Masks and Masking in Magix Movie Studio and Video Pro X - Part 1

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…

Cookie Cutter Effect - Picture-in-Picture

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…

Camera Zoom Shot Effect - Panning and Zooming - Movie Studio & VPX

This tutorial shows how to use the Camera/Zoom Shot Effect in Magix Movie Studio and Video Pro X to quickly do panning and zooming on images and video clips. The pan-zoom effect is also known as the…

Section Effect for Cropping in Magix Movie Studio and Video Pro X

This tutorial shows how to use the Section Effect in Magix Movie Studio and Video Pro X to crop images and video clips. It explains the difference between cropping with the Section effect and zooming…

Create Two-Column Scrolling Text - Movie Studio 2024 and Video ProX

Here is how to create a Two-Column Scrolling Text and save it as a template using Magix Movie Studio 2024 or Magix Video Pro X. Also, here is how to create and align a Two-Column Non-scrolling Text…

View/Animation - Rotation Combinations - Movie Studio 2023/24 - Part 5

Part 5 - View/Animation - Rotation Combinations in Magix Movie Studio 2023/Video Pro X14 and more recent versions. This tutorial shows in details the various XYZ combinations for Rotation in the…

Splitting a movie into several parts and setting play options for disc

In response to a users query this short tutorial demonstrates how to split up a long movie into parts and creating a disc where one movie jumps to the next instead of returning to the menu.  

Part 4 - View/Animation - Keyframing Size, Position, Rotation

Part 4 - View/Animation - Keyframing for animating Size, Position, Rotation Effects in Magix Movie Studio 2023/Video Pro X14. Keyframing as shown here applies to other effects as well. 1:09…

View/Animation - Examples and Bonus Tips for Movie Studio 2023 Part 3

Part 3 - View/Animation - Examples of using Size, Position, Rotation Effects in Movie Studio 2023/Video Pro X14, along with some Bonus Tips.

Diagnosing crashes.

This method applies to systems running Windows 10 or 11 and aids thedetermination of what causes the crashing of a program, without the need to pullthe correct information from a crash log file where…

Part 2 - View/Animation - Size, Position, Rotation, Anchor Point

Continuing from Part 1, this tutorial covers Rotation and Anchor Point under View/Animation - for Movie Studio 2023 Platinum/Suite and Video Pro X14 0:43 Update to Part 1 1:25 Rotation Effect 3:40…

Introduction to View/Animation - Size/Position/Rotation Effects Part 1

Introduction to View/Animation - Size, Position, Rotation Effects in Magix Movie Studio 2023 - Part 1. These are the main effects used for zooming, panning, moving an image around on the screen, and…

Preview Monitor Window Commands in Magix Movie Studio 2023

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…

Extracting Multichannel Audio in Video Pro X

Using Video Pro X 14 and before, here is how to get all audio channels of a multichannel Video file onto the timeline. Unlike Movie Studio/Movie Edit Pro, Video Pro X has an Extract Audio Tracks…

Extracting Multichannel Audio in Movie Studio 2023/Movie Edit Pro

Using Magix Movie Studio 2023 or Movie Edit Pro, here is how to get all audio channels of a multichannel Video file onto the timeline. The program allows you to have one of the audio channels at a…

Mixdown Audio to Wave in Movie Studio 2023 to use External AudioEditor

Using Magix Movie Studio 2023 or Movie Edit Pro or Video Pro, here is how to mix down the audio of a video file to create a wave file to be able to send it to an External Audio Editor from the…

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…

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…

Setting up and using MediaInfo

When posting you will often be asked to provide a MediaInfo analysis of a video clip - this short tutorial shows you how to setup MediaInfo, once installed, and use it to analyse a video…

Transitions Templates - Part 2

Part 2 of Fades and Transitions in Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium and Video Pro X. I used Movie Edit Pro 2021. This shows using the various Transition Templates available with MEP and VPX,…

Part 1 - Fades & Transitions in Movie Edit Pro

Part 1 of Fades and Transitions in Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium and Video Pro X. I used Movie Edit Pro 2021. This shows the basics of transitions and fades, how to make them using the menu and…

Everything Audio - Part 2- in Movie Edit Pro & Video Pro X

Part 2 of 2 - This tutorial follows on from Part 1 and shows most audio features, including sources of audio/music files that come with Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium 2021 and Video Pro X12. There…

Everything Audio - Part 1- in Movie Edit Pro & Video Pro X

Part 1 of 2 - This tutorial shows most audio features, including sources of audio/music files that come with Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium 2021 and Video Pro X12. There is more detail for some of…

Getting Started in Movie Edit Pro 2021 - Part 3

Getting Started in Movie Edit Pro - Part 3 - Main Definitions and User Interface Details This tutorial, Part 3, explains what are Projects, Movies and Objects. and covers the User Interface in more…

Getting Started in Movie Edit Pro 2021 - Part 2

  Getting Started in Movie Edit Pro 2021 - Part 2 This tutorial will help new and existing users of Magix Movie Edit Pro 2021 Plus and Premium find various Help resources, understand and adjust…

Getting Started in Magix Movie Edit Pro 2021 - Part 1

Getting Started in Magix Movie Edit Pro 2021 - Part 1 This tutorial will help new and existing users get Magix Movie Edit Pro 2021 Plus and Premium installed, updated and the additional content…

Disc burn log file location changes.

For Video Pro X12, Movie Edit Pro 2021, Movie Studio 2022, and later versions - the disc burn log file no longer exists as a separate file - the burn logging data is now integrated into the main…

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…

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…

Through-the-Window Zoom-Blur Transition using Magix Movie Edit Pro/VPX

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…

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,…

Fine adjustment of sliders and dials in Magix programs

This short tutorial demonstrates how to achieve a fine adjustment of slider and dial controls in some Magix programs. The program used here is Music Maker 2020, however the method applies to other…

Motion tracking with Movie Edit Pro, Movie Studio or Video Pro X

In this tutorial I attach a title to a moving object within a scene in a video clip, other objects such as video and images can also be made to track. The main requirements for a successful track are…

Working with 9:16 Aspect ratio video - eg from smart phones.

This short video demonstrates a few of the issues you may come across when working with smart (mobile) phone video where you need to maintain a vertical (portrait) orientation - eg for…

Creating a Fancy Title Intro using Magix Movie Edit Pro

A user on the Magix.info forum asked about how to create a title intro similar to his example, using Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium. This tutorial shows how to add a background, a logo made using…

The FX channels of the Mixer and how to use them

In this tutorial we look at the 2 FX channels that are available in the Mixer, what they do and how to use them. To hear the FX channels effects at their best headphones are advised.

Creating a transition from a video clip using the Mask Generator

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…

Using the Mask Generator to replace the background of a video clip.

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.

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…

Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium - Move Object Content Feature

Magix added a new command into Movie Edit Pro in May of 2018 to move the contents within a trimmed clip to select a new starting position, without having to re-trim the clip. This tutorial shows…

Tutorial - Create Masks for Effects using Xara from Movie Edit Pro (P)

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…

Xara 3D Maker 7 with Magix Movie Edit Pro & Video Pro X

This tutorial shows how to modify the 3D titles in Magix Movie Edit Pro (MEP) Plus/Premium and Video Pro X using Xara 3D Maker 7. The program only loads fully when using VPX, not MEP so you need to…

Masking a green part of green screen using Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus

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…

Using Chromakey with a Green Screen in Movie Edit Pro

Simple tutorial on how to remove the green from a green screen image using the Chromakey Green effect. I also quickly show the Section and Size/Position effects.Done with Magix Movie Edit Pro 2018…

Transitions

Dear community, We will show you how you can use various types of transitions to go from one video clip to another. Best regardsMathias

Export

You can make videos for many different kinds of purposes. You can save your video to your PC, transfer it to a mobile device, or present it on a popular Internet platform such as YouTube or Facebook.

Burning a movie with a disc menu

As soon as you are finished with your project, you can burn it directly to disc to be presented on a television. Using the disc menu, you can jump directly to individual movies and scenes. The disc…

Audio Dubbing

Videos often have audio tracks which are in need of improvement. This video will show you how you can remove disturbing noises and add your own recordings to the audio track. Finally, all audio…

Keyframes

Dear community, Some effects should change over time. Image enhancements such as brightness or contrast can be used to create dynamic effects with Keyframes. Even tracking shots can be controlled…

Movement effects

Still shots, titles and even videos can often benefit from a little more movement. This video clip will show you everything you need to know about simulating tracking shots and zooms, image…

Magix Movie Edit Pro - Basic Editing Part 2 - Cutting and Trimming

This tutorial follows on from Basic Editing Part 1 and covers Cutting or Splitting and Trimming video objects, including trim start, trim end, and what happens depending on the mouse mode selected. I…

Tutorial - Movie Edit Pro - Basic Editing - Part 1

This tutorial gives the basics of editing on the timeline, including a review of the editing buttons, track buttons, importing and moving objects around. These features are covered in detail and…

Video effects

Dear community, Movie Edit Pro offers tons of professional video effects for optimizing images or making creative distortions. This video clip will show you the best way to use video effects. Mixing…

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…

Display modes

Dear community, Today we have tutorial for you about display modes. There are three different display modes for editing: scene overview, story mode and timeline mode.Find out which display modes are…

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…

Introduction

Dear community, This introductory video will show you the basic functions of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro. We'll create a new project, import videos and play them back in different ways. Then we'll show you…

Fixing program issues after Windows 10 upgrade

This tutorial describes how to fix various issues which may arise after upgrading your computer to Windows 10. NOTE: this procedure also applies for checking Windows 11 It is recommended you print…

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…

MEP & VPX6 with Pixelan SpiceMaster Pro - Part 3 - Effects on Titles

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…

MEP & VPX6 with Pixelan SpiceMaster Pro - Part 2 - Using PIP to move and resize background image in transition

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…

How to add a new button to a DVD menu in Movie Edit Pro

Sometimes none of the many standard DVD menu templates in MEP will completely meet your requirements. One frequent need is to customise the menu by adding an extra button, for a variety of reasons.

How to add new text to a DVD menu in Movie Edit Pro

Sometimes none of the many standard DVD menu templates in MEP will completely meet your requirements. One frequent need is to customise the menu by adding extra text, for a variety of reasons.

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…

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…

MEP and VPX6 with Pixelan Smart Blur Pro - Part 3 - Keyframing in Smart Blur Pro using blur effects combined with organic and shape 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…

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…

MEP and VPX6 with Pixelan Smart Blur Pro - Part 1 - Introduction to blur effects and shape masks

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…

Multi-cam editing in Video Pro X6

This is a tutorial for anyone who has not attempted multi-cam editing or who is having problems getting started. It was done with and for Magix Video Pro X6 (VPX6), although some parts may apply to…

Making a new collage in MEP

This follows my step-by-step summary in the thread http://www.magix.info/uk/making-a-new-collage-in-mep.forum.1110317.html   -- Terry Pinnell, East Grinstead, UK, October 2014

Tutorial - Split screen effect using a mask

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…

MEP Split screen effect using Section, Size/Position

This tutorial shows how to create a split screen effect with 2 videos, one on the left, one on the right, with each the full height of the screen. Of course, some of the video image will be lost…

Creating a multi movie DVD or BD

Creating a multi movie DVD or BD is a useful way of presenting several related movies, eg a holiday trip, such that each movie is a complete theme/topic in itself. In this tutorial a seven movie disc…

Route Animation using Vasco da Gama and Movie Edit Pro

2014.02.18 - I changed the video again, will know on Wednesday. I exported this time as wmv, not the flashplayer as recommended by Magix. If the video doesn't work, look at my comment below as I have…

Multiple moving masks

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

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,…

A Minute with MAGIX - #09 Slow Motion Effect

Tutorial about how to create a slow motion effect with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 Premium. More information about the software: http://www.magix.com/us/movie-edit-pro/premium/ Try our software for…

How to use Effect Masks in Movie Edit Pro

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…

How to use Multicam in Movie Edit Pro

Short video on creating a multcam project.

How to use 3D titles in Movie Edit Pro

This tutorial explains how to use the 3D titles in MEP. I made it 3 years ago (in 2009) using MEP-15, but subsequent versions are similar. In addition, this illustrates all the first section of 3D…

How to create 'Ken Burns' effects

This tutorial shows how to make 'Ken Burns' pan/zoom effects with MEP’s key frame facility. It’s based on MEP 17 but the procedure is almost identical in MX and 2013 versions.

How to reduce a clip to nothing then expand it again to full size

A basic tutorial using Key Frames, for beginners. Intended for MEP 16, 17, MX and 2013, but principles are similar in earlier versions. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

How to add titles in Movie Edit Pro

Basic tutorial on adding titles or captions for beginners. Although intended for MEP 16, 17, MX and 2013, principles are similar for earlier versions.

A Minute with MAGIX - #07 How To Create a Jump Cut In Your Videos

Tutorial about how to create a jump cut with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Premium. More information about the software: http://www.magix.com/us/movie-edit-pro/premium/ Try our software for free here:…

A Minute with MAGIX - #06 How To Create Readable Subtitles

Tutorial about how to create readable subtitles in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Premium. They are very useful when dealing with different languages in a video. More information about the software:…

A Minute with MAGIX - #05 Pixelate Faces

Tutorial about how to pixelate faces with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Premium. The used effect mask can be downloaded here: http://tinyurl.com/85bjqyc . More information about the software:…

A Minute with MAGIX - #03 Color Pass Effect

Tutorial about the "color pass effect" made with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro Premium. A beautiful effect which might be better known as the "Sin City effect". The video is mainly black and white but some…

Movie Edit Pro - Screen Capture

This is a very brief tutorial on screen capture in the Movie Edit Pro

Movie Edit Pro - Adding Transition

This is a small tutorial on how you can add fades and traistion in Movie Edit Pro.

Wideangle Timelapse (GoProHD)

for all those people trying to make a wideangle timelapse with your gopro, heres how in 10 simple steps... [[VIDEO:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEQOFthChbQ]] 1. create a new project (with any…

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.…

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…

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…

3D Video Editing in MEP17plusHD

This is a 15 minute tutorial on editing captured video streams from 2 cameras into a 3d video. It assumes that two similar cameras were used to capture left and right eye views. 

How to convert youtube video to MP4 for Zune?

It is Zune that lets you discover music everywhere! All Zune players are wireless, which lets you browse and buy music from Zune Makretplace at wireless hotspots. Games and audio books, FM radios,…

Activation | for MAGIX Products

Dear magix.info community, enclosed please find a video tutorial how to activate codecs and auxiliary functions within MAGIX products. Kind regards, magix.info editors

How to book a course | MAGIX Academy

Dear magix.info Community, enclosed please find two video-tutorials that will answer the most frequently asked questions when it comes to booking a MAGIX Academy course. Best…

Codec-Activation | for MAGIX Products

Dear magix.info Community, enclosed please find the following tutorial: Thus I simply activate codecs and auxiliary functions within MAGIX-products. Best regards, magix.info…

The "Annoying Orange Effect"

Do you know the annoying orange? Well you better have to, because in this tutorial I'm going to tell how to reconstruct the effect used in its videos. Of course you can use the effect for a lot of…

How to Make Endless Video Loops