• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/27/2019

  RE: chroma key with mask?
  @Schmacker Hi, Assuming that the screen stays white throughout, try putting the original on track 1 and moving presentation and the modified original with chromakey white down to tracks 2 and 3 or higher. So long as the presentation is resized down,
• Photostory

  2 answers, most recent on 9/24/2019

  RE: Landscape V Portrait
  Hi, Thank you so much for your reply. As you suggest, as a novice, I'm going to spend some time to read up on this subject in the manual when time permits. In the meantime, it's nice to know that the possibility is there. Thank you again for your
• Photostory

  2 answers, most recent on 9/24/2019

  RE: Landscape V Portrait
  Hi, I don't have 2013 anymore, but I have the 2019 version. This should be approximately the same. Make sure that you are in timeline mode, not Storyboard. Click on the photo. Click on the Effects tab, There you should see View & Animation and
• Video Pro X

  6 answers, most recent on 9/24/2019

  Travel Maps Problems - Turning off and on, Multiple photos, others
  Travel Maps 1.0.1.332 TM has replaced Travel Route Animation in VPX, MEP and PhotoStory and works well for the most part. However, there are several problems that I have identified. See the video. The main problem is not being able to turn off the
• Photostory

  9 answers, most recent on 8/1/2022

  RE: Problem loading titles Photostory Deluxe 2018
  Dear forum, I would like to run a long text, copied from a documens slowly over a presentation, by copying the (plain) text in and animating it over the running time of the presentation from bottom to top, does anyone have the answer of how to do
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  RE: Animated straight line between any two points
  Back on topic, I think animated straight lines can often be a good choice to illustrate trips and routes of all sorts. Here's an example I've just made quite quickly, entirely within MEP, with no add-ins or external video tools, using a pair of KFs
• Photostory

  3 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  Travel Map Animation
  Create map from Newark NJ to San Fransisco to Auckland NZ. Newark to San Fransisco, works fine, straight across the country. Add Auckland, NZ, the map redraws the Newark to San Fransisco leg all the way around the world instead of directly across
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  RE: Animated straight line between any two points
  @johnebaker Hi John, Sorry, can't take a look. I have to get back to the campground. Just came out to check emails and do a couple of Travel Maps animations for our last 2 walks. @terrypin Hi Terry, Try using the animator in Xara. It is actually
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 8/16/2019

  RE: Stinger Transition
  @eaststreetgaming Hi . . . . I want the video I export to have a transparent background so you can see what is behind the video. . . . . Are you are looking to play the video over for example a computer game and be able to see the live game through
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  RE: Animated straight line between any two points
  Hi John, Hopefully your German language skill plus Walter’s tutorial will help! I’ll also get on the case in the morning if you haven’t found the solution by then. Meanwhile here are the steps I used: ANIMATING A TRACK IN MEP 2016 USING ECHO
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  RE: Animated straight line between any two points
  Hi John, Thanks. Yes, John CB and I had some lengthy email discussions about that interesting ‘Echo’ method. It’s good to have it my line-drawing toolkit, but rather too complex for regular use. And the tracks I mainly animate are from walks and are
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 9/7/2019

  RE: Object Tracking Not Tracking / Remains Static at midway point
  Same length, white/orange cat going down black stairs, the text I want to animate does not move at all   Screenshot comes later
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  RE: Animated straight line between any two points
  @terrypin Take a look at my tutorials on Xara with MEP. If you just want a static image, there is nothing to do in the animation part, just draw your shape and exit (upper right X) and the shape that you have drawn will be in an object on the
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  RE: Animated straight line between any two points
  @terrypin Hi Did you ever use JASC Animation Shop that used to come with PSP? John EB
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  RE: Animated straight line between any two points
  Hi Terry, Another way is to right-click on the map (selected) in MEP, Video effects, Create overlay graphics/animation, and create a line (start of line - very short), name it, give it colour and thickness that you want, Copy in the Animation Frame
• Photostory

  2 answers, most recent on 8/12/2019

  RE: Travel Maps - Problems adding Photos to a Route
  @RGKTX Hi This is a known issue - see this topic here. JOhn EB
• Movie Studio

  22 answers, most recent on 8/21/2019

  Animated straight line between any two points
  Does anyone have a truly simple method of quickly displaying a straight line on a map between two marked locations please? I returned to this again today but it took me an unduly long time before I got this result. I opted for the intuitive method
• Photostory

  One answer, on 8/11/2019

  RE: Editing Dynamic Titles
  @mark-m Hi . . . . shift the position of the text and the length of time that the text displays . . . . The Dynamic Titles have very limited editing options for font, colour, size etc however both of your requirements are possible. To move the Title
• Movie Studio

  20 answers, most recent on 8/10/2019

  RE: Creating an animated rectangle
  @browj2 Yes. I use these on maps to highlight the start and end of the animated track,
• Movie Studio

  20 answers, most recent on 8/10/2019

  RE: Creating an animated rectangle
  @johnebaker The oval was drawn with Xara, but the effect is a transition using Pixelan SpiceMaster 2 (not 3). Note the curve to get the effect smoother. The curve can be adjusted to make it even smoother. I found that the curve in Magix Alpha Magic
• Movie Studio

  20 answers, most recent on 8/10/2019

  RE: Creating an animated rectangle
  @terrypin Hi . . . . It would no doubt prove more difficult with the smoother KF approach . . . . After a lot of testing (it has been raining hard here) I have come to the conclusion that it is nearly impossible to get the animation smooth and
• Movie Studio

  20 answers, most recent on 8/10/2019

  Creating an animated rectangle
  Using the Clock transition it's easy to create a reasonable animated empty circle or square. But my attempt at a rectangle gives this rather unsatisfactory approach: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ofe9l96iep4zd86/RectWipe-1.mxv?raw=1 Anyone know a
• Photostory

  3 answers, most recent on 7/26/2019

  RE: Photo Story Deluxe 18.1.3.65 - Travel Maps Issue
  @Paz You may also want to review other posts about Travel
• Photostory

  3 answers, most recent on 7/26/2019

  RE: Photo Story Deluxe 18.1.3.65 - Travel Maps Issue
  @Paz Hi, Indeed, it does. Firstly, in TM, the border that you have chosen, which I presume is the first rectangular one, a black border is created and you can see this when you play the animation; there is black space around the map. If you select