• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 3/17/2013

  RE: Is Xara Designer Pro compatible with MEP2013?
  Hi John and Carl, Thank you for helping me through what has turned out to to be more of a nightmare than I thought when I decided not to upgrade my Adobe CS4 suite. I specifically chose Magix MEP2013 Premium because I believe it offers me that
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 3/10/2013

  RE: Better comic word balloon?
  FriendlyFloyd, Entirely possible, but with some complications depending on whether you want a custom text ballonn (or any other overlay FX) to be available with one click from an effects menu or not. Everything there is controlled by a .ini file
• Movie Studio

  10 answers, most recent on 3/6/2013

  RE: Title Effects
  Anirban, Here's a quick test just with some still images: The sparkles are on a track below (higher number) than the city lights so that it will appear in front. When the 'black box' effect is applied what is black in the image becomes
• Movie Studio

  10 answers, most recent on 3/6/2013

  RE: Title Effects
  Hi Anirban Alternatively see if there are any suitable video loops here which you can overlay and reduce the transparency to give effects like this.   This is one of the Sparkles loops John  
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 2/24/2013

  RE: Border / frame around the video clip
  @Carl: My Step 2 was redundant. There's no need for the frame's interior to be transparent, as it will be covered completely by the PIP! P.S: Hope is fading for some feedback from the OP... -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 2/24/2013

  RE: Border / frame around the video clip
  shubert, Two say I can think of: If you want to keep all the video image then use 'Effects' tab >> 'Movement effects. >> 'Size/position and slightly reduce the area. You would then put a background in a higher track (lower number)
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 2/18/2013

  RE: Is it possible to do a "freeze frame sequence" effect in MEP?
  Sorry I'd not watched all the way through as the beginning instructions had a direct parallel in MEP. Their example is relatively easy as the bike rider is seen against evenly blue sky. In MEP you would again use a movement effect but this time
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 2/15/2013

  RE: Hey there, Is it possible to change completly the background of a video when editting and if so, How please?
  I think Georg's suggestion makes an interesting effect but won't selectively remove the background. As the video level  is adjusted the clip becomes more transparent everywhere. Complete removal of a background pretty much requires planning and
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 1/31/2013

  RE: Menus - How Can I Use A Plain Background?
  Hi Sparky, I've never found a single tutorial or manual that covers MEP DVD menu authoring comprehensively. Magix documentation in general has never been a strong point anyway, largely I suspect because of German/English translation difficulties.
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 1/16/2013

  RE: how do i align a series of still images and turn them into a time lapse
  Hi, I would create a grid, or download one put it on a track below where the photos are, since the grid will likely have black lines on a white background you will need to use chroma key to eliminate the white so that you just have the lines. 
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 1/7/2013

  [MEP17+] Gray key image matte...
  ...or at least that's what it was called in my old video editor. I'm trying to use a monochrome bitmap image (actually a white-to-black gradient) to assert which pixels of my video clip are visible and which are (semi)transparent, showing the
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  Hi Jay, I'm away using my iPad right now. But I'll summarise the exact steps you need to take below. If I don't hear back from you that you've succeeded, I'll illustrate it when I get back to my PC in an hour or so. It's really very simple (once
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
    Well it seems my writing style leaves data out of the details, while it is clear to me in my head. So here is what I did, as referenced in your post: I created an oval with a white border and transparent center. Then I added a rectangle
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  Well it seems my writing style leaves data out of the details, while it is clear to me in my head. So here is what I did, as referenced in your post: I created an oval with a white border and transparent center. Then I added a rectangle with an
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
    Terry, Well I certainly didn't understand the transparency item fully. So thanks for that. FYI - MS PowerPoint can build transparent shapes and you can save them off as a PNG, JPG or BMP. I used your rounded edge box process to
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  Terry, Well I certainly didn't understand the transparency item fully. So thanks for that. FYI - MS PowerPoint can build transparent shapes and you can save them off as a PNG, JPG or BMP. I used your rounded edge box process to create an oval
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  Hi Jay, No need for Effect Masks, etc! My white-bordered rounded rectangle with transparent interior wasn't made in MEP! "... back in my image editor (PaintShop Pro 8 in my case), I increased the width of the border a tad, and then re-imported
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 12/28/2012

  RE: Movie Edit Pro2013-White box present using Title-Fonts with BG after exported?
  Hi Guy, I assume you mean 'HG' not 'BG'? And I assume you're exporting with the 'Windows Media Export' type? I get no white box with Fonts with HG, so perhaps it's an issue with your settings? Here are mine: Or for better quality, with
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  Hi Jay, There's scope for ambiguity here. The devil is in the details. After studying the following illustration, can you amplify a bit on what you've tried and where the problem arises? Or for better quality:
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 12/28/2012

  RE: Movie Edit Pro2013-White box present using Title-Fonts with BG after exported?
  Guy, I've had a further look at how MEP does this using ''Text Appears" and have made progress but sorry can't do much more right now. So far... 'Text appears' is a package deal with some setting designed I'd say to prevent the casual user
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  Well thanks for the input. That would work if you make small radius with a moderate thick line. I could use the line with square corners. The border was just to help set off the image so any border will do. Now for the real challenge, how to
• Movie Studio

  29 answers, most recent on 1/5/2013

  RE: New to Magix
  The best I've been able to do so far is to make a separate white border with a transparent interior and position that around the PIP. But it needs to be a rather thicker border than that shown in your example, to ensure that the corners of the PIP
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 12/28/2012

  RE: Movie Edit Pro2013-White box present using Title-Fonts with BG after exported?
  Guy, I don't see your problem here, or in an export: If I change the Chroma key setting for the 'trans area' object from white to black (under 'Effects' >> 'Video effects' >> 'Chroma key') I do get a big semi transparent white
• Movie Studio

  No answers, created on 12/26/2012

  White box present on exported film using Titles: Fonts with BG
  Hi, I am using Movie Edit Pro. UsingTitles, Fonts with BG. When I export film as media player, when I play it, the titles have a large white box present on the completed film, which I dont want. It's not presnt as a whit box on as I