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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

Preface 3

Preface

Thank you for choosing MAGIX Video Pro X5! Your new software offers video editing

and postproduction on a professional level, comprehensive format support, powerful

performance, high-end audio editing and all options for DVD authoring and export.

The fully developed MAGIX Video Pro X5 operating concept helps you get top results

after only a short familiarization period. This documentation offers you an overview

and a quick start at the beginning. The sections at the end provide a detailed and

systematic description of the numerous functions.

Have fun with your projects and MAGIX Video Pro X5 from

Your MAGIX Team