• Photostory

  4 answers, most recent on 1/13/2020

  RE: alpha masks
  @MrFlow My apologies - Phostostory 2020 does not support the Chromakey option to use with masks. As @browj2 has said you would need at least Movie Edit Pro Plus or Premium to do this. There is a way of creating an effect similar to that of using a
• Photostory

  4 answers, most recent on 1/13/2020

  RE: alpha masks
  @MrFlow Hi . . . . Is it possible to create an alpha mask myself . . . . It is possible to create your own using an image editing program in jpg, png and tif formats. A mask image is a black and white image (jpg or TIF formats) or can have black or
• Photostory

  4 answers, most recent on 1/13/2020

  alpha masks
  Hello, when you insert some intros, it uses alpha masks. As you can in the fx manager, there is an effect in place called "alpha", which can even be removed. Is it possible to create an alpha mask myself? Kind regardsMrFlow
• Movie Studio

  70 answers, most recent on 1/19/2020

  RE: [Feedback] How do you like version 19.0.1.18 ?
  @atmelcool Hi . . . . Did not find a way to draw a mask . . . . See this tutorial on how to attach text. . . . . the text cannot go beyond the edge of the screen, why . . . . Uncheck the indicated option as shown below before starting the Attach to
• Movie Studio

  70 answers, most recent on 1/19/2020

  RE: [Feedback] How do you like version 19.0.1.18 ?
  1) Did not find a way to draw a mask2) Did as it is written in the help section "Attach to picture position in the video" but the text cannot go beyond the edge of the screen, why? The anchor point goes beyond the edge of the screen and the text
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 12/16/2019

  RE: Face Replace
  Hi, you can replace the face on a video using another video and mask to hide the outside or background that is much work to do and use keyframes. The best way is to shot another video using green screen. The much easier green screen and green
• Movie Studio

  67 answers, most recent on 2/11/2020

  Movie Edit Pro :.: 19.0.2.49
  Hello dear MEP User, our developers have provided a new update for you: Here are some new features you can expect: modern color picker in text editor Effect masks are now available as layer masks under Templates improved performance of the OFX
• Movie Studio

  35 answers, most recent on 12/12/2019

  RE: Possible Bug During Save Project
  @CubeAce Hi Ray . . . . The automation will not play back unless that button is active. . . . . If you mean the volume control in the mixer does not move in step with the volume curve without turning on Auto then this is correct - the volume of the
• Video Pro X

  116 answers, most recent on 12/12/2019

  RE: VPX11 Patch 17.0.3.55
  @browj2 Hi John I have repeated your testing with 50 image objects on a track with various transitions and found the following over 15 different changes of transition whether this is enough I do not know however: . . . Putting a transition between
• Video Pro X

  116 answers, most recent on 12/12/2019

  VPX11 Patch 17.0.3.55
  An update has been issued - not a bug patch, unfortunately and I presume that the bugs on the list (see below) still exist. Important changes in version 17.0.2.54 8k real-time playback of HEVC with NVIDIA GeForce 1060 and higher 8k UHD2 project
• MAGIX

  No answers, created on 11/25/2019

  [Closed] [Release] Video Pro X – Intuitive video production. Redefined.
  Dear Community, our developers have once again given their best and now the time has finally come. From today it's here, the new version of Video Pro X! New features in version 17.0.3.55: 8k real-time playback of HEVC from NVIDIA GeForce 1060
• Movie Studio

  17 answers, most recent on 11/22/2019

  RE: Creating a Caption
  That's a good one! I don't have Xara - I use PaintShop Pro for my graphics - but I can create .png masks, only without the bells and whistles. For some reason I always thought Xara was for web design. Recently retired, maybe I'll look at it again,
• Movie Studio

  17 answers, most recent on 11/22/2019

  RE: Creating a Caption
  Hi, Blue 2 is one of my favourites. Like many of the animated captions, the first and second objects are actually short video clips. Look at the properties: First one called Raise, is raise_box.mxv and it has a chromakey alpha effect; Second one
• Movie Studio

  195 answers, most recent on 2/12/2026

  RE: Any problems to expect if upgrading CPU/MB/ and operating system?
  @Scenestealer   Hi Peter.   Hi Ray MEP is using my graphics card a lot where there is titling on playback or where any effect using background masks except transitions and it's those point where I get stuttering playback. Yes, the new engine should
• Movie Studio

  195 answers, most recent on 2/12/2026

  RE: Any problems to expect if upgrading CPU/MB/ and operating system?
  @CubeAce Hi Ray MEP is using my graphics card a lot where there is titling on playback or where any effect using background masks except transitions and it's those point where I get stuttering playback. Yes, the new engine should be using the GPUs
• Movie Studio

  195 answers, most recent on 2/12/2026

  RE: Any problems to expect if upgrading CPU/MB/ and operating system?
  @Scenestealer Hi Peter. I've heard the same things with other installs as well. There are several warnings with the bios which is why I'm leaving those as well as a couple of other Asus driver installs. I'm not so sure. MEP is using my graphics card
• Movie Studio

  20 answers, most recent on 10/1/2019

  RE: Projector screen effect
  @terrypin, @browj2 Hi I think a few notes in relation to some aspects of the editing are in order: The shape is already there in the TGA image it is the whitest part of the screen and the correct shape, it also has a small section tapered at the
• Movie Studio

  20 answers, most recent on 10/1/2019

  RE: Projector screen effect
  @browj2 Hi John, Many thanks, all understood. I had first restored UI access to the portrait effect. (Somehow beamer.cfx had been deleted from the appropriate folder.) So that's now accessed by Import|UserVideoEffects|Other|Portrait|Projector 23.
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  RE: chroma key with mask?
  @Schmacker Hi, Assuming that the screen stays white throughout, try putting the original on track 1 and moving presentation and the modified original with chromakey white down to tracks 2 and 3 or higher. So long as the presentation is resized down,
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  RE: chroma key with mask?
  I've gotten the Chroma key effect to work, somewhat, as you can see in the attached image. However, its applied to the entire movie, not just the masked area. Did you make the mask as I showed, with Alpha assigned? It looks like you have assigned
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  RE: chroma key with mask?
  didn't work. slides image is in front of me walking in front of screen. Any other ideas? I feel like adding a mask effect should work when applying the chroma to the movie but I can't get it to only chroma just the projector screen even though that
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  RE: chroma key with mask?
  Hi, you have just to resize your PowerPoint movie or slide picture to fit on the screen using position and size tool plus 3d rotation, slant around the axes. With mask is much more difficult to do. Regards, YR
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  chroma key with mask?
  Is it possible with the image below to chroma key just the white screen so I can show my power point slides that I have placed as a background. I've tried several methods of masking in an attempt to only apply the chroma key to the screen portion
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 9/14/2019

  RE: Automatic chroma key setting tip: no longer works?
  @browj2, @terrypin Hi John, Terry AFAICS They do not have to be in the HD or SD folders in the . . . . . . . \EffectAlphaMask\ folder, they will work from any folder you create within the EffectAlphaMask folder or the EffectAlphaMask folder. I have