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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.
MAGIX media
The "MAGIX media" link enables selection of "Manage...", "Database", "Online Album", and "Web
import", and "Downloads".
"Manage...": This opens the management program MAGIX Photo Manager for the database. This allows
you to create and organize the database accessed by MAGIX Xtreme PhotoStory on CD & DVD 8
deluxe.
Database
: Use this button to open the database view. Right clicking opens the database search. The database first
has to be created using the supplied additional programs MAGIX Photo Manager or MAGIX Music
Manager.
Online album
: This buttons opens MAGIX Online Album. This provides a shortcut to uploading and deleting data. To
do this, you must first register on MAGIX Online Album.
There are many ways to upload data:
1.
While holding "Ctrl" down, select the data to be uploaded in the Media Pool, and select "Copy"
in the context menu (opened by right clicking). Switch to the MAGIX Online Album screen,
open the desired folder, and select "Paste" in the context menu.
2.
In the Media Pool, click on "Online Album", and go to the desired directory. Open the Windows
Explorer, select the desired data with "Ctrl" held down, and drag it into the Media Pool.
Both options will result in your desired data being uploaded to your MAGIX Online Album.
Hint
: This function requires an Internet connection. To gain access, make sure you have your log in
information (email address and password) ready.
Web import: You can open MAGIX Xtreme PhotoStory on CD & DVD 8 deluxe's integrated browser
here. It offers you the possibility to collect media from the Internet to use in the current project.
Downloads: Use this button to access the media files that you downloaded with Catooh
.
Deleting, copying and moving files
All files listed in the file list can be selected, deleted, or moved/shifted (by holding down the mouse
button and using drag & drop to move them) into other folders just like in Windows
®
Explorer. This way all objects that come into question for a movie can be compiled into a separate folder
beforehand.
The selection of these functions can be executed via the context menu which can be opened by right
clicking the entry.
All functions of the context menu can also be accessed via
the context menu button.
Load pictures, texts and audio files
To preview, click on the corresponding file in the Media Pool. The bitmap/video is played in the video
monitor. If you want to use the bitmap file for your slideshow, drag it to the Storyboard while holding
down the mouse key or to a target track in Timeline mode. You can also load with a simple double click.
Videos and graphics are always added to the end; titles and audio files are placed at the position of the
start marker.
If you would like to load several files, then hold down the "Ctrl" key while clicking on the entries you
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