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Apply effects
The fade controllers increase or decrease image brightness, contrast, saturation,
speed.
• To do this, click on the slider and drag it to the left to decrease the value or to
the right to increase it.
• Alternatively, you can click on the percentage field next to the slider and
manually enter a value between 0 and 100 %.
Use the color wheel to increase or reduce the selected color. This allows you to
remove a blue tint from the footage, for example.
• Click the color wheel and drag the point at the center to the range you want to
highlight.
Sound and music
In MAGIX Video easy 5 HD background music and audio commentary can be easily
added and edited.
Add background music
• Click on the "Music" button to choose background music for your video.
• Then select the desired music files. "Open" inserts the file into the audio track.
The length of the music will be adjusted to match the length of the video. The
background music will be adjusted automatically if you insert other images or
videos into the video project.
• You can insert additional music tracks before or after the selected music track
using its context menu or the arrow symbol (see illustration).
The music volume can be changed in the "Audio" dialog with the help of a separate
volume controller.
Hint: The music track will be cut off if it is longer than the video.
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