Hi
I'm fairly new to this and gradually getting to grips with things, but I'm stuck. I would like to add an effect to a video segment to make it appear like a piece of old film. I have am mp4 of the effect I would like to use, so I guess my question is , is it possible to overlay this on top of the segment to get the desired effect (hope this is reasonably clear). If this would not work in this way, how can I do it? Thanks in advance.
Yes, you can put your effect MP4 on top of the video segment. Magix uses the bottom up approach: you look at your movie from bottom to top ie looking up.
So, in this case, on the timeline put your effect video below the video segment like this:
Of course, putting a video object on top of another will blank out the lower object. In this example, the effect object will blank out the video segment but I have lowered the video level of the effect file so we can see though it.
Your film-effect MP4 will need to be transparent to be able to see the video segment below.
There are purpose-designed film-effects filters about so if you don't get the desired effect from your effect, look foe those.
I don't know if this will be of any use to you but the program should have an old movie effect in the effects section.
There are also various movie look templates in the Templates section
With a bit of mix and matching, you can do quite a bit with the basic effects.
Ray.
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 channel?
If not sure, download and install MediaInfo and analyse the effect clip and post the results, see this tutorial on how to set up MediaInfo and analyse a video clip for all the data required.
John EB
Forum Moderator
Thanks for the info. Here's the detail from MediaInfo:
General
Complete name : E:\Eclipse-station-artistly-images-for-video\Act 1 Section 2\VHS_1 video-presets.com .mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (mp42/mp41)
File size : 9.09 MiB
Duration : 4 s 0 ms
Overall bit rate : 19.1 Mb/s
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Album/Performer : copyright: video-presets.com
Performer : www.video-presers.com
ContentType : Music
Description : 4k VHS overlays from www.video-presets.com
Encoded date : 2021-08-07 09:11:24 UTC
Tagged date : 2021-08-10 18:11:23 UTC
TIM : 00:00:00:00
TSC : 25
TSZ : 1
LongDescription : In order to add these to your videos, use screen blending mode
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L5.1
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 4 s 0 ms
Bit rate : 18.7 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.090
Stream size : 8.93 MiB (98%)
Writing library : AVC Coding
Language : English
Encoded date : 2021-08-07 09:11:25 UTC
Tagged date : 2021-08-07 09:11:25 UTC
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Codec configuration box : avcC
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 4 s 0 ms
Source duration : 3 s 989 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Nominal bit rate : 317 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Source stream size : 155 KiB (2%)
Language : English
Encoded date : 2021-08-07 09:11:32 UTC
Tagged date : 2021-08-07 09:11:32 UTC