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General info on AVI videos
The AVI format (Audio Video Interleaved) isn't actually a proper video format! It's rather a so-called
container where very general conventions can be specified like audio and video data and sent to a
program. The exact memory format of the files is specified via the codec (coder/dec
oder). A codec compresses audio/video files into its own private format with which only the codec can
work and decodes the files on playback again.
This means that an AVI file created on your computer can only
be loaded/played on computer B if this computer has the same codec installed.
Many codecs (for example, Intel Indeo
? video) have now become standard components of the Windows installation, others, such as the popular
DivX codec are not. If you create an AVI file with such a codec and you wish to use it other computers,
install the corresponding codec on them as well.
On older video editing cards certain codecs that function only with the hardware of the corresponding
cards can be problematic. This type of AVI can only
be used on the computer on which they were created. Avoid using this type of codec when possible.
Exporting transparent title animations for movies
If you plan to use a MAGIX 3D Maker animation as title in a MAGIX slide show or movie editing
program like MAGIX Movie Edit Pro, often the title should not stand alone, but should play on top of a
movie introduction scene.
With the standard AVI export an animation is exported with a solid background, covering the movie
behind it. To play it on top a movie, you'll need a video effect (called chroma keying or blue screen) to
remove the background, which is not always working perfectly.
Therefore, use for such purposes the export of the animation as CFX file. This is a special file format
used in MAGIX movie editing and slide show programs. It contains, besides a reference to the exported
AVI file, all transparency information that allows you to blend you animation perfectly with the movie.
To export you animation as a .cfx file choose the file format "MAGIX CFX (*.cfx)" in the "Export
Animation" dialog.
The transparent titles consist of the .cfx file and the according AVI file which contains the animation
movie, the .cfx file contains the the background transparency information. All AVI files are stored in
Documents and Settings\<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\Xara\MAGIX 3D Maker\AVI_CFX
(WIndows XP) or Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Xara\MAGIX 3D Maker\AVI_CFX (Windows
Vista). The files must not deleted or moved from there, otherwise the .cfx files will not work any more.
However, the .cfx files can be stored to the video project folder or anywhere else.
In the MAGIX slide show or video editing programs, the .cfx files has to be loaded via the Media Pool.
The Timeline Mode has to be active. Then you can drag the files into the timeline, they will be placed on
the title track automatically.
To use .cfx files in MAGIX programs, you need at least the following versions of the program: MAGIX
Movies on CD & DVD 6, MAGIX Xtreme Photostory on CD & DVD 6, MAGIX Movies2Go Version
2, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 14.
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