@badbob

Hi

Which version number of Movie Edit Pro are you using, see under Help, About MAGIX Movie Edit Pro?

The use of Chroma key on an image or video on track 1 of the timeline as shown in your images is unusual, what is the purpose of Chroma key and Gamma effects applied to the MPG video file?

A screenshot, or exported frame as image file, of the MPG file without the effects applied may help.

John EB
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Hello John, thank you for your feedback on my comment, appreciate it.

By using various chroma key filters, I try to darken very bright areas of the subject in my video.

i tried to do some example of how it looks and very strange today soft working perfectly.

John EB thank you for contacting me.

Andrei

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@badbob

The image you posted includes your personal, confidential serial key for the software. Such data should never be posted to a public forum like this one.

Hence your image has been removed.

Jeff
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@badbob

Hi

. . . . I try to darken very bright areas of the subject in my video . . . .

Movie Edit Pro has limited effects, which do not introduce colour artefacts as the Chroma key does.

Have you tried using the Gamma effect, which is a nonlinear adjustment of the brightness and contrast of an image/video, to do this?

See video clip below

Gamma is a nonlinear adjustment of the Brightness/Contrast and has 4 options which affect the following tone ranges in the video

• Gamma - boosts/darkens all tones
• Lows - boosts/darken the darker tones
• Mid - boost/darkens the mid tones.
• Highs - boosts/darken the high (brighter) tones

John EB

John thank you.

In 2014 i did analyses of my video by using MAGIX, many years passed and wont to reanalyze same video, but i forgot settings which was at that time. The frame from video was like this .... ...

And now with a new version i can't find appropriate settings ......

@badbob

Hi.

It would seem HDR Blur is no longer available in the newer version of MMS but that may not be your complete problem.

Try lowering the transparency of the clip before adjusting the brightness / contrast / gama controls and don't use the Chroma key effect.

Ray.

Hello Ray,

Thank you for the new technique, newer thought about lowering transparency.

Possible it will give me a new information.

Thank you Ray.

Andrei

@badbob

It may take some amount of time to find the setting combination you need. Tried to add this information into my last reply but couldn't.

Ray.

I tried using transparency. The difficulty arose in that the entire image becomes dark, depending on the transparency percentage, of course. Anyway, I'll go through the video using the technique you suggested.

Thanks Ray.

I achieved this result by running the image through an additional online image editor program.

@badbob, @CubeAce

Hi

. . . . And now with a new version . . . .

Is this MEP 2014 or a later version?

If the video clip 3 posts above , is the newer version it is still showing you are using Movie Edit Pro, in which case this must be MEP 2021 or earlier.

What is the version number of the 'newer version' as found under Help, About, we just need the 4 sets of digits?

Can you clarify what you are trying to do, the title of the video clip is 'trying to punch through' however previously you commented - I try to darken very bright areas of the subject in my video.

John EB

@johnebaker @badbob

Hi.

I notice the HDR Gamma and HDR Blur controls appears to be missing from MMS 2026.

They are still there in my copy of MMS 2024.

Ray.

@badbob, @CubeAce

Hi

. . . . And now with a new version . . . .

Is this MEP 2014 or a later version?

If the video clip 3 posts above , is the newer version it is still showing you are using Movie Edit Pro, in which case this must be MEP 2021 or earlier.

What is the version number of the 'newer version' as found under Help, About, we just need the 4 sets of digits?

Can you clarify what you are trying to do, the title of the video clip is 'trying to punch through' however previously you commented - I try to darken very bright areas of the subject in my video.

John EB

I love MAGIX, working with it on my videos from the start. I buy MAGIX (it;s bad old version can work on windows 10) .

Trying to clarify , i do video of the unidentified objects in day light sky filmed through the monoscope. When the object appeared to be brightened by the sun over not changed background of the sky, sometimes its a good moment to pierce through the layers of the object to look what inside it hides. Through the time i found techinc with is by applying different filters , its possible look inside of the object. And yes as a CubeAce said some of the features from the old version (which was very useful) disappeared in the new version.

@CubeAce

I notice the HDR Gamma and HDR Blur controls appears to be missing from MMS 2026.

Still here Ray:

@badbob

Badbob, is that the ORIGINAL MEP 2004 disk I see there? What a beauty!

@CubeAce

I notice the HDR Gamma and HDR Blur controls appears to be missing from MMS 2026.

Still here Ray:

@badbob

Badbob, is that the ORIGINAL MEP 2004 disk I see there? What a beauty!

O YES!!!! 💖 THANK YOU AAProds 💖

keeping to the end :)

@badbob

Hi

Thanks for the clarification, and trip down memory lane. I first started with Movie Edit Pro 11.

Added 13/10/26 : From the software disc images it looks like you have MEP 2018 as the current version installed.

With respect to the effect you are trying to achieve, the tools available to you, and how they work, have already been mentioned.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

Still there for me too.

John EB

@badbob @johnebaker

Sorry.

I just didn't see it in the first posted video from badbob.

Ray.

@badbob

Hi Ray

. . . . I just didn't see it in the first posted video from badbob . . . .

If you are referring to the HDR gamma controls, they are not there in the video clips badbob posted.

HDR Gamma and HDR blur are only available in the Plus and Premium editions of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro and were first introduced in the 2014 (v13.x.x.x.) Plus and Premium editions.

There is still some confusion over which version of MEP badbob ​​​​​ is using.

From the disc images it looks like the latest version badbob has is MEP 2018 v17.0.2.xxx, and it is not the Plus or Premium edition.

@badbob can you please confirm the full name and version number as found under Help, About

John EB

Yes, sorry i was a bit busy a lot of things at life in the same time.

Full name: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro

Version: 17.0.3.178 (UDP3)

I hope it will help

Once more thanks a lot.

@badbob

Hi

. . . . MAGIX Movie Edit Pro Version: 17.0.3.178

This is the 'base' version of MEP, hence the missing HDR gamma controls.

You are missing 2 patches - 17.0.3.183 and .184 - check under Help, Update online, to see if they are still available.

John EB