• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 4/13/2011

  RE: How do I move items on the timeline with keys (MEP 17)
  Branner,   Returning to your problem I just discovered something which might help. If you right click in the preview window you can choose 'Show time'. This in itself is not new but I've only ever made use of it to accurately position the play
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 4/13/2011

  How do I move items on the timeline with keys (MEP 17)
  Sorry if these are a trivial questions, but I must be missing something simple here.   Just downloaded the Trial of MEP 17 Plus and I can't find how to slide items along the timeline for accurate overlapping placement.   Shift,
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 10/12/2014

  RE: Using picture-in-picture
  hooper,   Adding a bit to y-r's reply if you are new to MEP.   Track 3 is 'top' because MEP looks up from the bottom -- higher numbered tracks show in front of the ones (lower number) above.   The corner handles referred
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 3/28/2011

  RE: Can someone tell me the best tutorials available for understanding the basics of Movie Edit Pro 17?
  chduke,   Some additions to john-auvil's suggestions:   1. Yes, you can import directly from a camera seen as an external drive, but if later on you load that project into MEP it will look for the clip in its original camera location. You
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 3/28/2011

  RE: Can someone tell me the best tutorials available for understanding the basics of Movie Edit Pro 17?
  There is a DVD out there called "Video Editing Made Simple with Movie Edit Pro" that is available from MAGIX. 1. Importing. Depending on your camera, you can import in various ways. My cameras when connected to the PC act as external
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 3/24/2011

  RE: I am loading image files. How do I set the timeing duration 4 each frame to show,( not frame rate?) Ie .1 r.2 fractions of second & repet lupe?
  Nathan,   Go to 'File' >> 'Settings' >> 'Program settings' >> 'Video/Audio' tab >> 'Standard picture length' to set default length. You can set it to either seconds or frames. The location of this setting may be a bit
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 3/22/2011

  RE: 4:3 to 16:9
  Sorry, I can't think of more to add to the method:   Once the first key frame is created, if I move the cursor (either on the keyframe timeline or in the main timeline or by playing and then stopping) a new set of key frame points get created
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 3/21/2011

  RE: How do I show which effects have been applied to a video object?
  You have provideed a great tip for sure. Years using MEP and now VPX and I'd no idea you could click on the effect name in the timeline. I think those that work may be the ones for which there is at least one 'key frame' set.   ADDED: I'd only
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/18/2011

  RE: import DAT file not available in magix movie edit pro 17
  Joosten,   Never had a *.dat file so only guessing... Wiki article on video file formats says "MPEG-1 is found in a .DAT file on a video CD". There is a chance simply renaming your *.dat to *.mpg might do the trick.   As to program
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/9/2011

  RE: Transition from partial screen view to full screen view
  austnspace,   For this you'll want to use 'keyframe animation' which lets you set the strength of effects (in your case size and position) at different places in your clip (the key frames) and the program makes the smooth transitions in
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 12/7/2020

  RE: export with section/zoom problem
  Is this only happening on export? I have a video that I am using the zoom feature (Zoom to) and the key-frames many times (the capture was not well done, so I am trying to keep the object I zoom into to be in the center). When I export
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/3/2011

  RE: How do I get the movie to stop at 4m50s?
  matlee,   Simply move the play cursor to the 4m50s mark on the timeline, select the video track, and hit [U] key to delete everything to the right. I'd suggest zooming in to single frames before you make the cut so that it will be
• Video Easy

  One answer, on 1/23/2011

  RE: slow motion function for part of a movie
  sakpolito,   First you need to make cuts, [T] key at play cursor, to isolate the part to be slowed. Next, if it is to slow down to less than half speed, you need to un-group the video from its audio -- select and use the little broken
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 1/22/2011

  How can I map the path an object takes when adding to a movie
  I am trying to move an item around the video and was wondering if there is a way to put the start position and end position in and then create the path for it to take and having it auto generated rather than having to manually do lots of key
• Off topic

  One answer, on 1/12/2011

  RE: video in video
  omarwilson,   Can't answer with certainty as you have not said what Magix program you are using. With Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X you can easily do this.    Put the clip you want to overlay on a timeline track lower (higher
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 12/15/2010

  RE: How can I speed up and slow down a video clip in two or three places within the same clip?
  ecoclean,   Many effects can be varied within a clip by using key frame animation, but speed is unfortunately not one of them -- as you presumably already know. I think the only way to do this is to simply make cuts  use [T] key at cursor
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 10/22/2010

  RE: how to clone myself in video
  TvMan,   A couple of suggestions, depending on exactly what you want your final video to look like:   Simplest would be to film yourself twice (camera on a steady tripod!) against a static background, say a brick wall for an easy test,
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 11/21/2010

  RE: Please tell me it's NOT true?!?!?!
  Dorrange -- It's NOT true!   Simply select your clip and go the the realtime FX window [Y] key shortcut. There you will find a 'Play speed' slider which magixly changes the speed of the video without changing the pitch of the attacked
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 9/9/2010

  RE: Why does my picture flicker
  Not much information to go on, qwilder!   A friend of mine had a flicker problem when he imported a clip (shot at 30 frames per second) into a movie project set at only 25 fps. Previewing a frame at a time, using the cursor key, showed
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 8/13/2010

  RE: Audio Video Sync Problem
  After file export the sync the issue becomes obvious, during the project the video stutters then syncs itself.   The File export cannot be synced, when moving ungrouped a/v and/or frames only a portion can be synced, if I sync the
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 8/13/2010

  RE: Audio Video Sync Problem
  hey. To be honest it sounds like your capture dropped some frames possibly due to a data issue. How far dose it go out of sync? when you stop it and play it  dose it seem to be insync again? what IS? the frame rate of your session? I don't have a
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 7/25/2010

  RE: How do I choose my own axis for a clip to rotate around
  Harumi, There is no 'change axis' magic button, but I tried a bit and you might get this to work: First apply the 90 degree rotation with the key frame animation to include whatever you want for a pause before the rotation starts and then
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 7/18/2010

  RE: [Closed] Is it possible to select part of a scene and add video effect?
  In connection with key frame animation effects could be changed within a scene. This, however, is not possible with speed. Make a copy of the scene, cut into sections and try out what you want to achieve.
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 6/11/2010

  RE: cutting scenes in edit 16 plus
  This is how I do these... First, you need to understand handles, as these are the key to precise editing. Now, I made the basic object shot in the image above, never mind that it is a audio file, the handles represent the same thing for