hi, I've the same problem (black background in Title object), in Movie Edit Pro Premium 16.0.2.56 (UDP3). This effect is in normal title (Title button) and with title template - also in a new project. The black rectangular is also when "radio
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 1/3/2017

  RE: Adding lyrics to music video.
  Hi . . . . I watched that tutorial good but nothing on putting text on a music video . . . . Text entry is all done through the Title tab options - they are not just for titles but any text you want to have anywhere on the video. There are also many
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 11/19/2016

  RE: How can I change my video background from a plain white to a plain slightly darker color using Magixx Movie Edit Pro 2016?
  tom174, This might work... Place the video clip on two tracks -- I'm using a .jpg image here. Give the lower track a 'White Box' effect and adjust it so only your plain white becomes transparent. Adjust the 'Brightness' setting
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 9/5/2017

  RE: just wondering does Magix Movie maker 2015 have the ability of making GIFS instead of just a motion JPEG
  Hi Movie Edit Pro cannot export animated GIFs. You can however export a video clip as a sequence of JPG images and use an online converter to create animated GIF's, there are several on the Internet - some are free, however look out for the
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 10/8/2016

  RE: Where is Text Transparency control?
  Thanks, adjusting with the text "handle" works! Hi Kami I agree with using the outline (border) in a different colour to make the text stand out better. AFAICS the transparency control referred to in the manual is for the Drop Shadow
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 10/8/2016

  RE: Where is Text Transparency control?
    Hi Kami The Transparency and Soften control are available after clicking the Drop Shadow button next to (left of) the 3D button and as John has said, they only apply to the Shadow. Peter
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 10/8/2016

  RE: Where is Text Transparency control?
  Hi Kami I agree with using the outline (border) in a different colour to make the text stand out better. AFAICS the transparency control referred to in the manual is for the Drop Shadow effect. To alter the transparency of the whole text the
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 10/8/2016

  RE: Where is Text Transparency control?
  Hi John, I almost always use the outline mode with text.  Been doing so for years.  The contrast between the text and the outline makes the text readable against "busy" backgrounds.  But I never experienced the transparency before.  In the
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 10/8/2016

  Where is Text Transparency control?
  I apparently hit something yesterday, because all the text is transparent.  I read this control exists in both the Help file and the PDF manual.  But I don't see it in the Title window.  (I also don't see the soften control.)  I always have Filled
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 9/12/2016

  RE: Add filter to a video (magix video 17 deluxe)
  Hi By 'matte' I presume you mean the hazy white appearance in the video.  If so there are two ways of achieving this: lower the contrast in the video - Effects tab, Video effects, Brightness/Contrast   Add a white image * to a track