• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 3/22/2011

  3d glases don't appear in the monitor
  I have changed the settings, tried unistalling and reinstalling, followed all of magix lengthy email to try and use this software for 3d editing. I have a fujifilm w3 3d camera and all the files are recognized and can both import and export,
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 3/17/2011

  RE: How to use a picture as background in movie ?
  Yes, you can do that.   That sounds like a Picture-In-Picture effect. One image/video background, one image/video sized and positioned in the foreground overlaying the background image/video. I do this all the time.  
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 3/17/2011

  RE: How to use a picture as background in movie ?
  The software can do picture-in-picture, which also means it can do video-in-video or any combination of that. I am not sure if that is what you want. What this means (in terms of what I think you want) is that if I have a picture
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 3/1/2011

  RE: Is it possible to run route animation in the background of a video.
  Like an overlay?   It is possible but the results are not what you are expecting I do not think... unless the foreground video is chromakey.
• 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

  2 answers, most recent on 2/3/2011

  RE: Effects Overlay Lost
  Is there a way you can go over this step-by-step, so that I can try it?   This would mean knowing the file types you have used, as-well-as the effects and overlays you have used.
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 2/3/2011

  Effects Overlay Lost
  I added effects to still pictures and video, with both sound and picture.  They were working fine, I did more editing to other parts of the movie and now the video effects do not overlay the picture or video, you can still hear the audio portion
• 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 12/27/2010

  How could I use a photo as a background for my animation
  I am able to create a video animation using xtranormal's green screen feature. I would like to overlay my work on a picture, a jpg image,  using it as a background.  Any tips? Thanks Rick
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 11/22/2010

  RE: Title Transparency
  Carl, I figured out the cause of the problem (actually it was my wife's suggestion, to give credit where it is due). It wasn't hardware related and wasn't a bug in the software either, just perhaps a design flaw or gap in the
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 11/22/2010

  RE: Title Transparency
  I've got complete opacity with the slider up in both MEP14+ and VPV2.5! I checked this with various video display options eg overlay or direct 3D etc (under 'File' >> 'Program settings'). Maybe check these if the problem might be video card
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 10/4/2010

  RE: Insert color panel?
  I also own Roxio Creator 2011, Sony Vegas Studio 10 Platnium and Serif Movie Plus 13.  Sony and Serif are very much alike so if you didn't like the Sony interface, you probably wouldn't like Serif. However, both are customizeable if you want to
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 1/5/2011

  RE: how do i use a green screen effect?
  I use the Chroma-Key a lot, so I can help you out there. Which version of Movie Edit Pro do you have?   The basic understanding for using this feature is setting up the track correctly. Remember that you need to use the Time-Line Mode of
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 10/1/2010

  RE: blue screen
  First, make sure you have the tracks layed out correctly. The way Movie Edit Pro works with tracks im vital for how things are setup. The lower number track is always going to be the furthest back or the background to any higher number
• Video Pro X

  3 answers, most recent on 9/5/2010

  RE: Cannot add pictures to Video Pro X
  loosebruce,   Strange -- I do it all the time with no problem.   Just checking, exactly to where are you dragging them? An overlay picture needs to be put on a track (are you in timeline mode?) under your video. It will probably
• Video Pro X

  3 answers, most recent on 9/5/2010

  Cannot add pictures to Video Pro X
  I have version 8.6 of the program.   I have created a project and I want to add some pictures to overlay some video but I cannot import any pictures. It does nothing. I tried even dragging them from Windows onto the Magix Video Pro window
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 9/1/2010

  RE: Can I do green screen with MAGIX?
  It's very easy: import your "Green Screen" footage,then select Effects/VideoFX/VideoMixFX and apply the "Green Box" effect. Then just use the video as your "Overlay".
• Off topic

  One answer, on 8/12/2010

  RE: I just bought Magix edit pro 16. Can anybody help on how to use the picture in picture affect?
  The key thing to remember with picture-in-picture is that the images need placed correctly in the tracks, as they are layered...   This of the Timeline mode as a building with floors. Track 1 would be the first floor, and all other tracks
• Photo & Graphic Designer

  One answer, on 5/27/2010

  RE: How do I have a transparent background for an object?
  I use the Movie Edit Pro software from MAGIX... so I can take a photo of mine, and edit it with any photo editior... even Microsoft paint. I use this to turn a section green (bright green... chroma-key green) then when I load it into Movie Edit
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 3/5/2010

  RE: MEP15- Can you Pause or take a picture from a movie?
  Put your red cursor at the postion, from where you want to export a still frame, use Alt+M (BMP) or Alt+N (Jpeg). Store the picture and drag it back to the timeline, e.g. in track 3. Then it will overlay the original video according to its length.
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/22/2010

  RE: Anchoring an object
  Mark your video clip and the overlay object, and Group them by pressing Ctrl+L, or the Chain symbol on on Tools line over the Timeline. Now the two items are linked together. 
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/22/2010

  Anchoring an object
  Hello, I would like to know if there is a way of anchoring an overlay object so it stays in same position within movie.  I have a video clip and am trying to position an overlay object which I have used chroma key on, but I would like that object
• Photostory

  2 answers, most recent on 1/1/2010

  Merging projects into one
  I have created several projects (which include video/pictures/music)  I would like to merge these into one show which includes the data from each (not overlay the data) OR burn each project onto on DVD - at this point, I can't figure out how to do
• Other products

  2 answers, most recent on 11/22/2009

  RE: Preview/Full Screen Viewer No Video
  I'm not sure this wil work but try it hit the Y button or your keyboard. click the tab display options under preview and playback select defalt mode (overlay mixer)