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Thank-you for your contribution @cybermaster , I would like an impulse of a half-track 15/30 IPS 1/2" tape . I mixed to Studers and Otaris frequently back in the 1980s (warm saturation and killer punch) w/ Ampex 456. Unfortunately most of the 456

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 9/28/2020

RE: HDR display bug?

@johnebaker Hi John. Assuming you are using the standard Brightness / Contrast HDR Gamma I can't replicate your problem with Direct 3D although I have come across other sizing issues when dealing with other plug-ins. Text disappearing if I try to

SOUND FORGE

12 answers, most recent on 9/24/2020

RE: Not all functions are working in the 30 day trial version of SF Pro 14

I have Sound Forge Pro 14 on Windows 10 (x64) and half of the tools have suddenly become inactive (grayed out). I reinstalled the software this morning and that hasn't changed anything. Half of the tools won't work. If I go to preferences --

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/22/2020

RE: Many, many things wrong

You don't actually read what I write. The problem about the windows is not that I have to resize or relocate them, it is that the window I indicated is half off the screen, thus nobody can click on any place to actually grab that window, move it

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/22/2020

RE: Many, many things wrong

John CB, You don't actually read what I write. The problem about the windows is not that I have to resize or relocate them, it is that the window I indicated is half off the screen, thus nobody can click on any place to actually grab that window,

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/22/2020

RE: Many, many things wrong

@DBoydNL Good questions, but you're asking for a complete course on video editing. So once again, I strongly suggest that you watch my tutorials on Basic Editing Parts 1 and 2. Then watch my two recent tutorials which show copying and pasting

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/22/2020

RE: Many, many things wrong

"Question, do you understand how to create, sort, rename and use additional movies?" I do now. Since I never use the feature to have multiple movies in one project, I have never encountered such matters. I assumed that since I give my project a file

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/19/2020

RE: Portrait Images-"Echo" Pillarbox Effect on Edges

@CubeAce Hi Ray . . . . That specific effect above was Gaussian Blur and it was applied to the first half of the image on the top track. (Pith helmet man) . . . . I have a good idea what may be going on - can you post a zoomed in screen shot of the

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/19/2020

RE: Portrait Images-"Echo" Pillarbox Effect on Edges

@johnebaker Hi John. That specific effect above was Gaussian Blur and it was applied to the first half of the image on the top track. (Pith helmet man). Images were around 20MP exporting at 4K 50fps. Gaussian blur was only used on the vertical

Photostory

32 answers, most recent on 9/19/2020

RE: Error in MxUpdater and ntdll.dil

Perfect, a combination of your comments worked! I really appreciate you two's and emmrec's time and efforts to teach me how to work with PS 2021. I wasn't looking forward to reconstructing that whole project. I've got 2 more way easier questions.

Movie Studio

57 answers, most recent on 11/6/2020

RE: Problems with footage

@nicolas-r Hi . . . . Is it safe to up to bitrate in those settings? . . . . . As @CubeAce has commented: . . . . It depends. . . . You need to balance the capture bitrate, frame rate with the need to avoid/minimise the number of dropped frames

Movie Studio

20 answers, most recent on 9/18/2020

RE: Zoom Assistance

@Austin-Miseque Welcome to MEP! Double-click on the image, then over on the extreme right hand side, just above the timeline, you'll see a tiny clock and an input box. That's the duration of the image. Change as required, then hit Enter. 👍 or... Do

Movie Studio

20 answers, most recent on 9/18/2020

RE: Zoom Assistance

@Austin-Miseque Welcome to MEP! Double-click on the image, then over on the extreme right hand side, just above the timeline, you'll see a tiny clock and an input box. That's the duration of the image. Change as required, then hit Enter. 👍 or... Do

Movie Studio

42 answers, most recent on 9/13/2020

RE: Unable to play MP4's, installed Quicktime damaged Magix software?

@Tusk Hi Anthony. So far I started like you, blagging my way into my first couple of shoots. From there I made a sort of portfolio of my best images. Not necessarily of things related to each other. Diversity has its own benefits. I was lucky. I saw

Music Maker

5 answers, most recent on 9/9/2020

RE: Two version of MMM on same computer,

My FX rack does not list any instruments, only compressor, 10 band equalizer, reverb and echo. My audio effects rack lost half the items originally available.

Video Pro X

21 answers, most recent on 9/12/2020

RE: VPX - I want to record and edit for Youtube and use Smart Render?

@johnebaker . . . . That is not YT say here . . . . Great catch. My rushed check this morning pulled up old comments and complaints from 3+ years ago when that wasn't the case. Thank you for the gentle reminder, and knowing that YT happily takes

Video Pro X

21 answers, most recent on 9/12/2020

RE: VPX - I want to record and edit for Youtube and use Smart Render?

@CptSpaceToaster Hi . . . . Youtube won't accept h.265 content . . . . That is not YT say here. . . . . MainConcept encoder . . . . Where can I get more information about this encoder? . . . See this comment by @Scenestealer (Peter), in particular

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 9/22/2020

Many, many things wrong

I have Video Deluxe Plus 2021, but there is no category for that here. I have had to conclude that this is just typical of the way Magix works. Since my VD is currently exporting a large file, I cannot get to Help / About to see what version it is.

Movie Studio

25 answers, most recent on 9/8/2020

RE: Can't finish updating to 2021 Premium

@wongck Hi. Software updates and upgrades in themselves normally don't give much in the way of performance boosts in themselves but more like incremental steps. No matter what software I've ever used. Cubase, Photoshop, Power Director, Capture NX,

Movie Studio

34 answers, most recent on 9/13/2020

no audio with Canon 4k .MOV files

MEP Premium V 20.0.1.65 (UDP3), Windows 10 64bit, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 In MEP all the 4k .MOV files out of my 5d4 have no audio. I have the program set to generate and display half wave forms on import which it does for other files. HD .MOV files have

Movie Studio

16 answers, most recent on 9/10/2020

RE: Need advice on menu creation please

@Reddwarf4ever Hi . . . . it’s only a page and a half, is that the tutorial . . . . There are 6 A4 pages to the tutorial - what browser are you using and do you have Adobe Reader installed? John EB

Movie Studio

272 answers, most recent on 4/1/2021

RE: Movie Edit Pro 2021 is out - New features

@Scenestealer Hi Peter . . . . Can anyone else confirm that with the latest versions of MEP and VPX that this setting is ticked by default on installation? . . . . Confirmed it is on by default in both MEP 2021 and VPX . @cubase . . . . Overload

Movie Studio

272 answers, most recent on 4/1/2021

RE: Movie Edit Pro 2021 is out - New features

@Scenestealer Hi Peter. Other things I notice with the 'Overload optimization for real time playback' not ticked is there is a half second pause between hitting play and the project playing. (Blue bar at base of MEP scrolls rapidly for a short

Movie Studio

272 answers, most recent on 4/1/2021

RE: Movie Edit Pro 2021 is out - New features

@CubeAce @johnebaker @shgrude @browj2 In all previous versions of MEP I had I had always ticked the box 'Overload optimization for real time playback'. On browsing through the manual it said to tick the box on less powerful systems, So I tried