• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 5/19/2026

  RE: That old chestnut - Quicktime
  @me_again Hi Andy What does MediaInfo say the encoding format used in the original MOV files is? Shutter Encoder was the first one I tried to convert the Alpha channel files - there appears to be no setting for the Alpha channel encoding to
• Video Pro X

  One answer, on 4/15/2026

  [Closed] composite mode is completely stuck on Alpha
  Not sure what to do here. It's stuck on Alpha. It was working last week. Now it's not. I've reset. Tried the parent/child composition. Reset the window arrangement. Run as admin. checked the text cursor. No luck. Using Vegas Pro 22. Windows 11.
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 5/19/2026

  RE: That old chestnut - Quicktime
  @me_again Hi Andy . . . . QT + Any suggestions? . . . . Easiest route is to convert the MOV files with Handbrake, to standard h.264/AAC encoding. I have batch converted all my 'normal' MOV files. For the MOV files I create with an Alpha channel, ie
• Off topic

  3 answers, most recent on 5/21/2026

  RE: VIDEOAKTIV YT no more?
  @idd-2016 They just uploaded a couple of Sony Alpha 7R VI videos three days ago, so it definitely doesn't look like they planned this. Maybe it's a legal problem (three strikes by a malicious third party) or their account was compromised and
• Video Pro X

  27 answers, most recent on 3/28/2025

  RE: .mov file is disappearing over time
  @Joshua-Burner, @Gid Hi . . . . If this file has already got transparency & then you've added Chroma Key that might mess with that files alpha channel. . . . Gid is correct, adding Alpha to a video or image which already has an Alpha channel
• Video Pro X

  27 answers, most recent on 3/28/2025

  RE: .mov file is disappearing over time
  @Gid, Hi Gid . . . . I use Vegas Pro where I can add Chroma key to a .mov (or use other options to make it a mask) without problems, . . . . With respect to the issue joshua has, what Vegas can do is not relevant:- The software Joshua has to work
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 1/20/2026

  RE: Cookie cutter proportions?
  @idd-2016 Hi, More flexibility would be nice in the Cookie Cutter, including the ability to draw masks. Other than using the matte that you used, you can simply use the white colour swatch as a mask, give it chromakey alpha, resize and move it where
• Movie Studio

  35 answers, most recent on 5/7/2025

  RE: Is there a way to increase the cache?
  @Steve-Jones3743 Hi, I second what has been said that you shouldn't be having problems but from your description I suspect the gif might be the problem, I have gifs that work & some that don't. If you can export that gif out as a video
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 5/15/2026

  RE: MMS 2025: New AI Effects
  @me_again @AAProds @johnebaker Hi, Have any of you had problems exporting with any of these AI effects as a major part of your video? I'm using VPX17. I have an 8 minute project with AI Sharpen on on much of the footage. Actually, the footage is
• Video Pro X

  9 answers, most recent on 12/10/2025

  RE: I burn a disc , but it only burns 24 of 37 minutes each time. Unsure a
  @JIM-MAXIM Hi . . . . It appears that the downloaded AI videos are causing a problem . . . . Looking at the error log data, I would agree with you that the issue is with the AI PNG files. Do the PNG images open in an image editor? Do the images have
• Video Pro X

  27 answers, most recent on 3/28/2025

  RE: .mov file is disappearing over time
  @Gid Hi Gid In general, I would agree with you, if the question is, for example, about which editor can do a certain effect. Getting back on topic, I dissected your video clip showing MMS failing, thank you for that, it helped me a great deal. I
• Video Pro X

  13 answers, most recent on 6/19/2025

  RE: plugin NewBlue Infinite Looks
  Elements (from newbluefx) _How to use Active Camera(https://newbluefx.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/209967173-How-to-use-Active-Camera)_How to use Alpha
• Video Pro X

  27 answers, most recent on 3/28/2025

  RE: .mov file is disappearing over time
  @johnebaker @Joshua-Burner @Gid Hi John. I can't replicate that behaviour as in the video threshold of either video channel changing / jumping of its own volition using VPX14 through altering the alpha direction arrow on a video or stills object
• MAGIX

  34 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: New "owners/developers" of Sequoia, Samplitude and Music Studio.
  @Reyfox Times change. I'm under the impression that Gen Alpha doesn't even own or use a PC anymore. At some point anybody who wants certain software will own it and then the market is saturated and you cannot sell enough to keep development funded.
• Video Pro X

  27 answers, most recent on 3/28/2025

  RE: .mov file is disappearing over time
  @Joshua-Burner Hi . . . . .  imported a .mov with transparency into my project . . . . Is the MOV video file video encoded in the PNG format, or has a seperate Alpha channel and is Quicktime for Windows installed? . . . . It stops working properly
• Movie Studio

  One answer, on 11/28/2025

  RE: VD2026 png's and masks?
  @idd-2016 I assume from your comment that you are testing with the trial version of VDL 2026 before purchase. Drop shadows - there is no in program native function that can do this. There are several methods the simplest is to add the drop shadow
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 10/10/2025

  RE: Video Deluxe 2026 Premium
  @philh77 Hi . . . . I have am mp4 of the effect I would like to use . . . . To give more specific advice, we need more information about the effect clip, ie. is this a green screen (Chromakey) effect or a video clip with a transparent Alpha
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 5/19/2026

  RE: That old chestnut - Quicktime
  @johnebaker Thanks for the reply John. It's not so much the opening or converting of MOVs that's the annoyance, it's that Quicktime Alternative worked for both Movie Studio and MPEG Streamclip for ages but on reinstallation, because of my
• Movie Studio

  35 answers, most recent on 11/12/2024

  RE: What Apple format: Apple ProRes or HEVC codecs can Movie Studio run?
  there's also mention Quicktime is required.. isn't that an outdated Codec? To quote from a post johnebaker made a while back - Quicktime is still required for MOV files where the Format ID is identified as JPEG or PNG encoded video, it is no longer
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 9/2/2024

  RE: [Solved] How to have Multiple Effects Masks on one 'Effect'.
  @robertkjr  Duplicate your object track (video/picture), Add a blur to one object. Place two masks from Templates - Layer masks in between the duplicates objects. Position masks as needed using Size/Position/Rotation. The order of the objects on
• Movie Studio

  26 answers, most recent on 3/18/2025

  RE: MIX option missing in Chroma Key
  @Reyfox @Can-Dive & the rest of you. My 2024 Suite with the Mix & Water is what it was like for yrs, this is how I learnt about B/W masks, Alpha etc,, orig I didn't know you could get fxs like VP's Bezier or Mocha that would just 'mask'
• Movie Studio

  19 answers, most recent on 4/15/2024

  RE: filmed a funeral and want to share it with copyright material
  @spuddy13 Hi Brian A quicker alternative to trying to erase the background is to use an Alpha mask located in C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common\Videocontent\Movie Studio version Content\VideoEffects\EffectAlphaMasks, as shown below: Note the
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 10/10/2025

  RE: Video Deluxe 2026 Premium
  @philh77 Hi Thanks for the MediaInfo, which helps in that it tells us what the video is not, ie it does not have an Alpha (Transparency) channel. From the effect clips website the only comment I can find on usage is 'change blending (composition
• Video Pro X

  27 answers, most recent on 3/28/2025

  RE: .mov file is disappearing over time
  Is the MOV video file video encoded in the PNG format, or has a seperate Alpha channel and is Quicktime for Windows installed? Quicktime is installed. I don't know how the .mov itself was encoded ; I purchased it online. Are you adjusting the