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williamandrews06

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Movie Studio

on 10/10/2013

Inserting objects

Carl, thanks for your swift reply. Looking at my question again, I don't think I presented the problem properly. I was not trying to put two objects in the same place (at the beginning) but I was trying to put the intro/outro at the start then trying to put the periscope object further along the movie. Whichever way I tried, I could not place more than one object in the movie without everything going haywire. I would, for example, place the intro/outro at the start then move the red marker along the timeline to the position where I wanted the periscope object to be. I then moved the periscope object against the red marker position and released the mouse button. That is when it all went wrong. However, I have now tried everything I could think of and have found that if I CUT the time line at the red marker position, the periscope object is then accepted there without affecting the intro/outro. Seems strange to me to have to CUT the timeline for an object to be added. I hope I've found the correct answer by trial and error. Thanks again, Bill
Movie Studio

on 7/18/2013

Movie templates

Hello carelw. Terry answered this question for me. It's a matter of making sure the mouse mode is in 'single' rather than 'all tracks'. The mouse mode button is the one which looks like an electric light bulb. Terry is much more technical trhan I am and his answer is detailed under https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4019461/MEP2013-MovieTemplate-1.jpg His answer is further down the list of correspondence. Best of luck, Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/20/2013

Movie templates

Whoops! Did I say Canon camera? I meant to say Panasonic HDC SDC900
Movie Studio

on 2/20/2013

Movie templates

Hello Terry, I'm sorry I did not reply sooner. I thought I had done but obviously not. Yes, it did solve the problem immediately and I'm grateful for your help again. I'm afraid I've got more questions looming on different subjects and I haven't even looked at 3D yet! (I have a 3d lens with my Canon HDC SD900). Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/20/2013

Picture in picture

Thanks for your help. I have just about got the hang of it now. Bill
Video

on 2/18/2013

mon ami écureuil

The music is well suited to the action and the photography is good. I like natural life videos. Thanks for sharing this. Bill
Video

on 2/13/2013

How to skid in snow (trial)

Shirt, thanks for your comment. The help and encouragement on this forum is excellent. Bill
Video

on 2/13/2013

Cat Walk

I like it very much. Very clever matching of video and music. It will take me a long time to learn how to do that. My dog likes it too, she stopped me watching it because she barked at the cats! Bill
Video

on 2/12/2013

Snow fun final attempt

Success at last! The only way I could upload it was in .wmv format. The quality looks a bit degraded I think. Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/10/2013

Uploading

Ernest, thank you for your message. I can understand your English perfectly. It is much better than my Czech which is non existent. Bill
Video

on 2/9/2013

How to skid in snow (trial)

Ernest, thank you for your comments. Liza looks a lovely dog, we have a dachshund within the family and they are excellent dogs. Regards, Bill
Video

on 2/9/2013

How to skid in snow (trial)

Terry, Ha Ha, you hit the nail right on the head! Poppy started to do this herself when the door was opened so I latched on to it (so to speak) and it became a routine, at the expense of my lawn. I had not paid attention to the movie template problem because I was so involved with the uploading problem. I have now followed your advice and you were correct. I have now changed to single object and the slider works properly. That's another nail you have hit on the head! Thanks again. Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/9/2013

Uploading

Terry, all of my efforts are using MEP 2013 Plus, not Premium. Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/8/2013

Uploading

Terry, it looks as though I do have Windows media player and this is where I am able to view your tutorial but only with the limitations I described. When I play my Mp4 video on the timeline it plays perfectly. My next question was going to be whether the setup on the timeline was of any consequence before converting the video to Mp4 or any other format. I wondered if it mattered whether the audio and video should be on separate tracks or whether it mattered if the timeline was affected by the group or ungroup objects configuration. Also I wondered about whether the 'object' should be on 'all tracks' or 'one track'. I have been trying to upload with the video in blue on track one and the audio in green on track two. However, you might see in my text to Ernest that I have managed to resolve the uploading problem by converting to WMV. Thanks again for your help, I am learning a great deal from all the advice given here. Bill.
Movie Studio

on 2/8/2013

Uploading

Ernest, thank you very much. It looks as if I have finally uploaded my video by converting it into WMV format as you suggested. When I first looked at the result it was a green screen again but when I looked again about two hours later, there was the video! Thanks for your comment about the video, I hope you liked the dog skid in the snow on her second attempt. I very much appreciate everyone's help, I now have to work on my next masterpiece (I only say that because I know you like a joke) Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/8/2013

Uploading

Ernest, thank you for your advice but I tried to upload in WMV and it failed again - another green screen - audio only. John, the file is only 45 seconds long and in Mpeg4 it showed 24.9 MB. In WMV it showed 42MB. I have not yet tried again to upload it in Mp4, if I'm not careful I'll be filling up 'show and discuss' with green screens. Watch out for another one when I try in Mp4! Terry, by blank screen I mean all white, nothing on it.By 'overfilled screen' I mean that the image was too large for my screen - words and image extendeded outside each side of the screen so that I could not read or see them properly. By 'too fast' I mean that the tutorial played through so quickly that I could not keep up with it in trying to understand it, given the overfilled screen. I am not sure which player I used to play it, I simply clicked on it to play it. I do not have any other Mp4 files to play for comparison. I do appreciate everyone's help, further advice is more than welcome. I might direct the problem to Magix themselves but I can see it is not a new problem to them. Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/7/2013

Uploading

Terry,1) I could not play the video in show and discuss. It said it was uploading, please wait, but was still frozen after a considerable time. 2) When I first tried to download 'How to upload' from dropbox, I ended up with a blank screen. I have just tried again and it worked but it overfilled my screen and seemed to run through very quickly. From what I could glean from it, it appeared to be along the same lines as John's advice. It was however too fast and oversized on the screen for me to follow in detail. Sorry I can't be more specific with my problem descriptions. I do not know how to send a screenshot and even if I did, I cannot think of a screen which would detail my problem specifically. All I know is that I follow the advice given in detail but end up with a green screen on 'Show and Discuss'. I do begin to wonder if this is something to do with my internet (aol), or perhaps something is preset somewhere to prevent uploading. Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/7/2013

Uploading

It looks as if I have walked straight into a quagmire here with this uploading problem. I'm certainly not the first but it does surprise me that so many uploads appear successful.I cannot even download the instructional videos from Terrypin. Looking back a few months as advised, I am certainly not alone with this problem of uploading. I can see that some people have tried every format there is, without success.As I have said, I am not computer literate and it's all beyond me. I think I'll have to leave this aspect of Magix alone until it is resolved by them. The world has not really lost a couple of masterpieces - I was only saying that! I'll concentrate on my other problems within MEP 2013 plus. I never dreamed that my Christmas present would occupy so much of my time. P.S. does anyone know how to delete my unsuccessful uploads? Thanks for all your help. Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/7/2013

Uploading

Wow! I see what you mean, I'm certainly not alone. At least, I'm in good company. I will certainly look at the advice areas you have given me but it seems to me that MAGIX should be sorting this problem out. I do appreciate your help and will keep on trying. Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/7/2013

Movie templates

Thanks for your reply. I did fill in a box on the questionaire form stating that I have MEP 2013 Plus. By 'try to use' I mean that I start MEP, then click on one of the movie templates to move it to the timeline in story board mode. I then drag a video from the media pool onto a placeholder and the video also appears in the preview window with a green bar in the mini timeline below it. I ensure that the video is longer than the time indicated by the green bar. I then attempt to grab the green bar to move it to a required place within the video. The problem is that the green bar will not move. It did move when I very first tried to use a movie template but now it will not move no matter which template or video I use. I have tried repeatedly without success, each time starting from loading MEP. When I use the expression 'it says' I am referring to page 185 of the downloaded instruction manual. I do not mean that a message appears on screen. My desktop computer has Windows 7, Intel core i7-2600 processor,clock 3.4Ghz memory 8GB, hard disk 1.5TB, NVida GeForceGTX 560 DirectX11 graphics card with1280MB DDR5 RAM. I hope this is sufficient information to advise me with the problem. Thanks again, Bill.
Movie Studio

on 2/6/2013

Uploading

Thank you for your advice. I am not very computer literate, can you tell me how to download a video format converter? Where can I find one? Thanks again. Bill
Movie Studio

on 2/4/2013

How do I delete words from 'intro/outro effects? When I use the curtain effect. the word 'intro' appears at the opening of the curtains and the word 'end' appears at the closing . I cannot delete these words.

John, thanks for your answer re: uploading. Try as I might I cannot convert 'Snow Fun' from .MVP. I think I've had so many attempts that the whole file is scrambled up.I follow the file conversion advice but it keeps reverting to .MVP as I am about to upload it. I will create another masterpiece from scratch and restart the whole process. If I have problems again, I will ask for more help under 'uploading'. Thanks again, Bill.
Movie Studio

on 2/3/2013

How do I delete words from 'intro/outro effects? When I use the curtain effect. the word 'intro' appears at the opening of the curtains and the word 'end' appears at the closing . I cannot delete these words.

Thanks for your help again John. I think I have the idea of it now. I am just beginning to realise how many tracks are used by this editing programme. I initially thought it was an error when my attempts to edit were involving down to track 8. Incidentally I still can't upload despite two attempts but I see others have the same problem: a green screen, (audio only). Bill
Movie Studio

on 1/26/2013

Uploading

I just made a guess as to why my movie 'Snow Fun' is only uploading audio and not video. Is it perhaps something to do with PAL and NSTC? I made the movie and uploaded it in PAL (uk). Any ideas please? Is there something I should have done regarding this aspect. I often see a USA flag at the top of my screen but I alter this to UK. I'm fed up looking at my movie as I repeatedly try to upload it.