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

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

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 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

 "Import AVI file sequences from compositing programs like Jahshaka or After  Effects™ via the integrated alpha channel support. Insert .psd files with multiple layers without converting them directly into your project." This is from details of Video Pro X. Who made this? I mean, how i can do that?

Like that, thanks, don't know when i'll use it but i do create alpha masks with Gimp & have to apply &/or place objects in the right place, I've used Magix since 2005 but still like to learn something new beyond the basics i need 😂👍

@Vitaly Hi, There are 2 different ways of using masks in MEP. The first way, and what you are referring to is done by masking an effect on a single video or photo. See the tutorial indicated below, particularly from 8:30 onwards. You either create or load a mask using the dropdown arrow of an effect, Create effect mask or Load effects mask. This puts the effect onto the track below the video and

Hi and thanks for this tutorial. I'm trying to follow it but there is something I don't quite understand. I'm talking about a small title, at the bottom, that you start explaining from 4:20. I can't seem to figure out how to apply that mask with chromakey with alpha effect. As far as I understand, we can only apply a mask to an effect that has a particular icon (rectangle with a circle inside in

AH ... HAaaa! Eureka !! I have found it. Although the stack I made in the comments above works fine, the stack you provided in your pdf file needs a bit of extra explanation. You mention chromakey but you don't mention what to do in that effect. The effect was a clear circle and a sand effect on the outside of the circle. (I use sand for distortion) So, to get the right effect I reversed the

Thanks John for this tutorial. However, I am using MEP2014 plus and your instructions did not work in this version. When I stacked according to your instructions I got the reverse of what was expected: the white part was clear and the clear part was mozaic (I used sand). When I added the second .png in the stack as illustrated, it had no effect. So I tried something else: I reversed the order