Hi Kami.

I did say if you had it.

Every upgrade of MEP Pro comes with different third party plug-ins. Different ones are offered at various times. I've lost out on some of the packs due to when my yearly upgrade time outs but I did get the HitFilm Movie Essentials pack with one of the upgrades and it's one of those plug-ins. Can't remember which version of MEP it came with though. They tend to accumulate over time. Some are time limited which is a pain if you need to go back to a project at a later date.

Ray.

@Kami_1

Just a thought on you original problem of the 1/4 display - a while bck we had a problem with HDR causing the picture to go dark which appeared to be related to the effect not liking Direct X 11. Have you checked your Direct X is up to date? Strangely I found a workaround that made HDR work correctly and that was by applying a New Blue effect on the clip and then resetting the NB settings to "None". Worth a try.

Peter

Hello Peter - The "clipping" occurred even when I didn't have contrast set. I will try setting Brightness down a bit as suggested. (It was turning Brightness up which created the noise.)

I don't know about Direct X. I don't see a setting in MEP for it. I see downloads on websites, including Microsoft. (My Microsoft is up to date as of 2 days ago.) So I downloaded the files. The DATES of the 11 files are from 2010, so I'm assuming IF I have Direct X installed, it's up to date. The two files aren't even clickable, so not doing anything with them.

Any advice here is very much appreciated.

Kami

Cube, Do you remember which of the following apps would have the Shadow-Highlights effects? 😁

Hi Kami.

None of those I'm afraid.

One on the HitFilm Site it is available but I don't know if their effects can normally be used within MEP or the ones Magix offers from HitFilm are specific versions for MEP.

Maybe someone else here knows that. But the pack on the site is not expensive.

It's a different selection from the pack I have but it's there.

Ray.

Thanks, Cube. Ummm, do you know what L8 is in US$? 😕

@Kami_1

Hi Kami.

Well so far I've not bought any effects from third parties although I've registered a couple of free OFX effects that have worked within MEP so although I know you normally have to register an effect with the supplier for it to work on a given machine I don't know if MEP will automatically detect it or the plug-in detects MEP or what precisely happens. Those effects packs are normally used with the Free version of HitFilm Express. The idea being is you can slowly build up to quite a powerful editor over time as you can afford it. I wasn't happy with the workflow layout of HitFilm express or their paid offering so opted for the Magix software.

Ray.

@Kami_1

I don't know the current rate of exchange of Pounds Stirling to Dollars but I'd guess around $10.

If you visit the site it should come up in the local currency. Just do a search for HitFilm. If i gave you a link it may come up in £ and not $.

Ray.

Ray, Thanks. Already did. No way to see if it's compatible with Mep 2021, so I posted a msg. Hope I hear from them. And you're right about the pricing.

I was looking for the Magix store online to get more info on their add-ins. Couldn't find it, but came across an add-in "Hitfilm_color_explosion-64bit.msi." I downloaded it but am hoping to hear from Magix sales if it had a shadow-highlights tool.

@Kami_1

Hi Kami.

As far as I know HitFilm Express uses and supplies effects in the OFX format that MEP and VPX supports. The problem is can a HitFilm effect be registered to work with MEP?

That I've never tried but have been tempted to try out as some of their small effects packs are very reasonably priced so it would be good to find out. Good luck.

Ray.