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Table Of Contents

Copyright
Preface
Support
Before You Start
- Package Contents
- Installation
- Serial number
- System requirements
Introduction
- What is MAGIX Video Pro X5?
- Features
- Notes for MAGIX Movie Edit Pro users
- Projects, movies and scenes
Quick start
- Program start
- Select, load, and play back videos
- Import video material from memory card
- Video editing
- Publish videos
Edit mode
- Standard mode
- Basic mode
- Switching between standard and basic modes
Work screens
- Activate main screen
- "Edit" screen
- The "Burn" screen
Video recording
- Select the recording method
- AVCHD/DVCPRO/AVC-Intra
- HDV camera
- DV camera
- Video
- Audio
- Single frame
- Screen
- Edit after recording
Objects
- Insert object into the project
- Select and group objects
- Duplicate objects
- Move Objects
- Extract sound from videos
- Object handles
- Object borders
- Trim Objects
- Transitions (fades)
- Search for gaps
- Simple cut
- Two-point cut
- Three-point editing
- Four-point editing
- Move the contents of trimmed objects
- Zoom preview
Markers
- Playback marker
- Project markers
- Ranges (in and out points)
- Chapter markers
- Scene markers
Multicam editing
- Preparation
- Source tracks and preview images
- Multicam edit functions
- Synchronize video objects using the audio track
Title
- Title editor
- 3D Text
- Advanced settings
- Creating titles using a template
- Create titles without a template
- Edit titles retroactively
- Position titles
- Fade in date as title
- Timecode
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 effects masks
- Attach to picture position in the video
- Create overlay graphic/animation
- Image stabilization
- Image improvements for the entire movie
- Image improvements for individual objects
Stereo3D
- 3D basics
- Record 3D
- Prepare 3D editing
- Set playback mode for 3D
- Align videos and pictures for 3D
- Turn camera movements into 3D videos
- Export and burn 3D videos
Audio editing
- Load and edit audio files
- Audio effects
- Mixer
- 5.1 Surround
- Set multiple sound tracks
- Scrubbing
Edit disc menu
- Preview and editing
- Menu
- Templates
- Edit disc menu
- Edit DVD menus with Xara Xtreme Pro or Photoshop
Burn disc
- Burning wizard
- The burn dialog
- Memory
- Encoder settings
- Use Quick Sync Video, Open CL or CUDA for rendering
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
- Export as media player
- 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
- Output as media player
- Output as video file
Settings for and management of video projectors
- Movie and project settings
- Program settings
- Proxy and Preview Rendering
- Backup copy
- Load backup project...
- Importing & exporting EDL files
- Clean-up wizard
Special functions and wizards
- Proxy editing
- Automatic scene detection
- Musical cut adjustment
- MAGIX Soundtrack Maker
- Slideshow Maker
- Produce panorama pictures
- Batch conversion
- Blackmagic Design video cards
- Use movie templates
Menus
- File Menu
- Edit Menu
- Effects Menu
- Windows Menu
- Help Menu
Context menu (right click)
- Video objects
- Image objects
- Transitions
- Audio objects
- Text objects
- MAGIX 3D Maker objects
- Project folder
- Track
Problems and solutions
- File will not load
- Choppy or uneven playback
- Problems and Remedies regarding the Auto Remix Assistant
- Activation problems
Online functions
- Integrated browser
- MAGIX News Center
- Embed Flash videos into your own web page
Keyboard shortcuts
- Playback functions
- Scroll and zoom
- Monitors
- Arranger view
- Move view
- Mouse Modes
- Context Menu
- File menu
- Edit menu
- Effects menu
- Windows menu
- Help menu
- Edit keyboard shortcut
Activate codecs
- Free activation of codecs
- Fee-based DVCPRO and AVC-Intra activation
Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage
- MPEG Compression
- General notes on AVI videos
- Overview of the different disc types
MPEG-4 encoder
- Video codec
- Audio codec
- Multiplexer
Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings
- General settings
- Video settings
- Advanced video settings
- Audio settings
MPEG glossary
- Motion estimation
- Bit rate
- Block
- Chroma format
- Field
- Frame
- GOP
- I frames
- Interlace
- P frames and B frames
- Prediction
- Quantization scaling
Glossary
If you still have questions
- Tips for program help
Index

Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings 352

General settings 352

Video settings 353

Advanced video settings 354

Audio settings 355

MPEG glossary 357

Motion estimation 357

Bit rate 357

Block 358

Chroma format 358

Field 358

Frame 358

GOP 359

I frames 359

Interlace 359

P frames and B frames 361

Prediction 361

Quantization scaling 362

Glossary 364

If you still have questions 379

Tips for program help 379

Index 380