• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 7/31/2022

  RE: how to curve a track line when fading
  @johnebaker Hi John EB, Thanks for that. I have not mastered the Levels effect and just played around a bit with now. To be used for a transition, one would have to use Alpha and not All for the Channel. Thus with videos on tracks 2 and 3 and a
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 8/23/2022

  RE: MEP loses colouration-changes when adding a distorting blur to footage
  @Apollo89x Hi Taking a step back and using some reductionism and ignoring the title of the topic which does not match the issue as described in the original post, with my emboldening of the salient points:- . . . . However when I now add a
• Movie Studio

  46 answers, most recent on 6/25/2024

  RE: Challenge No 2.
  Hi Ray . . . . have to add the transparency manually . . . . I mentioned in the other topic where we were discussing this, that the _alpha in the image name no longer automatically applies Chromakey Alpha. . . . . how small the mask actually is. I
• Movie Studio

  34 answers, most recent on 4/24/2023

  RE: stability creates confidence in the product
  @browj2 @Betovalle This is all I have on MEP. Version 2022 NEW FEATURES IN MOVIE EDIT PRO 2022! INFUSION Engine 3 MAGIX Travel Maps New controls Ultra-fast export with the INFUSION Engine 3 – 5x faster than real time Movie Edit Pro now runs using an
• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @CubeAce Hi Ray Which mask are you using or is this a custom one? Did you tweak the Alpha parameters to get rid of the 'ring edge' seen in the clips. John EB
• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @CubeAce, @Former user Hi Ray, Gid . . . . the blur and transparency I'm having trouble with. The mask is HD proportions but didn't give it the _alpha designation. . . . . I guess that the mask is black/white and what you are getting is the mask not
• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @CubeAce yeah manual tracking is a pain, the main reason i went to Vegas was so i could track my no' plate with Mocha Pro/BCC Continuum, but in MEP i prefer to blur a duplicate track & set Alpha on the B/W mask that's in-between I'd now use BCC
• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @johnebaker Hi John. They are feathered but it's the blur and transparency I'm having trouble with.The mask is HD proportions but didn't give it the _alpha designation. It's a bit late now to rename the png file. However I have a cunning plan ready
• Movie Studio

  19 answers, most recent on 6/30/2022

  RE: Convenient Place To Buy Plug In's?
  @CarpentersMate Hi, hmm plugins 😋 I do like them, Vegas fx window shows what i've got, a lot of them show in MEP, some work well or quite well, some work but have limited use of their controls & some just don't work or are useless, there tends
• Movie Studio

  40 answers, most recent on 6/27/2022

  RE: Use of Camera/Zoom Shot causes errors and crashes at export
  @CubeAce Ray, Your masking is not subtle and is very distracting. The example that I showed is very basic, one mask is simply a circle, but the other is an irregular shape that gets reshaped over time. What I showed in the tutorial can be done as
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @Scott-Maas Hi In addition to @Former user's method, a different technique using the Mask generator effect to create a mask and then by adding Chromakey Alpha and changing the Alpha direction arrow you can also create a blend an example is shown
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @Scott-Maas I only have MEP/MS but i think it would similar to VPX, Chroma key to remove any colour not wanted or to make the image transparent in areas, Color correction or any other effect/filter to alter the two images, Then the opacity slider on
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 6/12/2022

  RE: Blend Modes in VPX?
  @Scott-Maas Hi Scott. This is normally done using alpha channel masks in most video editing packages. I can't find recent experiments I did with normal video backgrounds but here is an earlier one I did. Just the opening title sequence. The free
• Other products

  One answer, on 5/31/2022

  [Closed] DVD Architect v7.0-- cannot reveal crop and adjust properties
  Am getting back to DVD Architect after a long spell. In opening an old project, where I have some basic keyframes for some fade in (using alpha), I can no longer "see" the crop adjust properties (alpha, etc). I can only see "crop" and "video effect"
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 5/28/2022

  RE: Feathering a Photo
  @hdrechsel18 Hi Harry A quick method is to use the effects masks already available in the folder: C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common\Videocontent\Movie Edit Pro Premium\VideoEffects\EffectAlphaMasks\HD Drag the shape you require onto the
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 5/28/2022

  RE: Feathering a Photo
  @hdrechsel18 Hi Harry. I'm not sure what you are expecting. By its nature, feathering has to have material to take away from and make transparent. No material, no feathering. So whatever feathering you apply is going to encroach upon the image. If
• Video Pro X

  3 answers, most recent on 5/23/2022

  RE: Green Screen problem
  @Sugar-Shane Hi and welcome to the user to user forums. Not sure I know what you are trying to do here. The point of a green screen background is to use it as a key for an overlay to another track. It is really its only use. If you are trying to
• Video Pro X

  One answer, on 5/18/2022

  [Closed] Vegas Post
  I currently have Vegas Pro 19 registered (but I still get a pop up to upgrade to this version every time I open it which is less of a concern for me) and I wanted to try Vegas Effects. So I downloaded & installed a trial version of Vegas Post.
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 5/12/2022

  RE: cut out a portion of a picture and put it in a picture
  @CubeAce Not quite sure i get you, does the chroma key just have to be present, This image is PNG, no chroma key added & i've never had to when i cut something out & it has an alpha channel? (Alpha channel normally auto added in GIMP as
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 5/12/2022

  RE: cut out a portion of a picture and put it in a picture
  @CubeAce 😂 Never heard of PSD files, ya learn something new every day 😊👍 Exported that image from GIMP with the cut out just like the PNG was, & this is it reimported back into gimp showing the grey chequed alpha. PSD on the lower track with 3D
• Movie Studio

  9 answers, most recent on 5/12/2022

  RE: cut out a portion of a picture and put it in a picture
  @kate-m Hi there's a few ways to add a picture to a picture in MEP, they prob all mean one image on a track above the other image on another track The section tool in MEP is a bit grumpy, make your selection on the lower track to select the area you
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 5/12/2022

  RE: Please not another bug in MEP / MS 2022..
  @Former user @browj2 @johnebaker Hi. I have double checked the Pro res 444 problem with various Chroma Key settings in VPX 11 and I do not get any combing effect at all on the RGB or Alpha channels with any Chroma Key settings. When I have time,
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 5/12/2022

  RE: Please not another bug in MEP / MS 2022..
  @Former user @browj2 @johnebaker Yes that is it. But what I am wondering is does the blur control reply on the alpha channel? I think this, and the earlier Pro res 444 issues are linked to problems with MEP and VPX handling the RGBA channels of some
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 5/12/2022

  RE: Please not another bug in MEP / MS 2022..
  @Former user Thanks for the conformation Gid. I use the image download box to add video. There may be a file size limit, I'm not sure. You have to wait for the green line underneath to reach the end before hitting comment. The file doesn't always