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Hi, This pops up on opening VPX: Here is the survey: In the rating, I indicated that stability and speed were poor. Fixing bugs is not on the list: TRA is still not working; the project folder has some bugs; Edit and Object Trimmers have a few

Music Maker

4 answers, most recent on 3/31/2017

MusicMaker New Patch - 24.1.5.110

Changes in patch 24.1.5.110 compared to 24.1.4.75 New: Soundpool Collections available from Store Concert Grand LE – play an entire grand piano on your PC Revolta 2 with 16 Best Of Presets (Plus edition) – a synthesizer for extreme bass, classic

Video Pro X

No answers, created on 3/27/2017

VPX - Edit wave externally - how to get it to work on a non-wave clip

Hi, With video and audio on separate tracks, mp4 or mts files, right-click on the audio part of a clip and look for "Edit wave externally." It may or may not be there. When it is there, and it was in one session today, it transformed the audio part

Video Pro X

8 answers, most recent on 4/2/2017

RE: few questions on Pro X

Hi I have a very similar earlier model Panasonic camera to yours, an SD900 and have no complaints about the encoded video when using the HQ 50P (PAL) export 28,000kbps AVCHD Transport Stream template in ProX, regardless of the content in the

Video Pro X

8 answers, most recent on 4/2/2017

RE: few questions on Pro X

Hi . . . . Sometimes a mostly gray sky will have bad block artifacts on final encoding . . . This sounds like you are using a low bitrate which is strongly compressing the video.I was over 35,000mbps, as I said above. I was also using the BEST

Video Pro X

10 answers, most recent on 3/11/2017

RE: VPX and MEP2016 - Object editor problems

Hi John EB and Peter, I didn't know about the shortcut either. Thanks Peter. I looked it up and there are a couple more under the same heading in the manual: Shift + hold mouse and drag up/down - Move object only in the tracks (from one track to

Video Pro X

10 answers, most recent on 3/11/2017

RE: VPX and MEP2016 - Object editor problems

Hi John CB . . . . It's been an hour now. Can I let go of the left mouse button? . . . . That depends on your definition of 'a few seconds' 😁 Interesting solution of Peters cannot remember seeing it in the keyboard shortcut lists. As an aside I very

Video Pro X

10 answers, most recent on 3/11/2017

RE: VPX and MEP2016 - Object editor problems

Hi John EB, It's been an hour now. Can I let go of the left mouse button? I have the same problem when in the Edit Trimmer - Object content left button works, right button doesn't, except on that one object that works.

Movie Studio

8 answers, most recent on 2/22/2017

RE: Additional Image Objects

John is referring to the files that MEP installed on your PC. Their locations will vary depending on your OS (at least between XP and recent versions). You haven't told us, but I'll assume the latter. Here's an illustration of the effects I have

Video Pro X

One answer, on 2/15/2017

Normalizing audio in VPX(8) and MEP, EBU R128 transceiver standard

A while back there was a thread about the problem of getting decent audio volume output for television in an older version of Movie Edit Pro (MEP). The best way is to first normalize all of the audio, but I have had problems with some audio, in

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

4 answers, most recent on 2/5/2017

RE: Create Intro and Exit to reuse in video series - What format to save?

Hi, Here is another way, use takes. When your Intro is done, select all of the elements of your intro and then click on Group (the chain) or shortcut G. Make sure that you are in single object mouse mode (shortcut 6). Make sure that you are on the

Samplitude

5 answers, most recent on 1/26/2017

RE: How do I record drum machine patterns

Hi, Not sure what you are doing. To record, you arm the track (click on the red record button that is in the track params area). Associate an instrument with the track. Look at the instrument (see below) to see which keys on a keyboard will play

Music Maker

One answer, on 11/17/2016

Distortion effects have suddenly stopped working in Magix Music Maker 2013, update didn't fix?!

I am using Magix Music Maker 2013 as a recording and sound editing studio for my music and Suddenly all distortion efects have stopped working, when I apply an effect the object no longer creates any sound when played back. Clearly the most

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 11/8/2016

RE: Where is the slice/cut tool for manual editing

Hi, If you can't find the manual, look under: C:\Program Files\MAGIX\Movie Edit Pro Premium\2017 for Videodeluxe_EN.pdf Look at pages 104 to 106 for trimming objects. Other than what Carl indicated, there is an Object trimmer and a Cut

Photostory

4 answers, most recent on 11/7/2016

RE: Challenges in editing Photostory Deluxe timeline

Thanks for taking the time to reply. the alt/del works great for deleting and automatically shifting everything to the right. However when I used the wizard to create the slide show, it introduced spaces that can't be "selected" for deletion.

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 11/1/2016

Why do my objects seem to be linked?

I'm using Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus. Lately I've had a problem with objects I'm adding to a track. For example: suppose I want to add an object to a track (photo, video clip, audio...whatever) - and I want to add the object somewhere between other

Video Pro X

35 answers, most recent on 12/15/2016

RE: VPX Patch may have problems, also TRA problem

Hi John EB, Thanks for the link to the Surface Pro article. I have the Surface Pro 4 cover so the Fn is on or off and lights up. There are some on the list that I did not know about, particularly Fn+spacebar and Fn+Alt+Spacebar to capture the

Music Maker

4 answers, most recent on 11/3/2016

RE: Magix Music Maker - Saving MIDI "Takes" in Arranger and Understanding how to incorporate them into production processes

Thanks for your reply. I have reviewed the pdf manual. Here is what I find in the manual: "Takes Every object can be saved as a "Take". Takes save all editing done on an object, like object length, fade settings and all object effects.

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 10/17/2016

RE: How do i fit 90 minutes on 1 Disc

Hi A standard (single layer) DVD will hold approx 2 hrs of video (including the menu video). Assuming you have not changed any of the DVD preset settings,you may have had a warning to adjust the Bitrate of the movie if the video could be

Photostory

4 answers, most recent on 11/7/2016

RE: Challenges in editing Photostory Deluxe timeline

Thanks for taking the time to reply. the alt/del works great for deleting and automatically shifting everything to the right. However when I used the wizard to create the slide show, it introduced spaces that can't be "selected" for deletion. the

Photostory

4 answers, most recent on 11/7/2016

RE: Challenges in editing Photostory Deluxe timeline

Hi, I don't have PhotoStory 2016, only 2013 and I don't have access to it right now. However, it should be the same as MEP. There are buttons for normal mouse mode, single-track ripple, multi-track ripple. Select single-track ripple and

Movie Studio

8 answers, most recent on 10/10/2016

RE: Opinions for Best Export for damaged files

Hi John, Thanks for the reply and info. The files are mpg's. The mxv exports are all black, literally. It was the first export I tried. I do see a visual difference with the uncompressed AVI's. Maybe that's not an advantage because what it