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Hi Terry . . . . I'm playing with HDR again . . . . I'd welcome any feedback on which of these variations on the original JPG you find the most pleasing . . . . Before commenting it is important to note that the differences between the individual

Movie Studio

17 answers, most recent on 2/8/2017

RE: Border Effects to use a Portrait image in a wide/full screen video

Hi, Did you update to the latest version of MEP (see under Help at the top for online update)? The effect may not be in the initial download file. I presume that you are using the latest version of MEP Plus or Premium. For the other things, like

Movie Studio

76 answers, most recent on 3/13/2017

RE: HDR effect does not work with MEP2014, 2016 or VPX7 on new machine with new Win10 Pro installation

John CB - I haven't mastered the curve yet I find this feature quite useful although I am in no way fully competent in it's use. In your example I would not increase the contrast slider because you shot is already too contrasty. I would apply 15 to

Movie Studio

76 answers, most recent on 3/13/2017

RE: HDR effect does not work with MEP2014, 2016 or VPX7 on new machine with new Win10 Pro installation

Hi All There is quite a bit more discussion on the HDR fault in page one of this post:- https://www.magix.info/uk/forum/vpx-patch-may-have-problems-also-tra-problem--1178806/. The only real solution is to add a discreet Nvidia or AMD graphics card

Video Easy

3 answers, most recent on 10/28/2016

RE: Image capture from USB 2861 device

Thank you for the reply The 'capture' process is to show the current sky conditions (cloudy/clear/sunny/dull etc.) it is envisaged that the process will be running at least 12 hours per day Regards

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 4/11/2016

RE: What is a soundpool?

MusicMaker Jam probably has a Help file in which you could look up the term Soundpools. Here is what it says in the MusicMaker help file: Multimedia Library - Soundpool "The included multimedia library provides audio and video building

Movie Studio

24 answers, most recent on 3/23/2016

RE: HDR and other effects for photos

After doing the ones in my last post, I thought that I would go back and redo a photo that I had visited a year and a half ago without getting what I wanted. I ran it through PSP X8 with the following steps, Smart Photo Fix (under Adjust menu) -

Movie Studio

24 answers, most recent on 3/23/2016

RE: HDR and other effects for photos

Hi all, Terry, I don't really like result, too grainy. What I have below is simpler and, in my opinion, better. The colours can be tweaked in MEP. Here is my latest attempt. I bought Kolor Neutralhazer and I have 2 Topaz plugins, Adjust and

Movie Studio

24 answers, most recent on 3/23/2016

RE: HDR and other effects for photos

Thanks all. I also posted in the Corel forum (asking about PaintShop Pro 8 HDR capabilities - there are none in this very old version) and received this enhancement from an expert there. Hi Walter, It certainly qualifies for your label of "a

Movie Studio

24 answers, most recent on 3/23/2016

RE: HDR and other effects for photos

Hi @ John CB Interesting result on the image. The ghosting would suggest that the shutter button was 'stabbed' instead of being given a gentle squeeze. @ Terry Here is my adjustment - no HDR just a touch of curves to increase the contrast

Movie Studio

24 answers, most recent on 3/23/2016

RE: HDR and other effects for photos

Hi, @John EB, I have a Canon DSLR and it has a setting for HDR backlight control. I don't have a setting for AEB..........oh, it's under the AV setting. Didn't read that part of the manual. Thanks for that! Time to find time to read the

Movie Studio

One answer, on 11/25/2015

RE: Field of depth

Hi Whether this can be done depends on: Sufficient difference between the background and the subject you want to remain in focus - this determines whether it is possible to create a mask from the video. How accurate you want the background

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 8/10/2015

RE: Transistioning Titles

Hallo I tried to to bring this to the german guys and I has been successfull. But Nowaday it will not run... my start is track 1 only a picture of a sky track 3 one jpg black and with chroma key "alpha" and one title. Since the last week

Movie Studio

One answer, on 6/5/2015

RE: I have several. Collor correction with Croma Key and Cropping

I can see from your first picture that you have used chroma key to place the man against a background of the sky and flowers. What I don't understand is why the man in your second picture is shown as extremely "pink" nor why you need to "crop"

Movie Studio

12 answers, most recent on 4/25/2015

RE: Masks with Pixelan SpiceMaster Pro - tutorial

Hi Terry, Thanks for the encouragement. I'm getting better at it, I think. We're in Paris right now and heading your way on Monday. Please turn up the heat a bit and clear the sky of clouds. The cameras are getting a good workout. Regards,

Movie Studio

13 answers, most recent on 4/7/2015

RE: make slideshow & music length match - movie edit pro mx

Yeah, that's what I figured. The text objects were just too not what I was looking for. I chose "Stars Sky". So just copy & paste the frame? I'll give that a shot. Just to make sure I'm not completely losing my mind, playing the

Photostory

3 answers, most recent on 3/6/2015

RE: How do I get a copy of Magix Photostory that work for more than 30 days

John EB - sory about the tiraid. The registration number provided is already in the registration screen, and works right after reinstatting the program. Howevere, when i want to use the program to resume work after thirty days, the registration

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 1/21/2015

RE: Why is this Picture so Yellow?

Hi Anirban The problem is caused by the White balance setting - I would suspect it was on Auto, in combination with the time the image was taken. The colour suggests to me that the sun was on or just below the horizon and the scene has lost

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 9/3/2014

RE: Auto exposure puzzle

Thanks Peter, that's it! Quite a revelation. I'd never thought about it before and suppose I'd always tacitly assumed that, for a video object, Auto exposure did base its operation on some sort of 'average'. But now that you have made me think

Movie Studio

27 answers, most recent on 9/3/2014

RE: HDR (High Dynamic Range) Images

Hi All I moved the thread to MEP Discussion. John C.B. - That halo effect is what I was referring to in my previous post. It can be reduced by moving the HDR Blur slider down to about 20 but don't go too low because the effect goes haywire

Movie Studio

27 answers, most recent on 9/3/2014

RE: HDR (High Dynamic Range) Images

I see that my file is still too big. It showed up on my screen before I saved, so I thought it would show up in the message. Here are the 4 images that were in the composite image. Original: Below: HDR at 90, note the halo around the

Movie Studio

27 answers, most recent on 9/3/2014

RE: HDR (High Dynamic Range) Images

Hi all, I see that the image in my first post was too large and the only way to see it was by opening the Dropbox file. Here it is again, but this time it seems to work, I hope. @Peter: I too would like to see your method. I think that I

Movie Studio

27 answers, most recent on 9/3/2014

RE: HDR (High Dynamic Range) Images

Hi @ Anirban . . . . But my camera has APCS (CMOS Sensor). Is that not good enough? . . . . It is not a question of is it good enough. The simple fact is that there are scenes which a camera sensor cannot cope with eg: Landscapes - the

Movie Studio

27 answers, most recent on 9/3/2014

RE: HDR (High Dynamic Range) Images

Hi Anirban . . . . Is there any necessity for HDR images these days with better editing softwares . . . . Yes - the limitations occur before you get to edit the image - they are in the camera sensor - it has a limited dynamic range. Assuming