Elements behind a video element

psalmista2008 wrote on 3/25/2022, 12:01 PM

I have been having a problem with elements behind a video object. I have been using Magix Video Pro / Pro X for years and I have always had the ability to place a video in the middle of the scene, and have other elements behind it. From the last year on, on both Video Edit and Pro X, elements on a track behind video track do not show.

In this example, the movie is set to 1920x1920. I have a 16:9 video on track #2, and on track #1 I have another video, resized to cover the whole area. If I reduce the transparency of the video on track #2 to anything less than 100%, you'll see the video underneath. However, if I set the element on track #2 to 100% opacity, the elements behind it are completely hidden:

Anyone has seen this before and can this be fixed please? Magix is my go-to video editor for years but this issue has made be look for other options.

Current setup is Magix Video Pro X 19.0.2.150 and this same thing happens on all 3 computers I use for editing with different cards/cpus.

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AAProds wrote on 3/26/2022, 1:11 AM

@psalmista2008

I'm sure this came up as a bug in the last couple of months, but I'm danged if I can find the thread. I'll keep looking.

AAProds wrote on 3/26/2022, 1:42 AM

@psalmista2008

Found it: https://www.magix.info/us/forum/portrait-clip-on-top-of-portrait-clip-size-position-rotation-is-weird--1294028/#ca1754800

I now can't replicate it MEP 2022 so I assume it's been fixed. That's not going to help you though. 🙁

johnebaker wrote on 3/26/2022, 6:07 AM

@psalmista2008

What effects are applied to the smaller image eg Section, Size,Position & Rotation etc?

John EB
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psalmista2008 wrote on 3/28/2022, 2:09 PM

The video on top has no effects to it. The one in the bottom only has resize effect applied.

psalmista2008 wrote on 3/28/2022, 2:10 PM

@psalmista2008

Found it: https://www.magix.info/us/forum/portrait-clip-on-top-of-portrait-clip-size-position-rotation-is-weird--1294028/#ca1754800

I now can't replicate it MEP 2022 so I assume it's been fixed. That's not going to help you though. 🙁

It seems to be persistent, and I see the problem on both pro2022 and Pro X.

psalmista2008 wrote on 3/28/2022, 2:11 PM

UPDATE:

The only way I have been able to solve the problem is by adding a cookie cutter filter on the top video and resize it as a square to fit the original video on top. That happens to resolve the issue in part by adding the right alpha channel to the top video.

Will let you know if I find anything else.

johnebaker wrote on 3/28/2022, 3:26 PM

@psalmista2008

Hello

There is something we cannot see on the timeline images, as they have been cropped very tightly, which would appear to be creating an issue which the workaround 'fixes'.

As far as can tell from the images what you appear to be creating is a Picture in Picture which should not require a mask or Chromakey Alpha effect. An example is shown below - this was done with VPX 12

Is this what you are trying to create?

Is the video overlay (on track 2) the full frame resized or a section of the video?

John EB