• Movie Studio

  48 answers, most recent on 11/24/2019

  RE: Unwanted Black Background in Title
  Hi John, By "Make Magix create the thumbnails for all the captions" do you just mean preview the timeline? (Either by selecting successive objects, manually scrolling, or playing from some point.) Any reason why you made 10 (presumably different?)
• ACID

  48 answers, most recent on 6/6/2021

  [Closed] A critical discussion: What went wrong with ACID Pro 8 ?
  I was there in the beginning. A breakthrough product that could take recorded audio and synchronize it to any tempo and even change it pitch to fit any key (all within reason). But then people in offices took over the development of Acid and they
• Music Maker

  9 answers, most recent on 12/7/2022

  RE: Guide on how to create a custom Soundpool for Music Maker 2018
  Hi, Excellent initiative! I was going to answer your other post but never got around to it. Previously, Magix had some ini files that had to be changed in order for certain Soundpools, including self-made ones, to show up in MusicMaker. That has all
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 4/11/2018

  RE: Output out of sync with audio, but plays fine in the editor
  Not a screen recording, and I captured the video (if I remember correctly...It's been many years) from within MEP v15 with a capture device. The thing to remember is that inside the program it plays perfectly fine. There are also NO effects of any
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 4/12/2018

  RE: Picture in Picture skipping, freezing frames. RESOLVED
  Well I think I know what's going on. Today I converted the .avi's over to MEP format - re-exported the video - no joy. Then I converted the .avi's into much smaller .wmv and .mpg4 files at 740x480. Re-exported the video - same exact issue. So when
• Music Maker

  16 answers, most recent on 5/7/2018

  RE: Creative Suite questions
  @rrichard63 . . . . This would suggest that you have either the free version of Music Maker (MMM) or one of the special editions which have a limited functionality eg: number of tracks, functions, instruments, soundpools and effects. It would also
• Music Maker

  16 answers, most recent on 5/7/2018

  RE: Creative Suite questions
  @rrichard63 . . . . Music Maker Version 25.1.2.78 . . . . Creative Suite are listed at the beginning of this thread. To quote from the Music Maker in-app store description . . . . I can find no reference to Creative Suite in the in app store of my
• Video Pro X

  10 answers, most recent on 3/22/2018

  RE: Bug and comments on Smart Copy in Video Pro X
  @peter-duke Hi . . . . . According to VideoReDo, the first two frames are B frames followed by an IDR frame (a special I frame) in both cases. Then follow a series of B and P frames (not the same) to complete the GOP before an I frame and so on . .
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 3/19/2018

  RE: Chroma Key, how to do it?
  Hi, One thind led to another. I started a post on if there were any Logo Animations and after purchasing an aplication which will let me do it, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it also included Chroma Key Effect. No. It's MEP that has
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 3/19/2018

  Chroma Key, how to do it?
  Hi, One thind led to another. I started a post on if there were any Logo Animations and after purchasing an aplication which will let me do it, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it also included Chroma Key Effect. Chroma Key is of special
• MAGIX

  No answers, created on 2/27/2018

  [Closed] Patch for Video deluxe Premium (2018) - Version 17.0.2.166
  Important changes in version 17.0.2.166: NEW: Store special offers display Fixed error that impaired playback performance and export times for photo source material with dynamic zooms and collages Fixed error that prevented some effects (e.g.
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 1/29/2018

  RE: Smooth zoom transition with blur. I'm stuck!
  Hi, Looking at the current special offering from Magix for MEP Premium, I see that it comes with: NewBlue Elements Overlay NewBlue ColorFast 2 iZotope RX Elements HitFilm Essentials NewBlueFX Stylizers 5 Imagine HitFilm Retouch but no HitFilm
• Photostory

  3 answers, most recent on 1/5/2018

  Fotostory Deluxe Locking Up
  I have just installed the update to Fotostory Deluxe and now I cannot do anything in the program. If I select more than one photo, it locks up. I have to finish this project by tomorrow evening and I'm hoping to add more special effects. Thank you!
• Movie Studio

  15 answers, most recent on 12/11/2017

  RE: Why does it take forever to export a video in Movie Edit Pro Plus
  Hi . . . . have only 2 fade effects on the project . . . . Which ones - please be specific - and how many occurrences. MEP has a large collection of fade effects ranging from a simple fade in/out to complex fades which require hardware
• Video Pro X

  2 answers, most recent on 11/6/2017

  RE: Looking for a colourful animated falling stars effect
  Hi again. Pro-DAD and New Blue are two creators of various "special FX", at least some of which can be used in VPX. Have you checked out what they offer? Also, within the latest version of VPX you should have effects created by HitFilm; perhaps they
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 10/26/2017

  RE: Pixelan Creativease with MEP 2017 Premium
  Hi José, I almost missed this. There is nothing much to know about these except by experimentation. It all depends on the effect that you are looking for, and the combinations and permutations are enormous. Take a look at the Pixelan Help for each
• Music Maker

  11 answers, most recent on 10/8/2017

  RE: MMM 2017 Steam Edition can't use soundpools bought in MMM free
  I think that the change to the mxcOGG format happened with patch 24.1.5.119, but I'm not sure. Here is the patch list. 24.1.5.115 is not on the list, so there must be special ones for Steam. Changes in patch 24.1.6.127 compared to 24.1.5.119 •
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 9/22/2017

  RE: Group moving problem
  I didn't at first think that the method I use to place both of those elements was relevant, but I now conclude that can be the only logical cause. If I bring the shape and text in separately and reposition and then group, they stay grouped. Even if
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 9/5/2017

  RE: AHER (another hardware encoding rant)
  MPEG4 and MPEG2 - with 2 options. From the MEP manual:- Smart Rendering: With Smart Rendering you can considerably reduce the encodingprocessing strain for MPEG files. With the production of MPEG files, only those partsof the movie that were changed
• Movie Studio

  15 answers, most recent on 8/24/2017

  RE: black video clips
  Update:  many of the video clips have recently returned. Some are still missing however. I did not use any special effects, not using the proxy files for now. I did have a pop up during the MEPP installation process that told me to be able to
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 9/22/2017

  RE: Color grading
  Watch for special prices from Magix for switching from MEP to VPX, usually for about half of the retail price. You didn't indicated which flavour of MEP that you have. If you have MEP basic, then you really don't have much in the way of tools. Plus
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 9/22/2017

  RE: Color grading
  @lars-plovmann Please, Magix is the name of the company that makes more than 50 products, so do not refer to Magix when you mean one of those 50 programs; state the program name. Video Pro X (VPX) is a Magix product that is a big step up from Movie
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 7/24/2017

  RE: Multicam mode
  Hi, Watch this tutorial to get a better idea as to how it works. In multi-cam mode, you have to select and have one principal audio track, usually the best one. All others are turned off. This audio will be on track 2, the cut video on track 1. The
• Video Pro X

  18 answers, most recent on 12/13/2017

  RE: Best PC configuration for VPX
  I recently did some research into this and I found the following: decoding and encoding is normally done using intel quicksync. This offloads the work to a special circuitry on the chip so the actuel cpu itself remains free to do other things. I