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Foreword Foreword Thank you for choosing MAGIX Video Pro X3! Your new software offers you the tools to edit video material at a professional level, including many special functions like DVD authoring, multicam editing, and keyframe animation. The intuitive functionality featured by MAGIX Video Pro X3 will help you achieve great results even after a relatively short introductory phase. Thanks to the optimal hardware support, you can import your audio and video recordings from any source to your computer.
Table of Contents Table of Contents Copyright 2 Foreword 3 Support Uninstalling the program 10 12 Serial number Unlocking MAGIX Video Pro X3 12 12 System requirements 13 Introduction What is MAGIX Video Pro X3? What's new in MAGIX Video Pro X3? Features Notes for MAGIX Movie Edit Pro users 14 14 14 15 19 Quick start Program start Select, load, and play back videos DV recording How to capture analog video Video editing Enriching movies 21 21 21 24 25 28 34 Workspaces Activate main screen "E
Table of Contents Audio Screen Recording AVCHD Edit after recording Creating new movies or attaching them 5 76 79 80 81 82 Object editing Insert object into the project Select and group objects Duplicate objects Extract sound from videos Shift objects Cutting objects Object handles Edit menu Trim Objects Shrink or interlace videos Save objects separately Attach to picture position in the video Transitions (fades) Search for gaps Simple cut Two-point cut 3-point editing Four-point editing 82 83 84 85 85 8
Table of Contents Fade in date as title 116 Effects Apply effects to objects Apply fades Video effects in the Media Pool Movement effects in the Media Pool Attach to picture position in the video Stereo 3D Audio effects in the Media Pool Design elements in the Media Pool Personalized templates in the Media Pool Extra effects Effects masks Image stabilization Image improvements for the entire movie Image improvements for individual objects 116 117 119 119 129 134 134 134 136 136 136 139 140 142 144 An
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Table of Contents Video objects Image objects Transitions Audio objects Text objects MAGIX 3D Maker objects Project folder Track 305 309 311 312 315 318 320 320 Problems and solutions File will not load Choppy or uneven playback Problems and Remedies regarding the Auto Remix Assistant Activation problems 321 321 321 322 322 Online functions Integrated browser MAGIX News Center Embed Flash videos into your own web page 324 324 325 326 Keyboard shortcuts Playback functions Monitors Arranger view Move
Table of Contents 9 Multiplexer 358 Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings General settings Video settings Advanced video settings Audio settings 360 360 361 362 363 MPEG glossary Motion estimation Bit rate Block Chroma format Field Frame GOP I frames Interlace P frames and B frames Prediction Quantization scaling 365 365 365 366 366 366 367 367 368 368 369 369 371 Glossary 372 If You Still Have Questions Tips for program help 387 387 Index 388 www.magix.
Support Support Dear MAGIX customer, Our aim is to provide convenient, fast and solution-focused support at all times. To this end, we offer a wide range of services: Unlimited web support: As a registered MAGIX customer, you have unlimited access to web support offered via the convenient MAGIX service portal on http://support.magix.net, including an intelligent help assistant, high-quality FAQs, patches and user reports that are constantly updated.
Support Additional telephone service: Besides the large number of free customer service offers, we also offer a fee-based telephone customer service. Here you can find a summary of our technical support telephone numbers: http://support.magix.net/ Mail (Europe): MAGIX Development Support, P.O.
Serial number Uninstalling the program If you would like to uninstall MAGIX Video Pro X3, you can do so via the control panel under "Software". Or go to "Programs > MAGIX > MAGIX Video Pro X3 > Service and Support > Uninstall MAGIX Video Pro X3". Serial number A serial number is included in each product. This serial number is required for the installation of the software and enables usage of additional bonus services. Please store this number in a safe place.
System requirements System requirements For Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista® / 7 Intel® CoreTM Duo with 1.83 GHz, AMD® Dual core with 2.0 GHz 1 GB RAM 1 GB hard disk memory for program installation Multichannel sound card recommended for surround sound editing Minimum requirements for AVCHD/HD editing Intel® CoreTM 2 quad processor with 2.83 GHz (Intel® CoreTM i7 recommended) 4 GB RAM DirectX® 9.0c compatible graphics card, 512 MB graphics card space or more and Pixelshader 2.
Introduction Introduction What is MAGIX Video Pro X3? MAGIX Video Pro X3 is a professional video editing program for Windows PC systems. High-performance, native HD editing, DVD authoring with up to 8 audio tracks, or keyframe animation with Beziér curve control is directed at users with higher standards. The program is clearly divided into intuitive modules. Videos, photos, and audio from a wide range of sources can be transferred from various devices to PC.
Introduction Preview rendering (view page 276) (ranges may be rendered to increase performance. Access to objects and tracks is maintained in this process) Four-point editing (view page 100) Apply effects to selected objects (view page 117) Output options AVCHD SmartRendering Burn Blu-ray™ Discs with H.
Introduction Pictures: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIF, TGA (supports scanners and digital photo cameras (TWAIN) Supported export formats: Video: AVI, DV-AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MXV, MJPEG, Quicktime, WMV(HD) Audio: WAV, MP3, Dolby®Digital Stereo, Dolby®Digital 5.1 (only deluxe version) Pictures: JPEG, BMP Note: MPEG-4, MPEG-2, and Dolby®Digital must first be activated online for free. MP3 export requires installation of Windows Media Player min. Version 10.
Introduction titling files, and even edited versions or sections of films for use later in your projects. Picture optimization: This includes color improvement (RGB, saturation), sharpness (focus, feathering), brightness regulator (brightness, contrast), and the anti-flicker filter. Sound optimization: The equalizer allows you to manipulate the frequency spectrum, which is useful for reducing peaks, for example. The compressor limits the signal's dynamics.
Introduction Batch conversion Time-saving conversion of multiple movies and videos in a single target format via batch conversion (view page 241) is available under "File". Batch capturing When video material is imported from digital sources (miniDV cameras, DV video recorders, HDV cameras), scenes which you would like to use can be selected first and cut at once. To save space, HD files can be converted directly into MPEG format.
Introduction Every menu template may be customized with personal photos, thematic animations, 3D titles, sound, intro videos, etc. Media library A license-free media library including music, video, and graphics files is included for free use and combination. All files are clearly arranged on your DVD in a well-arranged structure. Tip: For additional multimedia content, you can also browse the online media catalog Catooh by clicking "File -> Internet".
Introduction monitor for previewing files in the Media Pool. Both preview monitors have different transport controls for separate control of the preview in the Media Pool and playback of the project. More information about the preview monitors can be found in the corresponding section of the chapter "Inserting objects into the project (view page 51)". Keyboard layout The preset keyboard shortcuts are different and can be displayed in both modes via "File -> Settings -> Keyboard shortcuts".
Quick start project material. More information about this is available in the section "Project folder (view page 57)" in the chapter "Workspaces". Quick start Program start When you start MAGIX Video Pro X3 for the first time, the start dialog will appear. This dialog allows you to either "Load an existing project" or "Create a new project". It also features the option "Create a new project folder". All data that belongs to the movie will be saved in this folder.
Quick start The Media Pool appears to the top right; four tabs provide access to all important elements that are required for video projects. The first tab displays all usable files (besides movies, also photos, images, audio files, and even RTF text files for captions) in the current folder. The navigation functions exactly the same way as a conventional file manager: folders may be opened by double clicking them. The arrow keys jump a step ahead or back in the folder structure.
Quick start The left program monitor is responsible for playback of objects in the arranger. The right source monitor displays a preview of files in the Media Pool. In order to be able to play back movie files from the Media Pool in the right source monitor, double click the file in the file list first. Double clicking loads the file in the monitor first. To play the video, click the play button on the transport control under the source monitor to the right.
Quick start Tip: An even easier way to do this is to press the space bar on your keyboard. During playback, a vertical line will move across the arranger: this is the playback marker that displays the current position. You can reposition it by clicking at different locations as desired. You can also define playback ranges, e.g. to freeze a certain position independent of the playback marker. Clicking in the timeline above the first track lets you define an end point, i.e.
Quick start To open MAGIX Video Pro X3's recording dialog, click the red "Record" button on the transport control under the source monitor. Select "DV camera" from the recording dialog. Uncompressed DV capture requires approx. 220 MB per minute of video. If you would instead like to record using the more space-saving MPEG format, then you should first activate the "Record DV as MPEG" option. This opens the actual recording dialog. Check to see if a DV camera driver has been selected.
Quick start Due to the variety of device configurations, it is difficult to say which cables function best with your setup. If you’re not sure, check the manual of your VCR or your TV, video, or graphics cards. Example: Europe: Many VCRs and DVD players have a SCART, 3 RCA (2 for stereo sound, 1 for video), or S-Video/optical audio line out. In such case, you will need a SCART to RCA adapter, a cable with 3 RCA jacks, or an S-Video cable.
Quick start 2. Program start and record To open MAGIX Video Pro X3's recording dialog, click the red "Record" button on the transport control under the source monitor. Select "Video" from the record dialog. If you would like to burn your video directly to a DVD, then first activate the box "Burn directly to DVD". This opens the actual recording dialog. In the record dialog, select the appropriate driver for your video and audio cards (if you have more than one installed).
Quick start Video editing Timeline mode All editing is done in the arranger. Your movies are displayed according to time, i.e. the longer the representative object in the track, the longer the associated movie. Handles: All objects may be shortened by moving the mouse to one of the lower corners of the object until it turns into a stretch symbol. You can now stretch the object as much as you like.
Quick start Editing effects: Selected objects can be edited with the effects from the Media Pool. The settings for each effect may be adjusted directly in the Media Pool. Most effects are controlled with keyframe animations or effects curves. The intensity of the effect is controlled dynamically via individual points (keyframes) or via a drawn curve (effects curve). Every button for the keyframes or effects curve animations can be found after the effect is selected in the lower area of the Media Pool.
Quick start Variant 2: Cut the material prior to importing it, and then proceed to import only the scenes you need. This process is recommended for long movies with a lot of editing; it functions either via the Media Pool or the project folder. Cut videos in the project Let's assume that you have already imported your film material into a project and would like to edit it now.
Quick start Now you have "isolated" the unusable scene and may delete it from the movie using the "Del" key on the keyboard. Before this, the scene must be selected by clicking it with the mouse. If you didn't work accurately during cutting, don't worry; you can use the object handles to stretch or shorten the remaining objects to recover or exclude material from the deleted section. After deletion, a gap will appear in the film sequence at the position of the removed material.
Quick start Note: If your project has not only a video track but also a sound track, then it is often necessary to cut both of these tracks simultaneously. After importing from the camera, video and sound tracks are automatically grouped, which is why all cutting and moving actions have an effect on video and sound tracks simultaneously. However, if you have added a separate soundtrack which has not yet been grouped with the video sequence, then you should group them before starting to edit.
Quick start on the preview monitor and drag the section onto the track. An object will appear featuring the material you wanted to import. If you're not sure where you would like to use the section in the project, you can drag it into the project folder instead of onto the track. Tip: You can also edit files that are located in the project folder in the same way.
Quick start Enriching movies Burn DVDs and Blu-ray discs with interactive menus You can burn your projects onto DVD or Blu-ray discs with an interactive menu. Note: Authoring for DVDs and Blu-ray discs is the same for both formats. For multiple films that are subdivided into individual chapters, the disc selection menu becomes even more important, allowing you to jump to each movie or chapter using your remote control.
Workspaces Export video as file Besides burning the project, it may also be exported as a video file. When exporting the file, the entire arrangement is combined as a single file that may be saved to any folder on the hard drive. The available export formats are listed in the menu "File -> Export film". In order to load a video onto the Internet, the menu item "File -> Internet" provides a direct connection to MAGIX Online Album and the Internet portals YouTube®, Vimeo, and Facebook® .
Workspaces "Edit" screen 1 Upper toolbar (view page 43): These buttons are useful for quickly accessing important commands. 2 Menu bar: This contains important MAGIX Video Pro X3 functions. 3 Program and source monitor (view page 51): Preview video and picture objects here. 4 Templates: Find the folders for transitions, titles, effects, and pans here. To preview a template, simply click on it. 5 Media Pool (view page 37): Load your photos and other media files via the Media Pool.
Workspaces 11 Arranger (view page 54): All files may be dragged from the Media Pool or the project folder to the track via drag & drop. 12 Scroll bars: The lower scroll bars may be dragged apart and pushed together for zooming with the mouse. The right scroll bar zooms vertically into the tracks. Click on the edge of the scroll bars with the mouse button held down to change the visible window in the arranger.
Workspaces Importing Navigation buttons The navigation buttons let you navigate through your computer’s drives and folders. Forwards/ back These buttons access the previously viewed folders. Up This button accesses the next highest folder level. Folder tree This activates a folder tree to navigate through your computer system. Search The search function allows you to find specific files quickly. You may specify your search according to file type, date, or certain folders.
Workspaces File type: Here you can enter a file name extension. Multiple entries are separated using a semicolon. Below the entry field, various presets may be selected for often-used file name extensions. Date: Here, you can set time period limits on your search. Choose an entry from the list. Folder: If you don't want to search the entire computer, but only look on certain drives or in a single folder, you can define a certain search path.
Workspaces My videos Displays all usable files found in "My documents\My videos." My music Displays the contents of the "My Documents\My Music" folder. MAGIX Music Manager also suggests this folder for importing your music collection into the database. Slideshow music: This features the music that is included for dubbing. My pictures Switches to the "My documents\My pictures" folder. This folder is often used by digital cameras and scanners to store transferred images by default.
Workspaces Hint: This function requires an Internet connection. To gain access, make sure you have your login information (email address and password) ready. Internet media: This opens MAGIX Video Pro X3's integrated browser (view page 324). It offers you the possibility to collect media from the Internet to use in the current project. Fades This features all fades sorted into the various categories. One click on a category displays all of the blends that are contained.
Workspaces sounds and melodies. The control console opens automatically when the synthesizer is dragged onto the arrangement for the first time. A synth object can be opened for further editing later by double clicking. Design elements Multi picture-in-picture: These are various effects presets for image stacking. Collages: These work similarly to normal picture-in-picture effects, but more objects are used.
Workspaces Large icons can be quite useful because they show a preview frame for each movie and picture file. This allows you to sort through the material quicker. One disadvantage is that it takes longer for the file list to be displayed. Toolbars Upper button bar The upper button bar can be found in the monitor to the top left. It has the following functions: New project Creates a new MAGIX Video Pro X3 project.
Workspaces Please note: In the project file (*.MVP), all information about the used media files, cuts, effects, and titles are saved, but not the picture and sound material itself. This is found in the recorded or imported media files that remain unchanged during the entire MAGIX Video Pro X3 editing process. To save the full movie into a dedicated directory, for instance to continue editing on a different PC, please use the command "Copy movie and media into directory".
Workspaces Select a movie to edit Using the dropdown menu, you can control various movies within a project. Undo With this command you can undo the last changes you made. This way, it's no problem if you want to try out critical operations. If you don't like the result, then you can always revert to the previous state by using "Undo". Clicking on the arrow next to the button opens a list of changes made until now, allowing you to undo several changes made in sequence.
Workspaces Set chapter marker Places a chapter marker at the position of the playback marker. This creates a chapter entry in the disc menu in case the movie is being burned to disc. You can rename the chapter markers by right clicking and selecting "Rename". The new name will appear in the chapter menu (view page 201). Shortcut: Shift + enter Object grid Use this button to switch the object grid on and off.
Workspaces During movement of objects, all of these will be moved behind the selected object. The complete background component of the arrangement, i.e. all objects and gaps on all tracks, will therefore be maintained during any movement. This is practical in order to move a complete arrangement, e. g. to insert new opening credits or to close gaps. Shortcut: Alt + 2 One track This mouse mode behaves similar to the mouse mode "All tracks".
Workspaces Preview audio This mode allows you to preview audio objects (as long as the mouse button is held down). In this mode, objects cannot be moved or changed. Keyboard shortcut: Alt + 5 Paste modes MAGIX Video Pro X3 provides various options for how an object selected in the Media Pool can be pasted into the project. Apply automatically Pastes the file selected in the Media Pool into the arranger.
Workspaces Videos and images are placed on the first track. If another object is found at the playback marker position, then it will be cut continued at the end of the inserted object (so that the inserted object can start exactly at the point of insertion). If other objects are located at the playback marker position, these will also be separated and moved further along the track. Objects lying further along on all tracks will be moved further down.
Workspaces Remove end This command cuts a scene at the playback marker position and removes the material behind the back marker. Shortcut: U Hint: If the commands "Split" and "Remove beginning/end" are applied without a selection, all objects at the position of the playback marker are cut. Remove scene This command allows you to completely remove selected objects. The parts that follow will be automatically moved to the end of the object in front of the object to be removed.
Workspaces Program and source monitor MAGIX Video Pro X3 features two video monitors: a program monitor for object image output in the arranger and a source monitor for previewing files in the Media Pool or project folder. Time code The time display may be displayed via the context menu in the program monitor. Select the entry "Display play duration". This displays the current position of the playback marker.
Workspaces Tip: Useful presets for the arranger and video monitor are provided via the tab "Display presets (view page 273)" in the program settings. Fullscreen view The option "Video monitor fullscreen" in the context menu maximizes the monitors. Alternatively, simply double-click on one of either monitors or select the desired monitor by clicking it and then press "Alt + Enter". You can also shift the monitor into full screen mode and access it via the context menu (right mouse button).
Workspaces Transport control Both transport controls enable the video material to be played back. Range: Change the range between the in and out points by clicking above the playback functions. Playback marker: This marker indicates the location of the image currently displayed on-screen. Set in/out points: Defines the start and end of the playback range. To the start: This button sets the playback marker to the start of the current area.
Workspaces Arranger The arranger offers a professional editing screen for post-production. Tracks The arranger offers tracks for multimedia material positioning and editing. The number of tracks displayed may be specified in the file menu under "Movie settings". In principle, any object type may be placed on any of the tracks. Video and image objects may also be combined with MIDI and audio objects on any of these tracks. The maximum length of a movie is restricted to 6 hours.
Workspaces Object zoom: Vertical and horizontal zoom stages are enlarged so that all of the selected objects are displayed at maximum size. When the function is shut off, the old zoom level will reactivate. Multiple sound tracks MAGIX Video Pro X3 offers up to eight multi sound tracks, e.g. to include different audio streams on a single disc. An example of application might be the creation of multilingual discs.
Workspaces Show grid The temporal stretching of the arrangements is displayed by the horizontal spread of the tracks. To divide this display, a timeline featuring a grid is displayed above the first track. This includes time increments in the units (hours:) minutes: seconds: frames. Overview mode "Scenes overview" mode special display lists the arrangement of scenes.
Workspaces Project folder The project folder may be considered an intermediate store for files or objects. The possible applications in this case are diverse: Material storage: Interesting files from the Media Pool may be combined in the project folder to load them from there into the project. Cutting: You may cut different sections from longer videos in the project folder in order to use them as separate objects in the arrangement.
Workspaces The project folder supports drag & drop in either direction, so you may move elements from the project folder into the arrangement or move objects or object groups from the arrangement into the project folder. The context menu (view page 320) for project folder elements enables these to be saved individually as takes (*.tk2) in order to use them in other projects again; the entries may also be renamed.
Workspaces 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Preview menu: This is a preview of the selection menu. Read more in the "Menu (view page 280)" chapter Switch view: Switch between the "Preview" and "Edit" views here. Remote control: Check how your disc will react later when you press a button on your remote control. Output: Choose between burning the project or a show optimized for PC. Play preview: Play back the menu preview and test it with the remote control here.
Video recording Video recording Select the recording method To start recording, click on the "Record" button under the source monitor. The following selections are possible in the dialog window: AVCHD/DVCPRO/AVC-Intra for AVCHD/DVCPRO/AVC-Intra cameras, but also for digital cameras or video DSLR featuring memory card or hard drive. This option may also be used to import media from removable storage devices, USB devices, or hard drives as a clearly laid-out alternative to the Media Pool.
Video recording AVCHD/DVCPRO/AVC-Intra This option accesses a universal import dialog that is not only suitable for AVCHD, DVCPRO, or AVC-Intra cameras, but also for external hard drives, P2 memory cards, photo, and movie cameras that contain usable files equally. MAGIX Video Pro X3 automatically recognizes the file structures and shows only individual takes, making import convenient and easy. Alternatively, these drives may also be controlled directly via the Media Pool.
Video recording Import The option "AVCHD/DVCPRO/AVC-Intra" does not produce a recording as such, but rather "only" the transfer of the already created video file and its integration into the existing project. On older systems, it may be helpful to transfer AVCHD files into MPEG-2 format. A corresponding query appears automatically as these files are imported. Note: During AVCHD import, it is necessary to activate (view page 335) the MPEG-4 and the Dolby Digital Stereo Codec for copy protection reasons.
Video recording Medium/general: An info area for the files is provided to the right next to the preview monitor. File list: The contents of the selected drive are shown here. Use the display filters to reduce the types of files shown. You can select every file separately using the little check boxes in order to import them later. At the top right of the list you can find options for displaying the files. Select: This offers self-explanatory options for file display ("all", "only new", or "none").
Video recording HDV camera Use this option to open the HDV camcorder record dialog. To do this you have to connect an HDV 1 or HDV 2 camcorder. The options in this dialog can also be found above in DV recording. DV camera Connect a DV or HDV camera MAGIX Video Pro X3 supports continuous editing of DV (digital video) files. You will require a DV recorder or DV camera with an IEEE-1394 interface (also known as FireWire or iLink) as well as an OHCI-standard IEEE-1394 host adapter for your PC.
Video recording Note: You may also use a HDV camera in DV mode to, for example, transfer recordings in the old DV format. We have noted problems with this mode in many cameras, and therefore recommend that the Record mode of the camera is also switched to DV, switching the camera off and then on again. Capturing DV recorders or cameras To start recording, click the "Record" button below the source monitor. Select "DV camera" from the recording dialog. Uncompressed DV capture requires approx.
Video recording "DV capturing" dialog Note: Keep an eye on the available hard drive space before each recording. DV capture requires approx. 220 MB per minute of video! Select DV device driver: The device driver for your DV device should be listed here. If "Record audio" is deactivated, then video without sound is recorded only . "Audio preview" activates the audio output of the recording. Note: The audio preview is deactivated at first, since DV cameras usually include built-in speakers.
Video recording Original size: This option allows you to preview the video in the original size. To return to the dialog use the "Esc" key. Batch capturing: Here the start and end points can be set for the capturing. This allows you to search the entire video for all captures to be used and list them for planned batch capture. This is then processed in sequence when the recording starts (via the red button). That way you don't need to record each scene individually.
Video recording The transport controls required for this are featured in the DV or HDV recording dialog. Tape title: Enter a name for your tape here. MAGIX Video Pro X3 requires this name for the DV logging feature. Recording information: Displays various information about your recordings. Enter start/end point: Enter the exact start and end point or the recording length for a scene. Both values can be entered as ATN (absolute track number) or as a timecode in hours:minutes:seconds:frames.
Video recording From the "DV as MPEG" dialog window you can find MPEG encoder settings options under "Advanced". You can also burn your DV material direct to disc without any intermediate steps. Recording list Set the start and end points for the capture here. This allows you to search the entire video for all captures to be used and list them for planned batch capture. This is then processed in sequence when the recording starts (via the red button).
Video recording Logging Logging means that MAGIX Video Pro X3 also saves the original save location, position and additional information (metadata, e.g. scene, take, rating, comments, etc.) about DV video and audio files. Everything copied using DV recording, DV to MPEG recording and HDV recording appears in the recording lists of the corresponding recording dialog. Recordings for which the corresponding video material is no longer on the hard disk will appear as "planned recordings".
Video recording SCART/Cinch adapter SCART/Cinch adapter with 3 RCA jacks Stereo RCA/mini phone jack adapter Most sound card inputs are 3.5 mini stereo jacks. To connect the VCR audio out to the sound card audio in you will need a stereo RCA/ mini phono plug adapter. You will most likely have to buy a cable with 3 RCA plugs and a stereo cinch/mini jack adapter from your local supplier. Recording dialog Video/audio drivers: Set the video card or sound card for recording here.
Video recording your video file. The standard recording folder is set as default. The location of this folder may be changed via "Path settings" under "File -> Program settings -> Folders". Edit after recording: Use this to access the automatic editing options. Recording quality: The list box enables you to select various predefined levels of recording quality, e.g. depending on the purpose of the recording and computer performance. These are sorted according to picture quality.
Video recording Advanced configurations in the video capturing dialog Here you can adjust certain settings for the video recording driver. These dialog boxes, so-called “property sheets,” come with the video card drivers. These driver-specific performance properties may deviate depending on the cards. We also have a very limited influence on the behavior of these drivers. If you encounter any difficulties, please contact the video card manufacturer for the latest driver updates.
Video recording The time control function allows you to automatically take snapshots. This is useful for the following applications: to create slideshows using videos, for animation films (stop-motion recording), for video surveillance, or in time-lapse photography. The recorded images are added to the current arrangement. Recording dialog Video source: You may set the video card used to take pictures here. Save image as: Enter the title of the snapshot to be recorded here.
Video recording Time Control Recording interval: When active, starting recording produces a sequence of images. Snapshots are saved according to the selected time interval and numbered sequentially. For example, if snapshots are taken every two seconds and then inserted every five frames into the slideshow, then a tentimes time lapse recording will result. Photo length in frames: Specifies how long the photos appear in the slideshow.
Video recording Audio Songs, noises, or instruments can be easily recorded in MAGIX Video Pro X3 using the audio recording function. A hooked-up microphone or various audio devices (especially a stereo system) can be used as recording sources. Connecting the source for recording First of all, the source of the audio material must be connected to the sound card input. Again, there are several possibilities which primarily depend on the type of equipment you have.
Video recording 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 sound card, you can only reduce the signal level in your sound card’s software mixer interface. You can access the mixer directly from within the recording dialog via the “Recording Level” button.
Video recording Recording quality: Sets the sound quality of the recording. In the preset menu you can choose between medium wave radio ("AM tuner"), UKW ("FM Radio"), DAT (Digital Audio Tape) and CD quality. Volume control: Using the peakmeter, you can monitor the level of the incoming signal. Please read more on this in the chapter "Adjusting levels" (view page 76) Recording: This button starts the actual recording.
Video recording Screen Use this feature to record your screen content. This process is called "screen capturing". Under Recording quality, you will find various presets for different applications. You can either record the entire monitor ("fullscreen"), a frame of variable size (e.g. to film the Windows Media Player display), or a different video player. Click "Configuration" to make custom size adjustments.
Video recording Now select the screen area you wish to record, i.e. the screen of the video player in which the video is playing. Drag the frame over the area you wish to record and adjust its size as required by dragging the edges and corners. Hint: If you selected the "fullscreen" preset before, or clicked the "fullscreen" button in the dialog before, the frame will appear outside the visible area. The actual recording process can be started by pressing the red record button.
Video recording AVCHD activation details Attention: For AVCHD support, Dolby Digital Stereo and the MPEG-4 codec must be activated. To convert AVCHD videos to MPEG-2, the MPEG-2 codec must be activated. Edit after recording The "Edit after recording" dialog can be opened from all recording dialogs. All editing steps from recording to automatic burning can be carried out without further user involvement.
Object editing After recording, the program automatically switches to the "Burn" screen, the burn window opens and the disc is burned. The last set layout is used for the menu layout for the DVD. Tip: This function is particularly suitable for burning lengthy disc projects directly to disc, since recording may begin in the evening and DVD should be finished by morning. Export for mobile device: The recorded movie is immediately converted into the format of the selected mobile device and transferred.
Object editing Insert object into the project Select files in the Media Pool The source monitor allows material to be viewed prior to exporting it. A preview function is also provided for all of the files in the Media Pool. First, double click the desired file in the Media Pool which you would like to preview. Image files are displayed immediately; video files must be loaded first. A preview is also provided for special objects like titles or fades.
Object editing Loading parts of longer movie files For longer videos, it is recommended to define the areas which should be loaded into the project before importing. An in and out point is set to define the area for this purpose. To do so, proceed as follows: Select a file from the Media Pool by double-clicking it. Play it back using the play buttons on the source monitor to indicate the section which you want to use in the project.
Object editing 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. To group or ungroup objects, use the buttons in the tool bar or the corresponding commands in the "Edit" menu.
Object editing First select the object to be split. Position the playback marker at the position where the movie is to be cut. Click on the "cut" button or select the "cut" option in the "Edit" menu. In order to rejoin these split objects at a later stage, simply highlight the individual parts and select the command ‘forming group’ to join the selected objects together alone group.
Object editing Edit menu With a click on the small arrow beside the cut button, you can access the cut menu. There you will find further relevant commands. Split This command cuts a scene at the point where the playback marker is positioned. This way, two free-standing objects are created. Keyboard shortcut: T Remove start This command cuts a scene at the point where the playback marker is positioned and removes the material before the playback marker.
Object editing Trim Objects Trimming provides exact placement of object borders or transitions. MAGIX Video Pro X3 has two different trimmers, and these can be opened using the context menu for a video or image object. 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.
Object editing Position (2): Moves the object on the track. First frame/End fade-in (7): Toggles the left monitor between the first frame of the object and the end of the transition. Start fade-out/Last Frame (8): Toggles the right monitor between the start of the transition and the last frame of the object. Left/right arrow buttons (1, 6): Here you can adjust the lower object handles. Next object/cut (9, 10): The buttons below and to the right skip to the next/previous object and/or cut in the arranger.
Object editing Middle arrow buttons (5): Shifts the existing transition. Both objects remain in their positions, but the transition’s center point moves. Transition (6): Displays the type of transition. A mouse click opens a popup window from which you can select a transition. Right arrow buttons (7): Move the first frame of the second object. The first object and the transition remains. Only the length of the second object changes.
Object editing Save objects separately Individual objects or object groups from the arranger may be saved separately via the project folder as a separate files. For example, cut out trailers, jingles, and so on that you need converted, and then save them for other projects for reuse as a take. A take file (*.tk2) contains a reference to a multi-media file or to a special object (videos, sound, visuals, etc.
Object editing Movement will be automatically calculated and a series of keyframes that control the position and size of the effect according to your wishes will be generated. Transitions (fades) When importing video files into the arranger, individual objects usually follow directly after one another. This is called a "hard cut". However, you can make scenes blend or “transition” into each other.
Object editing The length of a transition is decided by you, if a transition is shortened, it means that the resulting effect is speeded up. Some transitions can be adjusted even more exactly. To do so, click on the corresponding fade symbol in the Timeline or in the Storyboard and select "Settings". Thus, an object's fade symbol in the Media Pool can represent an entire group of different effects. The so-called alpha fades ("Iris", "Objects", "Random", etc.
Object editing Settings The fade settings enable the behavior and appearance of the 3D fades to be influenced. Click the corresponding fade symbol for the object and choose "Settings" to do this. The following options are available: Anti-aliasing: The edges of three-dimensional objects often produce unpleasant step effects. Anti-aliasing (edge smoothing) reduces this effect, however this requires increased computing performance.
Object editing problem continues to occur, deactivate the hardware acceleration (see above). Problem: Only a crossfade is displayed when previewing a 3D transition. A warning message is displayed that insufficient graphics card memory is available for the selected resolution. Solution: The video memory featured by your graphics card is insufficient for calculating the 3D effect at the desired resolution. Right click on the program monitor and then select a reduced resolution under "Resolution presets".
Object editing Search for gaps MAGIX Video Pro X3 enables you to locate gaps between objects where no image material is located. This hinders unintentional black spots from appearing. This option is located under "Edit -> Find gaps". A corresponding dialog opens. Optimize view: Zooms to the selected gap. Mark section as gap: Spans a section over the selected gap. Edit selected gaps: The selected settings are applied but no additional action is taken.
Object editing arranger and another is placed in source monitor, and these are used in either of the following variations: Variation 1: Source in/destination in The point in the arranger specifies the location where the new material should be inserted into the project ("destination in") and the point in the source monitor where the new material should be inserted ("source in"). Place the playback marker at the position in the arranger where the new material should be inserted.
Object editing The ripple modes move the old material in the range together with the objects behind it to the end of the inserted material. This changes the total length according to the length of the object: Variation 2: Destination in/destination out This variation functions based on exactly the same principle, only instead of setting in points in both monitors, out points are placed. The new material is placed in the arranger prior to the out point in this way.
Object editing Initially, a range is spanned out in the source material via an in and an out point in the source monitor. A third point is specified in the program monitor which defines the beginning of the material to be inserted. Finally, the range from the source monitor is inserted completely at the position of the in point.
Object editing Or use one of the two ripple modes (single-track ripple or multi-track ripple (view page 48)) in order to cut the material at the start of the range and move it to the end of the range. "Overwrite" mode does not change the total length of the project. The new material is only inserted at the start of the specified range: The ripple function moves the material in the range together with the objects behind.
Markers Markers MAGIX Video Pro X3 also allows you to set various types of markers within your project. The Lock button lets you lock all markers (jump markers, chapter markers) against accidental moving or deleting. Playback marker The playback marker indicates the point from which the material – either the arrangement or a selected file from the Media Pool – will be played back. There is a playback marker below each preview monitor and an additional one above the timeline in the arranger.
Markers Project markers The menu "Edit" provides the option to place a project marker (view page 293) at the current of the playback marker. These function as a mental marker or indicate certain positions or events within the project. After selecting the menu item, a dialog appears to input a name for the marker to be created. The first 10 project markers may be selected using the number keys 1-0 (0 accesses the 10th marker).
Markers 103 You can adjust the position of the entire range by clicking the blue bar between the markers and moving it by dragging while holding down "Crtl".
Markers After rendering, a green line appears in the timeline to symbolize that this range has been rendered. As soon the editing is complete for the range, the line is removed and the rendered material is removed. Note: The format that is used to render may be set via "File -> Settings -> Preview rendering (view page 276)". Chapter markers The chapter marker defines the start of a new chapter. Chapters serve to improve navigation when burning the project to disc (view page 199).
Markers Set chapter markers automatically This option automatically sets chapter markers in the arrangement according to specific rules that will then appear in the film menu of a disc as chapters. This is useful if a disc should be burned immediately after recording. There is a selection of options available for automatic chapter generation: At the beginning of the movie: The movie only contains one chapter in this case. At the start of objects on a track...
Markers Optionally, existing chapter markers may be deleted and the automatic chapter marker function may be limited to the area between the start and end markers. Shortcut: Alt + Shift + Enter Delete chapter markers/delete all chapter markers Delete one or all chapter markers. This removes chapter entries in the disc menu if the film is burned to disc. Shortcut: Ctrl + Enter / Alt + Ctrl + Enter Scene markers Scene markers separate a complete video into scenes.
Multicam editing scene and cut only at this position ("Cut at selected marker") or you can save the scenes as "Takes (view page 91)". After deciding in favor of one of these options, red scene markers will appear on the timeline in the arranger. The scenes can then be split according to the selected option and edited.
Multicam editing Note: To localize the sound in the audio track exactly, you may have to create a wave display of the track. Right click on the sound track and choose "Create wave form display". You can use a clapperboard during filming, since this offers both sound and motion; an actor's clapping in front of running camera before the start of the scene is also helpful. Set a grid point at this position in the object ("Alt + Shift + P").
Multicam editing The source tracks are marked using color. This can be accomplished by users if more than 9 source tracks are used. For every assigned track, a preview appears in the source monitor, and the frame's color corresponds to the color of the track, letting you assign each preview image to the corresponding track.
Multicam editing Replacing an object's source Replacing an object's video material in the target track with another source: Select the object for which the source is to be replaced in the target track. Click the source you want to replace the video material in the source monitor object. The video material will now be replaced by the new source. The project length is not changed. Insert cut Insert material from one of the sources between any position on the target track and the next object.
Title Now, during every multicam cut, material from the master audio track will be inserted on track 2, independent of the source track used. Synchronize video objects using the sound track Video objects can be synchronized using their sound tracks. During the process, their soundtracks are compared for similarities. If videos come from the same recording environment, the same acoustic events will be found on their soundtracks (e.g. clapping the clapper board).
Title Creating titles without a template Try clicking on the entry "General" under "Title" in the Media Pool. Next, click in the video monitor on the location where the title should be positioned. Next, simply enter the text via your keyboard. After the text has been entered, click the check mark in the preview monitor to confirm your entry. You can later format your title in the Title Editor in the Media Pool. They can be displayed in all kinds of fonts and colors.
Title Title editor The button in the toolbar opens the title editor. Enter text into the video monitor here, e.g. for subtitles, opening credits, end credits. Text can be displayed in all kinds of fonts and colors. If you want to format individual words or letters, select them with the mouse and choose a different format or color. Without any selection, the entire text will be formatted. Font Font: Select the font used to display the text. Font size: Set the size of the text here.
Title Outline/shadow/3D: This function allows you to add shadows, 3D effects, and an outline to the text. These settings can be adjusted in detail via "Advanced". The X3D button converts the title object into a Xara 3D text object. More about Xara 3D text objects is described in the section "3D text (view page 116)". Animation You can make your credits scroll down the screen, and many other text movements and effects and designs are also available. The display duration for the subject can be set here.
Title Background: Specify here whether the text's background should appear black or white. This is only meaningful if no other video or image object is in the background. Text effects: Here you can edit different text effects in detail. One color may be set for each effect. Shadow: The position of the shadow may be set on the horizontal and vertical axes. Transparency makes the background "shine through" more or less. Soften: Makes the edge of the shadow harder or softer.
Effects The size of the positioning frame may be adjusted via the corners, and the size of the text will also change accordingly. Clicking the "Center position" buttons in the Media Pool under "Title -> General" puts the title exactly in the middle. 3D text 3D text can be created directly from the title editor. Click the title editor and then press the "3D" button. The title object will now be turned into a MAGIX 3D object.
Effects Apply effects to objects There are various approaches for applying effects: Video and audio effect presets are loaded into the corresponding object from the Media Pool using drag & drop. Effects that can be animated (in the Media Pool under "Effects -> Video effects / movement effects") will be applied directly to the objects selected beforehand as soon as changes are made in Media Pool. This button resets all of the current effect settings.
Effects Copy/insert video effects: Copies or inserts the current settings as a new object. Use the dialog to select which settings should be copied. Apply video effects to all: Copies the current effects settings to all objects in the arrangement. Use the dialog to specify which setting should be copied. Apply video effects to all following objects: Copies the current effects settings to all of the following objects in the arrangement. Use the dialog to specify which settings should be copied.
Effects Select object...: Clicking selects the desired object. An object may therefore be edited and then used as a reference for the following effects processes, for example. Remove comparison image: The comparison image is removed from the source monitor. Note: Program settings (view page 267) enables you to activate "Comparison image in source monitor for editing effects in the Media Pool".
Effects Brightness & contrast Auto exposure: This button automatically optimizes the exposure, contrast, and color with a few clicks. The other settings options in the dialog provide more precise results. Brightness/contrast: Use the sliders to increase or reduce the brightness and the contrast of the picture. Gamma: "Gamma" specifies the mean gray value provided by the various color ranges.
Effects Color White balance All light is not the same. Depending on whether it is sunlight or artificial light, this will have an effect on color variation. The human brain is able to compensate for this variation: A white sheet of paper will still look white under candlelight, although it is in fact much more yellow than by daylight. In order to imitate this filtering done by the brain, a camera must also analyze and correct the light.
Effects Tip: Cool color effects can be achieved by setting a different color as the white benchmark. There is definitely room for experimentation! Red-eye removal This photo function removes unnatural red eye that results from using a flash. Click on the eye symbol and then select the red pupils in the preview monitor using the mouse. Hint: For photo optimization, we recommend you use MAGIX Photo Manager.
Effects Color correction The "Highs", "Mids" and "Shadows" ranges can be adjusted individually. Note: Before using complex color correction, you should first check if "Brightness/Contrast" and "Color" functions can help you. By turning the mouse wheel, the work area of each color wheel can be increased or decreased. Color angle: Determines the color on the color wheel, which the image should be colored with in each brightness area.
Effects The foreground layer corresponds with the mask created, and editing in the background changes all of the areas outside of this mask. The mask may be assigned to a certain color or to multiple colors simultaneously. To open color correction, click the video or image object and open the entry "Color correction" via "Video effects" in the Media Pool. "Add" allows a color to be selected with the pipette tool to create a mask.
Effects A classic example: Saturation of all brightness areas on the background layer is reduced, and colors in the foreground are adjusted as desired. Chroma key This section contains the mixing effects for chroma keying used to mix together a foreground and background videos to create an overlay effect.
Effects Green/blue/water/black/white: All green/blue/black/white areas of the video below appear transparent. This studio-style effect makes it possible to "place" a person who has been recorded in front of a blue (or green, white or black) background into any type of landscape or background. Alpha: This video effect uses the brightness of a video to control a crossfading effect between two other videos on neighboring tracks.
Effects Substitution: Using the rainbow scale red, green, and blue components are exchanged. Quickly create surreal landscapes or a green face! Shift: The color values are inverted increasingly. Blue colors turn red, and green appears purple. Quantize: Depending on the setting, colors are either rounded up or down so that the overall number of colors is reduced. This creates interesting grids and patterns.
Effects Kaleidoscope: The left upper corner is mirrored horizontally and vertically. Mirror horizontal/vertical center: The object is mirrored vertically or horizontally – it appears on its side or upside down. Sharpness The fader allows you to regulate the level of image sharpness or apply a soft filter. "Fine adjustment" allows you to set how sharp surfaces or edges should appear. This enables you to effectively reduce image distortions (noise).
Effects Note: Since the soundtrack of a movie cannot be played backwards, you have to first separate the movie object from its soundtrack (view page 85). The speed effects cannot be animated! Animation Nearly all preset effects may be automated or animated. To animate effects or produce movements, please read the "Animating objects (view page 144)" chapter. Movement effects in the Media Pool Size & Position Values in: Set whether the values are applied in percent or pixels.
Effects Size Width: Enter the width of the image. Height: Enter the height of the image here. Maximize: The image will be maximized according to the movie's resolution. Set original size: The image will be scaled to its original size. Retain proportions: This option makes sure that the image will not be stretched or distorted. The proportions of width to height will remain the same. Section Sections may be used to display only a portion of the image.
Effects Camera/zoom With this effect, you can move a previously selected frame inside the image, creating an impression of camera movement or zoom. Determine the direction in which the selected section or image will move in the process during the time selected under "time period". In addition to horizontal and vertical movements, diagonal movements are also possible. Preview: Displays a preview of the section at the playback marker location.
Effects Reset: This option applies a static zoom to show the selected section of the picture only. Rotation/Mirror Rotate Rotates the image on the horizontal axis. Rotates the image on the vertical axis. Rotates the image around its center point. Straighten horizon The image can be rotated around the axis via the slider. The image is automatically zoomed to avoid black edges.
Effects Mirrors the image on the horizontal axis. Rotates the image 90° clockwise. Rotates the image 90° counterclockwise. Presets Various useful presets are located here. A dialog opens for opening presets from other folders. Save your owns settings as a preset. 3D morph This enables the perspective of images to be distorted and moved. This produces a 3D impression by causing several components of the image to appear further in front of others.
Effects Animation Nearly all preset effects may be automated or animated. To animate effects or produce movements, please read the "Animating objects (view page 144)" chapter. Attach to picture position in the video You can attach a video, picture or text object to moved picture content of another video. The attached object automatically completes the movement of a picture element from the film, making it appear magnetic.
Effects method is that automations are moved automatically with objects when they are moved, since they are attached to the object and not to the track itself. See the "Audio effects" (view page 160) section below for more detail. Another advantage of this so-called "object-oriented" working method is that automations are moved automatically with objects when they are moved, since they are attached to the object and not to the track itself.
Effects Design elements in the Media Pool In this category you will find a large selection of decorative elements: templates for image juxtapositions (multiple picture-in-picture) and collages, moving objects (balloons flying through the frame, trains moving across the picture, snowfall....), color fields for your own backgrounds, intro videos, outro videos, visuals... You should first look through all the options and take stock of what there is.
Effects Using video effect plug-ins In order to be able to use plug-ins, they must be installed first. MAGIX Video Pro X3 checks whether plug-ins are already available. If not, it will offer to download them from the Internet or to set the plug-in path manually. In order to use a video effect plug-in, select the video or image object first, then open "Effects -> Extra effects -> Plug-in manager" in the Media Pool menu. This lists all available plug-ins on the right side of the dialog.
Effects Navigation buttons: Switch to the previous or next movie via the navigation buttons in the lower part of the dialog of a movie. Apply from previous: Uses the settings of the most recently set movie. This option is only active if you are editing objects in sequence with the navigation buttons (see above). OK: The adjustments made to the settings will be applied to the current movie. Apply to all: The effects will be applied to all video and picture objects in the movie.
Effects Local settings Recalculate video effects plug-in on bitmaps for each frame dynamically: If you apply a plug-in to a bitmap (image), then this option must be activated in case the plug-in creates moving effects. Remove a channel logo with the "Logoaway" plug-in The "Logoaway" freeware plug-in by Krzystof Wojdan is a high-quality option for removing the channel logo from your video material.
Effects Open the desired effects page in the Media Pool. Click on the down arrow button and select the "Load effects mask" entry from the menu. When using color images, the brightness values are used. The brighter the area in the effects mask, the stronger the effect will be. Black indicates no effect, and white indicates full effect. To apply the mask at a certain position in the video, you must edit it again.
Effects image in the opposite direction in accordance with the wrong movements. This produces unusable edges in the footage that are cut off automatically, and black strips, which are then removed using a zoom shot. The result: A clearly more stable, almost imperceptibly larger picture. Application First you have to check the movie material for shaky scenes. To do this click on the "Stabilize" button. Based on the preset parameters, a relative shift between the pictures is calculated.
Effects Delete corrections: Resets the current settings. New value: The altered value for the temporal correction is accepted and the new correction curve is set. Image improvements for the entire movie You can open the effects from the the settings via the "Effects" menu. All of the settings made here influence the entire movie. Settings are made separately for each individual movie in the project. On the right, you'll see a preview of the current setting.
Effects Sharpness This fader allows you to regulate the level of image sharpness. The "fine tuning" option allows you to determine the level of focus for particular surfaces or borders. Anti-flickering filter intensity: The anti-flickering filter affects only still images. It is especially intended for zooms in images with many edges and transitions with high contrast (e.g. fences, bars, brick walls). High-frequency images such as these begin to flicker when they are reduced in size.
Animate effects Play back the film and read the instructions on the video screen. Burn the project to CD or DVD Place the disc into the player and play the film. Compare the TV picture to the picture displayed on your video screen by MAGIX Video Pro X3. Determine the proportional value of the borders cropped by the television with the four measurement scales along the edges of the test picture. Enter the values in the "Full TV size" editor. The image size is now optimized to your TV picture.
Animate effects Preparing animations First, select the object in the arranger to animate. For complex animations, we recommend placing a marker beforehand for orientation. In the Media Pool, open the "Effects" tab and click on the effect you would like to animate under "Video effects" or "Movement effects". If necessary, set up the effect however you would like it for the start of the animation. Using this button, at the bottom of the Media Pool, a timeline may be shown or hidden.
Animate effects Display keyframes of individual parameters Multiple keyframes are added simultaneously to effects if they include multiple parameters. Click the small arrow beside the name of the animated effect to display all of its parameters. Now all keyframes of the effects parameter can be individually moved, deleted, activated, and deactivated. Note: Only those parameters are listed which are used for the animation.
Animate effects Delete keyframe Select the keyframe to be deleted by clicking it. This button removes the selected keyframe. Change curve shape Every curve point features two Bezier curve handles for softening curves shortly before and after the handles. The Bezier curve handles are activated by clicking on the curve until the "Manual Bezier interpolation" mode is activated (see illustration).
Animate effects Editing an effects curve in the object Activate effects curve: For each of animated effects parameter, a curve is created and placed over the object. Click this button to display the effects curve on the object. Edit curve points: The curve point can either be edited with the individual curve points (in "Standard" mouse mode) or by freely drawing the effect curve (in "Curve" mouse mode).
Animate effects Connect curve length with object length: If this option is set, then changes to object length will affect the effects curve accordingly. In practice, this behavior is needed rarely, for example if objects are stretched or compressed. The option is deactivated by default for this reason. Load effects curve: A previously saved effects curve may be loaded via this menu item. This is useful, for example, if you have added your own default animations.
Animate effects Mirror: The entire curve is mirrored along the X-axis, whose position is determined by the following option (see table). ... around the object center: The X-axis lies exactly at the center of the object. ...at the center of the curve: The X-axis lies between the upper and lower automation point. ...at the curve minimum: The X-axis lies at the level of the lowest automation point. ...at the curve maximum: The X-axis lies at the level of the highest automation point.
Animate effects Effect: The effect curve is stretched or compressed in its values, no timerelated editing takes place. The selected option (see table) is decisive in editing. Mirror: The entire curve is mirrored along the X-axis, whose position is determined by the following option (see table). ... around the object center: The X-axis lies exactly at the center of the object. ...at the center of the curve: The X-axis lies between the upper and lower automation point. ...
Stereo3D (deluxe version) Move the object to be animated to the work space where the animation should start, for example to the left of the preview image: Position the playback marker at the position where the animation should start. Create a keyframe for the animation start. Move the object to be animated to the work space where the animation should end, for example to the right of the preview image.
Stereo3D (deluxe version) Warning to children: Children's eyesight (especially before the 6th year) is still developing. We recommend consulting your child's doctor or optician before permitting your child to view 3D videos. 3D basics Human eyes perceive objects from 2 different angles and our brain "calculates" images from this information. This way we can tell the distance and position of an object. For this reason, 3D material should be shot according to this principle.
Stereo3D (deluxe version) Record 3D The distance between eyes in humans is ca. 65 mm, which forms the socalled "stereo base width". But because our eyes are dynamic and we can even "cross" our eyes, it is possible to focus on objects that are closer. Various techniques exist for 3D recording. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages: 3D cameras with two lenses: The advantages are obvious; these cameras produce 3D material without excessive work involved.
Stereo3D (deluxe version) Examples for 3D cameras: Panasonic HDC-SDT750 ( base width 12 mm): minimum point is approx. 1.5 m. Fuji REAL 3D W3 (base width 75 mm): minimum point at approx. 3 m; for long-distance recordings as much as 8 m. This so-called minimum point has an important role in other aspects of 3D editing. Prepare 3D editing 3D videos are filmed and saved by different cameras, which means: depending on the camera model or recording method, the videos or images vary.
Stereo3D (deluxe version) Set playback mode for 3D There are various techniques available for playback of 3D videos on the computer. Depending on the technology used, the corresponding playback mode may be activated in MAGIX Video Pro X3. Select the 3D mode you want to work with in the upper left corner of the video monitor.
Stereo3D (deluxe version) For this task, go to "Media Pool -> Effects -> Stereo 3D" and access the entry "Aligning". Juxtapose both images one over the other, so that the minimum point of both is at the same location. You should first see whether automations for spatial adjustment and synchronization deliver desired results. Click on the button "Automatic". If this does not produce the desired effect, proceed as follows: Find the minimum point in the image.
Stereo3D (deluxe version) Turn camera movements into 3D videos Camera movements may be transformed into 3D videos by being duplicated and converted via time displacement. To do so, you can simply record on the right or the left side while, for example, driving along a street. The speed should be set between 6-15 km/h (approx. 4-10 mph) and depends on the frame rate, the focal point, and the distance of the objects being filmed (among other things).
Soundtrack Side-by-side: Create 3D movies for a 3D-capable playback device without having to compromise the quality. It doesn't matter initially whether your video is viewed in "Shutter" mode or via "Polfilter". Depending on your playback device, you should set double resolution in order to produce full resolution for both the right and the left image. Not all playback rates are capable of double resolution. If this is the case for your device, 50 % pinched images will be displayed.
Soundtrack Edits, fine positioning, volume settings, and fading in and out may all be adjusted in the arranger using the object handles directly. Various effect curves (view page 148) may be selected for audio tracks, dynamically controlling selectable effects, volume or stereo panorama. Audio effects Using audio effects Track effects Track effects always apply to all audio objects of a track. This sets the mixer (view page 160).
Soundtrack Select the cleaning function you desire from the upper part of the dialog: The equalizer (on page 163) allows you to manipulate the frequency spectrum – perfect for cleaning up muffled dialog. The compressor is a dynamic volume control that lends the overall sound a deeper, richer quality. The stereo FX processor justifies the position of the sound in the stereo panorama.
Soundtrack Set the degree to which the noise should be reduced with the fader. It is often better to reduce interference signals by 3-6 dB rather than as much as is possible in order to keep the sound "natural". A different option consists of creating a noise sample yourself. All that's needed is a short section from the audio track in which the distortion can be found. To get it, switch to the DeNoiser dialog by pressing "Advanced".
Soundtrack Reducer: This sets the balance between the original signal and the signal with the applied noise reduction. It's often better to reduce interference signals by 3-6 dB rather than as much as is possible, so as to keep the sound "natural". In case of buzzing, it’s best to apply complete removal. Dehisser The Dehisser eliminates regular "white" noise typically produced by analog tape recordings, microphone pre-amplifiers, A/D converters, or transformers.
Soundtrack Compressor The compressor is an automated, dynamic volume controller. Loud passages become quieter and the total value is raised. This makes the volume more consistent and speech easier to understand. A compressor is mainly useful in case background noise or music interferes with speech and simply increasing the volume of the individual objects or tracks does not result in any significant improvement. Level: Regulates the level of compression applied (the "ratio").
Soundtrack Effect devices controls 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 may be influenced intuitively with mouse movements; the graphics and the respective effect setting change in relation to each other. Power switch: Every effect device in the rack may be switched on or off separately.
Soundtrack Reverb Reverb is probably the most important, but also the most difficult effect to generate. Fundamentals Our everyday experience shows that not every room matches every instrument. Thus we have designed "virtual" rooms. However, it still remains important to find the correct parameters. Here are some examples of parameters that are decisive for the sound impression in real and virtual rooms: Size of room: The larger the room, the longer the sound travels between walls or objects.
Soundtrack be heard. They are therefore ideal for percussive metal. A plate reverb generates a smooth "pleasant effect" with vocals. Spring reverb You probably remember spring reverb from guitar and keyboard amps, particularly the older ones. At the bottom of these amps, a unit consisting of two to four spirals is mounted on a vibration-free carriage. As with the reverb plate, it uses systems for transforming the electric signal into a mechanical one.
Soundtrack Presets The presets are primarily sorted by instruments, but you can (and should) choose which preset you want to use for which instrument. Delay This effect is like an echo which delays the signal and repeats it. Delay: This sets the period of time between the individual echoes. The more the control is turned to the left, the faster the echoes will follow each other. Feedback: This adjusts the number of echoes.
Soundtrack Smoothed: Timestretching and pitchshifting for audio material without pulsing elements. The method is suitable for polyphonic orchestral instruments, pauses, speech, and singing. Beat markers are not evaluated. A considerably more complex algorithm is used in this case, which requires more processing time. The material may also be used with very large factors (0.2...50) without causing severe artifacts.
Soundtrack Audio effects in the mixer Audio devices are opened in the mixer via the "FX" button for each track or in the master area on the right. Mastering also features the MAGIX Mastering Suite (view page 171). Equalizer The 10-band equalizer subdivides the frequency spectrum into ten areas ('bands') and equips them with separate volume controls. This way it is possible to create many impressive effects, from a simple boosting of the bass to complete elimination of a certain range of frequencies.
Soundtrack insufficient. Several useful presets are included for this purpose, however compression may also be set manually. Ratio: This parameter controls the compression level. Threshold: This sets the volume threshold below and above which compression is applied. Attack: Sets the algorithm's reaction time to increasing sound levels. Release: Sets the algorithm's reaction time to falling sound levels. Gain: The gain controller amplifies the compressed signal.
Soundtrack You can influence the basic sound of the mix by increasing and decreasing the broadband to give it more "depth" (lower center = 200-600 Hz) or more "air" (highs = 10Khz). You can also decrease the narrow bandwidth (high Q value) in the frequency response, e.g. to remove disruptive frequencies. Graphic: The resulting frequency path of the equalizer is displayed in the graphic. The frequency is spread out horizontally, the increase or decrease of the respective frequency, vertically.
Soundtrack Gain dB: These controllers allow you to raise or lower the filter. Setting the controller to 0 deactivates the filter and doesn’t use CPU power. Freq. Hz: The center frequency of the individual filters can be set between 10 Hz and 24 kHz with the frequency controllers. Freely choosing the frequency enables multiple filters to be set to the same frequency in order to have a greater effect. Q (bandwidth): Set the bandwidth of the individual filters between 10 Hz and 10 kHz.
Soundtrack Setting the frequency bands: The settings of the frequency bands are changed directly via the graphic. Simply click on the separating lines to move them. Bass/mid/high: These controllers define the level of compression for each frequency band. Presets: Multimax provides access to presets for special applications, for example: Cassette NR-B decoder: MAGIX Video Pro X3 simulates decoding of Dolby B + C noise suppression if a Dolby player is not available.
Soundtrack 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. A centered recording can later be moved to the left or right of the stereo balance. Stereo meter: This provides a graphic display of the phase relation of the audio signal. You can use it to review the orientation of the signal in the stereo balance and the effect of the stereo enhancer.
Soundtrack Automatic track damping This command from the context menu automatically dampens the volume of other audio objects. The volume of the selected object on the track remains unchanged. Only original sound: Here you can also specify whether you want to dampen the original sound of the video or all audio tracks. Transition length: In the dialog you can activate and deactivate the value of the dampening.
Soundtrack You may have to contact your technical support to find out which drive is suitable. Data is imported entirely digital. Audio tracks are imported into the arrangement as wave files. The files are saved in the import folder. (Program settings -> Folders). To import audio tracks you should proceed as follows: Select the desired CD-R drive if you have installed more than one drive. Click on the "Track list" button.
Soundtrack Pause: Stops playback so as to start it later from the same position using the "Resume" button. Resume: Resumes playback if it had been paused before. Select all tracks: All audio tracks are selected, for instance, to copy the entire CD. Track markers can also be made using Shift or Alt pressed together with the arrow keys. Multiple tracks can be selected by pressing "Ctrl + mouse click". Deselect all tracks: All markers are reset.
Soundtrack audio objects with crackling noise, skips, etc.). In this case, 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 re-recorded as .WAV by the sound card. Before recording a CD to your computer, change the program settings in the"File -> Audio/Video options" menu.
Soundtrack MIDI objects may be arranged, the volume may be modified (middle handle) or fades (in or out) may be added (top right and left handles) in the same way as audio, video, or synthesizer objects. The "element bar" lets you "open" an entire track instantly from a MIDI loop. If a MIDI file seems to be empty, check the MIDI replay device in the "Playback parameters" window ("P" key or menu "File -> Settings -> Playback parameters").
Soundtrack Mixer The Mixer can be opened by pressing the "M" key or via the button bar in the main window (also: "View" > "Mixer"). Mixer tracks Each track has its own volume or brightness fader. This fader also affects added MIDI objects. The stereo position for each audio track is defined with the Pan controls. The "Solo" button switches a track to solo mode, i.e. all other tracks are muted. The "Mute" button mutes a track.
Soundtrack The DirectX system must be installed on your PC prior to using the DirectX plug-Ins – a manual installation is only required on rare occasions. Generally, DirectX is already available through the Windows installation. If your PC does not have the DirectX System installed or if it is out of date, you can find a DirectX installer on the MAGIX Video Pro X3 disc. Of course, DirectX plug-ins have to be installed first, depending on the plug-in used.
Soundtrack A send effect differs from a normal effect found in the track (insert) insofar as it can edit the signals from multiple tracks or objects simultaneously. It roughly corresponds to the scheme of a parallel switch, while an insert on a track is like a series switch. A special feature offered by MAGIX Video Pro X3 is that audio objects can also send directly to the FX track. The FX are usually hidden in the mixer. They will be displayed as soon as one of the FX send controllers is used.
Soundtrack Volume and panorama automation You can automate the volume and panorama course of a mixer track. This means you can record this movement of the track volume faders and panorama controls while playing the movie. This way, for instance, you can simulate the movement of a sound source and volume adjustment from left to right instantly during playback. As long as the "Auto" button in a track is active, all movements of the volume and panorama controller are recorded.
Soundtrack For surround output with ASIO drivers, you will require a 6-channel-capable ASIO driver (e.g. MAGIX Low Latency). Older multi-channel audio cards that activate their stereo output couples via multiple separate drivers are not suitable.
Soundtrack Windows Media files (as a surround soundtrack of a Windows Media Video or WMV-HD disc) MPEG-2 files with a Dolby Digital audio track The files created are fully compatible with the normal file formats, this means that they can also be played on computers incapable of playing surround (in normal stereo). The export is performed via the same menu commands (e.g. "File -> Export movie -> Audio as wave") like the normal stereo export.
Soundtrack To activate surround playback, open the mixer (M key) and click on "5.1 surround" button in the master. In the master, six peak meters for the individual channels are provided. The normal panorama button turns into a representative display of the surround editor (see below), which can be opened by clicking on the display. The surround sound editor is also available to the effects tracks.
Soundtrack There are 6 channels: L: front left R: front right C: center Ls: back left/left surround Rs: back right / right surround LFE subbass (Low Frequency Effect) channel Dispersing the signal to the 5 loudspeakers occurs after the sound source emits a sound field of a certain level (displayed as red circles). The further away a loudspeaker's source is, the lesser its share of the corresponding loudspeaker channel. The position of the loudspeaker can be moved with the mouse.
Soundtrack The draw function is an alternative to drawing out complex movements. When drawing in active mode, all panning movements are transmitted to the time interval between the start and end marker (when the mouse button is held). You can thus draw the entire movement curve for the selected time range. "Reset" deletes surround automation from the track.
Soundtrack Creating audio tracks for different languages Mixing stereo and Surround audio separately These two applications can be combined, since MAGIX Video Pro X3 features up to 8 separate multi-sound tracks. Define multiple sound tracks A context menu may be opened in the track boxes which enables every track to be set as a DVD audio track. Name the tracks logically, because they will appear in the menu of the burned disc later.
Soundtrack Combine Surround and stereo tracks Note: The method described here is only recommended if the stereo track requires a separate mix, since it normally isn't necessary to add an extra stereo track. Playback devices automatically apply a mix to stereo sound in place of 5.1 Surround when it is required. In case you want to create a disc which features 5.1 Surround as well as normal stereo tracks, MAGIX Video Pro X3 offers a solution for this, too.
Soundtrack Note: Even if all of the multi-sound tracks are created as 5.1 Surround tracks, this setting must be made for each of the tracks. Sound tracks which feature the setting "Apply to all multi-sound tracks" will always be mixed with the other multi-sound tracks, although these will be created using the format set for them. Synthesizer Creating synth objects The software synthesizers are located in the "Audio effects presets" folder in the Media Pool's "Effects" tab.
Soundtrack The mixdown function (view page 197) mixes all tracks including the synth objects down to a single file. Atmos Atmos is a synthesizer which can be used to easily create realistic nature sounds in no time. From thunder and lightning to animal sounds and traffic noise, Atmos helps you design natural-sounding atmospheric noises for your projects. In the upper border window, select the top category "Scenario". You can select a desired nature sounds category (for example, "Thunder and Lightning").
Soundtrack A tip: The typical speed for Drum’n’Bass is usually around 160-180 BPM. The Drum & Bass machine also fits in perfectly with other music styles, e.g. bigbeat (120 BPM) or trip hop (80-90 BPM). Setup The top half of the synthesizer controls the rhythm section, the bottom half controls the bass section. Between the two, on the left side you will see a symbol where both sections can be turned on and off individually.
Soundtrack A left mouse click on one of the blue cells allows you to select one of six possible symbols. Each symbol represents a different note or other way of playing the note. Every time you click on one of the blue cells, the next symbol is chosen. Rely on your own intuition and creativity when programming your beats. It is not absolutely necessary to know the exact meaning of each individual symbol in order to create cool and authentic beats.
Soundtrack With the first "Notes" row, you determine the sequence of the notes, i.e. the sound sequence. By clicking on a cell with the left mouse button, you open a pop-up window, where you can select the notes. By clicking with the right mouse button, you delete a cell. If you click on an empty cell with the right mouse button, you will see a "Stop" symbol. This function is similar to that in the rhythm section, i.e. it stops the bass sound at this point.
Soundtrack Scrubbing (1 frame): Scrubbing is active and samples are only 1 (video) frame in length. The speed is 25 fps, i.e. 1/25 second. This mode is suitable for positioning the playback marker exactly. Scrubbing (long): Scrubbing is active, the sample length amounts to approx. 0.5 seconds. In this mode, locating specific events is particularly easy. Play 1x during scrubbing: If this option is active, the current position will be played one time. If it is inactive, then it will be repeated.
Soundtrack MAGIX Soundtrack Maker The MAGIX Soundtrack Maker adds atmosphere. Music tracks corresponding to the specified mood are generated automatically. Even mood changes are possible. Open the MAGIX Soundtrack Maker using the Edit > Assistants (view page 291) menu. The work is split into 3 steps. Then close the dialog by clicking on "Apply". If you click on "Cancel", the dialog will be closed and all changes will be discarded. Select music style Choose a musical style first.
Burn disc Generate background music Clicking "Create soundtrack" creates a new soundtrack. "Progress" shows the current status. Variations If the background music that has been created is not suitable, a variation may be created. This process may be repeated for the entire background music as well as for individual emotions: If you want to vary the entire background music, then simply click on "Create variations".
Burn disc Preview and editing MAGIX Video Pro X3 provides two different modes for designing and previewing the disc menu. "Preview" mode simulates the behavior of a playback device, e.g. DVD player or Blu-ray player. You may also load a template quickly for the entire menu, and then burn your disc. "Editing" mode enables you to adjust many of the disc menu's features. Templates are also available here that may be flexibly adjusted to suit your needs.
Burn disc Stop: Pressing stop halts playback. Disc: Switches to the first page of the film menu. Sub: Switches to the chapter menu (if available) for the currently selected film. Menu MAGIX Video Pro X3 can add graphical selection menus to your movies. The menu is also burned to disc and appears when inserted into the player. Just like with a purchased DVD or Blu-ray Disc TM, you may easily select your movies with the help of preview pictures, or access particular chapters within a movie.
Burn disc Note: These menus require "Film menu" and "Chapter menu" to be activated in "Edit" under "Disc options". If you selected a specific type of menu template, you can use the horizontal scroll bar to view all the templates. There are a number of options for using templates: To apply a template to all menu pages, double click the desired template. The entire template will be applied. You may also combine various elements of the individual templates. Switch to "Edit" mode to do this beforehand.
Burn disc This command allows you to undo the last changes made. This way, it's no problem if you want to try out critical operations. If the result is unwanted, then you may always revert to the previous state by clicking "Undo". This function undoes the previous "Undo" function. Set aspect ratio: To avoid distortion, use this button to set the aspect ratio for the menu elements. Group: Menu elements including the description text and number may be moved or scaled in size.
Burn disc Disc options You may deactivate the menus entirely or customize them here. Intro video: Press this button to load videos to be used as introductions to your DVD or mini DVD. The *.avi, *.mpg, *.mxv, *.vob formats are supported. The intro is played immediately after the DVD has been inserted into the player. The DVD menu will then appear.
Burn disc Create your own menu background Every menu background can be created new from scratch or edited. A click on this button switches to the "Edit" interface and loads the selected menu background as video. Here you can change and design the background as you please. The created film must be saved and then applied as a menu background. Tip: If you would like to design a menu background yourself from scratch, first press Ctrl + A to select all objects, and then Del, to delete them.
Burn disc Play menu animation as a loop: The background video (audio and/or video) is played back as a loop. Length of the menu view is set by: Audio/video or whichever medium is longer. You can specify how long the background video should be here. The other medium will be played as a loop. Design button MAGIX Video Pro X3 enables simple editing of any menu entry. They will appear in the disc menu as buttons with preview images.
Burn disc Menu entry/menu page properties Double clicking the preview picture or a menu entry opens an editor for you to adjust the preview picture or menu entry. Menu text In the text input field, you can enter any text to match the chosen menu entry. Set the vertical direction of the text (upwards, centered or downward). Set the horizontal direction of the text (left, centered or right). Font size: Set the height of the text in pixels. Font color: Define the foreground color of the text.
Burn disc Apply to all: Except for the text, all settings are applied to all entries in the current menu. Menu image Use frame from movie: Use the fader to set which frame should be used in the video as a preview picture. The numerical input fields are sorted as follows: Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames. Use different graphic: You can also load your own bitmap images to be used as menu pictures.
Burn disc No link: The menu element cannot be selected and has no function other than to display menu text. Link to page in current menu: Jumps to a menu page in the current movie or chapter menu in the current film. Link to another menu: Opens another movie or chapter menu. Link to chapter in a movie: If this option is selected, enter a film and chapter marker where playback should start. Note: For DVDs, only chapters within the current movie may be jumped to.
Burn disc Note: It is not possible to delete parts of DVD-/+RWs. Each new version of the menu is added to the disc, which means that the amount of storage space available is reduced accordingly. It is also not possible to delete movies from the DVD. If you remove a movie from the menu, it will still be played back if you have set the "Actions at the end of the movie" accordingly. Please also note the "Menu entry properties (view page 208)" in the burn window.
Burn disc Menu text with external menu editing Menu elements are transferred as a bitmap during PSD export as well as during import of the edited PSD. This also applies to the text displayed in the menu. This text may also normally be changed in the "Menu entry properties" dialog. The menu text are adjusted if movies or chapters are added or removed. The PSD contains these texts as a bitmap and cannot be changed. During importing, the bitmaps replace the original text entries.
Burn disc 1. 2. 3. Restore the "correct" chapters or movie names by resetting the font size in the dialog "Menu entry properties" to the default value. Two texts will be displayed; the incorrect bitmap and the correct one. Export the menu template as a PSD. Delete the incorrect bitmap object in the corresponding layer and reimport the PSD.
Burn disc Edit menu templates The resulting PSD file will now be loaded into the external application. The following steps may differ slightly depending on the application that is used. The following steps, for example, describe the workflow in Photoshop CS, Photoshop Elements 8, and the download version of Xara Xtreme Pro. Editing a menu from 3 to 5 movies.
Burn disc existing layers from the lowermost to the topmost. Otherwise, you will have to restore the correct order of the new layers using drag & drop. Now, select all objects of the button while holding the Shift key and move them to a new position. Usually, you also have to select the frame and chapter meny objects behind teh highlight layers and move those, too.
Burn disc layer. You can generate additional layers that may be necessary for the text, such as shadows, background frames or bitmaps, etc. During reimport, all layers of a group with a (-) in front will be pooled into one text object. Save the results. Xara Xtreme Designer Pro 6: In Xara Xtreme Designer Pro 6, activate the text tool after loading the PSD file and write the desired text next to the movie button. Now, you have to localize the existing movie buttons (object gallery technology, see above).
Burn disc appear in the menu template with two new graphics objects. Drag these into the layer with the Bitmaps to be replaced. Renaming is unnecessary, since the surrounding layers do this, too. Localization, scaling and moving on the screen is analogous to Photoshop programs. Play back menu in MAGIX Video Pro X3 After editing, a PSD file is created, which is imported into MAGIX Video Pro X3 again and must then be assigned to a menu page as a template.
Burn disc this are combined via alpha layering. If the appearance of the background in the graphics and in MAGIX Video Pro X3 is different, then this step may also be made in the graphics program. In Photoshop, all associated layers would be combined with the background layer. Menu titles: In the next step, the layers of the menu title are added and combined into a single layer group. This must feature a name that begins with "(+*)".
Burn disc Burn disc Switch to the "Burn" screen first by pressing the button displayed. Burn your movies including selection menus onto CD, DVD, or Blu-ray DiscTM here. All movies loaded into the project will be included. If you want to remove some of the loaded films, then switch to the "Edit" screen again and delete the unwanted movies from the project there. To do so, switch to the corresponding movie, open the "File" menu and select "Manage movies -> Remove movie (view page 281)".
Burn disc Burn dialog for DVD player Here you can select your burner, the type of disc, the encoder settings. MPEG-2 is used for DVDs. Blu-ray Discs also use MPEG-2, and higher bitrates are employed in order to reach the higher HD resolutions. AVCHD discs use a much more complex MPEG-4/H.264 codec, which is documented in detail in the "MPEG-4 encoder settings (view page 346) section of the PDF manual and in Help (F1 key).
Burn disc Options Simulate first: If you are not sure about the write speed or memory requirements of the selected disc, you can simulate the write process before burning. Add project backup: Use this option to add additional project data to the CD/DVD together with the selected video format. You can then load the disc project from the finished disc to re-edit it and create a changed version. Activate buffer underrun protection: Many burners support techniques that prevent "buffer underrun".
Burn disc Blu-ray DiscTM (view page 342) AVCHD (view page 342) Blu-ray DiscTM Yes ***** 110 min. DVD/Blu-ray DiscTM Yes ***** Multi Disc CD/DVD Yes **** MiniDVD (view CD page 341) JPEG DISC CD/DVD Yes *** 30 min./DVD 160 min./Blu-ray DiscTM 45 min./DVD 7 min./CD approx. 20 minutes No ***** This depends on the original images and the DVD player* * The set duration for some DVD players may be determined by this table.
Burn disc After every simulation you can access the created file on the hard disk to check how large the file has become. From the results, you can extrapolate how much disc space your disc project will require. The memory requirements of a 5-minute disc project would have to be multiplied by 20 in order to estimate the space required for a 100-minute movie. You should also add buffer for the selection menu.
Burn disc Create a new disc project (“New” button), switch to the “Record” view and load it into the second film (“Part 2”). Switch to the “Burn” interface and burn the second movie to CD or DVD. Encoder settings Use the "Encoder settings..." button to access the selection dialog to specify the properties of the MPEG encoder (memory requirements, quality, and duration of the MPEG conversion Preset: This features useful settings for the selected disc type.
Special functions and wizards 3D mode: In case your project features 3D material that has been edited with Stereo 3D, a mode may be selected here for burning the material to disc. 3D is switched on as a standard. To return to the standard settings, press the Reset button. The "Advanced" button opens the "Advanced settings" dialog. You can adjust all the fine settings for the MPEG encoder here.
Special functions and wizards Automatically created timestamps from digital video devices (the points in time at which the device was turned on and off) are also marked as scenes. First, select "Start" from the "Scene change" box. The search for possible scene transitions will begin. If you have a large amount of material, then this may take a while, but the image analysis has to be done just once for each recording. The results are saved together with the video file.
Special functions and wizards Search for and remove ads This wizard in the context menu for video objects may be used to locate and remove advertising blocks in the recorded material automatically. The principle: The program searches for typical signs of a beginning and end of an ad break, these sections are selected and cut out, so that the ad is removed. The ad-remover works particularly well for movies in 16:9 format.
Special functions and wizards Tempo and beat recognition The Tempo and beat recognition in MAGIX Video Pro X3 is a special tool for video clips. This analyzes the rhythm of an existing piece of music. The basis of this is the tempo, which is measured in BPM (= beats per minute). After the BPM value of the music has been determined, the piece may be separated into equal section (remix objects).
Special functions and wizards Preparation - Setting the start marker and object end Before opening the Auto Remix Assistant, you should set the start marker at the position in the song object in the arranger where you want detection to start. If the song contains a long intro without beats, set the start marker after the intro. As a rule of thumb, the Auto Remix Assistant should always be "fed" dance music.
Special functions and wizards detected automatically – the total BPM can therefore deviate from song to song. For more difficult audio material, we recommend using the "Tapping input" mode. Either the "T" key must be pressed or the "Tap tempo" button must be clicked with the mouse in time with the music. With repeated tapping of the tempo correction button, one should keep an eye on the color in the BPM display. In the "unlocked" condition (red), the tapping is not in time with the music.
Special functions and wizards Tempo adjustment Setting the object tempo to the arrangement tempo This fits the object length to the existing arrangement. Three different procedures are possible: timestretching, resampling, or audio quantization. Timestretching keeps the pitch of the song constant, but sometimes the sound quality can suffer. Resampling changes the pitch (similar to changing the speed of a record player), and retains the sound quality of the song as much as is possible.
Special functions and wizards Setting resampling for small corrections: If the necessary corrections are very small, better quality resampling can be used instead of timestretching. Afterwards, you should not change the master tempo any longer, since definite pitch changes may arise. Remix objects in "Loop" mode: New objects are set in "Loop" mode. When extending the object with the right object mouse handle, the original length of the object is played again and again.
Special functions and wizards Travel route animation Open "Edit -> Wizards -> Travel route animation" to import and edit travel routes in MAGIX Video Pro X3. Note: In order to be able to use current map data, maps are fetched by the travel route animation directly from the Internet. This requires an Internet connection. After opening the function, you will see the screen pictured here: Map: Displays map material from openstreetmap.com. Selected locations: All locations, searched using geonames.
Special functions and wizards Select locations in the map There are several options for selecting locations on the map for creating a list. Note: If you would like to view details about a location, simply zoom via "+" on the number block into the detail view. Search and select locations: Open "Edit locations" via the "+" button to add an entry. This will be marked green behind existing locations. Enter the name of the desired location. A list with possible matches will open.
Special functions and wizards Click the eye below the location entry to hide a location, and click the eye again to show the location. Click on the eye again to display the location again. Save and load routes The entire list of marked locations may be saved to load it later - without having to search for and select all of the locations again. Save list: Click "Edit destinations" via this button or use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + S".
Special functions and wizards Show lines (connect locations) For two or more marked locations, the function "Show lines" will appear. Use this function to connect the locations with a line on the map. Click this symbol to show lines connecting selected locations. The functions for line transparency, thickness, and color are to the right. Tip: The locations in the list may be moved in the list of the connecting sequence should be changed.
Special functions and wizards Animate object: You can select an object to follow the trip route. Besides a pre-selection of objects, e.g. a car or an airplane, you have the option of loading your own subjects. Click the object selection on load object. Animate line: The connecting line slowly connects all selected locations, from the first to the last.. It is moving at the speed of an animated object.
Special functions and wizards Keyboard shortcuts Manually marking locations Zoom into map Zoom out of map Save location list Load location list Save map section (with location markings) as image Move map section north (upwards) Move map section east (right) Move map section south (downwards) Move map section west (left) Cancel video export "M" "+" on the number block "-" on the number block "Ctrl + S" "Ctrl + O" "Ctrl + E" "Up arrow" "Right arrow" "Down arrow" "Left arrow" "Esc" Slideshow Maker Slideshow
Special functions and wizards Intensity Controls the portion of video and image objects that feature effects. Transitions The different sliders are used to set the portion of individual fade types. 3D / Other: Fade duration: Set the length of the fades in seconds. Random fades: The fades are set to random values. Effects The faders enable the respective effects types to be specified. Random effects: The faders that control the amount of effects are set randomly.
Special functions and wizards Including video objects Process videos: If this option is set, then videos will be automatically processed with effects and transitions. Length: Settings may be made here about whether the original length of the video should be maintained or if it should be shortened. Opening and closing credits Set the text for opening and closing credits here. Text: Enter the corresponding text for opening and closing credits that should be added by Slideshow Maker.
Special functions and wizards Insert random: MAGIX Video Pro X3 selects random pieces of music from the folder "Import -> My Media -> Slideshow music" in the Media Pool. Preview: This button previews the selected piece of music. Volume ratio: This slider controls the volume ratio between the original sound and the background music. Tip: Pieces of music in the first track are listed and used for the background music, provided they are not removed.
Special functions and wizards Finished panorama (2 images) Finished panorama from 2 images Batch conversion Batch conversion makes it is possible to convert multiple video files, movies, objects, or whole projects into another format in just one step. Open batch conversion Batch conversion can be opened using different presets. A pre-selection appears only if you have loaded a film or a project.
Special functions and wizards Multiple movies with video material are open: The opened movie will be exported as a complete video. This is especially useful for large projects with a lot of individual movies, eliminating the need to export each one individually. Administration Save and load your settings here. These include the list of files to be exported and the export settings and names of all entries.
Options for using the final movie Tip: If you give several tasks the same file name, the files created will be documented intelligently. For example, you can easily convert and simultaneously line up multiple movies that belong together thematically. Shut down PC automatically after successful export This option is especially useful when you export long movies and are using an especially high-quality and resource-demanding export format.
Options for using the final movie Export settings: Specify general export parameters like resolution, aspect ratio, and frame rate here. Select the most frequently used values from the list fields; to set your own values click on the "..." button. The "Advanced" button opens the specific settings for the selected video format. "File" enables you to export your file to another folder than the preset one.
Options for using the final movie MAGIX video export Exports the movie in MAGIX video format. This format is used for video recording by MAGIX video software and is optimized for digitally edited high-quality video material. Keyboard shortcut: Alt + D Video as Quicktime Movie Exports the movie in QuickTime movie format. This enables streaming playback of audio and video files over the Internet.
Options for using the final movie Windows Media Export Exports the arrangement in Windows Media format. This is a universal audio/video format from Microsoft. The setting options in the Advanced dialog are correspondingly complex. Manual configuration Audio/Video codec: Various codecs corresponding to the many versions of Windows Media (7, 8, 9) are possible. If playback compatibility problems arise, try an older codec with a lower version number.
Options for using the final movie manual of your device, are given that should help create executable MPEG4 files. For more experimental users, the complete setup options of the MPEG-4 codec can be found behind the "Advanced settings..." buttons. Video/audio: MPEG-4 and the newer MPEG-4 H.264 are currently available, and these are used with new devices especially. MPEG-4 video may be combined with AAC or AMR sound (the latter is mainly for mobile telephones). The combination of MPEG-4 H.
Options for using the final movie Transfer format: Specify here whether the created file should be transferred via device connected via Bluetooth or via email. Audio as wave The movie's audio track is exported in the wave (*.wav) audio format. Shortcut: "Ctrl + Alt + W" Export as transition... Please see "Creating custom alpha transitions" Single frame as BMP Exports the image at the position of the start marker and displayed on the video screen as a BMP file.
Options for using the final movie The following is a recommended approach for using an editing list in EDL format: Save the media you use beforehand in a folder (e.g. via "File -> Backup copy -> Copy film and media to folder". Export your film as an EDL editing list and add the EDL file in the same folder as the media. Load the EDL file into the importing program (e.g. Sequoia). The EDL file provides the correct positioning of the individual media.
Options for using the final movie Warning: For many graphic cards, the TV output can only be activated when a television or video recorder is connected before turning on the computer! For the best video monitor quality via TV output, select "Overlay" mode. When in doubt, make sure that "Overlay" mode is selected as the video mode in the program settings ("File -> Program settings -> Display options"). You can play the video directly from the arrangement.
Options for using the final movie applications you should use the settings defined here. Advanced takes you to the DV export settings (More Informationen can be found in the section "DV export settings" on page 251). Now connect your camera and follow the displayed instructions. If you want to export a rendered (already edited) movie to DV, there’s no need to render it again. Simply activate the “Play own DV file” option and select your DV video from the “My audio video” directory.
Options for using the final movie finished movies without edits and effects, since real-time effects processing of DV data causes high processor loads that often result in output errors. Transfer DV back to device after export...: Deactivate this option if you are only rendering your movie but do not want to export it. You can export your movie later by clicking "Export own DV file" from the "Export" dialog.
Options for using the final movie connections between multiple Bluetooth devices can be set up simultaneously in a room, the password serves to identify certain connections as well as to safeguard your data. The order may be the other way around, depending on the Bluetooth device driver, i.e. the mobile phone will request a password which must be confirmed on your PC. It's important that you use the same password in each case. You may be asked once again to enter the file name and path of the movie.
Options for using the final movie classes chapter, for the special settings of the export dialogs see "Export movie (view page 254)" in the "File menu" chapter. Tip: If the format settings for your device are not accessible, then you can try out a different device from the same manufacturer and, using it as a template, make adjustments accordingly. If you find settings you like, we recommend saving these as a preset for further use.
Options for using the final movie added. For broad displays (optimized for 16:9) we recommend the video effects Aspect ratio 16:9 (anamorph/letterbox). Frame rate: Picture repeat rate, i. e. the number of frames per second (fps). For mobile phones this is usually reduced from 25fps to around 10 or 15fps in order to save memory space and because mobile phone processors are not powerful enough.
Options for using the final movie large displays and their own hard disk or a very large flash card memory (in GB). File format: Mostly DivX AVI or WMV (Windows Media Video) are used. While WMV is its own format, AVI is a so-called container format. This means that the actual file format is set via the medium's codec (view page 339). In addition to the AVI format, you will also have to set up a codec that your mobile device supports when exporting AVI files. A much-used codec for AVI is the DivX codec.
Options for using the final movie Upload to Internet With this option you can upload your movie directly to YouTube ®, Vimeo or Facebook (deluxe version). YouTube ® maybe the best-known portal for selfmade clips of all kinds. Vimeo is an up-and-coming portal for more demanding videos. Community: Select a platform: YouTube® or Video. Name: Here you can enter the name of your movie. Description: Here you can create a short description of your movie to orient other community member as to its contents.
Managing video projects Managing video projects Project and movie settings When you create a new video project, you can make settings for the new project already in the start dialog. You can change these later. In the following chapter we want to present the settings offered by MAGIX Video Pro X3 for movies and projects. Note: Please differentiate between settings for a concrete movie and project and general program settings. The latter are described in detail in the PDF manual or Help (F1 key).
Managing video projects The buttons at the top are for the four tabs in the dialogs: "Movie settings -> Synchronization ->Movie information" and "Project settings". Movie settings Name: You can enter the name of the current movie here. Path: This is where you determine the path to the folder on your hard drive where your movie is saved. Play movie back in loop mode: The movie is then played over and over again, i.e. once the movie reaches the end marker, it is started again from the beginning.
Managing video projects Synchronization Synchronization dialog Note: You will find descriptions of all synchronization dialog elements here. You can find a description of how the synchronization settings are made in the "Synchronization settings" (view page 261) chapter. Input synchronization: Here you must select the driver which the MAGIX Video Pro X3 will receive the MIDI timecode. This setting will also be used for SMPTE.
Managing video projects analog devices need time to reach their correct speed. To make sure that MAGIX Video Pro X3 synchronizes to a valid time, this segment can be skipped using pre-roll frames. Output synchronization: Here you must select the driver, which MAGIX Video Pro X3 will use to send MIDI timecode. When synchronizing via SMPTE, please make sure that the device corresponds to the SMPTE output of your MIDI interface.
Managing video projects In case you want to synchronize another program (e.g. Samplitude/Sequoia) via a virtual MIDI cable with MAGIX Video Pro X3, please make sure that the corresponding MIDI device is set in both programs. The program that is set to be the synchronization source must support MTC and be configured as the "master". For example, if you use "MIDI Yoke NT1" under "Input synchronization", then the device "MIDI Yoke NT 1" must also be set in the MTC output in the master.
Managing video projects Setting up Samplitude/Sequoia Start Samplitude/Sequoia; MAGIX Video Pro X3 can remain open. Open the Samplitude/Sequoia synchronization dialog. Right-click the "Sync" button on the transport console, or select the entry "Synchronization settings" in the "Options" menu. Activate the box "Output synchronization active". Under "Device", set the first free virtual MIDI device (e.g. "MIDI Yoke NT 1").
Managing video projects Movie Information This option opens an information window: Name: Here you can enter the name of the current movie. Path: This is where you select the folder on your hard drive in which your movie is saved. Created on: Displays the time the movie was created. Last changed: Displays the time of the last save. Number of used objects: Displays the number of all objects in the movie. Used files: All files used in the movie are listed here.
Managing video projects You can change project settings here. A project can consist of multiple movies and is saved as an mvp file. Description: Here you can give you project a description - perhaps a few statements about the state of the editing progress, etc. This field functions like a notepad. Time point: You can assign your project a certain date. You can choose between simply a date - e.g. "24.12.2009" - or a written-out description e.g. "Christmas 2009".
Managing video projects New project disc settings or new movie When you start MAGIX Video Pro X3 the following dialog will open: Decide in this dialog if you want to "Load an existing movie" for further editing and burning to disc, or if you want to "Create a new movie". Under "Options" you can "Create a new movies folder". All data that belongs to the movie will be saved in this folder. We're still at the very beginning, so let's stick with keeping an overview of everything.
Managing video projects Program settings All basic settings for MAGIX Video Pro X3 are made in this window. This allows you to influence the settings in MAGIX Video Pro X3 in detail. Keyboard shortcut: P Playback Audio playback Driver selection: Specify whether you wish to use the standard Windows driver for the sound card or the DirectSound driver here. DirectSound is a component of DirectX and, if required, is installed together with MAGIX Video Pro X3.
Managing video projects Number of buffers: Specify how many buffers should be used here. More buffers increase stability for crackle-free playback of the arrangement, but they also increase the memory requirement. When played via DirectSound, only one buffer is used automatically. Note: As a rule, if response and loading times are too slow, reduce the number of buffers and their; otherwise, increase the buffer size if the audio playback is choppy or if real-time errors occur.
Managing video projects Image material playback Resizing high-quality image material: Use this feature to improve the quality during resizing, particularly when downsizing to less than half of the original size (e.g. for picture-in-picture effects). This also requires more CPU power. Load image material in background: Image material is loaded in the background to spare processing power.
Managing video projects Video/Audio In this tab you will find all settings concerning video and audio files. Video standard PAL is used in Europe, the US and Japan use NTSC. Movie display The resolutions that can be set here concern only the picture display in the Arranger. If playback becomes jerky, we recommend entering a lower value. The quality of exported videos is not influenced by this.
Managing video projects "checked") or whether you would like an automatically generated name to be assigned (check box "unchecked"). Automatically copy exported material to clipboard: This option is particularly useful when used with other programs, such as Microsoft Powerpoint. If activated, a multimedia file you have just created is immediately copied to the clipboard and can be used in other applications. For instance, you can insert it into an opened MS Powerpoint template by pressing "Ctrl + V".
Managing video projects Simple display of audio objects: Does not display a waveform for audio objects in the Arranger. 3D object display: Shows objects in the Arranger three-dimensionally. Standard picture length Determines how long an image loaded in MAGIX Video Pro X3 is shown for by default. System Dialogs: Once installed, MAGIX Video Pro X3 displays a number of security queries in various parts of the program.
Managing video projects Media Pool: Select which file types should be previewed automatically. You may also select whether double clicking a file starts a preview in the Media Pool or imports it directly into the arranger. Automatic save: The automatic backup function may be set to save the project in the project folder as a backup file with the ending "MV_" (instead of the normal "MVD"). Select if and how often the project is saved as a backup.
Managing video projects Display options Video output to DV device Video output on a DV device: This option displays your arranger view on your TV via your DV camera. This is useful if your graphics card doesn't have a TV output. However, since your PC must then compress the video signal in real time in DV-AVI format and in addition to processing all real-time effects, so you need to have a powerful PC for jitter-free playback.
Managing video projects Note: To use this mode the graphics card must posses at least 128 MB own memory. You will need to install Direct 3D 9 or higher, and the graphics card driver must support "High Level Pixel Shader Language 2.0". MAGIX Video Pro X3 checks the corresponding properties when this mode is selected, and switches it off if necessary. Standard mode (overlay mixer): In this mode you can use a hardware-like deinterlacing for the output on your PC screen or progressive scan-capable projector.
Managing video projects Preview rendering Use this dialog to set how MAGIX Video Pro X3 renders a set range in the arranger. This dialogs may be accessed via "File -> Settings -> Preview rendering". The preview rendering function enables complicated passages in the project to be rendered beforehand for fluid video previewing. This may be accessed via the marker bar's context menu. More about this is discussed in the chapter "Markers (view page 103)".
Managing video projects Backup copy Files must be saved to be able to be easily retrieved in case of a hard drive crash or some other error. Copy movie and media to folder/copy disc project and media to folder This menu option allows you to put a complete MAGIX Video Pro X3 arrangement, including all applied multimedia files, into one folder.
Managing video projects Restore project from video disc This command restores a project backup that has been saved on a disc. The disc must have been burned with the option "Add project backup" (see "Burn disc" dialog options). Choose which of the movies contained on the disc should be restored by selecting it from the list and highlighting and selecting the corresponding directory. You must also indicate the directory where the project should be saved.
Managing video projects Export EDL The menu item "File -> Export movie" enables EDL files to be created using the "Export movie information as EDL..." for additional editing in other programs, e.g. Samplitude or Sequoia. This section features a completely new input mask. Use the check boxes to select whether video and/or audio should be exported. As required, a selection may be made whether individual tracks should be rendered or referenced as original files via EDL.
Menus extraneous files created during use of MAGIX Video Pro X3. Before they are deleted, you receive relevant information in a dialog and a confirmation request. Advanced "Advanced" lets you set which files and folders should be included in the cleaning process. Menus Certain menu items are not available on the "Record" and "Burn" screens. The menu reference describes the full menu as found on the "Edit" screen. File Menu New project Creates a new MAGIX Video Pro X3 project.
Menus Manage movies New movie Use this option to create a new movie for your recordings and imported files. Since a film is normally already opened, you will have to decide whether the movie should be inserted into the existing project or if a new project should be created. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + N Delete movie This option lets you remove the current movie from the project. However, it is still available on the hard drive and can be loaded again at any time.
Menus Export movie This provides all export formats supported by MAGIX Video Pro X3 that aren't covered by burning. Refer to "Exporting (view page 243)" for more information. Import media files into project folder The files selected in the Media Pool will be imported into the project folder (view page 57). Clean up project folder Unused media files will be removed from the project file. Note: This function applies to the entire project.
Menus Scan image Select scanner The twain interface connects MAGIX Video Pro X3 with almost all current scanners or digital cameras. Here's how to proceed the first time you scan via the twain interface: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Install the twain software for the device. Restart your computer. Start MAGIX Video Pro X3. Click on "File -> Twain scanner -> Select source", if the scanner works with 32-bit software. Click the device that you want to use in the dialog.
Menus Burn CD/DVD Manually compile files Opens MAGIX Speed burnR to burn videos or other files onto CD/DVD. File selection is done via drag & drop from MAGIX Speed burnR's Explorer. Shortcut: Ctrl + B Copy CD/DVD direct The dialog provides several options for creating a copy: Copy: Here you can directly copy a non copy-protected CD or DVD. Shrink: Compresses a DVD to the size of a regular single layer DVD+/R/RW. All files of the original DVD have to be on the hard drive.
Menus Present videos on magix.info" to reach a page where you can upload your video. You may need to register with magix.info. Online login details In this dialog, you can save your login information (login and password) for MAGIX Online Album and all other MAGIX Online World as well as for Catooh, making it unnecessary to login each time you access MAGIX Online World. The saved data are valid for all other MAGIX programs for the corresponding computer user.
Menus Keyboard shortcut: Alt + O Clean-up wizard The clean-up wizard helps delete projects from the hard drive, including all of the media files used. Use this function to free up disk space for future projects. Caution: If the files you used in the movie have also been used in other movies (like trailers, opening music, etc.), then you should make backup copies of these files beforehand.
Menus Exit Closes MAGIX Video Pro X3. Keyboard shortcut: Alt + F4 Edit Menu Undo With this command you can undo the last changes you made. This way, it's no problem if you want to try out critical operations. If you don't like the result, then you can always revert to the previous state by using "Undo". Clicking on the arrow next to the button opens a list of changes made until now, allowing you to undo several changes made in sequence.
Menus Copying objects This function copies the selected scene (or the selected object in Timeline mode) to the clipboard. You can then use the "Paste" command to place it into any movie. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + C Paste objects This command inserts the clipboard material (photo or object) at the current position of the start marker. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + V Duplicate objects This command duplicates all selected objects.
Menus Remove scene start This command cuts a scene at the point where the start marker is positioned, and deletes all material that precedes the start position simultaneously. Shortcut: Z Remove scene end This command cuts a scene at the point where the start marker is positioned, and deletes all material behind the start position simultaneously.
Menus Cut out The section between the in and out points is cut from the current arrangement and placed on the clipboard. This section can then be reinserted elsewhere. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + X Copy The section between the in and out points is copied from the current arrangement to the clipboard. This section can then be reinserted elsewhere.
Menus Discard rendered ranges All rendered previews will be discarded; the video material will be rendered again via the arrangement in real time and played back. Discard rendered range beneath the play cursor The rendered preview below the playback marker will be discarded; the video material will be rendered again via the arrangement again in real time and played back. Form group Orders all selected objects into groups.
Menus Mixdown 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 it will occupy approximately 10 MB (in stereo) on the hard drive. This will give you more control over the arranger and more space for additional objects. MAGIX Video Pro X3 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.
Menus To set a snap point, select an object and place the playback marker at the position where you would like the snap point to be. "Set snap point" sets a snap point, and "Delete snap point" removes it again. If the option "Set snap point" is selected at another position, the snap point will be moved. "Delete all snap points" deletes all snap points for all objects. Shortcut: Ctrl + P Marker Set project marker This option places a project marker at the current playback position.
Menus Set chapter markers automatically This option automatically sets chapter markers in the arrangement according to specific rules that will then appear in the film menu of a disc as chapters. This is useful if a disc should be burned immediately after recording. There is a selection of options available for automatic chapter generation: At the beginning of the movie: The movie only contains one chapter in this case. At the start of objects on a track...
Menus Optionally, existing chapter markers may be deleted and the automatic chapter marker function may be limited to the area between the start and end markers. Shortcut: Alt + Shift + Enter Delete chapter markers/delete all chapter markers Delete one or all chapter markers. This removes chapter entries in the disc menu if the film is burned to disc. Shortcut: Ctrl + Enter / Alt + Ctrl + Enter Marker -> Set range start/end Sets a range start/end marker at the position of the playback marker.
Menus Effects Menu (FX) Master effects This menu item accesses the movie's effect settings (view page 142). The settings affected here apply to the entire movie. Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + H Video object effects Scene recognition Calls up the automatic scene recognition, which "cuts up" longer videos into scenes for storage in the "Takes" directory. Keyboard shortcut: Shift + Z Image stabilization Opens the image stabilization dialog to correct "wobbly" recordings.
Menus Video effects These are the various effects which can be applied to videos and stills. The effects can be set after an object is selected in the respective effects dialog which appears. For more information, see the "Video effects in the Media Pool (view page 119)" chapter. Video effect templates This features general templates that can be added to the video objects via drag & drop and several video mix effects that can be quickly and easily applied, e.g. bluescreen.
Menus Reset video effects This option allows you to deactivate all currently used effects entirely if you want to undo the changes. Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + - Copy video effects Effects settings for an object may be copied to the clipboard to add (view page 298) them to other objects. Shortcut: - Insert video effects Video effects may be inserted into the selected object from other objects. The settings must be copied (view page 298) beforehand into the clipboard.
Menus Set volume This function, located in both the effects menu and the context menu, controls the sound volume for individual objects, just like the object handles in the arranger. Audio cleaning Opens the "Audio Cleaning (More Informationen can be found in the section "Sound optimization" on page 160)" dialog. Shortcut: Alt + A Echo/Hall Please see "Reverb/Echo" in the chapter "Audio effects". Keyboard shortcut: Shift + H Timestretch/resample Read more about this in Timestretch/resample.
Menus BPM Wizard Read the section concerning the Tempo and beat recognition in the chapter "Audio" for more about this. Shortcut: Alt + Shift + R Volume curve The most important effect, the volume, is available here directly. The volume is also available via the Media Pool under "Effects -> Audio effects > General (view page 134)", where it may also be animated.
Menus Intros/Outros: These are beginning and end scenes for films with various themes. Visuals: Graphical displays of any played sounds which can be combined with other video material. Effects library Using these menu choices, you can control the corresponding directories in the Media Pool. Synthesizer Synthesizers can be loaded as individual objects. More information is available in "Synthesizers".
Menus Master audio effect rack Opens or closes the master effects rack; you can also use the "Master FX" button in the mixer window for this. Keyboard shortcut: B Mastering Suite This opens the Mastering Suite (view page 171). Source monitor The source monitor provides an opportunity to preview and edit files in the Media Pool, and these can in turn be dragged into the project folder or the arrangement from the source monitor.
Menus Show movie overview With this option, you can display an overview of the entire arrangement on the video screen. It is particularly suitable for long and complex arrangements to prevent you from losing track. You can view the whole movie and you are, despite this, able to access the object you're looking for in a split second – you can zoom in directly on the video monitor or move around the clip displayed in the arranger.
Menus Context help By choosing the context help entry from the "Help" menu, or by clicking on the button in the top toolbar, the mouse cursor will turn into an arrow with a question mark. Then, when you click on any button of the main screen, program help describing the control element in question will open. Keyboard shortcut: Alt + F1 Online tutorials Interesting tutorials and useful tips for working with MAGIX Video Pro X3 can be found on the MAGIX website. An online connection is required.
Context menu (right click) System information Information on the current date and time appear in this Information window, in addition to the number of files that have just been opened, the total size of the memory in the system and the size of the memory used by the MAGIX Video Pro X3. In short, a list of all available drives and their available memory capacity.
Context menu (right click) Object trimmer Shows or hides the trim window. This enables the position of the selected video or image object and its handles to be adjusted more finely. Read the chapter "Adjusting videos precisely" ("Trimming"). Shortcut: Shift + N Edit snap point If the position of objects, object borders, markers, or of the playback marker is changed with the mouse, then these will jump automatically to specific "key positions" as soon as these are approached.
Context menu (right click) Interpolation for interlace material Choose this option to remove interlace artifacts from your video image. If, for instance, you extract freeze frames from a video, ridge structures appear in sequences which feature movement. Anti-flicker filter Choose this option for still pictures with detailed structures and high contrast. This filter reduces line flickering during TV playback.
Context menu (right click) In the preview monitor context menu you will also find the "Display play time" option. This will create a time code. Object properties This function displays all of 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. Depending on the type of object, the elements displayed will vary.
Context menu (right click) Image objects Edit snap point If the position of objects, object borders, markers, or of the playback marker is changed with the mouse, then these will jump automatically to specific "key positions" as soon as these are approached. This is called "snapping". This enables objects at high zoom resolution to be positioned exactly without gaps resulting, which will not be visible at this resolution. Normally, object borders and markers snap together.
Context menu (right click) Cut automatically to fit screen This function ensures that images don't have black edges (in case they don't fit into the given format). Anti-flicker filter Choose this option for still pictures with detailed structures and high contrast. This filter reduces line flickering during TV playback. Border cropping adjustment: Select this option if the edges are cropped during playback on your television.
Context menu (right click) Object properties This function displays all of 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. Depending on the type of object, the elements displayed will vary. General Information The name of the selected object and the fore/background color for the object in unselected status can be changed here.
Context menu (right click) Please read the "Fine adjustment of video ("Trimming")" chapter for more details. Keyboard shortcut: N Settings... A dialog with the settings for the corresponding transition will be displayed. Depending on the transition, different settings are available. Audio objects Create wave form In most cases, the waveform display of an audio file will not be required. However, if you require this, e.g.
Context menu (right click) Insert objects into the project folder Every single object can be added to the project folder and used again later. All of the object's properties will be maintained. This is useful, for example, if the video material should be edited beforehand and then arranged in the next step. Edit wave files externally Audio files from the arranger can be post-edited in an external wave editor program.
Context menu (right click) Display track curves The most recently selected track curve is displayed on the object for editing. Use of a curve causes the parameters set in the mixer to be disregarded. Note: The track curves of audio objects can be animated in the same way as video effects. Read more about this in the chapter "Animating objects (view page 144)". Reset track curves All track curves can be reset with this function. The settings made in the mixer will be applied to the track again.
Context menu (right click) is very jittery or if flickering occurs, or if some effects do not look how they should, you can reverse the source material frames. Deinterlace Options: Normally, the setting "Automatic interlace processing" does not have to be changed. The frames are processed separately and passed to the encoder when exported. If necessary, MAGIX Video Pro X3 will perform high-quality interlacing.
Context menu (right click) "Set snap point" sets a snap point, and "Delete snap point" removes it again. If the option "Set snap point" is selected at another position, the snap point will be moved. "Delete all snap points" deletes all snap points for all objects. Shortcut: Ctrl + P Load title template A dialog for loading a title template will open. Save as title template This allows you to create your own templates using your title creations.
Context menu (right click) Object properties This function displays all of 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. Depending on the type of object, the elements displayed will vary. General Information The name of the selected object and the fore/background color for the object in unselected status can be changed here.
Context menu (right click) MAGIX 3D Maker objects Edit settings... A limited MAGIX 3D Maker version is opened to edit the selected object. Edit snap point If the position of objects, object borders, markers, or of the playback marker is changed with the mouse, then these will jump automatically to specific "key positions" as soon as these are approached. This is called "snapping".
Context menu (right click) Video effects The entries for this submenu are directly available in the Media Pool. Insert objects into the project folder Every single object can be added to the project folder and used again later. All of the object's properties will be maintained. This is useful, for example, if the video material should be edited beforehand and then arranged in the next step.
Context menu (right click) will perform high-quality interlacing. If "No interlace processing" is set, then it is assumed that the source material contains full frames. For more information on interlacing, please see „Interlace“ (view page 368). Tempo/Pitch (audio objects only) If there is information about the tempo, then the tempo can be doubled or halved here. The tempo can be detected using Tempo and beat recognition.
Problems and solutions Paste objects Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the click position. Range above blank space The start and end of the range in the film will be set to the respective borders of the empty space that is clicked on. Shortcut: X Display track curves This option hides or shows track curves for the corresponding track. Track curves are only available fro the volume and panorama of an audio track. These result if these are automated via the mixer.
Problems and solutions rendering it to DVD or exporting it. For that reason, you should first edit the movie in its raw version without effects. The preview generally delivers a steady picture, allowing you to work quickly and quietly. Towards the end, you can add effects to your movies to give them a special touch of Hollywood! Problems and Remedies regarding the Auto Remix Assistant Problem: The playback stutters, the metronome is suspended, the computer is overloaded... (on older computers.
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Online functions Online functions Integrated browser The integrated browser offers many useful functions that help you collect material for using in your project. All kinds of media can be collected – images, videos, sound or simply text can be all integrated using the built-in browser with great results. Tip: You must have an Internet connection to use the full range of options offered by the integrated browser.
Online functions Loading Internet media The buttons described here are used to collect and load media directly from the Internet into the current film. The corresponding functions can be found in the context menu of the browser. Save selected text: The selected text will be saved. It can then be edited using the title editor (view page 113). Start screen capture: Opens the capture dialog for starting screen capture. Download selected images: The selected images will be saved to your computer.
Online functions If no new messages are present, the button will appear gray. When the MAGIX News Center is clicked, all of the available information will be displayed. Click the messages to reach the corresponding website. Embed Flash videos into your own web page To do this, you will need a basic knowledge of HTML pages and all technical requirements for uploading your files to your web page. Tip: If you do not have HTML skills, we recommend using MAGIX Online Album.
Online functions sound The sound contained in the video will be played back if this parameter is "true". loop The video will be automatically played back from the start after reaching the end if this parameter is "true". tooltip Changing the position of the position cursor will display a tooltip with position information if this parameter is "true". swfborder A limiting line will be drawn around the player if this parameter is true.
Keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts Playback functions Start/stop Increase playback speed in stages Stop playback Reduce playback speed in stages until negative direction Accelerate playback speed in positive direction Accelerate playback speed in negative direction Stop (playback marker is stopped at the current position) Restart beginning at playback marker Playback marker back to the beginning Playback marker to end 1 frame back 1 frame forward 5 frames back 5 frames forward Set project marker Pl
Keyboard shortcuts Comparison image: in front of selected object Comparison image: behind selected object Comparison image: select object Remove comparison image "," "Ctrl + Shift + ," "Ctrl + ," "Shift + ," Arranger view Zoom in Ctrl + up cursor key Zoom out Ctrl + down cursor key Full screen playback Alt + Enter Movie overview Shift + A Optimize view Shift + B Zoom 1 frame / 5 frames Ctrl + 1/2 Zoom 1s / 5s / 1min/ 10min Ctrl + 3/4/5/6 Zoom between red area markers Ctrl + 7 Entire movie
Keyboard shortcuts To next/previously selected object "Shift + W" "Shift + Q" Mouse modes Mouse mode for individual objects All tracks mouse mode Single track mouse mode "Curve" mode Object stretch mode Preview audio objects Context help "6" "7" "8" "9" "0" "Alt + 6" "Alt + F1" File menu New project Open project Save project Save project as... Project folder -> Clean up project folder Record audio/images/video... Import edit list (EDL)... Export to device... Batch conversion...
Keyboard shortcuts Video as MotionJPEG-AVI Movie as a series of individual frames Windows Media Export Video as MPEG 4 video Audio as wave Export as transition Single frame as BMP file Single frame as JPEG Animated GIF Export movie information as EDL "Ctrl + Alt "Ctrl + Alt "Ctrl + Alt "Ctrl + Alt "Ctrl + Alt "Ctrl + Alt "Ctrl + Alt "Ctrl + Alt "Ctrl + Alt "Alt + D" + + + + + + + + + O" E" V" G" W" T" B" J" F" Backup copy Copy project and media into folder Copy movie and media into folder "Alt + S" "Sh
Keyboard shortcuts Insert section Extract section Insert empty space into selected range "Alt + V" "Shift + X" "C" Preview rendering for range between start and end marker Build group Ungroup "Ctrl + R" "G" "Shift + G" Wizards Slideshow Maker Soundtrack Maker Ctrl + M Ctrl+ +S Mix audio Audio and video mixdown Set snap point Markers Set project marker 1 - 10 Set/rename project markers Set chapter markers Set chapter markers automatically Delete chapter markers Delete all chapter markers Set range
Keyboard shortcuts Video mix effects "Ctrl + Alt + X" Movement effects Position/size Section Camera/zoom Rotation/mirror "Alt + Shift + I" "Alt + Shift + P" "Ctrl + Alt + Z" "Alt + Shift + R" Video effects Load video effects Save video effects Reset video effects Copy video effects Insert video effects "Ctrl + -" "Alt + -" "Ctrl + Alt + -" "-" "Shift + -" Audio object effects Normalize Volume reduction Audio cleaning Echo/reverb Timestretch/resample Load audio effects Save audio effects Reset audio ef
Keyboard shortcuts Master audio effects rack Program monitor Media Pool Project folder Activate next window Reset window arrangement Display settings Film overview Optimize movie view Zoom horizontally/vertically "B" "Shift + V" "Shift + P" "Shift + B" "Tab" "F9" "Alt + Shift + V" "Shift + A" "Ctrl + F" see "Arranger view (view page 329)" Help menu Help Context help Display tooltips About Xtreme "F1" "Alt + F1" "Ctrl + Shift + F1" "Alt + Shift + F1" Edit keyboard shortcut In this dialog you can spe
Activate codecs Note! Please do not use the space bar, "Esc", or "Insert" key ("0" in the number block), since the functions of these keys are permanently assigned in MAGIX Video Pro X3 and can not be changed. Keyboard shortcut list Reset: Activates all preset shortcuts again. Load: Previously saved shortcuts are loaded and activated again. Tip: MAGIX Video Pro X3 offers additional presets for those switching over from other programs.
Activate codecs Free activation (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Dolby Digital 2.0 & 5.1) To be able to use MPEG-2, MPEG-4, the Dolby Digital stereo import, and Dolby Digital 5.1, you will have to activate the codec for free. Activation can be done online via telephone or via post/fax. The quickest and easiest way to order an activation code is via the Internet. Order activation code online Click on "Order online..." (Field 1).
Activate codecs Fee-based DVCPRO activation To use the DVCPRO professional video format in MAGIX Video Pro X3, it must first be activated first. This involves a fee-based activation process. Order activation code online Click on "Order online..." (Field 1). The web browser will open for you to register MAGIX Video Pro X3 first (if you have not already done so). You will then be forwarded to a website where you can request the corresponding activation.
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage Video Editing 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 by the computer. Digital video processing functions quite similar to recording via a sound card. The signal flow is measured in very short, regular intervals, and the values resulting from it can then be processed by the computer.
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage details, or if the content changes very fast, then the picture may blur (dependent on the strength 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. At average compression rates under 3 megabits per second it is probable that you will notice reduced quality. At rates around 6 megabit per second the degradation in quality becomes almost invisible.
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage More detailed information, consult the chapters concerning the individual disc types. Disc type Storage media Menu Quality Length (optimal quality) DVD WMV HD DVD CD/DVD Yes Yes *** ***** Blu-ray DiscTM (view page 342) AVCHD (view page 342) Blu-ray DiscTM Yes ***** 98 min. 107 min./DVD 15 min./CD 110 min. DVD/Blu-ray DiscTM Yes ***** Multi Disc CD/DVD Yes **** MiniDVD (view page 341) JPEG DISC CD Yes *** CD/DVD No ***** 30 min.
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage DVD +RW: +RW drives allow re-writable DVDs to be created which may be read by almost any commercial DVD-ROM or DVD player. The companies involved are mainly Philips, Sony, HEWLETT PACKARD (as well as Ricoh, Yamaha and Mitsubishi). DVD-RW: This is a write/erase DVD technology promoted by Pioneer and Sharp. This format was developed by the Pioneer company and should be compatible with existing DVD players.
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage CD-ROM can only save about a sixth of the quantity of data a DVD can hold, the capacity of a miniDVD is accordingly limited to approx. 20 minutes of movie. MiniDVDs are particularly suitable for playing on the computer. For standalone devices they must be tested on an individual basis as to whether the device can handle the DVD format on a CD-ROM. AVCHD disc Use this format to create a high-resolution video.
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage Blu-ray Discs come in three varieties: Only readable BD ROM (comparable to DVD video), rewritable BD-RE (comparable to DVD±RW or DVD-RAM), and as a disc that can be written to only once BD-R (comparable to DVD±R). Super Video CD (SVCD) The Super Video CD (SVCD) is a technological advancement of the video CD.
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage ranges) of a CD. You can therefore fit 720 MB of video data on a 650 MB blank CD. Due to improved burning and scanning technology it is now possible to burn up to 985 MB video data on a 99min blank CD. Encoder settings: Normally the video CD data is played at a data rate of 1150 kBits video and 224 kBits audio. By increasing the video bit rate to 3000kBits you can get the same resolution and an better-quality audio bit rate.
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage If your project uses more effects, they won’t be visible on the Media Manager CD. A VCD or DVD is more suitable for such projects. The MAGIX Media Manager CDR ensures that the CD-ROM can be played back on any Windows PC regardless of the software installed. The disc will automatically begin playing the slideshow after the CD-ROM has been inserted into the drive, provided the auto-play feature is enabled on your PC.
MPEG-4 encoder settings Greatest possible safety as a data backup of the project is added (burn option (view page 219)). Backup disc Use this option to compile all movies in the current disc project, including all connected media and burn them to disc. Even larger projects can be burned straight to disc. The project, if necessary, will be split up and burned automatically to multiple discs.
MPEG-4 encoder settings MPEG-4 The MPEG-4 (H.263) codec is especially useful for video material with little or only slower movements. Generic MPEG-4 preset Different presets located within the encoder. (A)SP@L0-L5: (Advanced) Simple Profile in Level 0-5 (Q)CIF (Common Intermediate Format): CIF is a video format produced as soon as 1990 with the video compression format H.261. At that time, the format was used for video telephone conferences.
MPEG-4 encoder settings L0 L1 L2 L3 QCIF QCIF CIF CIF 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 Continuation of table 1 Level Max. VCV VCV decode buffer r rate size (MB/s) (MB) L0 L1 L2 L3 99 99 396 396 1485 1485 5940 11880 Table 2: The levels of the Level Typical Max. visual number session of size objects L0 176x144 1 L1 176x144 4 L2 352x288 4 L3 352x288 4 L4 352x576 4 L5 720x576 4 x x x x simple simple simple simple Max. total VBV buffer size (units of 16384 bits) 10 10 40 40 1 1 1 1 Max.
MPEG-4 encoder settings Continuation of table 2 Level Max. percentage of intra MBs with AC prediction in VCV buffer L0 100 L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 100 100 100 50 25 Max total VBV buffer size (units of 16384 bit s) Max. VOL VBV buffer size (units of 16384 bit s) Max. video packet length (bits) Max.
MPEG-4 encoder settings Slice count A frame can be divided into multiple slices for encoding. Specify the maximum number of slices are permitted. If set to "0", then the number will be determined automatically. Bit rate control The bit rate indicates how much data per second is saved in the video (playback speed). This makes the bit rate the deciding parameter for the video to be encoded.
MPEG-4 encoder settings The larger the buffer is, the better the results will be, but the processing will also take much longer. The smaller the buffer is, the more parallel processing can take place at the same time in RAM. Pixel aspect ratio Specifies the page ratio of the individual image points (pixels). Meaning: Different television norms and the standard pixel ratio. Select a setting and the results are displayed as "X" and "Y". X/Y: The actual pixel ratio.
MPEG-4 encoder settings The AVC preset and video format can be adjusted here. For instance, if DVD quality is desired you should select "DVD". The video format should be selected specific to the country so that the material can be played on the devices most commonly available in these countries. For instance, you should select PAL for Germany, SECAM for France and NTSC for the US. Generic AVC preset This is where the actual video stream that will be exported is selected.
MPEG-4 encoder settings Tip: The best results are achieved with the setting "Auto", since this automatically uses the project settings as a basis by MAGIX Video Pro X3. Profiles Defines which profile is applied in the AVC/H.264 stream. Baseline profile: The basis of applications with limited computing performance, especially for video conferences or videos on mobile telephones. Main profile: This profile was originally intended for the broadcast industry and for backup purposes.
MPEG-4 encoder settings 5.1 983040 36864 240 Mbit/s 300 Mbit/s 1920 x 1080/120.5 4096 x 2048/30 The setting "Level auto" specifies the encoder levels automatically, among other things for the resolution of the video format specified under "AVC preset" and the set profile bit rate. If a level is manually set in this case, then other parameter values may not exceed the permitted maximum values.
MPEG-4 encoder settings Bit rate control The bit rate indicates how much data per second is saved in the video (playback speed). This makes the bit rate the deciding parameter for the video to be encoded. Mode Constant bit rate: The constant bit rate should only be used if the device used to play the video supports constant bit rates. Constant quantizer: Variable bit rate: The bit rate varies.
MPEG-4 encoder settings There are 3 different sizes available: Picture Aspect Ratio (also Display Aspect Ratio, DAR): This indicates the desired aspect ratio of the video to be exported. Here are some examples of typical aspect ratios: at home 4:3, 16:9 (typical for TV sets) or 16:10 (widescreen-flatscreens, widescreen notebooks), 3:2 for 35mm films and photos. In cinemas you mostly find 1.85:1. Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR, pixel aspect ratio: Indicates the aspect ratio of individual pixels.
MPEG-4 encoder settings AMR AMR involves a parametric codec with different data rates between 4.75 and 12.2 kbit/s. The 12.2-kbit/s settings throughly corresponds with the GSM-EFR codec in terms of algorithm and audio quality. This audio format is used by mobile telephones for transferring the conversation and is optimized for encoding conversation (voices). Low bit rates provide compensation for mobile phones in case of transfer errors, i.e. bad reception.
MPEG-4 encoder settings For the File Header Type, choose either RAW or ADTS. The "Header" indicates an explanatory head for the beginning of the file segment, which in fact takes up extra space, but is required for decoding under circumstances. - RAW indicates material which does not include a file header in audio format. The audio material is therefore transferred directly without any special additional information (raw).
MPEG-4 encoder settings 3GPP file: A standard supported by plenty GSM and UMTS mobile telephones. 3GPP is very similar to the MPEG-4 standard, but also supports formats that are not permitted by MPEG-4. ISMA compatible The "Internet Streaming Media Alliance" combines video codec standards (e.g. MPEG) and continuous transfer within computer networks (e.g. RTP Real-time Transport Protocol) to ensure that videos available online can be correctly transferred and played back.
Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings General settings MPEG type: Set the output type of the created MPEG file. You can adjust the encoder settings freely (to export your video in the corresponding format, for instance) for further use in other programs or on your own website. If you open the encoder from a burn dialog, or intend to use the exported material for VCDs, SVCDs or DVDs, then select the corresponding option.
Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings Quick, GOP-precise copying: This special Smart Rendering mode enables MPEG material to be transferred without having to encode it for the target medium, thereby greatly increasing the encoding speed. The video material cannot appear to have been altered in any way; only hard cuts (without fades) are permitted. These won't be executed precisely to the frame, but will rather take place at the next GOP borders. For this reason, cuts should be set somewhat more generously.
Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings and B frames requires high CPU performance. The speed of decoding, i.e. playback, is also increased. If I frame is set to 1, each frame is an I frame. If the value is set larger, the setting describes the total length of the GOP. Auto GOP: Closed GOPs do not contain relations to frames from subsequent GOPs. MPEGs where all GOPs are closed, make MPEG editing easier as the I frames only can be edited alone if the GOP is closed.
Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings Other Noise sensitivity: This factor defines how sensitive the encoder will react to noise in the source material. If the source material only contains a little noise (digital recordings, computer animations, or material already denoised by video cleaning), then you don't have to change the default value 4, or you can even reduce to increase the quality further.
Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings Bit rate: Here you can set the audio signal bit rate. The higher the bit rate, the better the playback quality. VCD requires 224 kBit/s, and for SVCDs and DVDs select a value between 384 kBit/s and 448 kBit/s. Dolby® Digital Details Hint: These functions are available only in the "5.1 Surround" mode. Dialog normalization: Set the dB level of spoken dialog.
MPEG glossary MPEG glossary Motion estimation Motion estimation is a further element for reducing data used in MPEG encoding. Motion estimation also occurs in the B and P frames. The image difference that still exist after prediction (view page 369) are examined.
MPEG glossary The file size can be calculated from the average bit rate, if its length is known: F = (BRV + BRA) * t F=File size BRV= Video bit rate BRA= Audio bit rate t=Length in s Block For almost all image file editing techniques the image is subdivided into 8 x 8 pixel blocks (image points). This should be noted if you would like to used user-defined image resolutions (width/height), and they should always be a multiple of 8.
MPEG glossary Frame A frame is a single image from a video sequence which also called a full image. PAL video, for example, contains 25 frames per second, NTSC 29.97 frames. Video recordings, with the exception of computer animations and still frames, don't contain full images. Instead, they have double numbers of half-images (fields) which are transmitted in an interlaced state. However, we still refer to frames, since many predecessors of MPEG compression are based on such frames.
MPEG glossary I frames Intra-frames: In these pictures, the entire image information of a frame is saved and only information from this frame is used ("intra-frame encoded"). In contrast to the I frame, P and B frames save only the differences between the current frame, and preceding and/or following frame are also found in MPEG video (P frame = "predicted frame", B frame = "bidirectional frame", see Prediction (view page 369)).
MPEG glossary Typical interlacing errors You can use so-called de-interlacing to avoid this type of artifact. Deinterlacing places a picture in between the two fields (interpolated). If you want to create stationary pictures from movies, then you should definitely use a de-interlace filter. In the system settings ("File" menu -> Program settings) you can set the preview monitor display to use hardware de-interlacing during video recordings for the video recorder and for display in the arranger. 2.
MPEG glossary How does it work? The encoder has a precisely defined GOP, for example IBBPBBPBB. This sequence is transmitted together with the encoder, which always knows exactly which kind of frame comes next. I, P, and B frames are differentiated. Hint: When we talk about pictures, we mean frames of the video output, and I, P an dB frames are the frames of the encoded video. Just as in movement approximation, blocks (8x8 pixels) are united into macroblocks (16x16 pixels) during prediction.
MPEG glossary Due to this nested structure, it is easy to see that during direct editing of MPEG material, complicated computations have to take place! These are made easier using a frame table. A frame table contains a list, where the information of every frame in the data stream is found, identifying the type of frame it is. Using Movement prediction (view page 365) P and B frames are likewise reduced.
Glossary Glossary Symbols & Numeric 720p This is the "small" HD resolution, which is sized at 1280 pixels x 720 pixels. The "p" stands for "progressive", i.e. full images are always displayed. A Aliasing Aliasing, or alias effects, are mistakes that appear during digital scanning of sounds, videos or images when the sample frequency (in audio editing) or resolution (in video editing) used are too low.
Glossary B Backup disc Copying of files to a different file storage medium to secure these files is called backing up, or creating a backup. Browser A browser (also known as web browser, or Internet browser) is a computer program that displays websites. The best-known browsers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. Button Refers to an element of the graphic user interface of a program. The button initiates an action in the program via left mouse click.
Glossary Context menu Context menu can be reached by right clicking on a selected object. It offers functions which are available and can be expected in the given context. Copyright Protection of intellectual and creative property against unauthorized copying. Copyright Protection of intellectual and creative property against unauthorized copying. CPU Central processing unit: The name for the main processor of the computer (CPU).
Glossary DNS The abbreviation DNS stands for Domain Name Service and refers to a provider of Internet services that registers domain names for customers. Domain A domain is the website's Internet address. It consists of the name of the Internet protocol (usually http://), the computer or network name (such as www), the second-level domain (such as magix), and the top level domain (like .com, .net). Altogether we have: protocol://networkname.second-level-domain.top-leveldomain (such as "http://www.magix.
Glossary Frame A frame is a single image from a video sequence which also called a full image. A PAL video contains 25 frames per second; NTSC contains 29.97 frames. H Handles Handles are the five little rectangles at the edges of selected objects. All curve points can be moved by holding down the left mouse button. Length handles: Bottom right and bottom left. You can use them to change the length of an object. Fade handles: Top right and top left.
Glossary HDD Storage medium with the largest storage capacity where the operating system(s), programs, and files are saved. A hard disk can be built into the computer, but there are also external hard disks which can be used with different computers via a USB connection (portable drives or external hard disk). HDTV This acronym stands for "High Definition Television. HTTP Stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and is used for transferring websites onto the Internet (from web server to the browser).
Glossary Caution! Copyright laws forbid copying of commercial CDs/DVDs, and for this reason, this process can be prohibited by copy protection. IMAP Stands for Internet Mail Access Protocol and is an advanced procedure used for receiving emails. Interlace Describes the creation of a full image from 2 half-images (fields). In this process, even and odd lines are alternately assigned to one of the two fields.
Glossary MIDI MIDI files do not contain the actual sounds like audio files, but only the note control information which can be interpreted during playback by the synthesizer chip on the sound card or an external synthesizer. MMC MMC stands for MIDI Machine Control and is part of the MIDI protocol. Transport control and position data is conveyed using MMC. Motherboard This is the centerpiece of hardware components of a computer.
Glossary MPEG MPEG is short for "Moving Picture Experts Group" and refers to a committee concerned with the standardization of video and audio data compression as well as container formats. MS audio A process developed by Microsoft for compressing audio files with properties similar to those of MP3. MTC MTC stands for MIDI Time Code and it transmits the exact playback position via MIDI. In this way, programs and devices can be synchronized with each other.
Glossary P PAL (Europe) Phase Alternating Line, or PAL, is a process for color transmission for analog TV that is primarily used in Europe, but also in Australia, South America, and many African and Asian countries. The image repetition rate for PAL is 25 Hz. Play marker The play marker is a red vertical line which moves from left to right during playback. It indicates the current play position.
Glossary Project A "Disc project" includes everything that you want to put on your CD and DVD. This normally contains one or more movies and includes a menu structure/menu design which allows you to choose a movie later on the CD or DVD. Provider A provider or ISP (Internet Service Provider) offers Internet services like webhosting or domains (DNS). In relation to the MAGIX Website Service, MAGIX is the provider. R RAM (Random Access Memory) This is a hardware component of a computer.
Glossary RM RealMedia includes all of the media formats from software developer RealNetworks. RealMedia especially refers to the "RealVideo" video format and the "RealAudio" sound format. The quality of RealVideo files is comparably good at high compression rates, but does have some loss of quality. These formats cannot be played back by (hardware) DVD players. S Scene Freely definable section of a video in MAGIX Video Pro X3.
Glossary overview of all scenes on a small scale. You can toggle between the three view modes using the Tab key. Submenu Besides normal entries, a menu can contain submenus that offer additional functions. This makes menus more comprehensive. Super Video CD (SVCD) The Super Video CD (SVCD) is a technological advancement of the video CD.
Glossary such as .co.uk, .us, .de as well as so-called generic top-level domains like .net, .org, .biz, and so on. Traffic Traffic (data transmission) occurs within your MAGIX Website Service as soon as data is transferred across the Internet: for example, when uploading or downloading files to your website or when someone else opens your website.
Glossary W WAV Wave (*.WAV) is a standard uncompressed audio format. Wave Wave (*.WAV) is a standard uncompressed audio format. Wave file Wave (*.WAV) is a standard uncompressed audio format. Webhosting This means that an Internet Service Provider makes domains and webspace available to its customers. With the MAGIX Website Service, MAGIX provides webhosting to its customers.
If You Still Have Questions This video format is very good for web videos as it allows relatively high compression rates. World Wide Web (WWW) WWW stands for "World Wide Web" and is the most used service of the Internet. On the WWW, web browsers (for example, Internet Explorer) are used to display information via websites. The process is colloquially called "Surfing the Internet".
Index Index 3 3D ..................................................................................................... 133, 152 3D morph .................................................................................................. 133 3D series ..................................................................................................... 95 3D text....................................................................................................... 116 3D transitions .....................
Index B Background music .....................................................................................176 Backup ..............................................................................................277, 278 Backup copy ..............................................................................................277 Basic view....................................................................................................56 Batch Capturing .................................................
Index Cut trimmer ................................................................................................. 89 D DeClipper .................................................................................................. 161 Decorate.............................................................................................. 42, 113 DeHisser ................................................................................................... 163 Deinterlace .....................................
Index Export video.........................................................................................35, 243 F File.....................................................................................................280, 330 File formats..........................................................................................15, 339 File import....................................................................................................38 Film menu................................................
Index L Limiter ....................................................................................................... 175 Load ........................................................................................ 37, 43, 83, 266 Load CD titles.................................................................................... 176, 282 Load project ........................................................................................ 43, 266 Logging ...............................................
Index Object mouse mode.....................................................................................46 Object trimmer .............................................................................................88 One track mouse mode....................................................................30, 33, 47 Open files ............................................ 15, 159, 176, 266, 278, 282, 283, 285 Optimize image..........................................................................
Index S Saturation.................................................................................................. 122 Save ............................................................................................................ 43 Save project ........................................................................................ 43, 266 Scene recognition...................................................................................... 224 Screen capture ....................................
Index T Television ..........................................................................................249, 273 The burn dialog..........................................................................................219 Three-point cut ............................................................................................98 Timeline mode .............................................................................................28 Timer ..........................................................
Index Z Zoom ................................................................................................... 54, 131 www.magix.
