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@johnebaker Hi, thanks for the Apple ProRes RAW codec link, I save my downloads in a folder funny enough called 'Downloads' 😏 & when I downloaded that one it said I already have it, ie it had the ... (1) at the end, so whether I have it already

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 8/20/2024

RE: MMS2023 or MM2024 to new version MM2025

@Betovalle Hi MMS 2025 works fine on my PC, which is of similar spec to your laptop utilising the UHD 630 only - ie I 'disabled' my RTX 2060 GPU. The Take bug affects only Video Pro X. In MMS 2025 using the Save as take option and dragging the take

Video Pro X

58 answers, most recent on 9/12/2024

RE: [Closed] VPX/MMS update schedule

@browj2 if you haven't used Pinnacle in 12 years, that's quite a long time to comment on features you haven't used or not even aware of. So how can you say they aren't "movies"? Do you know what a project suffix is in Pinnacle? It's as close as what

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 3/31/2023

RE: way to rollback "updates"? software now just randomly "hangs" renderin

@Not-Applicable Hi . . . . "hang" on the rendering of an alpha blend between 3 short image clips . . . . Can clarify what you mean by 'Alpha blend' - do you mean a standard Crossfade, or did actually use Chromakey Alpha to transition from one image

Movie Studio

33 answers, most recent on 12/3/2024

RE: After Effects Rotobrush Effect

@martin-brennan Hi . . . . was hoping it was possible to (say) have a fox's head shape as a transition so that "clip 1" has the fox shape appear central, gradually getting larger to reveal "clip 2" - around 2-3 secs transition time . . . . Here is

MAGIX

34 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

RE: New "owners/developers" of Sequoia, Samplitude and Music Studio.

@SP. I was a alpha/beta tester for Pinnacle Studio, Videostudio Pro and Paintshop pro for over a decade, so have a lot of insight of what happened, especially with Pinnacle Studio where the PM was a good person. And while you don't need a computer

Video Pro X

7 answers, most recent on 4/24/2025

RE: Creating your own templates?

@Can-Dive Hi, This was discussed way back when I asked the same question. I was wondering how to get the same template interface and how to get the .mis file. @johnebaker mentioned that the mis file is just a zipped file with the extension changed

Movie Studio

17 answers, most recent on 7/17/2024

RE: Drop shadow on Portrait clip.?

@Gid Hi Gid. I had deliberately used another video clip and shrunk the size of the clear video portion because I thought that was what you were after. The clear selection could have remained large. I am glad you have your own solution. Sorry for

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 3/6/2023

RE: Importing alpha channel footage

@CubeAce Hi Ray MediaInfo looks like is not picking up the Alpha channel data correctly for any of the 3 export formats - possibly because the encoding is YUVA and not RGBA I am puzzled as to why you are adding Chromakey to the 'another alpha

Audio Cleaning Lab

No answers, created on 1/29/2024

Headphone monitoring cutting out whilst recording issue in v4

I had audio cleaning lab 3 and worked ok with no issues apart from losing codec occaisonally. I installed v 4 today and apears to import from vinyl ok, but now headphone monitoring cuts out every few seconds, almost like its buffering. Headphone is

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 3/6/2023

Importing alpha channel footage

Trying to bring in a lower third video into MAGIX movie studio 2023 Platinum, with an alpha channel, to lay over existing footage. MOV nor webm files do not seem to work. The background doesn't drop out. Any workarounds, tricks, methods, or tips?

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 9/23/2023

RE: edit masks

@RobStirl click on the mask on the timeline highlighting it yellow, then click on Size/Position/Rotation in the Effects tab, you'll then have controls to reshape the mask. PS. you can change the Alpha of a mask with the little up/down arrow at the

Movie Studio

26 answers, most recent on 1/27/2024

RE: An Error occured during Export

@fishycomics HI . . . . how technology keeps us on its toes . . . . Funny, I thought it was 'how quick technology can part us from our hard earned cash' 😂 . . . . . Maybe my next question will be about how to motion track and blur a address out,

Movie Studio

28 answers, most recent on 5/13/2023

RE: Masking a complicated image

@CubeAce Thanks, I use GIMP., There's some image options i never change Export png with the default which works no prob in all programs. I don't change these default settings but here I've opened the dropdown. When I drag a file into GIMP it adds

Movie Studio

16 answers, most recent on 2/25/2025

RE: ProRes422 question

@johnebaker Hi. I was assuming (bad move), that we were dealing with a higher resolution, eg 4K UHD progressive video format. I wasn't really thinking of a resolution, if you're ref to my screengrab of ShutterEncoder, the 9:16 was just an example

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 3/6/2023

RE: Importing alpha channel footage

@CubeAce Hi Ray Both the Prores files do not have an Alpha channel ie Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2 Chroma subsampling : 4:4:4 To include an Alpha channel, which 4:2:2 does not support, select one of the

Video Pro X

18 answers, most recent on 6/11/2022

RE: [Solved] Pro X14 will not work with DNxHR files as it requires Quicktime why?

@sjmackinder Hi . . . . Video Assist 12G is a common piece of video recording equipment . . . . It is, however you will probably find that the majority of users are using MACs with Avid Media Studio. Any reason why not to use Apple ProRes 422

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 2/26/2022

[Solved] Transparent Background help/advice

Not sure where to look and would appreciate some advice. After using a program to first animate a couple of still image(s), I then used Unscreen Pro to provide me with a transparent image. However, the result is that I have been given two files, an

Music Maker

7 answers, most recent on 1/13/2022

RE: [Solved] Launching Music Maker 64bit causes windows 10 to shut down.

@Brian-Robichaud Hi Thanks for the specifications. . . . . the program worked 'fine' before adding a VST path in the settings . . . . Having ruled out a potential issue with the hardware. Are there any 'illegal' characters in the folder name or the

Movie Studio

27 answers, most recent on 2/27/2021

RE: [Solved] Thought bubble video

@Larry-Burkholder Hi Larry. As I showed earlier the mask has to be black and white. White where the video inside the bubble needs to show and black where the background main video or still needs to be. If you have audio on separate tracks then place

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 11/27/2020

RE: [Solved] Having two accounts on producerplanet

Thanks for your answer. So I just tried to see if it works and used different accounts. I'm just hoping I'm not breaking any terms. I own them all so I guess I wouldn't be 😜 Registered MM is ALPHA, ProducerPlanet accounts are BETA, GAMA. 1. I just

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 11/30/2020

RE: [Solved] Using Alpha Channel Video

@JK_Harper Hi Thanks for the MediaInfo information - the file analysed does not have an Alpha channel - it is encoded as AVC (h.264) which does not support the Alpha channel. I suspect what you have is a video which has a background - possibly a

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 11/30/2020

[Solved] Using Alpha Channel Video

I have videos from BusyBoxx with alpha channels. I want to know how to use them in Movie Edit Pro, but I lack the vocabulary to know what to ask or how to look up an answer. Can anybody recommend a tutorial web page or video?

Video Pro X

2 answers, most recent on 1/20/2020

[Solved] SOLVED: Can I control clip transparency by keyframe / in the timeline?

I am quite new to Video Pro X (17.0.3.63), and I can't find an answer from the manual for the basic questions above. I'd be very happy about a little help: What I already know is that I can... fade in and out using the related controls at the