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Foreword Thank you for purchasing MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004! Now you can make impressive movies by bringing the power of a production studio into your home. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro is a user-friendly desktop video editor that offers top-quality professional tools, amazing visual and sound effects, studio-style scene transitions and even DVD authoring and recording, to ensure that you produce simply stunning results.
Table of Contents Foreword 3 Package contents 12 System requirements 13 Support 14 Installation 15 MAGIX on the Internet 15 Connecting your equipment 16 How do I connect my digital video camera to my computer? 16 How do I connect my camcorder to my analog capture card? 17 How do I connect my audio equipment to use the audio capture function of this program? 18 Introduction 19 What is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 ? 19 Feature Highlights 19 Function Overview 21 Tutorial 26 Program start and orientation Vid
Table of Contents Time-line mode 47 What is the Time-line mode? 47 Tracks 47 Navigating the Timeline Window 47 Bars and Grids 47 Playback 48 Organizing the arranger view 48 Organizing the video screen 48 Playback/Transport control 48 Set play markers 49 Selecting objects Moving Objects 49 50 Splitting objects 50 Scissors 50 Duplicating/Copying objects 51 Object Handles 51 Media Pool 53 Function 53 Directory and file list 53 Preview function 53 Deleting, copying and moving files 54 Integrating v
Table of Contents Mouse modes 59 Intelligent mouse mode 59 Mouse mode for single objects Curves Mouse Mode 59 Object stretch mode 59 Audio pre-listening mode Scrub mode 59 60 60 Context help mode 60 Videos and Pictures 61 Load videos and images 61 Digital video capturing (DV capturing) 61 Video capture from analog sources 63 Snapshots 67 Scene Recognition 68 Takes 69 Separate audio from video material 70 Transitions 70 Trimming or Fine-tuning videos 72 Minimizing Videos or Nestling One video
Table of Contents Arranging MAGIX sound files 88 Effects for adding music 88 Mix down of audio objects 89 Adding a sound track using MIDI songs 89 Video effects 91 Using video effects 91 Video controller 91 Video cleaning 95 Scene Recognition/ Creating subtitles/Anti-Shake Filter/Trimmer 98 Movement Crop 98 98 Section 99 Controlling Effects with Curves 99 Audio effects 103 Using audio effects 103 Audio Cleaning 103 Effect devices and Master FX 109 EQ (Master FX) 110 Compressor (Master FX) 111
Table of Contents Make CD/DVD-Screen 123 Functionality 123 Selection Menu 123 Animated Selection Menus (only for DVD and MiniDVD) 125 Remote control 126 Burn Disc 126 Memory 128 Disc Spanning 129 Burn Media CD 130 Menu File 131 New Movie 131 Load Movie 131 Save Movie 131 Save Movie as 131 Load/ Save disc project> Load disc project 131 Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project 131 Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project as 132 Export Movie > Video as AVI 132 Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI 132 E
Table of Contents Song Wizard 136 Transfer back audio/video 136 Backup copy > Save film and media in directory 136 Backup copy > Burn film and media onto CD / DVD Backup copy > Recall disc project from CD / DVD Movie > Load backup movie 137 137 137 Movie properties 137 Playback parameters 138 Ssettings 140 CD-ROM Configuration 144 Menu Edit 149 Undo/restore/duplicate objects/delete objects 149 Undo 149 Redo 149 Duplicate objects 149 Delete objects 149 Select all objects 149 Cut Objects 149 S
Table of Contents Video object effects > Video Effects 155 Video object effects > Scene recognition 155 Video object effects >Motion stabilizer 156 Video object effects >Object Effects Curves 156 Video object effects >Section 156 Video object effects > Load/Save/Reset video objects 156 Video object effects > Edit bitmap externally 156 Audio object effects 156 Load/Save/Reset Audio effects 156 Audio object effects> Volume Curve 157 Title object effects> Title Editor 157 Title object effects> Load Title
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Package contents 2 CDs for installation & multi-media content You will find MAGIX music world and the audio and video media library files on the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 installation manager. Note: The multimedia content (images, videos, titles, sounds)on the installation CDis “royalty-free”.and may be used for all projects without additional license.
System requirements – – – – – – – – – – – Microsoft® Windows® 98 / 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP 450 MHz Processor 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended) Min. 1 GB free hard disk space for video files (5 GB recommended). Hard drive with data access rate min. 4 MB/s recommended 800x600 display resolution 16-bit SVGA graphic card with min.
Support If you experience any problems with your software, please get in touch with our support team: Support website: http://support.magix.net This website will lead you to the MAGIX user service page, which, among other things, contains the following free offers: – FAQs (frequently asked questions) and general tricks and tips. In most cases you’ll find the solution to your problem here. If not, use the Email support form.
Installation 1 Place the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2 The installation program will start up automatically. If it does not, simply open the File Manager/Explorer and click on the drive letter representing the CD-ROM drive (generally D:\.) Double-click on mworld.exe. 3 MAGIX music world will now start up automatically. To begin t installation of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004, click on INSTALL 4 The MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 installation program will start up.
Connecting your equipment How do I connect my digital video camera to my computer? The best way to capture Digital Video into your computer is via “Firewire”. FireWire is a fast peripheral interconnect standard capable of transfer speeds up to 400 Mbs. It works well for multimedia peripherals such as DV (Digital Video) cameras and other high-speed devices like the latest hard disk drives, CD/DVD burners and printers.
Connecting your equipment How do I connect my camcorder to my analog capture card? To connect your camcorder to your capture device simply connect the composite or SVHS cable out of the camera to the composite or SVHS in of the capture card.
Connecting your equipment How do I connect my audio equipment to use the audio capture function of this program? Check the system requirements section of this manual to ensure you have the appropriate hardware to perform this function. Most connections required for this program are to your computer’s graphics and sound card as shown in the diagram below. When you are connecting a microphone directly to the computer, you will connect to the usually red “Mic” jack of your sound card.
Introduction What is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 ? MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 is a production studio for the PC, Edit videos, movies, photos and audio from a wide range of sources Divide long movies into different chapters and/or scenes automatically, or do the opposite by automatically incorporating short takes into a movie. A choice of edit screen views and professional, yet easy-to-use features make it a snap for anyone to transform raw video footage into impressive movies.
Introduction Image Resizing for Optimum Television Display This option ensures that the image size is adapted to fit your television screen without cropping the display image. Re-edit mode Archive your movie project, together with the corresponding project data, and store it on VCD, Scrod DVD. With this feature, your project and the source files are always available for editing. Automatic disc spanning Automatically split longer film sequences onto several CDs or DVDs without quality loss.
Introduction Streaming Video Format Support The latest Microsoft® Windows® Media 9 and Real HelixTM file formats are supported. Function Overview Import and Export Video and image formats: AVI (also non-compressed), MPEG-1/-2 (Ligos Motion Encoder), MPEG-4, DivX, Windows MediaTM, MOV (Quicktime Movie), MXV, MJPEG, BMP, JPG as well as MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 project files (for integrating into a new project).
Introduction adapter (Firewire or iLink) and MicrosoftÒ DirectX8acompatible driver. – MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 also supports remote control of most digital camcorders. – A TV tuner card or graphic card with video input and compatible Windows Direct Media drivers are required to record TV programs and use your computer as a personal video recorder or VCR. For convenience, there is a programmable timer with this feature so you can record programs at any time.
Introduction objects and cut and add effects and see or hear the results in real-time while playing back the video or soundtrack. Media Pool with Multi-scene overview mode Preview any format to choose video, bitmap, audio or MIDI files from the Media Pool overview mode and ”drag & drop” them into the arranger. A series of special buttons lets you open files or complete scenes with subtitles, audio, video and cross fading effects, border presets and takes.
Introduction to mix the tracks in your arrangement. This utility also controls the brightness of visual objects and the volume and stereo panorama of audio objects. MIDI integration With MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 you can load, arrange and play MIDI files. The MIDI remote controls the sound chip of your sound card, external samplers or synthesizers. You can combine and arrange sound files with video and MIDI files.
Introduction a standalone CD-burning software suite for any data backup tasks (you will find the program file in the “mxcdr” subdirectory in your applications directory). MAGIX Media Manager silver MAGIX Media Manager silver MAGIX Media Manager silver is a multimedia console that combines browser, converter, viewer, editor, player, and even Internet radio into one powerful application. Launch MAGIX Media Manager separately from the MAGIX program group.
Tutorial This chapter addresses the basic functions of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 through step-by-step explanations. More detailed descriptions of the program functions appear later in this manual. Program start and orientation Install MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 and launch the program from the Windows® start menu. Viewing the Demo Tutorials MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers several instructional videos to illustrate many of the important program functions.
Tutorial Playback markers: Look for the red markers in the time-line at the top of the tracks. These markers indicate the start and the end of the part that will be played. When an end-marker is reached, the play cursor will jump back to the beginning and play the arrangement again (a never-ending loop). Both start and end-markers may be moved with you mouse to change the section that will be played.
Tutorial FX and Context menus A right mouse-click on an object opens the context (effects) menu containing effects available for the selected object in the Timeline mode. You may also reach this menu through the ’FX’ menu in the Storyboard mode. The FX/context menu for audio objects offers effects and options different from those in the FX/context menu for video objects.
Tutorial This will open the video capture dialog: 1. Choose drivers – Select the correct video card and audio card driver (in the event you have several installed) on your PC. A video preview window is immediately displayed. 2. Name the capture: Name your file and choose the file path it will be stored to so you can find it later, 3. Set the quality – this drop-down menu lets you set the video quality you desire. Note: setting this too high may result in dropped frames, making your video look jerky.
Tutorial Record statistics: This provides information on your capture, including dropped frames. (If you see any dropped frames, lower your capture quality.
Tutorial – You can now see your footage in a file form the film bar below. For a playback, simply press the space key. Tip: You can batch-capture, or choose sections throughout the source digital videotape for sequential recording, within the Digital Video recording dialog. A list of possible passages, from which you can capture in sequence, is provided to choose from. Batch capturing saves time and hard drive space by only capturing the desired content. .
Tutorial Cutting: There are many different ways to cut longer videos into shorter scenes or individual takes. Cutting with Movie Edit Pro 2004 is non-destructive. Making cuts does not destroy the original video. You are simply setting scene markers, or playback instructions. . 1. The easiest way to cut is by selecting the automatic ”Scene recognition” in the context menu. The editor searches the video content for prominent movements or color changes.
Tutorial ins and fade-outs. The handle in the top center of the object adjusts the volume of audio objects and the brightness of video objects. Object Selection/Marking: For any other modifications, such as applying effects, you must choose and “mark” the object first. Click on an object to select it. When an object is selected, the three handles on top change to a different color. If you want to select several objects, simply hold the Shift key down while selecting other objects.
Tutorial 2. Choose your VIDEO SIZE 3. Choose your FRAME RATE 4. Choose the CODEC you wish to create the AVI file from the list provided Each codec in the list may have individual settings you can access and set by clicking on the CONFIGURATION button. The INFO button will show you the version number and manufacturer of the CODEC selected.
Tutorial Export Video as a Streaming Video File If you wish to send the video by email or stream it from a website, simply choose the appropriate compression format, such as RealVideo or QuickTime for the export. To export as a QuickTime (MOV) File: 1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...VIDEO as QUICKTIME. This will open the following dialog: 2. Choose your VIDEO SIZE from the selections, or enter a USER-DEFINED value 3. Choose your FRAME RATE from the selections, or enter a USER-DEFINED value 5.
Tutorial 6. Press OK to start the AVI creation process with the settings chosen. To Export as a Real Media (.RM) File: 1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...REAL MEDIA EXPORT. This will open the following dialog: 2. Choose your AUDIO CONTENT & VIDEO CONTENT 3. Choose your VIDEO PRE-PROCESSING OPTIONS & VIDEO SIZE 4. Enter your CLIP INFO & CLIP META INFORMATION 5. Choose the TARGET AUDIENCE bit-rate to accommodate different modem speeds REMEMBER: Real Media is an Internet streaming format! 6.
Tutorial 2. Choose your PROFILE for the WINDOWS MEDIA FILE streaming quality. There are a very wide variety of choices here for various qualities and accommodations. NOTE THAT some of the selections in the list are for AUDIO, and not VIDEO!!! Windows Media is an Internet streaming format 3. Enter your TITLE, AUTHOR, DESCRIPTION, and COPYRIGHT information 4. Press OK to start the AVI creation process with the settings chosen. Export Video as an Uncompressed File 1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...
Tutorial 2. Choose your VIDEO SIZE from the selections, or enter a USER-DEFINED size 3. Choose your FRAME RATE from the selections, or enter a USER-DEFINED size 4. FRAME TYPE –allows you to choose interlaced frames or de-interlaced A or B frames 5. Press OK to start the AVI creation process with the settings chosen. Note: Uncompressed video files can be extremely large! When working with digital video, you must often work with AVI files that are many gigabytes in size.
Tutorial Windows NT 4.0 FAT16 4 GB FAT32 N/A NTFS Nearly unlimited Windows 2000/XP 4 GB 4 GB Nearly unlimited The underlined values represent the most common file systems and limits for each respective operating system. Here is a quick list of common computer setups and their limitations: A) If you are running an early version of Windows 95 (before OEM Service Release 2), your AVI files are limited to 2 GB.
Tutorial Export video through video or graphics card To save your MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 video onto digital videocassette, you must first export it as an AVI file, typically DV-AVI, which uses a special codec for compression. Please check your video card’s user manual for more information. Your video card utilities may offer tools to save the file onto videocassette. To export your movie as a DV-AVI: 1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...VIDEO as DV-AVI. This will open the following dialog: 2.
Tutorial CDs or DVDs. The CD-ROM option burns all image files as well as the MAGIX Media Manager playing program onto a disc.The original image files on your hard-drive remain unchanged. All effects and settings made in the “edit slide show” screen are calculated in real-time when the MAGIX Media Manager player program plays the CDROM. This CD-ROM option may also be used for archiving files on disc.
Tutorial – To select a complete template, choose Layout and then double-click the layout of your choice. – To combine elements of different templates, such as the text format from one template and the background from another, simply select “Text” and double-click the template containing the text you wish to use. Then select “Background” and double-click the applicable template. The preview in the middle of the screen displays the result immediately.
Program Desktop Overview Videoscreen: Displays video and picture objects and previews Menu Bar: Contains important editing commands Tool Bar: Contains the quick access tool buttons. Arranger (Time-line mode): Drag & drop files from the Media pool, then arrange and edit files in detail here. Mouse mode bar (Time-line mode): Selects mouse modes for different editing tasks. Timeline with range markers: Defines the range that will be played. The timeline mode includes a time scale.
Storyboard mode What is the Storyboard mode? The Storyboard mode is the default Video Editor-screen view. This view offers an easy, streamlined interface to simplify the editing process. The alternative Timeline mode offers a more detailed interface for more extensive editing and photo arrangements. Switch between the two modes by using the tab key. In the Storyboard mode, all of the files in your movie project displayed as previews, sequentially ordered, one after the other on the storyboard.
Storyboard mode FX: You can select any number of effects for sound and image editing in the FX menu. For more details, please read the “Effects” chapter. Transitions: You can also select the type of transition you would like to connect scenes. Simply activate the large button between scenes and select a transition of your choice. Rotate Photos (only with photo files): If a photo is on its side or upside down, click on the Rotate button. The photo will rotate 90 degrees.
Storyboard mode Scene Recognition Automatic scene recognition may be found in the effects menu. Launching this feature opens an editor in which each file may be played back and automatically reviewed for changes in color or movement. Based on this review, a variety of takes will be automatically inserted according to the sensitivity adjustment.
Time-line mode What is the Time-line mode? In the Timeline mode, your movies and scenes are chronologically displayed according to the duration of the file. The length of an active object in the track is reflects by its length in the overall movie project. Each scene or file is as long as the representative “object(s)” in the track. Simply use the Tab key to switch to the Timeline mode. Tracks MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers 16 tracks for object positioning.
Time-line mode see a bar at the top, above the first track. Furthermore, the arranger screen is placed under a grid. The grid helps to ensure that objects only engage at particular points to make the timing of events, such as the beginning and ending of an effect, easier to control. Playback Start and End markers The area between the Start and End marker above the first track will be played back. Both markers can be repositioned with the mouse (or with a left or right mouse-click).
Time-line mode D A N S Play: The center Play button starts continuous replay of the arrangements. The area between the start and end markers is played as a loop. Stop: The stop button ends replay. Rewind: This button “winds” the arrangement back. That means that the start marker defining the play area’s beginning moves to the LEFT. Each mouse-click on the button jumps the cursor one space to the LEFT. Video screen und Transport control Fast forward: This button “winds” the arrangement forward.
Time-line mode Build group / ungroup key down while selecting other objects. You can open up a rectangle positioning the mouse over the object, then holding down the mouse button and marking all objects within the rectangle (”elastic band selection”) by left-click-dragging). Any object can be combined with others to make up a group, to avoid the objects being unintentionally moved out of relation to each other. Once they are combined, clicking on one object of a group will select the entire group.
Time-line mode Delete Scene end This command cuts a scene at the point where the Start marker is positioned, and deletes all material that follows the start position simultaneously. Shortcut Key: D A N S Shift + z Divide Film This command splits a movie at the point where the Start marker is positioned, making two self-standing movies. Shortcut Key: Alt + t Duplicating/Copying objects It is easy to copy objects to quickly create larger arrangements.
Time-line mode jects are playing simultaneously, the volume or brightness of individual objects can still be altered.
Media Pool Function The appearance, set-up and procedure of the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 Media Pool are essentially the same as the Windows® Explorer. Use it to browse your file sources, access and load multimedia files of all types: video files, images and audio files in various formats, audio CD tracks and even RTF text files. They can be loaded using Drag & Drop from the hard-drive, a floppy disc, the CD-ROM drive or from the Internet, directly into the arrangement and played. .
Media Pool Deleting, copying and moving files All files listed in the file list can be selected in Windows® Explorer, deleted, copied or moved by Drag & Drop to other directories. In this way, all objects considered for an arrangement can be collected in a separate directory. All files listed in the file list can be loaded in the arranger by double-clicking or dragging and dropping onto the desired track or position where they are displayed as objects and can be processed.
Media Pool Media-Pool buttons At the top of the Media Pool are the Shortcut buttons for exploring \the most important directories: Drives: The button on the left accesses the navigation bar on the left-hand side of the Media Pool. Own: This button opens the ‘MyAudioVideo’ directory, which is automatically created upon program installation. All arrangements are exported to and saved in this directory unless changed by the user.
Media Pool Effects in the effects menu or the context menu may be activated and deactivated to enable additional fine-tuning with a realistic effect module. Visuals: This directory contains visual objects (*.vis file type). Visual objects (or ’visualizations’) are visual animations that change and move to the beat as the music plays. Load and edit visuals exactly as you would other objects.
Tools Undo When editing footage, you can undo/remove the previous editing action. Simply press “Undo”. Key: Ctrl + z Redo This command reapplies the previously removed edit action Shortcut Key: Ctrl + y Copy (Storyboard mode) This command copies the selected scene onto the clipboard. From there, it can be inserted into any other film with the “Paste” tool.
Tools and Mouse Modes Group This menu option lets you group all selected sound files together. As soon as you click to select one sound file of a group, all sound files of the group become selected. Shortcut Key: Ctrl + l Ungroup All selected sound files become independent again. Shortcut Key: Ctrl + m Optimize View This option determines the optimal view level for working in the arranger so that all objects in the arrangement can be seen on screen at once.
Tools and Mouse Modes Mouse modes Intelligent mouse mode This is the preset mouse mode. With a left mouse-click you can select objects and move them by keeping the button pressed as you drag. This will move all the objects that are aligned at the same mouse position in other tracks as well as the selected object. If you want to move a single object, switch to the ”Mouse mode for single objects”. To select several objects, hold down the shift key.
Tools and Mouse Modes Shortcut Key: Alt + 4 Audio pre-listening mode In this mode, an object can be previewed without muting the other tracks. Shortcut Key: Alt + 5 Scrub mode Press the mouse button to listen to the location of your current mouse position within the arrangement. The replay cursor will follow the mouse movements—you will hear what you drag the mouse over.
Videos and Pictures Load videos and images Click on a file in the Media Pool to see a preview of the file on the video screen. To use the complete video in your arrangement, click on the video or bitmap file, and while holding the mouse button down, drag the file onto one of the tracks in the arranger. To use only sections of a video, apply the automatic scene recognition feature and open the ”Takes” directory.
Videos and Pictures control, you can shuttle forward, backwards and start/ stop playback. – Start capturing by pressing the “Record” button. Keep an eye on the available hard-drive space. DV capture requires approx. 220 MB per minute of video! – Cease capturing with the “Stop” button and exit the capturing dialog. – For a playback, simply press the space bar. “DV capturing” dialog Driver: This is where the driver for your DV device is displayed.
Videos and Pictures Original size: This option allows you to preview the video in the original size. To return to the dialog, use the Escape key. Remote control: Digital camcorders can be controlled remotely. This function, however, only works with compliant digital cards or video devices. The buttons cannot be activated if your hardware does not support remote control. Automatic capturing: Here the start and end points can be set for the capturing.
Videos and Pictures Capturing from video recorders or camcorders Camcorders with USB ports are connected to the computer by a USB interface. Video recorders or other devices are connected to the video input of the video card, TV card or graphic card. If your card also possesses audio ports, these should be used for capturing and playing back sound so that the image and sound do not diverge during a lengthy video. To record from analog sources: – Start MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004.
Videos and Pictures “Record Video” dialog Video/Audio drivers: This dialog enables you to select the video or sound card drivers for the recording. In many cases, the driver software that comes with the hardware must be installed. Make sure that the drive is compatible with the operating system. Often a drive compatible with Win9x won’t run on Win 2000. Appropriate drives can usually be found on the manufacturer’s website.
Videos and Pictures Recording control: Click the red Record button to begin capture, and the Stop button to discontinue recording. Recording data: This shows statistical information such as the recording time, available space on the hard-drive, the recorded frames, and the “dropped” frames. Dropped frames are frames that have been left out because the computer processor is too slow for the selected image format and cannot accept all of the frames received.
Videos and Pictures Input: This engages the video card’s crossbar. The crossbar determines which input will be recorded. The crossbar passes the input signal on to the capturing module. In the “Output” field you can adjust the “Video” or “Audio decoder in”, because the crossbar should pass their output signals on to the decoder. In the “Input” field, select the signal source that will be used by the video card to capture for this input.
Videos and Pictures Snapshots capture a still image directly from the preview screen. The pictures are stored as JPEGs in the resolution indicated in the photograph listing. Under “Photo duration”, you can specify the length of time the image is to be displayed. Scene Recognition Click on the FX button on the Filmbox or on the scene within the Timeline Mode and select “Scene Recognition” from the menu.
Videos and Pictures Manual Makes cuts only after confirmation at each scene transition. The preview always displays the end of the previous scene and the beginning of the new scene. This option is helpful, for example, if a camera flash was captured in the source footage. The flash from the camera would cause a sudden brightness modification even though there was no actual scene change. Separate at this point: Select this option when there is significant variation between two images in the display.
Videos and Pictures Jump between In/Out points (Ctrl+K): Check out the scene! Save Take (Shift+T): The scene is saved to the Takes directory. 2. All scenes found by the automatic scene recognition function can be stored in the Takes directory, enabling quick assembly of scenes. 3. The takes directory may be used to as either a source or a destination directory.
Videos and Pictures Transitions in Storyboard mode Click on the transition button between scenes and select a transition. All of the transition directory’s presets are listed in the menu. You can also determine the length of a transition, or by selecting “Apply to all”, all of the transitions throughout a movie will be of the same length. You can also apply a selected preset to any individual transition automatically, or apply the selected preset to all transitions.
Videos and Pictures opens a settings dialog from which you can set the effects parameters. The alpha transitions (named Iris, Objects, Random etc. in the sub-directory) are pre-produced black & white videos that may be utilized for transitions in tandem with the Alpha keying effect. These transitions have a preset length—when you shorten the transition, the effect is cut rather than played quicker.
Videos and Pictures rial within the object, the object remains in its place within the arrangement, but the playback order of the content with the object has been moved or rearranged. General advice for operating both trim editors Play functions: The trim window contains its own play functions that allow the object to be played individually or in relation to the arrangement. – The right play button plays the arrangement normally.
Videos and Pictures First Frame / End Fade-In: Switches the left monitor between the first frame of the object and the end of the transition. Start Fade-Out / last Frame: switches the right monitor between the start of the transition and the last frame of the object. Left/Right -/+ buttons: Adjusts the lower object handles. Next (previous) Object/cut: The buttons below and to the right skip to the next/previous object and/or cut in the arranger.
Videos and Pictures Middle -/+-button (5): Shifts the existing transition. Both objects remain in their positions, only the transition’s center point moves. Transition (6): displays the type of transition. A mouseclick opens a pop-up window from which you can select a transition. Right -/+ button (7): Move the first frame of the second object. The first object and the transition remain unchanged, only the length of the second object changes.
Videos and Pictures Functionality The motion stabilizer adjusts inadvertent movements in the picture by shifting each incorrect movement in its opposite direction. This produces unusable edges in the footage that are cut off automatically, and black strips replace the edge of the shifted picture, which are then removed using a zoom shot. The result: a clearly more stable, almost imperceptibly larger picture. Operation Activate the motion stabilizer in the video object FX or context menus.
Videos and Pictures Analysis area: This area determines the area of the footage that should be analyzed. The center of the image is preset. If shakiness occurs in another part of the picture, relocate the analysis area. To do this, use the lasso to “capture” the shaky area. The smaller the area, the quicker the analysis. Note: Changing this parameter will require reanalysis of the source footage. Temporal smoothing: This value determines the speed of the movements considered blurry.
Videos and Pictures Borders Call up the ”Borders” directory with the ”Borders” button to the left of the Media Pool. This directory contains bitmap patterns for the borders of videos much like picture-frames that can be modified by video mix effects. Drag them to the lowest track of the arranger and select the Blue Screen or Green Screen effect to make the blue or green space in the middle transparent for the upper videos. This way you can see the objects of the upper tracks of the arranger in the field.
Videos and Pictures – – – – cally or horizontally. If you have selected moving text, this position determines the starting position. A doubleclick on the scrollbar re-centers the title. Note: Setting movement to text places the starting position of the title outside of the video window. You can, however, always change the starting position. The “Title length” setting determines the amount of time a title is displayed.
Videos and Pictures vices. A dialog appears on export, for setting the playback data rate (i.e. dialup modem, or high speed access). If you use Windows Media or Quicktime videos for the Internet, choose a suitable codec and use a small pixel resolution to set up the necessary data rate. Tip: In addition to the Internet export formats, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers a function to help you create your own web page. Please read the “Internet Functions” chapter for more details.
Videos and Pictures – If you export a video from MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004, your system media player will start automatically and video replay will be set up. The current Microsoft Media player uses a technology that is usually able to replay most video formats without interruption. This Media player is also included on the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 installation CD, so you can use it even if your system has an older version.
Videos and Pictures 1) Make sure that the TV output is activated in the Windows system control. Note: When this function is called up for the first time, the program asks which screen mode is being used (resolution and hue). This setting will always be applied unless changed from the “file menu > settings/information > full-screen playing options”. The greater the resolution, the greater the demand placed upon the computer. Try to reach a compromise between stable playbacks and picture quality.
Audio Load and edit audio files All importable audio files can be accessed from the Media Pool and previewed (as sound) by a click on the file name. After listening to a few sound files, select one you wish to work with and move it to the arranger window. To do this click and hold on to the name of the sound file while dragging it into the arranger window. A rectangle the size of your selection will appear. The sound file will be loaded into the arranger at the position you release the mouse button.
Audio error message) or only support it with difficulty (results in audio objects with cracking noise, skips, etc.). In this event, the CD may be ‘scanned‘ by recording it into the computer. When recording the CD to the computer, the CD titles are simply played back from the CD-ROM drive and are rerecorded as .WAV by the sound card. Before recording a CD to your computer, change the program settings in the“File > Audio / Video Options” menu..
Audio the recording source. If the adjustment is set too high, distortion occurs and the incoming signal must be reduced. If you have connected the source through either an amplifier or tape deck output to the soundcard, you can only reduce the signal level in your soundcard’s software mixer interface. You can call it up in the recording dialog by activating “Level adjustment”. If you reduce input sensitivity by using the input fader, the resolution at which the analog signal is digitized is also reduced.
Audio – By selecting the “Normalize after recording” option, the material is set to the maximum volume after recording. For the best results, try to set the source material as loud as possible without distorting it. Use the peak meter display in the recording dialog to assist you with this. – “Mono” creates a mono recording and requires half of the hard drive space required for stereo.
Audio ment, or add new elements to the existing blocks. The Wizard will automatically add new virtual sound blocks to the tracks in the Arranger. These are simply musical suggestions and are not yet permanent.6. Listen to the suggestion by pressing, “Play” under “Preview (audio)”. If you do not like the result, create other arrangements, song parts or enhancements by selecting the appropriate option in the “Arrangement Options” section of the Wizard Dialog. 7.
Audio Arranging MAGIX sound files The name of each sound file gives you detailed information about its content. bass a 01 . wav Sound Type of groove Tonality/Pitch Extension You can tell which sound files work well together by their names. For example: sound files with the number 01 sound good together. String section, trumpet, singer or keyboard, it doesn’t matter. You can create melodies by combining various combinations of numbers. e.g.
Audio in real-time. . For further information on the individual effects options, see the chapter on ”Audio effects”. Mix down of audio objects If the arranger becomes too full to manage, the system is out of RAM, or you just want to ”summarize” your production, use the mix down function to convert the entire audio arrangement into a single audio file. Just click on the mix down button in the button bar or select the function from the ”Processing” menu.
Audio Arranging MIDI files Integrating MIDI files in an arrangement: Search for a directory containing MIDI files using the Media Pool located at the left edge of the screen. Click on a file – it will be played back immediately so that you do not need to guess which file you want to load. Now drag the desired file into the arrangement – and that’s all! An object will appear in which the MIDI notes are shown by dots.
Video effects Using video effects Drag & Drop The video effects are stored in the ”Video FX” directory, which maybe opened using the corresponding Media Pool button. All video effects feature preview functions can be dragged & dropped onto video and picture objects in the arranger. Video controller Select a video or picture object before opening the video controller from the effects menu or context menu (right mouse-click on the object).
Video effects Optical FX In this section you will find several optical effects. Sensor fields You can intuitively influence sensor fields with mouse movements. The graphics and the respective effect setting change in response to each other. Whirlpool: The image is twisted into an S-shape. Motion: Moving parts of the image are intensified and enhanced. Echo: The moving images create an optical ‘echo’; previous images stand still and gradually turn paler until they completely disappear.
Video effects Erosion: The image is broken-up by means of small rectangles and resembles a ‘patchwork’. Dilate: The image is broken down into cell-like elements. Emboss: The edges are put in strong relief. Contour The image is reduced to its contours in two sizes (3x3 or 5x5). It is possible to either select vertical or horizontal contours. Speed The playing speed can be adjusted with the slider control. In the minus range, the video plays backwards.
Video effects Kaleidoscope: the left upper corner is mirrored horizontally and vertically. Mix FX This section contains the mixing effects used to mix together a foreground and background videos to create an overlay effect. The video chosen to serve as the background for the currently selected foreground object must be positioned on the track above that object. For all mixing effects, which are situated in the light blue range of the mix FX, special adjustments can be made with the two slide controls.
Video effects Video cleaning This option opens an editor for correcting discrepancies in video material. Select the cleaning function you desire from the upper part of the dialog: Brightness & Contrast. Sharpness, Color or De-interlace. The position fader allows you to see how the selected setting works for a particular part of a movie or scene. Presets: Try out the presets in the preset menu. Automatic setting: This button usually offers a good effect setting.
Video effects 3. Modify the brightness until the image is exposed correctly (and if necessary, the contrast too) before exiting the editor by clicking on “OK”. Brightness The faders increase or decrease image brightness and contrast. By selecting “Brightness” in the preset list, you can choose from a number of standard curves or edit only the darkest, mid-range, or brightest parts of the image. Sharpness The fader allows you to regulate the level of image sharpness.
Video effects You can increase or reduce the color portions of images with the “hue” fader. A newly developed algorithm makes the change in color as natural as possible. With some experimenting, you can achieve some amazing results – such as turning summer images into autumnal pictures, or creating funky Pop Art... Color: A selection of colors to add to images. Hue: Increases or reduces the color portions of an image. Red/Green/Blue: Changes the color portion mix.
Video effects Scene Recognition/ Creating subtitles/AntiShake Filter/Trimmer Please read the “Videos and Images” chapter for more details. Movement With the help of these functions, you can move cropped image in such a way that it appears as though the camera is panning. The crop can be either 50 % or pre-selected. Zooming can be simulated, e.g. for viewing far into distant landscapes. Pan left - > right (right - > left): This option is suitable for particularly broad panorama shots.
Video effects Zoom 3* Zooms three-fold into the image so that you only see 3% of the original image. Free Select your own crop area by drawing a frame around the area on the video screen with the mouse. Retain Proportions As with “Free”, you can select your own area for cropping – except that in this case the original 4:3 dimensions are retained. Reset Resets the image size back to its original. Status. All effects are also reset. Section Section > Zoom 1/2 The video takes up only 50% of the screen.
Video effects Here you can activate different effects to be controlled by a definable curve. All effects are arranged according to groups; activated effects are check-marked and are separately listed in the bottom part of the dialog. The bottom part of the dialog lists all the audio and video effects, which are currently activated and which can be adjusted with an accompanying curve. Invert envelope The current curve is mirrored on the horizontal 0-axis. Delete envelope The current effect curve is deleted.
Video effects These shapes are regularly run through the video (visualized) in time with the beat and control the intensity of the activated effect. On the left side of the dialog you can adjust whether the basic envelope shape is to be run through once per eighth, quarter, half or whole note. Options: This takes you to an additional dialog, which determines the direction and strength of the beat influence on the envelope.
Video effects – All handles can be moved with the mouse in a horizontal and vertical direction. The intensity of the effect simultaneously changes during playback. Editing the effect curve in the dialog Standard mode: Before playback, it is possible to use a slider to create and vertically move a point of the effect curve at the start cursor’s position.
Audio effects Using audio effects Drag & Drop The audio effects are stored in the ”Audio FX” directory. Open the directory by clicking the corresponding Media Pool button. All audio effects feature preview functions and can be dragged & dropped onto audio objects in the arranger. FX or context menu The majority of effects also have an effect module, which allows you to intuitively adjust them. First select an audio object and drop an effect on it.
Audio effects Presets: Select and test the variety of presets in the preset menu. Automatic setting: This button offers a good effect setting for the material selected. Temporarily deactivate all effects: Switches off all the effects. Apply to all scenes: Applies the selected cleaning settings of all effects to every scene of the selected movie.
Audio effects Step 1: Select noise sample You have two possibilities: Pick out typical background noise: You can select and use a number of typical background noises from the flip menu. Select one and listen to it with the “Play” button. If it is similar to the background noise in your sound track, go ahead and use it (see “Step 2: Removing background noise”).
Audio effects be avoided. High settings produce dull results – useful signals (such as the “air” of a wind instrument), that sound similar to hissing noise are also filtered away. It’s worth your time to seek out the best setting. Reducer: This sets the balance between the original signal and the signal with the applied noise reduction. It is often better to reduce interference signals by 3-6 dB rather than as much as is possible so as to keep the sound “natural”.
Audio effects Fader: The volume of each of the ten frequency bands can be set separately with the ten volume controls. Link frequency bands: The frequency fields can be bundled together flexibly in order to avoid artificial-sounding overemphasis in individual frequency fields. Compressor The compressor is an automated dynamic volume control. It limits overall dynamics, maintains the volume of loud passages so they stay loud, and increases the volume of low passages.
Audio effects Function: Defines the compressor’s mode of operation depending upon the sound material. Stereo FX With the Stereo-FX processor you can treat the positioning of the audio material in the stereo balance. If the stereo recordings sound unfocused and undifferentiated, in terms of being able to pinpoint an instrument’s location in the panorama between right and left speakers, an extension of the stereo base-width can often provide a better transparency.
Audio effects Effect devices and Master FX These effects are controlled in the conventional way by the use of slider controls, turning knobs, or buttons or alternatively using the graphic sensor fields. Sensor fields Sensor fields can be intuitively used with mouse movements, the sound of the audio and the respective effect settings change according to the mouse movement. For every effect, 2 settings are simultaneously affected with in the sensor fields (such as echo delay and feedback).
Audio effects Preset Each effect device is equipped with a selection of presets are selected through the drop-down menu. Bypass Some effects are equipped with a bypass button, which bypasses the effect device. The bypass button allows you to directly compare the neutral, unedited sound of the audio object with the effect setting you have chosen. A/B Similar to the bypass button, the A/B-button also compares two settings with each other.
Audio effects Compressor (Master FX) The compressor is an automated, dynamic volume control: loud peaking passages are evened out while soft ones become louder, creating a uniform, impressive sound. A compressor can be put to good use for bass recordings and vocals, but also as master effect in the mixer for subsequent editing of the overall sound. Processing is carried out using a “look-ahead” method, similar to high-quality studio appliances.
Audio effects Reducing the bandwidth can raise the level. In extreme cases – when the left and right channels include identical material and the bandwidth control is pushed to the extreme left on ”mono” – the result can be a level rise of 3 decibels. Raising the band-width (values of 100) diminishes the mono compatibility. Volume control: Adjusts the volume of every single channel, thereby adjusting the entire balance. The reduction of left and right levels is displayed under the control buttons.
Audio effects Room size: This control button controls a room simulator that calculates the reverb effect dependant on the room size. If the control is turned completely to the left, it sounds as if the audio object has been recorded in a tiny room, turned completely to the right, one can listen to the object as if it had been recorded in a cathedral. Time: This setting determines the length of the ‘reverb trail’ (fading decay phase) of the sound. Color: This controls the type of reverb (duller or brighter).
Audio effects ready equipped with information regarding pitch and speed, which makes them particularly suitable for numeric entries. Other sound files’ BPM can be automatically BPMdetermined with the find function. Setup: This button opens a setup dialog, for selecting different procedures for pitch-shifting and time-stretching. The beat marker procedure is particularly suitable for drum sounds with single, clear amplitudes.
Mixer MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 includes a real-time mixer with a master effects section that professionally mixes all the tracks within an arrangement. Open the mixer with the M key (also: “Window > Mixer” menu). Faders & buttons Each channel has its own volume or brightness fader, enabling the volume to be lowered quickly and accurately, and to add more bass or to fade out a video that is currently playing. – This fader also acts on any linked MIDI files.
Mixer – The Master effect rack controls the overall sound. Please refer to the ‘Audio Effects’ chapter for details on master effects. DirectX audio Plug-Ins The MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 supports DirectX audio Plug-Ins. These are generally effect modules such as reverb, equalizer, etc. which are separately plug-ins available from a range of companies. With the standardized DirectX interface, it is possible to link all these Plug-Ins to the mixer.
Internet Functions MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers Internet functions for – Presenting your own clips on “MAGIX.TV” – Sending movie arrangements directly by Email – Downloading from any servers worldwide – Creating your own website with integrated videos, images, songs and text. Web Upload onto “MAGIX.TV” You can upload your own videos onto the MAGIX homepage (www.magix.com) for the world to see and hear. All you need is an Internet connection – modem, ISDN or DSL. The upload works as follows: 1.
Internet Functions MAGIX Soundpool loops. If they contain protected material, we cannot publish them. Please note: – If you only use material from the MAGIX Soundpool CDs, the video appears immediately in MAGIX.TV. Therefore, do not export files before uploading the arrangement! Exporting a file first produces a media file, which does not contain information about the material used. – If other material is used, such as your own photographs, it is only checked to make sure that it is legal.
Internet Functions on the Internet will be similar to browsing a CD: sounds are loaded for screening and are played back through a mouse-click. Drag & Drop integrates the sounds in your arrangement. Depending on the speed of the Internet access, loading may take a little longer than from a local CDROM. However, most of the sounds on the FTP server will be compressed sounds (e.g. in popular MP3 or MS Audio format). These sounds require only approx.
Internet Functions – Uploads are performed through FTP. Therefore, you’ll require an FTP user name, FTP password and FTP address from the provider (e.g ftp://ftp.abcdefg.com. More details are available from your provider). – You should not need any other program to upload your homepage. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 has an automatic upload function. – How does web page updating work? The whole index of files that make up your homepage is uploaded to the provider’s server via FTP.
Internet Functions Editing web pages: To edit individual website pages, launch the web page editor by clicking the “administer web pages” option in the file menu. Web page editor The web page editor has two columns: “Web page overview” and “media overview”. The sub-pages are listed along with their contents. You can edit or erase integrated elements. Web page overview The complete “Web page” consists of a front page and some sub-pages that can be accessed from a navigation bar on the front page.
Internet Functions Media overview List the contents of the selected web pages in the “web page overview” that can be modified. Each selected web page (”Front page”, “Information”, “Audio/Video”, “Slide show” and “Contact page”) allows new content to be added. The other buttons in the “media overview” function in the same manner as the “web page overview”. You can move content up or down on the page, edit or erase.
Make CD/DVD-Screen Functionality Select this screen in order to burn your movie, together with the selection menu, onto CD or DVD. Selection Menu MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 can generate a movie selection menu as seen on standard DVD videos. It is burned onto the disc and appears when you insert the disc into your DVD player. Now you can play movies or scenes with your remote control, just as you would with a purchased DVD.
Make CD/DVD-Screen Preview In the middle of the screen you will see a preview of the Selection menu. This menu also appears when you insert the disk to be burned into the player. The numbers refer to the number keys of your remote control (whether real or virtual). Menu modes Mode 1: No menus. Movies are burned one after the other onto disc. The first movie is played automatically when the disc is inserted into the player. Use the skip buttons on the remote control to jump to the previous or next movie.
Make CD/DVD-Screen Menu entries and previews A double click on the preview window or on a menu entry opens the editor used to change the name of a movie or chapter, or select a preview. You can also scroll through a movie or a movie chapter (scene) to find a suitable preview. Load your own bitmaps for your menu images by activating “Use other graphics”. Operations at the end of the film: Specify how the disc reacts at the end of the film.
Make CD/DVD-Screen audio files as menu background animation. In the Disc Simulator, click “play” to start animation playback. Intro: This button in the preview monitor loads videos for use as DVD or Mini-DVD intro. The following formats are supported: AVI, MPG, MXV, VOB. The intro is played back as soon as the DVD is placed into the player, then the DVD menu appears. Extended DVD layouts: Animated DVD menus may also be found in the menu templates as menus with added sounds and/or films.
Make CD/DVD-Screen 2. Select file format: You can burn DVDs, Mini DVDs, Video CDs and Super Video CDs. If necessary, you can modify the bit rate or encoding quality by clicking the “Encoder” button. Default values conform to the selected file format. Note: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 supports DVD -R, DVD+R, DVD +RW, DVD -RW, but not DVD-RAM! For more details regarding DVD formats, please read the chapter “ Appendix: Video and data media”. 3.
Make CD/DVD-Screen Note: This process requires time! The coding process for long movies can take up to 8 hours. Add project backup This option can be used for burning archival mixed-mode CDs of your movie project and its data files. “Mixed mode” describes a CD that stores different standards simultaneously (a video CD section and a CD-ROM section). Creating a mixed-mode CD enables you to load the disc project from the completed disc for re-editing or modifications.
Make CD/DVD-Screen 3 SVCDs, made up of 3 disk projects (start, middle, and end). More information regarding MPEG compression and formatting can be found in the “Appendix: Video and data media” chapter. Testing variable encoder configurations If you want to know how much memory you require for different encoder configurations, you should carry out a few test runs before burning. Choose the “with prior simulation” option to avoid wasting discs.
Make CD/DVD-Screen – – – – both separately onto your hard disc (“Save movie” menu option, using the names “Part 1” and “Part 2”). Remove one of the two films (e.g. “Part 2”) from the disc project (“Remove film” menu option). Switch to the Make CD/DVD-Screen and write the first film (“Part 1”) onto CD or DVD. Create a new disc project (“New” button), switch to the Video Editor screen and load the second film (“Part 2”). Switch to the Make CD/DVD-Screen and write the second film (“Part 2”) onto CD or DVD.
Menu File New Movie Menu option that creates a new, empty MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 movie arrangement. Key: Ctrl + n Load Movie A previously saved MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 arrangement is loaded with this menu item. Please note that the object files for the arrangement must also be available! MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 will look for the sounds and videos that were used first in the path where they were located when the arrangement was saved.
Menu File Key: Ctrl+ Shift + s Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project as The current disk project is saved under its own name. A dialog opens for you to enter a name and a file path. Key: Ctrl+ Shift + d Export Movie > Video as AVI When you export as an AVI video file, you can set and configure the compression codec as well as the size and frame rate of the AVI- video to be created. Key: Alt + a Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI Exports the arrangement in the DV-coded AVI format (PAL or NTSC).
Menu File Key: Alt + d Export Movie > Video as QuickTime Movie Exports the arrangement in QuickTime format. Key: Alt + e Export Film > Video uncompressed You can assign the size and frame rate for uncompressed AVI video file exports. Key: Alt + u Export movie > video as sequence of single frames This option exports the video as a sequence of single BMP files. The number of the bitmap files can be set in the export dialog under “frame rate”.
Menu File Clip Meta information: Enter keywords for search engines. If the Real video clip is loaded to a home page, search engines with the aid of these keywords can find it. Video preprocessing: Here, the field ‘2-pass encoding’ is of particular interest. This tool makes it possible to achieve a better quality by compressing audio and video separately or select different filters. Video size: Set different video sizes between 160x120 and 720x576 pixels.
Menu File Key: Alt + i Export Movie > Single frame as BMP (JPEG) Exports the image, which is at the current Start-marker and which is displayed on the video screen, as BMP or JPEG file. Key: Alt + m (BMP) Alt + n (JPEG) Internet Calls up the various Internet functions of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004. For more details, read the “Internet Functions” chapter. Write files to CD-ROM Stores all currently selected files onto a CD-ROM.
Menu File Twain software closes automatically – MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 awaits you with a fresh image file. However, the Twain window may also remain opened. You can then scan several images in succession. Song Wizard With the help of the Wizards, audio objects (Loops) of the can automatically be arranged as songs or song parts, without having to drag individual files from the Media Pool onto the selected track.
Menu File A file requester opens, in which you can define the path and the name of the arrangement that is to be saved. Key: Shift + e Backup copy > Burn film and media onto CD / DVD This option allows you to burn the arrangement together with all the associated files onto a CD-R or DVD. A burner must be connected to the system and a blank CD or DVD inserted in the drive.
Menu File Created: Shows the time at which the arrangement was created. Last change: Shows the time of latest save. Number of Objects: Shows the number of all objects in the arrangement. Here, stereo audio objects count as 2 objects. This means that virtual objects are also counted! Files used: Shows the names and paths of all multimedia files used in the arrangement. Key: e Playback parameters This menu item opens a window in which you can set the following replay parameters.
Menu File sample rate by two, then the wave audio objects can be played back an octave lower (twelve half-tones). Wave device: This option defines which sound card will be used to play back the Wave audio object. This is extremely important if you have several sound cards installed in your computer. Wave/Direct Sound: This is where you can set whether the standard Windows drivers will be used for the sound card or if the DirectSound system, which should be installed in your computer anyway, is to be used.
Menu File available. Many are on plug-in cards that are fitted and installed into the PC just like a sound card. There are also external MIDI interfaces that connect to the PC’s printer port, serial, USB or Firewire ports. Auto scroll: What is shown on the screen automatically scrolls once the cursor reaches the right end of the screen when Auto scroll is activated. This is especially advantageous for the editing of longer arrangements.
Menu File Directories (Import/Temporary 1, 2/Arrangement): The paths for the directories into which the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 will create files during the importing or exporting of Wave files, or where complete arrangements and newly-created temporary files for MIX and effect files can be placed here. Buffer settings: To facilitate easy playback of complex arrangements, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 creates a data buffer in the working memory into which the current data areas are loaded in advance.
Menu File Automatically adjust Waves to BPM: Wave files can be adapted to the tempo of the arrangement in various ways. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 can use common ‘Timestretching’ or Beat Marker/Time-stretching. This does not change the beats (the deflection of the amplitude in the waves) and only processes the spaces for time and key changes. This ensures that the beats do not have to suffer a loss of power even if drum samples are drawn out by using Time-stretching.
Menu File this purpose, the samples used must contain the corresponding information concerning the key / pitch, similar to the samples in the MAGIX soundpool CDs. The pitch in the arrangement will correspond with the pitch information in the initial samples in the arrangement. Only for waves containing beat markers: Patched Waves are normal Wave files to which additional information such as The key, tempo in BPM or beat markers have been added.
Menu File Preview waves while the arrangement is playing: With this option you can choose to play the arrangement and search for more sounds at the same time. Click on an audio file and the pre-listen function will be mixed with the audio tracks of the arrangement. Automatically adjust videos to BPM: If the BPM information is available, then this option can be used to automatically create a video in which the rhythm and picture sequence are synchronized.
Menu File grabbed. Alternately, you have the option “Scanning CD tracks via recording dialog” from the “Audio/video settings” menu (see below), where the tracks can be played back from the CD drive and can then be re-recorded using the sound card. The CD Manager allows the importing of audio data with most SCSI and ATAPI-CD-ROM drives and CD writers. If necessary, check with MAGIX Technical Support about which drives are suitable.
Menu File Configuration: This button opens the Configuration dialog box, where various Special Settings, SCSI-IDs etc. can be set. Reset: Resets the standard drive settings. Add. Drive: Creates a new drive entry into the list for which Special Settings are still necessary. Clear Drive: Deletes the selected drive from the list. Save Set-up saves the current drive list and all the configuration data in a *.cfg file. Load setup: Loads the current Drive List and all the configuration data from a *.cfg file.
Menu File Resume: Resumes replay if replay was stopped previously with Pause. Select all tracks: All audio tracks are selected, in order to copy the entire CD, for example. Track markers can also be set with Shift or Alt and the cursor keys. Using Ctrl and clicking on the mouse can mark several tracks. Deselect all tracks: All markers will be undone. The Import Audio Dialog The Import Project Dialog is displayed after selecting the Copy Selected Track(s) Option.
Menu File SCSI ID: The SCSI-ID for your CD-ROM drive can be entered here. Pay attention to the correct ID number, you will not be questioned if an error is made here. SCSI LUN: Sets the SCSI LUN parameters, normally 0. Alias: The name of your CD drive manufacturer can be entered here. Copy mode normal: Copies the audio data without any software correction. Copy mode Synchronization sector: Copies the audio data with a special correction algorithm.
Menu Edit Undo/restore/duplicate objects/delete objects These options are also available as buttons. Please read the “Tools” chapter. Undo 10 commands can be undone, including object and cursor manipulations. If you don’t like the result of a change in your arrangement, the Undo function will take you back to the previous arrangement. Key: Ctrl + z Redo Redo lets you reverse the last Undo command. Key: Ctrl + y Duplicate objects This menu option lets you copy all selected objects.
Menu Edit Save objects as takes The selected objects are saved in the takes directory. For further information on processing takes, see the chapter on ”Videos and Pictures”. Key: Ctrl + f Edit Range > Cut The area between the start and end markers is cut from the current arrangement and placed on the Clipboard. This section can then be re-inserted elsewhere. Key: Shift + del Edit Range > Copy The area between the start and end markers in the current arrangement is copied to the Clipboard.
Menu Edit Mix down audio This option joins all audio objects in one audio file. The sound material will only occupy one track of the arranger and will hardly affect the RAM but will occupy approximately 10 MB (in stereo) of the hard-drive. This will give you more control over the arranger and more space for further objects. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 automatically normalizes the audio file, i.e. the loudest part of the wave audio object is identical with the highest figure of the 16-bit resolution ceiling.
Menu Edit Set Marker > Delete All Chapter Markers Deletes one or all chapter markers and removes all chapter entries in the disc menu. Please read the “Make CD/ DVD screen” chapter for more details Key: Ctrl + Enter Go To Marker Moves the start marker in the time-line to the respective play marker, allowing you to quickly switch from one point in a video to another.
Menu Effects Object Properties This function displays all the information about the currently selected objects, such as file name, position on the hard-drive, tempo, etc. The Object Editor also defines the foreground and background color of every object in the arrangement. Key: Ctrl + e Specify the global effect settings for a film, meaning the parameters that affect all scenes contained in the film.
Menu Effects Color space adjustment: This option is used to handle colors that are too intensive, contravene the TV standards and cannot be properly displayed on a TV screen. TV screen size This option ensures that the image size is adapted to fit the real television picture (anti cropping). Without adjustment, the television might otherwise crop the image borders. The four image margins can be proportionally adjusted by means of the four input fields.
Menu Effects Fade in TV display area in the preview monitor: This option displays the image borders of the television as lines in the preview monitor. The four image borders of the TV display area can be set by means of the 4 input fields. Here, it is of course necessary to know the actual size of the TV picture.
Menu Effects Key: Shift + z Video object effects >Motion stabilizer Opens the Motion stabilizer dialog with which you can correct shaky footage. Please read the “Videos and Images” chapter for more details Video object effects >Object Effects Curves Opens the Dynamic Effects Editor. Please read the “Video Effects” chapter for more details. Video object effects >Section Places video objects in a particular part of the screen. Please read the “Video Effects” chapter for more details.
Menu Effects Shift + d (reset) Audio object effects> Volume Curve The most important object effects curve, allowing the volume to be immediately accessible. Please read the “Video Effects” chapter for more details. Title object effects> Title Editor Calls up the title Editor. Please read the “Videos and Images” chapter for more details.
Menu Window Mixer With this option you can display or conceal the real-time mixer. The eight volume controls allow you to adjust the volume of each track. In the case of AVI and bitmap objects, the volume controls are used in the same manner as in a video mixer to adjust the mixing ratios between the tracks and the video or bitmap objects. With the two controls for the overall volume, you adjust the volume of the wave output signal.
Menu Window ing (see below). If the video screen is switched on in arranging view, it can be freely positioned on the screen. Key: l Dual-screen layout (with or without controls) Allows a second screen to be used as a preview screen for MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 Key: x - with controls z - without controls Video monitor With this option you open and close the video window. Key: v Media Pool With this option you can conceal the Media Pool or make it visible again.
Menu Help Content Got to the Help/Content menu to display the main help screen. From here you can jump to help on certain commands or step-by-step read through instructions. Context help Use this command to get help on any part of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004. By pressing the Context Help button in the tool bar the mouse indicator will become an arrow with a question mark. More detailed information on the subject will appear when you click on any menu or button in one of the two tool bars.
Menu Help that have just been opened, the total size of the memory in the system and the size of the memory used by the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004. In short, a list of all available drives and their available memory capacity.
Keyboard Shortcuts Play Functions Start / stop Restart from Start marker Start marker to start End marker to end 1 frame back 1 frame forwards 5 frames backwards 5 frames forwards Set play marker Go to play marker spacebar backwards home end cursor key left cursor key right Ctrl + cursor key left Ctrl + cursor key right Shift + 1/2/3 1/2/3 Arranger view Switch-over object presentation Zoom in Zoom out Play arrangement full screen General view of arrangement Optimize view Zoom 1s/5s/1 min/10 min/ Zoom betw
Keyboard Shortcuts Menu File New arrangement Ctrl + N Load arrangement Ctrl + O Save arrangement Ctrl + S Save arrangement as Ctrl + s Capture audio / video g Record audio r Play out audio / video h Song Wizard w Export arrangement as AVI Alt + a Export arrangement as DV-AVI Alt + b Export arrangement as MPEG Alt + c Export arrangement as MAGIX Video Alt + d Export arrangement as QuickTime Movie Alt + e Export arrangement as Windows Media Alt + f Export audio as Real Media Alt + g Export audio as Wave Alt +
Keyboard Shortcuts Copy range Delete range Paste range Group Ungroup Mix down audio Set Marker Goto Marker Ctrl + Ins Ctrl + Del Ctrl + Ins Ctrl + l Ctrl + m Shift + m Shift + 1/2/3 1/2/3 Menu Effects Video Cleaning Video effects Scene recognition Load video effects Save video effects Reset video effects Edit Bitmap externally Normalize audio Automatic track damping Equalizer Dynamic Processor Echo/Reverb Stereo processor Time stretch/Resample Denoiser Dehisser Load audio effects Save audio effects Reset
MAGIX CD-R This utility enables you to make backups of your projects and burn all the files used in the program to a CD-ROM. You can also launch “mxcdr.exe” as a standalone CD burning software suite for all data backup tasks (you will find the program file in the “mxcdr” subdirectory in your applications directory. The program distinguishes between three operating modes: normal mode, backup mode and Audio CD. The burn dialog File: Lists the files to be burned.
MAGIX CD-R Produces auto start CD: Produces auto start CD with MAGIX Media Manager. After inserting the CD into a PC, the CD playR Jukebox is started automatically and the CD’s audio or video files are played. One can thus play such a CD (e.g. mp3) on any computer. CD burning is simulated: i.e. the CD burner behaves in exactly the same manner as when really burning, but without actually writing data onto the blank CD.
MAGIX CD-R The Normal Mode This is a mode for the use of the CD Backup tools as a stand-alone CD burning program, e.g. for daily data protection, for the production of an mp3 CD for mp3 CD players, for any PCs; or even to be executed as an Auto start CD with playR jukebox. The files are added to the list by the “Load files” button (only one or more files can be added — adding a complete directory as such is not possible). With the “Remove files” button, you remove them from the list.
MAGIX CD-R Samplitude, cleaning lab or audio studio: VIP) are specified in the “ Files “ list. In the Backup mode, all files are stored with their complete path specifications so they automatically land in the correct directories after being restored. You may also Protect projects whose added file size exceeds the capacity of the CD. The files are stored onto several CD-ROMs with optimal utilization of space. A file may be divided into two sections. The “ restore.
MAGIX Media Manager MAGIX Media Manager is a universal playback and display program compatible with most image, audio and video formats. Two versions of MAGIX Media Manager are available: – “MAGIX Media Manager cdr,” the compact display program for self-made CD-ROMs. MAGIX Media Manager cdr is also copied onto the CD-ROM and started automatically when the CD-ROM is placed into the drive, ensuring that the media data on the CD can be displayed on any PC, independent of the software installed.
Appendix: Quick film course MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 is a virtual film production studio full of recording and editing technology. However, in addition to great technology, you also need some fundamental cinematic techniques. . This course provides an introduction, some tips and some production basics to get you started. Idea In the beginning is the big idea. It can be a position, a description, a concrete statement, a topic or a request.
Appendix: Quick film course – Title – Lighting Continuity Always keep the interest of the viewer in mind. Wake them up, and carefully steer them to the conclusion. Initially, you can win the viewer’s attention with a spectacular entrance. Thereafter, it should be held by logical and conclusive methodology. The entire film, however, rests on more than an interesting scenario. Many small sequences within the film form a more convincing scenario. Always shoot complete actions, with a beginning and an end.
Appendix: Quick film course – – – – – – – house visitor example: Show only the visitor from the outside as he stands before the door (“shot”), and then the visitor from the inside, as he enters through the door and closes it (“counter shot”). Consider cinematic solutions for time or location changes! Create transitions of location and use, or example close-ups, to bridge gaps in time. Do not use separate camera movement cuts together.
Appendix: Quick film course if people are seen as small figures on the horizon, it is obvious that they are distant. We have divided shots between extreme proximity and extreme distance into eight categories: Very long shot This field size does not deal with details: Frequently used at the beginning or conclusion of an action sequence to mediate atmosphere, landscapes, sunsets, skylines and other “broad” motifs are typical.
Appendix: Quick film course Close-ups focus attention on a person’s feelings or reactions, and are sometimes used in interviews to show people in a state of emotional excitement, grief or joy. In interviews, the use of big close-ups may emphasize the interviewee’s tension and suggest lying or guilt. Big closeups are rarely used for important public figures.
Appendix: Quick film course Transitions Transitions lead one scene into another and may produce tension. Transitions can also transport meaning, such as the passage of time. Blending two scenes instead of using a “hard cut” can sometimes be effective, but overuse should be avoided. Be economical with this device.
Appendix: Quick film course minimised. The way people stand and move in relation to each other is important. Long shots and long takes are typical. Formal Cut: Several shots with aspects in common are shown together. A football and the planet earth, a red rose and a red dress, etc. Sound The careful organization of sound with original recordings, songs, mood music, commentary or background noise play an important role in film, helping to create a whole new layer of meaning.
Appendix: Quick film course white text on black background: Some systems bear no strong contrasts over 1:40 and cannot represent such text in detail. – Titles should be faded in long enough to be read. For text with 10 letters, one should allow approx. 3 seconds. For every 5 letters that follow, allow an extra second.
Appendix: Quick film course “why does the light come from the left when the windows are on the right?” Supporting light: Depending upon the angle of lighting, unnaturally hard shadows may appear on faces and objects surface. To balance the light to create realistic shadowing, the so-called fill-in light is used, usually positioned on the other side of the camera to the leading light Backlight: Lights the object from behind, creating a romantic halo around figures.
Appendix: Quick film course – A company cross-section, showing vignettes with scene transitions from each departments Urban portraits Town and city portraits are particularly popular, and can be constructed in a variety of ways: – From the view of a resident or tourist. This person experiences the city from his or her own view. The advantage of this method is that you automatically have a main actor to grab the attention of the viewer.
Appendix: Quick film course Travel film Travel films For travel films, it is difficult to write a script in advance: Surprises are unforeseeable and make both the journey and the film interesting. Make a note of what you filmed! Such a list helps prevent filming something twice. Decide beforehand whether the film will be constructed chronologically, thematically or dramaturgically. – Chronological travel film. The travel film concentrates on the route and is driven by the sequence of the journey.
Appendix: Quick film course – Film the couple from the front. You could start with a church window and pan to the couple. The whole church scene should not be too long. – In the evening, the merriment acts as a good motif: Gags, verses, presentations or unexpected incidents. Don’t forget to return your attentions to the couple and their guests.
Appendix: Video and Data media Editing video on the PC Digital video processing with the PC is comparable to audio processing. The analog medium that is video must first be digitized before it can be processed in the computer. This functions quite similar to recording using a soundcard: The signal flow is measured in very short, regular intervals. The computer can then process the values resulting from these measurements.
Appendix: Video and Data media of the compression and the quality of the encoder). Errors can also result from so-called compression artifacts, such as small color defects or images that are too dark. With average compression rates under 3 megabits per second, it is probable that you will notice the reduced quality. With rates around 6 megabits per second, the degradation in quality becomes almost invisible. Specification (RedBook, WhiteBook...
Appendix: Video and Data media see artifacts, which disappear almost completely with approx. 2000Kbits — with the picture appearing a little less sharp. This presupposes however that the player can also play such a bit rate. That many DVD players can handle an increased data rate is due to well-written player software.
Appendix: Video and Data media DVD size DVDs look similar to CDs. The only visible difference is on double-sided DVDs that have no label. Otherwise both formats share the same dimensions. – Diameter: 12 cm, like a normal CD (additionally there are still DVDs with only 8 cm diameters.) – Thickness: 1.2 mm, likewise like a normal CD. DVD media (overview) The DVD does not differ outwardly from a conventional CD-ROM.
Appendix: Video and Data media Copy Protection Macrovision (APS): The film industry could claim that even DVD-ROM drives and decoder or diagram cards with composite outputs or s-video outputs must support the analog copy protection (APS) of macrovision.Some older DVD Player do not possess APS. With APS, a DVD player or the decoder card adds additional signals to a DVD’s stored graphic data. The data are almost unchanged.
Appendix: Problems and Solutions Installation process is interrupted If the installation process interrupts, but all paths have been specified correctly, it is usually an indication of either a defective installation disk or your hard-drive simply doesn´t have enough space left to install MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 needs at least 100 MB or hard-drive space for proper installation.
Appendix: Problems and Solutions the standard sampling rates such as 44 kHz, 32 kHz, and 22 kHz. Short interruptions during playback After starting playback, especially when working with HD Projects and MMMs, you might encounter short dropouts. This usually means that your system (processor or disk) is too slow for the adjusted buffer size and sampling rate. Try the following steps: – Raise the buffer value for RAM, HD or VIP in the dialog window by selecting Setup under the Edit menu.
Audio recording 84 “Audio” recording dialog 85 Audio settings/video settings 133 Audio/Video 141 A Auto scroll 140 Automatic 68, 129 A/B 110 Automatic capturing 63 About MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 160 Automatic disc spanning 20 Active Adjustment 100 Automatic scene recognition 62 Add project backup 128 Automatic search 105 Add.
Index C Camera Operation 171 Cancel 77, 166 Captions 176 Capture 49 Capture audio/picture/video 135 Capturing 21 Capturing from DV recorders or cameras 61 Capturing from video recorders or camcorders 64 Capturing statistics 63 CD burning is simulated 166 CD-Information 165 CD-Recorder 165 CD-ROM Configuration 144 Cinematic means 170 Clear Drive 146 Clip information 133 Clip Meta information 134 Close-up/Big close-up 173 Color 96, 97, 113 Color controls 93 Color FX 93 Color space adjustment 154 Compressor 10
Index Duplicating/Copying objects 51 “DV capturing” dialog 62 DV devices 61 DV-Capture 30 Dvanced 66 DVD 185 DVD media (overview) 185 DVD size 185 DVD-R 185 DVD-RAM 185 DVD-RW 185 E Echo 92, 113 Echo / Reverb (Master FX, FX menu) 112 Edit 121 Edit Range > Copy 150 Edit Range > Cut 150 Edit Range > Delete 150 Edit Range > Extract 150 Edit Range > Insert 150 Editing and administering an existing web page.
Index FX and Context menus 28 FX or context menu 103 G General advice for operating both trim editors 73 Go to In/Out Point 69 Go To Marker 152 Group 58 K Kaleidoscope 94 Karaoke-Presets 112 Keyboard Shortcuts 162 L L & R volume meters 30 Last change 138 Layout 125 H Leading Light 177 Left -/ 74 Hard-drive capacity 183, 184 Left/Right -/ 74 Help Contents F1 164 Lens 92 Host adapter number 147 Lighting 177 How do I connect my audio equipment to use Link bands 110 the aud 18 Link frequency bands 107 How d
Index Media Pool with Multi-scene overview mode 23 Media-Pool buttons 55 Medium close-up 173 Medium long shot 173 Memory 128 Menu Bar 43 Menu Edit 149, 163 Menu Effects 153, 164 Menu entries and previews 125 Menu File 131, 163 Menu Help 160 Menu modes 124 Menu Window 158, 164 Middle -/ 75 MIDI device 139 MIDI integration 24 MIDI interface and external sound generator 90 Mini-DVD 186 Minimizing Videos or Nestling 75 Mirror V/H 93 Mise-en-scene 175 Mix 94, 113 Mix down audio 151 Mix down of audio objects 89 M
Index Playback in infinite loop mode 125 Playback markers: 27 Playback parameters 138 Playback/Display: 13 Playback/Transport control 48 Playing videos on digital devices 82 Portraits 178 Position 73, 74 Position Control 91 Possible Applications 21 Power 109 Practical example 95 Preset 110 Presets 95, 103 Preview 62, 124 Preview function 53 Preview options 30 Preview waves while the arrangement is playing 144 Preview with audio and playback controls 144 Previous / play / next 105 Produces auto start CD 166
Index Separate at this point 69 Separate audio from video material 70 Set In/Out Point 69 Set Marker > Automatic Chapter Marker 151 Set Marker > Chapter Marker 151 Set Marker > Delete All Chapter Markers 152 Set Marker > Marker 1/2/3 151 Set play markers 49 Settings/Information > System information 160 Setup 114 Sharpness 96 Shift 93 Shooting on location (exterior) 178 Show film overview 159 Showing videos with the TV output 81 Simple cross-fades in time-line mode 71 Slider control 110 Snapshots 67 Soften 9
Index Trouble-shooting checklist 80 Video Output Options 33 Tutorial 26 Video preprocessing 134 TV channel selection 67 Video preview screen 29 TV screen size 154 Video priority 144 TWAIN Scanner/Camera > Scanning 135 Video ProcAmp 67 TWAIN Scanner/Camera > Select Source 135 Video size 134 Two Editing Modes 27 Video-Capturing 28 Two Production Screens 27 Video/Audio drivers 65 Videos and Pictures 61 U Videoscreen 43 Viewing the Demo Tutorials 26 Undo 57, 149 Undo/restore/duplicate objects/delete objects Vis
