• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 8/29/2012

  RE: Subtitle
  Hi What you are trying to do is not too difficult if you can get your head round Keyframe animation - Alwyn has a good tutorial here http://www.aaproductions.net/mep/tips/tutes.htm you need Size and Position parts 1 and 2  (MEP15/16 techniques
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 8/15/2012

  RE: Xara 3D maker 7 and Movie edit pro?
  Hi, How are you exporting the file.  If you are using AVI, GIF, JPEG etc, it will not work.  You need to be doing it this way (from the Xara manual) which is usually the first thing you should check. Exporting transparent title animations for
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 7/20/2012

  RE: Videos on Picture
  nirvanray, This looks like a rather complex use of 'Alpha' or other channel effect ('Effeects' tab >> "video effects' >> 'Chroma key') where the image on one track determines whether you see the track above it or the track below.
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 8/21/2012

  RE: Editing DVD menus with alternative image editors
  Hallo John and Terry I see and understand the point. This still does not solve the problem. Photo Designer is Horrible. Why Magix went to the extent of actually writing it is beyond me... Most people that do video editing are proficient in
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 7/6/2012

  RE: Importing 3D titles from Xara
  Hi gaunt I have found exporting as a gif works well as it has a transparent background and the file size is small. Set the pixel dimensions the same as your project material say 1920x1080 and you get a pretty clean edge. AVI should work well
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 8/9/2012

  RE: Move text and graphic together?
  Thanks John, but that doesn't work here! I add a title in track 3. I add a rectangle in track 4 and make it semi transparent. I select them both and use the Group tool. I am in Size/Position.  I click over the superimposed objects and drag. Only
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 6/30/2012

  RE: saved titles in module but don't show at all on preview.
  Difficult to offer any solid suggestions without more information, but could it be something as simple as: 1. Font set too small to notice? 2. Font somehow set to transparent? 3. Title track set to 'M'? 4. Track 1 set to S? If you place
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 6/25/2012

  RE: Puzzling difference
  Hi John, Thanks - good to hear we're singing from the same hymn sheet on this one! (Hmm, as a non-believer I really must try to find a different expression ) However, I still find it hard to see why there should be such a big difference as in
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 6/25/2012

  RE: Puzzling difference
  Hi Terry At last an issue that I can reproduce perfectly !!!  I think the artefacts you are seeing are because of a high compression ratio for the output of the jpg image. For video I use no compression if you are still using PSP then it is
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 6/3/2012

  RE: Black line when zooming on alpha image
  Hi Anti-aliasing of the original text can also cause this problem with chroma key.  The reason I asked about a border is because a 1 pixel wide border would only appear when the image approaches its original size as you said in the original
• Video Pro X

  One answer, on 5/9/2012

  Video in video
  I am using Magix Video Pro X. I want to view a video through a video. In other words in the foreground I have a video footage on which a frame is created.in the background I  also have a video footage which is seen through the frame inset. The
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 5/5/2012

  RE: Is P.I.P possible ?
  Hi I have never had to use Chroma key for PIP.  The background image/video goes in track 1 and the smaller images/video in the higher number tracks with their size and position altered to place them where I want. Anything in a higher track
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 4/24/2012

  RE: How to change white background
  alinalidina, I'd suggest at least trying the eyedropper method for comparison. The sliders that John describes are only available for the blue / green / white / black presets and can be very effective. Though the eyedropper color selection
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 4/24/2012

  How to change white background
  I made the video of some interviews. The background was white instead of green or blue. Now i am trying to use the "chroma key" but just part of the background becomes transparent... I use program MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Premium. Is there any
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 4/24/2012

  RE: Magix MEP MX Plus - Video Counter
  Yes, as john-auvil writes, time is shown on preview, but not on a rendered, exported film. If you want it shown on a film, one way is to make a screen capture of the clock running, with a black background. Then place the file under your video,
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 4/11/2012

  RE: Has anyone been able to use Logoaway4 in ME16Plus
  OK.  Here we go!  I've checked this workflow in both MEP MX Premium and VPX4 and it does work although it's very clunky!! I'm assuming your video clip is on the timeline, you've highlighted it and gone to the plug-ins menu and chosen logoaway,
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 4/10/2012

  RE: Chroma Key cubes (?)
  sunnyday07, Just two thoughts, not having ever seen this problem... Is the undesired effect present in your final output or just the preview during editing? You might try using 'Color' mode (rather than 'Stamp' or 'Mix' and then use the
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 4/4/2012

  RE: Can I import transparent images (.png) in Video Deluxe MX Premium?
  Hi I would guess you are putting the png files on a higher track than the image/video you want to show through. For transparency whether it is chroma key, alpha or an image with a transparent background it must be on a lower track than the the
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 4/4/2012

  Can I import transparent images (.png) in Video Deluxe MX Premium?
  I tried to put also a keyed background, but chroma key doesn't seem to work and the PNG files without a background also don't work, it just shows a black backround. What can I do?
• Video Pro X

  2 answers, most recent on 3/19/2012

  RE: Making symbols in Magix
  rune0207, I'd add... You can make any graphic overlay you want in your usual painting/graphics editing program eg 'Paint' that comes with Wndows OS. I use a free photoshop sort of program called Paint.NET. You've two choices to make the
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 3/5/2012

  RE: How do I get the black fades into my video using Magix Mx Plus 18
  Extreme, First just checking -- 'fades' usually refer to the entire image (video or still) gradually disappearing as the frame become blank black. As you say 'all round the sides' I presume you want what might be more properly called a
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 2/3/2012

  RE: super-impose a picture into a video
  holland_derrick, On the one hand it's dead easy! You simply put the face on a lower (high number) track on the timelines and adjust its size and position to match what it covers. The hard part is that your head has to be on its own
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 1/27/2012

  RE: How can I make both videos visible
  axellecter, The basic setup for chroma keying is thus: Tracks 1&2 -- background and its audio track Tracks 3&4 -- foreground with green (or blue etc) screen etc and audio. Track 3 is selected and green chroma applied so
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 12/15/2011

  RE: Is there a way to straighten a video?
    Hi, Place the video on two tracks and align. On the lower track use : Effects>movement>Rotation and straighten the video, use Zoom if needed. Than Use NewBlue plugin to give a vignette efffect to the video on the lower track, with