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Hi, I'm back from camping. Are you suffering significantly from PC and Magix withdrawal symptoms? I tried this out on MEP2014 and cannot quite replicate this. It may be because I am using 29.97 fps. I used 5s clips. When

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3 answers, most recent on 6/1/2015

RE: Viewing file informaton when importing into Magix Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus - (Tags, Comments, Rating)

OK, thanks, I broadly see what you're trying to do and confirm that MEP cannot support that in the way you want. Presumably you use Explorer to add your 'comments for coaches'. The best I can suggest is that directly before importing the clip

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6 answers, most recent on 2/1/2015

RE: Sending video by email

Hi Many email clients, such as Outlook, etc drop / lock attachments which are not in their approved list because they are known to be vectors for the transmission of viruses. This can include video, executables and files containing

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6 answers, most recent on 12/13/2014

RE: Nudge track with Keyboard Shortcut?

Hi Rick, I can't find one either. I could make one with a macro script as I have done for several others that are mising from the (large) MEP repertoire. Although it would be complex and involve simulating mouse clicks. But wouldn't it be

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18 answers, most recent on 12/12/2014

RE: Fade effect: Rotate around vertical axis

Hi John CB, First thing in the morning I'll try that neat 3D Maker method, but can it become a genuine 2D like my original example? Yes, Shutter 3 does get close, but still no seegar. I'd be interested to know if any of the other popular

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25 answers, most recent on 12/9/2014

RE: Sliding a set of objects?

Hi Walter, That sounds very similar to the method I've used in my macro, which I finished a couple of days ago. I arrange all my objects (any size and shape) on the timeline in track 1. The macro then automatically does the rest, setting the

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6 answers, most recent on 11/29/2014

RE: Keyframes getting added automatically

Hi Terry . . . . trying to spot exactly when the unwanted KF appears . . . . Unfortunately I cannot replicate this on demand Everything I try will not create a duplicate KF, and that includes double and triple clicking on the diamond

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6 answers, most recent on 11/29/2014

RE: Keyframes getting added automatically

Hi John, AFAICS, that's exactly the way I work with KFs too! But in this case I'm deliberately not adding KFs until I've finished working with the numbers. (The context is the Sliding Objects thread. I've moved on from using a spreadsheet to

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14 answers, most recent on 12/3/2014

Inconsistent 'end' of an object

Place a 5 second image at the start of the timeline and open the Size/Position dialog. Press the Home key. The marker moves to the start if it wasn't there already and the time indicator (top left) shows 00:00. Press the End key. The marker

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25 answers, most recent on 12/9/2014

RE: Sliding a set of objects?

Hi John, Thank for the follow-up. I don't have Panorama Studio but it looks interesting. Of course, quite a lot can be done by making the panorama externally in IrfanView or your new PSP. As a general point, I seem to be doing a lot of that sort

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10 answers, most recent on 11/23/2014

RE: MEP2015 with Paintshop Pro X7 Ultimate - does it work both ways?

Hi John, I use PSP 8, a much older version than John EB's, and that is not integrated with MEP (2014 and earlier). I have to re-save and rename and re-import any image I've already imported into MEP (and to which I've applied any effect), but

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8 answers, most recent on 10/30/2014

RE: Alpha Masks do not appear in Mediapool folders

Hi John, It is indeed all rather confusing! I wouldn't like to estimate how much time I've spent poking around in the obscure corners of MEP trying to work out what's going on. It's one of the reasons I'm reluctant to switch to MEP 2015, now

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3 answers, most recent on 11/4/2014

RE: MP4 encoding results always poor; large files and low quality

Hi . . . . just tried several different encodes of a 10 minute film at 720p25. At 3 Mbps VBR, the file comes in at >200 MB in size and exhibits dreadful macro-blocking and banding when played back. . . . . I am guessing you used the Flash

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3 answers, most recent on 11/4/2014

MP4 encoding results always poor; large files and low quality

Although having used Magix for years, encoding a decent quality mp4 video is still a mystery to me. I've just tried several different encodes of a 10 minute film at 720p25. At 3 Mbps VBR, the file comes in at >200 MB in size and exhibits

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21 answers, most recent on 10/17/2014

RE: Deleting a cramped KF

Hi Peter, Bingo! Thanks a bunch, that explains it. As mentioned, I've always worked with only a couple of lines open in the key framer, as I rarely keyframe anything other than size, position and rotation. I have macros that rapidly scroll that

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21 answers, most recent on 10/17/2014

RE: Deleting a cramped KF

I was about to post about the x button....... Terry You would use the KF timeline zoom to make partially obscured KF easier to manipulate or select as you seem to be having trouble doing. One instance would be to make a small

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21 answers, most recent on 10/17/2014

RE: Deleting a cramped KF

Hi Jeff, Thanks, yes, 2014 has those too. And you're right, that is one way I could overcome the cramping problem. But I'd really prefer to use the Next/Previous tool rather than the mouse because I'm trying to write a macro for processing many

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13 answers, most recent on 9/23/2014

RE: Some collages not working?

I have 112 minus the 3 that are missing makes 109. Note that there are 5 more at the bottom that were not in the ini file, but for which I have jpg files, sometimes ini files, but nothing more. For the spreadsheet, I copied in all

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14 answers, most recent on 3/18/2014

RE: Keyframe snapping in Movie Edit Pro 2014

@Carl: Thanks, reckon I got myself quite muddled there. -------------------- I too use the arrows but it can also be handy to alter the range with the +/- icons: I have a macro so that if I hover over a position and type =25 then I get 25

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6 answers, most recent on 3/4/2014

RE: Undocumented shortcut?

Morning both, My keyboard settings are radically different to the default 2014 settings. By the time that Magix made the sweeping changes to the shortcut keys (with the launch of MEP 17), I already had a major investment in those I'd been

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7 answers, most recent on 2/18/2014

RE: Travel Route Animation: Experimenting with options

Hi John, Yes, GE takes a lot of beating for this stuff! Thanks for the tip about track colour alternating, I'll try that too. I wrote a few macros (with Macro Express Pro) to help with some of the grunt work. 1. Copy a PNG 120 times and

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14 answers, most recent on 2/9/2014

RE: Keyboard shortcut works only temporarily

Hi Terry, For the shortcut Alt+Shift+e, go to Effects Library, Audio and Video effects - see page 297 in manual. For Ctrl+E - it seems to be in 2 places. It is with the Travel Route Animation for Save map section - see page 206 in the manual,

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14 answers, most recent on 2/9/2014

RE: Keyboard shortcut works only temporarily

Hi John, No conflict, although I always have to be on my guard about that when assigning my (Macro Express Pro) macro hotkeys. But that's strictly a separate topic to the one under discussion here about 'ambiguous tabs or modes'. With Macro

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14 answers, most recent on 2/9/2014

RE: Keyboard shortcut works only temporarily

Hi . . . . In practice I use two macros to open these with hotkeys . . . What 'hotkeys' are you using to run these macros? Are they interfering with the identical key combinations in MEP. What software are you using for the macros? Is