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Movie Edit ProYesterday
BUG 4K 100Mbps 30p drops 1/3 of frames on rendering - solution in post
Well if you are not in a rush for it, the Humble Bundle offer for VPX has come up twice now in the last year and there is no reason to believe it won't be offered for a third time. I'm also sure if it does that John CB will notify everyone on the forum when that offer comes around again. The crazier part is after you install it you will also get invites to update the program at the usual discounted price for existing users which is a huge discount and that offer gets repeated for some months after purchase so there is no rush to upgrade to the latest version while evaluating whether it is personally worth the upgrade. I'm still getting the offer every other month. Although there are no third party effects offered with the Humble Bundle offer, the additional effects within MEP are increased as well as their more refined abilities in use. Plus the advantage of the license itself that has better terms and conditions regarding some of it's normally 'for personal use' copyright conditions that have 'commercial use' advantages from the off. I don't know how you find your Osmo Action but on occasion with my Osmo Pocket (which uses the same sensor) VPX has been very good as correcting some exposure problems bring back lost detail in the highlights while retaining the shadow detail. I have found the various scopes to be useful as well. Ray.
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Video Pro Xon 1/24/2021
Select multiple tracks to apply video effects
@BSMan Hi Bob. Key frames can be added to twisting, twirling, spinning effects using the 360 controls, as well as automating other effects such as changing colour temperature or to alter sharpness or blur. Any effect that has sliders in effect could be key framed. I have used key frames to start a clip completely blurred and come into sharp focus as an effect. The only limit really is one's imagination. @johnebaker Hi John. I have key framed some third party effects. Light streaks to name one. Ray.
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Video Pro Xon 1/24/2021
Mangled Audio with every track
@John-Smith5561 Hi John. Reading your original post again I do know from experience that setting a high sampling rate and adding too many audio buffers in VPX or MEP results in distorted audio. Personally I have never had to use more than 4 buffers and keeping to around 16384 samples in both multitrack and preview size in the program setup menu helps. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/24/2021
Lines drawing
@terrypin @Turkana Hi Terry. It could be done in a number of programs that way but as I don't know what programs Richard has except Gimp (that could be done there as well I guess.) I wanted to keep it to what would already be on the machine. Erase would certainly work and be easier if the line was drawn with more care beforehand. It's a neater alternative for sure and possible easier to control. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/24/2021
Lines drawing
@Turkana Hi Richard. Unfortunately it would only help with the static map problem. If you find using a mouse difficult, try buying a cheap drawing tablet and pen. That would be useful in Gimp as well. You only need to choose a brush type or the pencil tool and draw and select the required line width. No need to select a curve or straight line tool in paint. You could also adjust the speed / distance of travel of your mouse as well to try to slow down and make more accurate your drawn lines. Again another short clip, this time of what you do for your other moving clips may inspire me to think in a different way for your other problem. I always favour the easier to implement solutions if possible. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/24/2021
Lines drawing
@Turkana @browj2 @johnebaker @terrypin Hi Richard. It it were me I would attempt to load my map into Windows Paint and select a suitable line drawing tool. Then in real time draw the path around the map while using a screen recorder to produce a movie file. MEP premium can screen capture but other screen recorders are available. It may also take a bit of practice to get good at drawing your lines in real time. I did try to do that myself just now and it worked. You can use the crop image tool in MEP to get rid of any outer edge of frame distractions. Uploading the file really helped me understand the problem. Thank you. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/23/2021
Lines drawing
@Turkana Hi Richard. Would it be possible to show a short clip of what you want or have done in the past? Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/23/2021
Boris Sapphire Filters - Watermark red X
@Yvonne-OConnell Hi Yvonne and welcome to the user to user forums. If you are talking about the free stand alone particle effects package it has to be registered with Boris Effects first to remove any watermarking. It will not work from within MEP but will have to export files in the mov. format. Ray.
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Other productson 1/23/2021
Posiadam Video deluxe 16 plus
@Wojciech-Wesoly You may end up with nothing working if you keep your product registration key posted to an online forum. Please remove it. This is a user to user forum with no Magix staff present. You need to contact magix via email.Try sales@magix.net. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/23/2021
Data leak?
@browj2 @johnebaker @terrypin Hmm! These versions have been out for over six months now and not so much as one patch from Magix despite their $28,000,000 profit last year. I hope their next release starts with. 'Bugs fixed from previous releases'. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/23/2021
Start up
@Chris-Meynell Hi Chris. You may have accidentally told windows to load the program at startup. In which case delete it from the start up menu. That could be one cause. There could be another explanation but I can't think of it at present. I do think this is probably a Windows setting somewhere though as I would think it is not possible to remove that part of the program. [Edit] Second thought; It could also be a security setting in your Windows defender settings or antivirus. Ray.
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Video Pro Xon 1/23/2021
Select multiple tracks to apply video effects
@BSMan Hi Bob. Don't apply any size positioning effects as a group setting to multiple tracks. They need to be done individually. Select one video track and adjust the image to the size you want and then place it where you want it to be by dragging it into position. add a key frame for that video (object) to keep it there. Then drag the timeline cursor to where you want the video to either start to move, change size,or both and add another key frame to keep it to the previous size before you want it to expand or contract or move. Then, over the time period you want those changes to take place take the timeline cursor to the next position in the timeline and adjust the image to it's next size and position. Another timeline marker should then be automatically generated. If it isn't then add one. Play it back to check it moves where and when you want it to. Repeat for all the other clips you wish to alter. Remember that the higher the track number that that clip will cover over any lower track number video in the selected area you have moved your altered clip to go to. That is how I would go about it and what you see happening to a degree with the still images in my video above but exactly the same thing can be applied to video clips. Go to 4 minutes 41 seconds of my video here to see What I have done for multiple image placements. It may look in places as if there are only four placements but there is actually seven individual tracks used at once in places. The scrolling text is also using key frames for placement and running speed within the dedicated star fields as is the animated logo at the end. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/23/2021
Data leak?
@browj2 Hi John. I wouldn't know as I have no other online storage areas other than Nikon My Space and Dropbox. I had disabled all links in the MEP VPX cloud import app to stop it from popping up. Google Drive has been replaced by Google with Google Backup and Sync so probably doesn't work. No idea on the Windows One Drive. I have disabled anything I don't use in Windows such as Cortana and the Xbox app. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/23/2021
Data leak?
@browj2 @johnebaker @terrypin Hi John EB. I wasn't referring to anyone in particular. I can't recall talking to anyone about password protection or the saving of passwords in the past. Actually I just remembered about a conversation I did have with you but at the time of writing my comment above it wasn't in my mind at all. Hi John CB. I was referring to the the part within MEP that allows access to anyone's One Drive or other cloud storage spaces. Hi Terry. I use Firefox but not necessarily for that reason although it exists and is useful. I know others here don't like Firefox but I use it because it has the most accurate colour management of any current web browser although the gap between its colour management and other browsers get closer each passing year. Personally I worry more about various web links than having my passwords hijacked. Even my antivirus has yet to get close to my location. From my own perspective I don't really trust any of it and do as much checking for myself as I am capable of. The problem with the internet is there is always a compelling opposite viewpoint that may have merit. I would rather pay subscription fees or one off payments than be offered free items that cost privacy issues but I'm sure governments would object as much to that as the companies would. 😂 What I do like to spend a little time doing when I can is to browse where I have absolutely no interest. Like things I don't like and dislike things I do like. Just to mix things up a bit. Google to my mind is much worse than Facebook. But then even my car tracks me when I don't have my phone with me. I just can't get away from some things. 🙁 Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/23/2021
Data leak?
@terrypin @terrypin Hi Terry. I'm also interested in why you chose a separate application to store your passwords. I just use my web browser's with my account with it. Even if I have to totally rebuild my PC (lose both copies of Windows) I can get all my passwords back from a backup file or logging into my account. At least your post made me look deeper into Dropbox and now know why I don't get messages from Google any more. They are now both in partnership with Microsoft for cloud based sharing of files and no longer seen as competition to each other. I'm wondering if you use the MEP cloud storage solution at all and if that has a part to play. I have never used that side of things. Apart from Dropbox and Nikon's shared space that comes from owning Nikon gear that I mainly have used to place images into old websites I set up some time back, I rarely use either. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/23/2021
Data leak?
@johnebaker @terrypin Hi Terry. I have had constant emails from Google for over a few years about Dropbox being insecure and I have ignored all of the warnings. Funnily though in the last few months I have heard very little from Google about Dropbox. I have heard nothing from Dropbox itself on the subject of data breaches. Which do I believe? I have heard nothing about Magix data breaches. Ray.
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Video Pro Xon 1/23/2021
Ambiguous warning message when adding tracks.
@Scenestealer @John-Smith5561 @emmrecs Hi Peter. I have had that particular pop-up arise perhaps a total of four times or so. None of which occurred with variable frame footage as . All projects only had MP-4 format files in them and stills in the form of jpegs. One or two may have had slow motion sections that were recorded in camera that may have been responsible for such a glitch but I can't remember due to me not finding it a problem at the time. I do remember using the speed adjustment on one such project several times at various incrementally adjusted speeds. All of which I assume could bring up such a warning. Ray.
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Video Pro Xon 1/23/2021
Mangled Audio with every track
@John-Smith5561 @emmrecs Hi John. I'm going to take a wild guess here and suggest you are using screen captured footage in your projects. Either way we do need to see the file data generated by the freely downloaded program (MediaInfo) Jeff has suggested to give you any meaningful reply, as there are problems associated with files produced with most screen capture or some video file conversion programs and the ability of the newer versions VPX or MEP to handle them. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/22/2021
BUG 4K 100Mbps 30p drops 1/3 of frames on rendering - solution in post
@K-Wood Glad it's sorted for you but if you are really finding MEP 'fun' you should have a serious look at the VPX offering as it is MEP on steroids. The colour correction tools are more refined as is the double monitor for viewing corrections vs original footage. I get much more subtle control over my Osmo Pocket footage with it. If that seems a bit pricey look for the rare Humble Bundle offerings where the last but latest version can be bought for around £20 from time to time and the plugins you got with your copy of MEP will be automatically ported across and available to both programs. It would still come with a fully valid Magix license. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/22/2021
updated to pro 2021 cannot get display of timeline/storyboard/scene
@johnebaker Hi John. Sorry I skipped your reply. Yes you are correct. I forgot I unticked that a long time ago. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/22/2021
updated to pro 2021 cannot get display of timeline/storyboard/scene
@terrypin @phildring @johnebaker Hi Terry. If I open MEP or VPX and just dismiss (close) the opening project option to load an existing project or make a new one I do not get an editing space created. Ray.
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Movie Edit Proon 1/22/2021
updated to pro 2021 cannot get display of timeline/storyboard/scene
@phildring Hi. I notice that the Preview monitor is not showing a project name. If no project has been created then there is no timeline / Storyboard / Scene overview to be displayed. Ray.
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Video Pro Xon 1/22/2021
Extract Audio Tracks
@KevTheDev999 Hi Kev, and welcome to the VPX user to user forum. Do you mean this function? Ray.
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Video Pro Xon 1/22/2021
[Resolved]Align audio with video/audio track not working for me..
@simmiv Hi Simmi. I've never used this facility within the program but I assume this is for adding audio from an external audio recorder. If not what are you syncing exactly? Second. I notice the two clips are of different lengths. I don't know if that makes a difference but I'd guess not. Third. Do the two files have the same sampling rate? That may make a difference if the matching part of the program can't use two different sampling rates at once. Forth. Is the second recording taking place alongside the one from the camera or does the distance vary between the two during the recording? If so the files may not match acoustically enough for it to work. Ray.
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