• Movie Studio

  32 answers, most recent on 3/11/2020

  RE: RGBA video overlay on existing multicam project
  Hi . . . . the frame rate is varied depending on the bandwidth available due to the internet connection strength . . . It is not just Internet video that is variable frame rate, mobile phones, some cameras, and screen capture programs also use
• Movie Studio

  32 answers, most recent on 3/11/2020

  RE: RGBA video overlay on existing multicam project
  @Hackemesser A little confused here about what you are doing? If I place that on top of the video it shows me an overlap and there i can choose a fade - but actually I want the overlay to be on top of the underlying video and it's provided alpha
• Movie Studio

  32 answers, most recent on 3/11/2020

  RE: RGBA video overlay on existing multicam project
  Hi . . . . it's provided alpha being applied. How do I do that? . . . . Movie Edit Pro (MEP) does not support embedded Alpha channels in video. To achieve the effect you need to create the Alpha channel as a separate monochrome video to create a
• Movie Studio

  30 answers, most recent on 5/22/2017

  RE: Great problem with video export
  The cause of your problem is that your mask video is not zooming to full screen. You can fix that simply by applying a fixed zoom of about 110% to it on the timeline. An alternative would be to change the text font size of any affected sections
• Video Pro X

  24 answers, most recent on 5/18/2017

  RE: Update 15.0.4.164(UDC2) loss of function
  Here is another thing I learned, if I choose the OK quickly after the export to DVD is complete, it corrupts the export, and the menu system gets all jacked up. Not only do I get the .vob files, I also get .bmp of the menu icons, along with other
• Video Pro X

  3 answers, most recent on 5/13/2017

  RE: What are improvements/features from ProX6 to 7 to 8 to 9?
  Hi Craig, You should monitor my post about new features in VPX. It was supposed to be about things other than the main new features announced, but it contains and likely, will contain, more. If you use the instruments for colour grading, the new
• Video Pro X

  6 answers, most recent on 5/9/2017

  RE: VPX8 - NB Essential - Split Screen
  Here is another example, except this time I took a different preset and modified the line to be diagonal with the upper left as the background track (black part) this time. Here you can better see the part where one image is supposed to be masked
• Video Pro X

  6 answers, most recent on 5/9/2017

  VPX8 - NB Essential - Split Screen
  VPX 15.0.4.163 In the new NB Essential III (I think) - Split screen there seems to be a problem. See below. Using the image on track 3, I just took the default Diagonal Dynamic, ok. From what I understand, when in the interface, the black part will
• Movie Studio

  24 answers, most recent on 5/6/2017

  RE: More unexpected behaviour
  Hi There is also the "Flexible Crossfade" preset that allows you to change the rate at which the A and B clips fade in and out relative to each other. It has 3 modes Linear, Sigma and Exponential. Linear is a standard crossfade, Exponential alters
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 5/2/2017

  RE: Soccer Highlight reel
  Hi Do you mean dotted lines with orange 'handles' like thisthe mask is still selected click in a blank area of the timeline to deselect it  a very faint dotted line in the shape of the mask - in the case of the image above it would be oval.Move the
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 5/2/2017

  RE: Soccer Highlight reel
  Well I am making progress. I figured out the arrow, but I am trying out the mask and I am have an issue. When I put the mask in line 2, and set chroma and size and position, including arrow up, it is just showing a dotted square on the screen and
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 5/2/2017

  RE: Soccer Highlight reel
  Hi . . . . Can I pause the video while the arrow is on the screen for a sec or 2Can I pause the video while the arrow is on the screen for a sec or 2 . . . . The easiest way is to insert a still image at the point you want to pause and adjust its
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 5/2/2017

  RE: Soccer Highlight reel
  Hi For the screen dim set up your timeline as follows: Track 1 - video - this will be the dimming video Track 2 - a black white mask, 1 copy at each position where you want to highlight and the correct length - here I have used a circle mask and
• Video Pro X

  14 answers, most recent on 5/10/2017

  RE: VPX 365 Update Service - expiry and renewal
  Hi Yvon-Robert, I think that you are right. The features that are in MEP2016 Plus but not in VPX are likely all that Magix has to offer. I did make some suggestions in my other thread, one of which costs Magix nothing: add the essentialFX
• Photostory

  7 answers, most recent on 4/15/2017

  RE: Burned DVD's will not play in my sony Blu Ray.
  Hi John, I meant DVD/CD Player. It is a TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-244GB ATA Device. I am trying to improve the definition on a 2 minute test video. I had the chance a few years ago to use Proshow Producer which resulted in high quality DVDs. Exporting Mpg-4
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  @Scenestealer Hi Peter, Maggico has to trace around the object manually. In the animation interface, Xara shows the video as the background but it is not accessible to any of the tools. As you will see in the video, if you import a photo into Xara
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  Hi John EB I think that option is for creating a mask from a video or an image which contains an Alpha channel. Yes that makes sense and I guess it is what the object is becoming by applying your Step 3. For the right image as you said, it is a very
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  Hi @ Peter . . . . an option to use Alpha instead of Luma in the Generator itself . . . . . I think that option is for creating a mask from a video or an image which contains an Alpha channel. Using this on an object without an Alpha channel will
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  Hi Peter, Yes, that is the P&GD that I am talking about. See my video at the link above (here it is again)and you will see the same thing. In the video with the dog, the problem of masking is much greater as the dog has too many moving parts and
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  Hi Peter . . . . However something is not working properly that you need to go to the Chroma Key effect window because there appears to be an option to use Alpha instead of Luma in the Generator itself . . . . These are 2 separate things - AFAICS
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  Hi JohnEB Thanks, that helps to understand it a bit and I was wrong, there is a little about it in the Help file if you search Mask Generator. By your application of the alpha mask it is working pretty much how we have been using alpha masks
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  Hi peter Here is a quick and dirty usage of the Mask Generator using the Luminance option of the mask generator Set up is as follows: Track 1 video to have background replaced Track 2 same video as 1 - this will be the mask Track 4 the replacement
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  There is a tute on this site in French by Maggico, where he shows the process of creating dynamic masks in Magix Photo and Graphics designer which I presume is what you are calling Xara P&GD
• Movie Studio

  23 answers, most recent on 4/8/2017

  RE: Rotoscope optie? (2 vragen)
  Thanks for the video. Basically what you did in the dog-video with blue background is what I am looking for. It'll probably be timeconsuming. But doing it in the video editor itself, or as integrated part in a sister program, would most likely still