• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 1/27/2020

  RE: [Solved] Inconsistent Brightness Among Clips?
  @audiofile Have you checked in the timeline view that you haven't pulled the last clips transparency down? Scene mode doesn't show us much. I would prefer to see an expanded Timeline view. These are consecutive files split by your camera when
• Video Pro X

  2 answers, most recent on 1/20/2020

  [Solved] SOLVED: Can I control clip transparency by keyframe / in the timeline?
  I am quite new to Video Pro X (17.0.3.63), and I can't find an answer from the manual for the basic questions above. I'd be very happy about a little help: What I already know is that I can... fade in and out using the related controls at the
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 4/19/2019

  RE: [Solved] Chroma Key effect does not render in final exported file (?)
  @marksanche Hi . . . I used the CHROMA KEY to produce an effect, using MIX, and then I tried HIDE BLACK, then back to MIX. With MIX this appears on the monitor exactly how I want it to look (using MIX selection) . . . AFAICS for what you are trying
• Web Designer

  7 answers, most recent on 12/29/2018

  RE: [Solved] xara designer pro x11 fill color is shade and not spot color i choose
  @marcy-lawrence Hi Using the Selector tool, select the shape object, then click the Transparency tool (wineglass icon) in the tool tray - arrowed in image below, and adjust the transparency slider in the Info bar - circled in image below HTH John
• Web Designer

  7 answers, most recent on 12/29/2018

  [Solved] xara designer pro x11 fill color is shade and not spot color i choose
  in xara designer pro x11 fill color is shade and not the spot color i choose using the dropper. What must I do to get the actual color and not a shade or transparency of what I choose?
• Photostory

  5 answers, most recent on 11/26/2017

  RE: [Solved] ? what does it means ?
  Hi Knud Do you mean something like this? If so the effect is achieved with a single png image with a black background and a small transparent hole in the centre used as a mask. The timeline is set up as you can see in the first image below, and the
• Video Pro X

  28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

  RE: [Solved] Overlaying clips that are transparent
  Hi VPX appears to no longer automatically apply Alpha when it is present, or the filename indicates it is to have Alpha applied to it. Your client needs to apply either Chromakey Black or Alpha from the Effects tab, Video effects, Chromakey dialog
• Video Pro X

  28 answers, most recent on 11/22/2017

  [Solved] Overlaying clips that are transparent
  Hello, I have a client I make videos for. I use Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premier for my work. He uses Video Pro X. I rendered some text shorts for him to overlay using RGB+Alpha so there is no background and only the text shows. But when he
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 1/29/2017

  RE: [Solved] How modify same buttons?
  (2nd attempt seems to have survived. I think there was a magix.info problem with the image uploader.) Hi Darek, Many DVD menu templates have elements that apparently were not intended to be customised, and so have no access to their properties. But
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 9/2/2024

  RE: How to have Multiple Effects Masks on one 'Effect'.
  @robertkjr Hi, Yes, what @Gid showed is the way that it's done. However, look at what I said. Instead of using one of the masks, just use the white object and resize it. It's easier than trying to resize a black and white mask to get just the white
• SOUND FORGE

  15 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

  RE: "Congested" Stereo Recording Repairable by Sound Forge?
  I forgot to say that I'm not a recording or mastering engineer, merely an audiophile. I discovered Samplitude long ago when I was searching for a Windows audio player with a transparent pitch and time (especially pitch). As it happens, lots of my
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 8/26/2023

  RE: Title Text: How to make the immediate background of the text black?
  @john-x Hi I am with Al in using a black, or other colour, image behind the text - it also gives you the advantage that you can vary the transparency of the image so the video shows through as seen below. @browj2 Hi John . . . . I have also had M
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 9/17/2023

  RE: DVD Menu Text Will Not Display
  @AAProds Did you try changing the text then changing it back? Either I'm not getting what you you want to do or I'm adjusting the wrong part. I don't appear to be having problems. I don't need to change the text or do you mean any change to the
• Video Pro X

  148 answers, most recent on 4/18/2023

  RE: General discussion on add-ons
  @Reyfox @johnebaker Well it turns out with no surprise to me that Boris Titler Pro is the main culprit for the playback stutters and slow rendering for the first twenty seconds or so at the start of the project. Possibly also because that causes
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 8/26/2023

  RE: Title Text: How to make the immediate background of the text black?
  @john-x Hi, here's another option using only MMS features, Write all your text as you want, Duplicate that text event, (Ctrl+drag with the cursor) On the upper text event add Mask Generator, Then add Brightness Contrast, turn the brightness down to
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 3/1/2024

  RE: movie of stage show but on stage LCD screens cause movie flicker
  @spuddy13 @CubeAce I've posted here in the past about LCD lighting being a pain and I've used the technique Ray has suggested but in a slightly different way:- I use 3 tracks of the video on tracks 1, 2 and 3 each 1 frame advanced (i ungroup tracks
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 2/11/2024

  RE: Is there a social media subscribe template/lower thirds text?
  @Kobie-Mercury-Clarke Hi. @johnebaker is correct. It is possible to build your own animated texts and add logos. Logos can present a problem if you can't find a suitable one from the net and are not artistically inclined to produce your own. If you
• Movie Studio

  28 answers, most recent on 8/25/2023

  RE: new bug in MS2023 Platinum / import PNG image generate FROM MS2023
  @Betovalle Hi I just did as per your list with no problems, exported png, imported - exported as mpeg-4, reimported ... no problem. MMS png doesn't contain an alpha channel, so no transparency but I don't recall a problem like you mention. Can you
• Video Pro X

  7 answers, most recent on 8/24/2023

  RE: What can one do other than re-shoot!
  @1940 @Former user Hi Oz. A lot will depend on the resolution of the video and the size of his head in the frame but even if half decent resolution wise, I personally think it would be a lot quicker to reshoot it if possible and a lot less
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 8/26/2023

  RE: Title Text: How to make the immediate background of the text black?
  @john-x Hi, Do you have any New Blue Effects? There are several that will give you a box behind the text. Below is an image where I used NB Selective Tint. The black box changes with the amount of text. Others that I have tried are NB Gradient Tint
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 9/9/2023

  RE: How do I put an arrow in a clip?
  Hi In the Templates tab, under Image objects Present, their are many arrow symbols, drag one on to the top of the clip/image/title object you want to add it to, To resize and move and rotate the arrow, select the arrow object - indicated by yellow
• Video Pro X

  58 answers, most recent on 9/12/2024

  RE: [Closed] VPX/MMS update schedule
  @browj2 I appreciate your honesty with most of this, audio & colour grading are not my forte so I'm not going to get too deep into that but keyframing in the 'Colour Grading panel?' is a good question, I'm not sure if you can but there are many
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 3/18/2024

  RE: Wacom And Magix
  @CubeAce Hi Ray, Watch my tutorial. At about 4:40, I start creating a mask using the shape tool in Xara. And, I animate the mask. Please watch the tutorials this time or you won't understand what I am talking about. In this one, I create an object,
• Photostory

  3 answers, most recent on 6/26/2023

  RE: How to animate footprints
  @Margaret-Keckler Hi AS @browj2 has commented this can be done with a PNG image with transparent background, there is no Chromakey effect in Photostory. There is a hoop to jump through - Photostory appears to have 4 tracks only, however if you