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For Magix Movie Studio 2023 Platinum/Suite, Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X. This tutorial shows how to use the Preview Monitor Window commands to zoom in and out of the preview window and to move it around. This is most useful when using the Size/Position effects and you want to have objects outside of the window, say, for something to fly in or fly out from off-screen. You can see the outline of

Music Maker

3 answers, most recent on 3/25/2026

Music Maker 2023 - Getting Started

Tutorial showing how to install and upgrade to Magix Music Maker 2023, which is free, without purchase an Edition. See also my Tutorial on Getting Started in Music Maker 2022, Versions and Editions, explaining differences between the Music Maker program, which is free, and Editions which are not free. Editions add features, unlock components, add plugins, and add credits for Soundpools and

Movie Studio

No answers, created on 9/3/2022

TRANSITIONS - EDIT TRIMMER (Part 4 of Fades and Transitions)

Part 4 of Fades and Transitions in Magix Movie Studio 2022 Platinum/Suite, Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium and Video Pro X. I used Movie Edit Pro 2022 Premium. This shows how to quickly and precisely adjust tranisions using the Edit Trimmer, along with precise adjustments to the transition and object location on the timeline, duration, trimming left end of selected object and right end of left

Movie Studio

No answers, created on 5/28/2022

Fades and Object Trimmer in Magix Movie Studio 2022 & VPX - Part 3

Part 3 of Fades and Transitions in Magix Movie Studio 2022 Platinum/Suite, Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium and Video Pro X. I used Movie Edit Pro 2022 Premium. This shows how to quickly and precisely adjust fade-ins/fade-outs using the Object Trimmer, along with precise adjustments to object location on the timeline (nudging), duration, trimming left and right ends, and moving object

Movie Studio

No answers, created on 8/16/2020

Add Masks, Blur Effect, Copy Paste Objects and Effects in MEP & VPX

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

Movie Studio

One answer, on 4/22/2021

Create Mask, Blur Effect, Copy Paste Effects in Movie Edit Pro & VPX

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

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 12/9/2019

Linking Mixer controls for Automation in Movie Edit Pro , Video Pro X

This tutorial demonstrates how to link the Mixer fader controls of 3 audio clips (in this demonstration sound effects), with relative volume levels and, using Automation, adjust the overall volumes, while maintaining the relative volume levels, to match the action seen in 2 video clips. Towards the end of the tutorial you will also find that other Mixer controls can be linked. For using the FX

Music Maker

No answers, created on 8/5/2018

It says there are 4 soundpools in free version

Why do I only see one soundpool?

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 2/14/2021

Create static/animated graphical overlays - Xara & Movie Edit Pro

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:

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 1/9/2020

Drawing in Movie Edit Pro using a Single Point

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

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 5/31/2021

Import

The first step is importing. What's the best way to get your material into the program? Here you'll see the best way to import videos and other media, or how you can record from connected devices. How do you like our official tutorials? We welcome your feedback! Best regards,Mathias

Music Studio

No answers, created on 3/28/2016

How to install all the contents nicely in other drive so that you save space in Drive C

Hi This is for fresh installation i was sufferring beacause of this problem and never had a good step by step method to save space and send all contents to a separate drive.There was too much confusion abd now i have found this method very correct and works without a fault. 1)Remove all the instances of SMS2016 from your computer 2) Download fresh install of SMS2016 3) You will get

Movie Studio

11 answers, most recent on 5/4/2020

Movie Edit Pro 2015 - Getting started

The attached video tutorial (16 minutes) will help new users understand some of the more basic elements of Movie Edit Pro and may help resolve some of the basic questions about getting started. Most important are to download the free addons and to read the manual. The tutorial also covers initial import of photos and videos into the StoryBoard and exporting. I would appreciate knowing if

Music Maker

No answers, created on 7/29/2015

Music Maker 2014 - 2015 SoundPools Partially saved or detected Bug Solution.

Here is the solution i have found today about this annoying problem of the sounpools not correctly detected or saved that cause to have just a few Soundpools displayed in the Styles list after a software restart even if they are all detected and listed when we use the Add button. I got this problem on both 2014 and 2015 release of Music Maker and whatever the operating system used (Win XP, 7,

Music Maker

6 answers, most recent on 8/19/2022

MusicMaker 2013 Premium Magix Vita could not find the file VST Instruments not found

Hi, thought it may be worth sharing a possible solution that i worked out for the MusicMaker 2013 Premium Magix "Vita could not find the file not found VST Instruments" error. A video i made of the solution is on Youtube - An error was coming up after i installed Magix Music Maker 2013 (this may apply to other versions to?). The VST Instruments would not load. Vita reported a file could

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 11/1/2016

Dubbing in Magix Movie Edit Pro using Magix Music Maker

The attached video tutorial shows the steps to send a video from Movie Edit Pro to Music Maker using the Share, Dub movie feature in Movie Edit Pro. It also shows how to add some sound effects using a few of the synthesizers that come with Music Maker, how to add SoundPool loops, audio, midi and a couple of effects, like timestretching and reverb, and how to arrange the objects to go with the

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 1/19/2017

MEP & VPX6 with Pixelan SpiceMaster Pro - Part 1 - Introduction to animated masks for fades & transitions

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,

Movie Studio

No answers, created on 12/10/2014

MEP and VPX6 with Pixelan Smart Blur Pro - Part 2 - Skin smoothing using blur effects combined with organic and shape masks

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

Music Studio

No answers, created on 7/21/2014

Ezdrummer not being authorized by S amplitude problem fixed!

Hi guys, I finally manged to fix the problem with Ezdrummer not authorizing every time I used or asking you to authorize it every time you use it n in windows 8 or 8.1. (When you are using it with Magix samplitude studio) Here is the problem: It is your User control. How to fix this: Press Win [Windows key] + R on your keyboard. type regedit. press enter. locate the

Audio Cleaning Lab

3 answers, most recent on 4/30/2021

Recording from a turntable via USB

Some things you should know about recording from a turntable. The "Red and White" USB device is designed for line level audio and video and does not include a phono pre-amp. So if your turntable does not have a line level output (many do not), this device (see link below) will not produce enough output for the audio to be recognized. http://www.magix.com/gb/accessories/ You either need a

Video Easy

2 answers, most recent on 3/22/2014

How to open and edit a video on your hard drive with Video Easy

If you use Video Easy you may be wondering how to open and edit a video that is already on your hard drive. Here is a simple approach to getting the video into Video Easy for editing. First, start Video Easy, and click "New Project" see the screen shot below Next, give your project a name Next, choose "Select file(s) from computer" Finally, choose the file or files you wish

Other products

2 answers, most recent on 7/29/2014

VHS to Video Transfer Guide

VHS to DVD guide 1. Stop all scanners and other software packages – if these are left on they cause distortion to recording and burning. 2. Open magix 3. Select New Project. Name new project. 4. Connect transfer device 5. Click – Record 6. Click – VHS tape 7. The transfer preview page pops up 8. Keep top two entries 9. Change folder for saving recording 10. Name recording 11. Select

General

No answers, created on 4/30/2011

VHS To DVD Transfer Guide

VHS to DVD noddy guide 1. Stop all scanners and other software packages – if these are left on they cause distortion to recording and burning. 2. Open magix 3. Select New Project. Name new project. 4. Connect transfer device 5. Click – Record 6. Click – VHS tape 7. The transfer preview page pops up 8. Keep top two entries 9. Change folder for saving recording 10. Name recording 11.

General

One answer, on 11/8/2011

Quick Guide to transferring VHS to DVD using Magix software

Quick Guide • For Quality stop all computer scanners and other software packages before starting • For best Quality video capture to Magix – Click – Configuration- 4:3 • For best Quality export to MPEG2 – Click – File – Export – MPEG2 – Select Ratio: 4:3 • For best Quality burn from Nero – Click – Configuration – 4:3 or 16:9 for sharpness • For best Quality TV viewing – To remove black