This Part 1 tutorial shows the basics of using Masks, Masking and the Chromakey Alpha Effect in Magix Movie Studio and Video Pro X to create composite images and blends of two images or videos. Part 2, when available, will show more details and some different ways to use masks along with some examples. Video Pro X16 was used but everything is the same in all versions of Magix Movie Studio up to

Good Morning John I used your "Creating a transition from a video clip using the Mask Generator" and it works perfectly for me. I've made about 10 different transitions from that tutorial and that's more than enough for me. I don't need to buy that 1700 effects and transitions as advertised so much. I would like to try making a custom transition as follows (this is just an example) I have 2

This tutorial shows how to use the Cookie Cutter Effect in Magix Movie Studio and Video Pro X to punch simple geometric shapes and create a picture-in-picture or inset image or inset video. The inset image or video can have a coloured border, or not. With no border plus feathering, the result is a blended composite. Most of the parameters can be key-framed. Video Pro X16 was used but everything

This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Mask Generator and Chromakey Alpha effects to create a custom transition from a video clip. Update 03/08/2018: the tutorial now includes how to save the transition and use it in another project   Brilliant! I have just found this post and it has allowed me to create a transition that I always thought was a serious omission from most video editors as a

Part 2:Using Magix Video Pro X (VPX), also works in Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium (MEP), and following along from Part 1, this time I show inserting and using masks a different way, including putting two masks to follow two different dogs, duplicating objects, keyframing movement and size, and copying effects and objects from one Movie to another. Watch Part 1 first as I won't be repeating much of

A user on the forum had a blur effect in a video with an embedded logo and wanted to copy and paste the same effect in the same video without the embedded logo. This Part 1 tutorial shows how to create the blur effect, like masking a face, the mask, tracking the face with the blur mask, and copying the effects onto a similar video in a second movie.You will see: Splitting a video clip Multiple

Tutorial on how to create a Through-the-window Zoom-Blur Transition using Magix Movie Edit Pro (Plus/Premium) or Magix Video Pro X. This was a request from a user on the Magix Forum on how to create a transition to have the camera zoom in to a window or other opening, with the second video showing up in the window and then full screen as the camera goes through the window, along with a zoom blur

This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Mask Generator and Chromakey Alpha effects to create a custom transition from a video clip. Applies to Movie Edit Pro, Magix Movie Studio and Video Pro X versions that have the mask generator effect. Update 27/03/2025: the tutorial now includes the new Chroma Key dialogue for Movie Studio 2024 / VPX 15 and later versions  

This short tutorial demonstrates how to use the Mask Generator to create a video mask and use this to replace the background of a video clip.

Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium and Video Pro X have commands in them to open Xara Designer Pro X or Photo & Graphics Designer from within the program, if installed, so that you can created static and animated overlays that become an object on the timeline. This means that you can draw and annotate in Movie Edit Pro, but you have to have one of the above Xara programs installed. Revision 1:

Magix Movie Edit Pro (Plus/Premium) and Video Pro X have a feature to load or create masks, animated or static, to use with an effect, say, to blur a faces or faces, using Xara Designer Pro X or Xara Photo & Graphics Designer, if either is installed on your computer. To Create a mask, Xara is opened by the video editor in animation mode and the video advances allowing you to create, move and

This tutorial shows how to remove the green from a green screen image using the Chromakey Green effect but also protect part of the green using a mask so that it remains visible. Done with Magix Movie Edit Pro 2018 Plus but works in all versions of Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium and Magix Video Pro X. John CB

Sony Vegas | AMV Tutorial- Color Masks {AE Inspired} (DO NOT MISS THIS!) Learn how to do the color masking effect like amv.jesus inspired by after effects in this real life/film making/gaming/amv editing tutorial! Tip-Keep the keyframe types linear. Got any tutorial requests or weren't able to follow along? let me know & I'll help you out ;)Anime- Tokyo GhoulSong-Discos's over-TSU Donate-

This tutorial shows how to create animated lines and other objects using a single point in Magix Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X. It was inspired by a tutorial in French by Serge Vandewall on the Magix.info forum, and available on YouTube. Steps: Create a text object with a point or period with no other text (use Title/Templates/Font and select the first one) Resize the point to 35 and place in

The tutorial in the attached video is part 3 about using Pixelan SpiceMaster Pro for creating transitions and picture-in-picture effects and in this part, how to apply SpiceMaster effects to titles created by Movie Edit Pro and also titles created using New Blue Titler EX. The technique for applying SpiceMaster effects to titles is not obvious and this tutorial shows the tricks to do it. The

The tutorial in the attached video is Part 2 about using SpiceMaster Pro for creating transitions and picture-in-picture effects and in this part, how to move and resize the background within a transition or picture-in-picture. I also show how to apply an external matte or mask, in this case one that comes with Movie Edit Pro, and use it to apply effects to a picture-in-picture. SpiceMaster

The tutorial in the attached video is an introduction to SpiceMaster Pro for creating fantastic or subtle fades, transitions and picture-in-picture effects using animated organic and shape masks. SpiceMaster Pro is a 32 bit and 64 bit plug-in that allows you to use their hundreds of animated masks and add edge, border, glow, bevel, and other effects to them. You can even use your own masks,

MEP and VPX6 with Pixelan Smart Blur Pro - Part 3 - Keyframing in Smart Blur Pro using blur effects combined with organic and shape masks This is the third of 3 tutorials about how to use Pixelan Smart Blur Pro with Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X. Smart Blur Pro is a 32 bit and 64 bit plug-in that allows you to blur selectively while retaining desired details, highlights, and edges, yet

This is the second of 3 tutorials about how to use Pixelan Smart Blur Pro with Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X. Smart Blur Pro is a 32 bit and 64 bit plug-in that allows you to blur selectively while retaining desired details, highlights, and edges, yet smoothly blur areas in between. One of the uses is to place a mask over someone and move the mask to follow the person, another use is for

This is the first of 3 tutorials about how to use Pixelan Smart Blur Pro with Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X. Smart Blur Pro is a 32 bit and 64 bit plug-in that allows you to blur selectively while retaining desired details, highlights, and edges, yet smoothly blur areas in between. One of the uses is to place a mask over someone and move the mask to follow the person, another use is for

This tutorial shows how to create a split screen using a 50/50 mask for 2 videos, one in the left half and one in the right half of the screen, each full height of the screen. Of course part of each image or video will be lost because the proportions of half of the screen is not the same as the original image or video. However, this method with a mask allows you to zoom in on the videos and

How to use multiple masks to pixelate more than persons face or objects in a video. Updated: 8th April 2022

Tutorial about how to create a tilt shift effect with MAGIX Xara Designer Pro. More information about the software: http://www.magix.com/us/xara-designer-pro/ Try our software for free here: http://www.magix.com/us/free-download/ Get this effect in simple steps: 1. Choose Graphic 2. Change Brightness, Contrast and Saturation 3. Use Mask Mode and Shape Tool 4. Unsharpen the

This is a tutorial for anyone struggling to understand how Effect Masks are meant to be used. It was done using MEP 2013 Premium but the steps should be identical or very similar in earlier premium versions.