X4
Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Copyright 2
- Preface 3
- Support 10
- Before You Start 12
- Package Contents 12
- Printed and PDF manuals 12
- Installation 12
- Serial number 13
- System requirements 14
- Introduction 15
- What is MAGIX Video Pro X4? 15
- Features 15
- Notes for MAGIX Movie Edit Pro users 17
- Quick Start 20
- Program start 20
- Select, load and play videos 21
- Import video material from memory card 24
- Video editing 27
- Publish videos 33
- Work screens 35
- Activate main screen 35
- "Edit" screen 36
- The "Burn" screen 62
- Basic mode 63
- Switching between standard and basic modes 64
- Storyboard mode 64
- Export 66
- Video recording 67
- Select the recording method 67
- AVCHD/DVCPRO/AVC-Intra 68
- HDV camera 71
- DV camera 71
- Video 79
- Audio 82
- Single frame 85
- Screen 88
- Editing after recording 89
- Objects 91
- Insert object into the project 91
- Select and group objects 94
- Duplicate objects 95
- Move Objects 95
- Extract sound from videos 95
- Object handles 96
- Trim Objects 97
- Transitions (fades) 101
- Search for gaps 103
- Simple cut 104
- Two-point cut 104
- 3-point editing 106
- Four-point editing 108
- Zoom 109
- Working in fullscreen mode 109
- Markers 110
- Playback marker 110
- Project markers 111
- Ranges (in and out points) 111
- Chapter markers 112
- Scene markers 114
- Multicam editing 115
- Preparation 115
- Source tracks and preview images 116
- Multicam edit functions 117
- Synchronize video objects using the sound track 119
- Title 120
- Creating titles using a template 120
- Create titles without a template 120
- Edit titles retroactively 121
- Position titles 121
- Advanced settings 122
- 3D text 123
- Fade in date as title 123
- Effects 124
- Apply effects to objects 124
- Preview rendering 126
- Video effects in the Media Pool 129
- Movement effects in the Media Pool 138
- Stereo3D in the Media Pool 145
- Audio effects in the Media Pool 145
- Design elements in the Media Pool 146
- My Presets in the Media Pool 147
- Additional Effects 147
- Animate objects, effect curves 150
- Create effect masks 156
- Create overlay graphic/animation 159
- Attach to picture position in the video 161
- Image stabilization 161
- Image improvements for the entire movie 163
- Image improvements for individual objects 165
- Stereo3D 166
- 3D basics 166
- Record 3D 167
- Prepare 3D editing 168
- Set playback mode for 3D 169
- Align videos and pictures for 3D 170
- Turn camera movements into 3D videos 172
- Create titles for 3D videos 172
- Export and burn 3D videos 172
- Audio editing 174
- Load and edit audio files 174
- Audio effects 175
- Audio CDs 191
- Mixer 195
- 5.1 Surround 198
- Set multiple sound tracks 204
- Scrubbing 208
- MAGIX Soundtrack Maker 209
- Mixdown of audio objects 211
- Edit disc menu 212
- Preview and editing 212
- Menu 213
- Templates 214
- Edit disc menu 215
- Edit DVD menus with Xara Xtreme Pro or Photoshop 222
- Create PC show 231
- Burn disc 231
- Burning wizard 232
- The burn dialog 233
- Disk space 235
- Encoder settings 237
- Export movie 240
- Video as AVI 240
- Video as DV-AVI 240
- Video as MPEG video 241
- Video as MAGIX video 241
- Video as QuickTime movie 241
- Uncompressed movie 242
- Video as MotionJPEG AVI 242
- Movie as a series of individual frames 242
- Windows Media Export 242
- Video as MPEG-4 video 243
- Audio as MP3 244
- Audio as wave 245
- Export as transition... 245
- Single frame as BMP file 245
- Single frame as JPG 245
- Animated GIF 245
- Export movie information as EDL 246
- Upload to Internet 247
- Upload to Internet (MAGIX Online Album) 248
- Export to device 248
- Export as Media Player 249
- Settings for and management of video projectors 250
- Movie and project settings 250
- Program settings 260
- Preview rendering 269
- Backup copy 270
- Load backup project... 271
- Importing & exporting EDL files 271
- Clean-up wizard 272
- Special functions and wizards 274
- Automatic scene detection 274
- Musical cut adjustment 275
- Travel route animation 283
- Slideshow Maker 290
- Produce panorama pictures 294
- Batch conversion 296
- Blackmagic Design video cards 298
- Menus 299
- File Menu 299
- Edit Menu 307
- Menu effects 316
- Windows menu 322
- Help Menu 325
- Context menu (right click) 328
- Video objects 328
- Image objects 332
- Transitions 335
- Audio objects 336
- Text objects 339
- MAGIX 3D Maker objects 342
- Project folder 344
- Track 345
- Problems and solutions 346
- File will not load 346
- Choppy or uneven playback 346
- Problems and Remedies regarding the Auto Remix Assistant 346
- Activation problems 347
- Online functions 348
- Integrated browser 348
- MAGIX News Center 350
- Embed Flash videos into your own web page 350
- Keyboard shortcuts 352
- Playback functions 352
- Monitors 353
- Arranger view 353
- Move view 354
- Mouse modes 354
- File menu 355
- Edit menu 356
- Effects menu 357
- Windows menu 358
- Help menu 359
- Edit keyboard shortcut 359
- Activate codecs 361
- Free activation of codecs 361
- Fee-based DVCPRO and AVC-Intra activation 362
- Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage 363
- Video Editing on the PC 363
- MPEG Compression 363
- General notes on AVI videos 364
- Overview of the different disc types 365
- MPEG-4 encoder settings 371
- MPEG-4 372
- MPEG-4 H.264 377
- AMR 383
- AAC 384
- Multiplexer 385
- Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings 387
- General settings 387
- Video settings 388
- Advanced video settings 389
- Audio settings 390
- MPEG glossary 392
- Motion estimation 392
- Bit rate 392
- Block 393
- Chroma format 393
- Field 394
- Frame 394
- GOP 394
- I frames 395
- Interlace 395
- P frames and B frames 396
- Prediction 397
- Quantization scaling 398
- Glossary 400
- If you still have questions 417
- Tips for program help 417
- Index 418
- Support
- Before You Start
- Introduction
- Quick Start
- Work screens
- Basic mode
- Video recording
- Objects
- Markers
- Multicam editing
- Title
- Effects
- Apply effects to objects
- Preview rendering
- Video effects in the Media Pool
- Movement effects in the Media Pool
- Stereo3D in the Media Pool
- Audio effects in the Media Pool
- Design elements in the Media Pool
- My Presets in the Media Pool
- Additional Effects
- Animate objects, effect curves
- Create effect masks
- Create overlay graphic/animation
- Attach to picture position in the video
- Image stabilization
- Image improvements for the entire movie
- Image improvements for individual objects
- Stereo3D
- Audio editing
- Edit disc menu
- Burn disc
- Export movie
- Video as AVI
- Video as DV-AVI
- Video as MPEG video
- Video as MAGIX video
- Video as QuickTime movie
- Uncompressed movie
- Video as MotionJPEG AVI
- Movie as a series of individual frames
- Windows Media Export
- Video as MPEG-4 video
- Audio as MP3
- Audio as wave
- Export as transition...
- Single frame as BMP file
- Single frame as JPG
- Animated GIF
- Export movie information as EDL
- Upload to Internet
- Upload to Internet (MAGIX Online Album)
- Export to device
- Export as Media Player
- Settings for and management of video projectors
- Special functions and wizards
- Menus
- Context menu (right click)
- Problems and solutions
- Online functions
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Activate codecs
- Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage
- MPEG-4 encoder settings
- Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings
- MPEG glossary
- Glossary
- If you still have questions
- Index
Edit disc menu 229
If access takes place via "Edit externally" see above (view page 222), this
is done
automatically during saving and closing of the graphics program.
Otherwise, use the button "Import PSD" to do this.
This imports and converts the PSD (saved to an automatically generated folder
in the folder Content\DVD\Layouts, with TPL files and the generated bitmap
files).
Create DVD menus without a template
It is recommended that an existing menu template is adjusted first with a
graphics program. This exercise will help you learn about the functions and
structure of a DVD menu as a PSD file to create menus without using any
templates.
You can create PSD files without templates if the following is observed.
MAGIX Video Pro X4 can only use bitmap layers from the menu PSD file. Text
layers are read as a bitmap (graphic) so that MAGIX Video Pro X4 cannot
make any changes to the text. Layer effects, etc. cannot be read by MAGIX
Video Pro X4. For this reason, all layers featuring additional features in the
graphics program need to be reduced/combined to bitmap level.
The correct naming of layers is very important! MAGIX Video Pro X4 assigns
the layers and layer groups to the menu items via their names, which makes
their correctness important. The characters added in front (view page 222) of
th
e layer names should therefore be observed.
A correct menu PSD contains the following elements:
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ckground
menu title
x movie buttons with preview image, frame bitmap, text for menu, text for
numbering, highlight
one chapter menu button per movie button with bitmap and highlight
3 navigation buttons: in front, in the back, and the root menu
Background: The background utilizes all layers from the PSD file from the very
back to the foremost "usable" layer groups. All of the layers up until this are
combined via alpha layering. If the appearance of the background in the
graphics and in MAGIX Video Pro X4 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