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13. Still missing in action is the new feature: Object extraction: Exactly like you'd imagine.Video Pro X's new object extraction algorithm makes it possible to recognizeand extract objects from videos. Magix, where is this? This is referring to

Movie Studio

19 answers, most recent on 12/29/2018

RE: Humble Bundle - Vegas, Hitfilm Movie Ess., Sound Forge Audio 12, etc.

@jaslan Yes, the Vegas team is in the USA and Magix brought on board probably most of the development team that was with Sony. MEP and VPX are done in Germany. Movie Edit Pro and Vegas Pro are not equivalent. MEP and Vegas Movie Studio are at about

Video Pro X

7 answers, most recent on 12/7/2018

RE: Using Xara to create Masks

@Scenestealer Hi Peter, I've checked this one on both of my computers with patch 304. Nothing shows in Xara. Do you have Xara? @Alex-Peng Hi Alex, What type of masking are you doing, static or animated (rotoscoping)? Right now, the best that I can

Video Pro X

7 answers, most recent on 12/7/2018

Using Xara to create Masks

Newbie to the community and to Magix. I have Video Pro X and also Xara Designer Pro X. I have been following the tutorial video to create an effect mask. But whenever I select create effect mask, and Xara opens, I do not see the frame of the video

Movie Studio

88 answers, most recent on 12/3/2018

RE: Project has Frozen after update using Pro Premium.

@browj2 and @emmrecs Yes John, that is the conclusion I came to, that the patch is needed to have the plugins and yes Jeff, those are the ones I now can't get to but assume if there is another updated patch at some point, that should come back. I've

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 11/14/2018

RE: Combine two videos

@birgem-b Hi, There are several ways to do what you want - picture-in-picture effect. First way, and probably the easiest is to use the Cookie Cutter under the Effects tab. Place the clips as shown (I usually reserve track 2 for the audio part of a

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 12/9/2018

RE: Optimizing software not working

@dbarton Glad you liked the tutorials. The big thing is the rotoscoping that can be done using Xara, which is just making an animated mask that moves and changes shape to follow the action. You can change the form of shapes and Xara tweens between

Movie Studio

One answer, on 9/25/2018

RE: Humble Bundle - Xara 3D Maker 7, Xara Photo & Graphics Designer, Xara

There is about 1 hour left to get this excellent bundle, especially 3D Maker 7 which allows you to modify the 3D titles that are in MEP - completely, and Xara Photo & Graphic Designer or Xara Designer Pro X which allow you to draw in MEP and

Other products

5 answers, most recent on 9/13/2018

RE: Magix Photo su CD & DVD 7 : several blue screens...

I ran again Driver Booster and my drivers seems to be updated. This is my pc: Riepilogo Sistema Operativo Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit SP1 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 33 °C Tecnologia Thuban 45nm

MAGIX

No answers, created on 8/22/2018

[Closed] Patch for Movie Edit Pro - Version 18.0.1.205

Fixed: crashes when changing the lenght of transition in the arranger. Fixed: crashes when entering the store tab. Fixed: crashes when using effects on alpha masks. Fixed: stuttering playback during media pool preview of effects. Fixed: enter key

Movie Studio

21 answers, most recent on 11/27/2018

RE: Movie Edit Pro - New version 2019 - New Features

@browj2 Hi John OT: . . . . drowning worms . . . . I used to teach them to swim 😆 ! Back to your questions: 1. Titles - "Professional title animations No sign of them anywhere - I can only assume Marketing were ahead of themselves or it did not

Movie Studio

21 answers, most recent on 11/27/2018

RE: Movie Edit Pro - New version 2019 - New Features

@johnebaker Hi John, After paddling around in the kayak for 4 hours drowning worms on Thursday, we relaxed yesterday. I installed MEP2019 (updated to 204) without downloading everything, particularly the Design Elements, menu files for DVD's, music,

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 8/9/2018

RE: VPX Collage with overlapped next image - 1 frame goes black

Hi John This is a framerate issue - at 25 fps PAL there is no blank frame, however if I change the project to 29.97 NTSC and redo the collage, the alpha masks are approx 1/2 frame too long, at 30 fps they are correct. Using MEP there is also a frame

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 8/9/2018

RE: VPX Collage with overlapped next image - 1 frame goes black

Hi John, Yes, I used a slightly modified version of an existing template for the case that you see. I tried the original and still had the same problem. Try the last one on the Collages list ([triptichon]) - [^] 6 Obj. 01 (16:9). You are right,

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 8/9/2018

RE: VPX Collage with overlapped next image - 1 frame goes black

Hi John Did you use a template - if so which one, or is the collage a home brew? My first thoughts seeing the timeline is that one of the Alpha masks is 1 frame too long. John EB

Movie Studio

One answer, on 8/5/2018

RE: Add Privacy Blur to custom section

@AusUsr Hi Here is a very quick method that can be applied to images or video. The mask I selected was for convenience you can us any of the masks available. If the region you are wanting to blur is moving then you would need to Keyframe animate the

Video Pro X

25 answers, most recent on 6/17/2019

RE: [Closed] Transition Plugins

@Colorz I have just posted a short tutorial on creating your own transitions - it is available here. HTH John EB Thanks John, much appreciated!!

Video Pro X

25 answers, most recent on 6/17/2019

RE: [Closed] Transition Plugins

@Colorz I have just posted a short tutorial on creating your own transitions - it is available here. HTH John EB

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 7/31/2018

RE: Movie Edit 2018 - can't keyframe Section anymore

@johnebaker I couldn't figure out how to calculate it, so I created a grid to help me keep the same position, or close to it. In the video below, I managed to keep the inset close to the original position and size but panned the section clip by

Movie Studio

28 answers, most recent on 7/30/2018

RE: Slideshow wizard - increasing slide durations

Some fascinating videos from Sergio, thanks for the link. But, like you, I can't see myself using them. However, what I would like to see are a few detailed examples of how he made them, especially the creation and manipulation of his masks. I

Video Pro X

25 answers, most recent on 6/17/2019

RE: [Closed] Transition Plugins

Hi guys, ok where do i begin..."there is no plugin that automatically creates an odd-shaped mask and then automatically figures out what type of effect that I want that depends on the material that I'm using." Ok, i know that..what i mean is that

Video Pro X

25 answers, most recent on 6/17/2019

RE: [Closed] Transition Plugins

@browj2 . . . . No problem, go ahead with your tutorial. . . . . Thanks for that - I dislike pre-empting another users hard work an effort. . . . . there is no plugin that automatically creates an odd-shaped mask . . . . Hmmm - I wonder if my Mask

Video Pro X

25 answers, most recent on 6/17/2019

RE: [Closed] Transition Plugins

@Colorz I don't know what "modern" transitions means. The one you showed is quite simple to reproduce. Other than that, with the Pixelan plugins (possibilities with SpiceMaster are unlimited; did you look at them), the hundred or so transitions that

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 7/14/2018

RE: Using Masks and the Mask Generator FX in MEP 2018

@hdrechsel18 Hi I have uploaded a tutorial on using the mask generator to create a 'live' mask for replacing the background of a video clip here. HTH John EB