Xara Movie Edit Pro - 2013 Instruction Manual

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Preface

Congratulations! You have purchased a complete, fully-equipped, yet easy-to-use video studio!

The possibilities are endless - from quick holiday video editing to demanding and detailed advanced film editing. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 also offers:

• Recording and import of all standard video formats

• Video and audio content optimization

• Possibility of adding fades, titles and effects

• Disc menu creation for DVD, Blu-ray Disc and others

• Upload videos to the Internet, e.g. to YouTube or Facebook

The printed manual contains the basic functions of both program versions MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 and MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013. Additional features of the Plus/Premium version are marked accordingly.

In addition to the printed manual, there is also more detailed documentation which is copied to the program folder on your hard drive during installation. This electronic PDF manual describes all program functions in detail.

This information will get you started on your way to making your first movie masterpiece. The reference chapter later on and the index can also be used to help quickly when you need it.

Enjoy!

Your MAGIX Team

Table of Contents

What is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013? 13 What's new in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013? 13 Additional features new in the Plus/Premium version 14 Additional programs 14 Features 14

Quick start 17

Program start 17 Import video 18 Insert AVCHD material 19 Play movie 21 Media Pool 22 Display modes 23 Removing unusable scenes 26 Regroup scenes 30 Burn DVDs with interactive menus 31

Workspaces 33

Projects, movies and scenes 33 "Edit" screen 34 The "Burn" screen 36 Toolbars 37 Media Pool 44 Transport console 51 Arranger 52 Adjusting the workspace 54

Settings 55

Project and movie settings 55 Program settings 56

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Preview rendering 64

Video recording 65

Select the recording method 65 Recording AVCHD 66 HDV camera 69 DV camera 69 Analog video recording 75 Audio 78 Single frame 81 Screen Capturing 83 Edit after recording 84 Import a non-copy-protected DVD 85

Objects 86

Insert object into the project 86 Select and group objects 88 Move Objects 88 Cutting objects 89 Duplicate objects 89 Object handles 90 Trim Objects 90 Extract sound from videos 93 Transitions (fades) 93 Overview mode 96 Snap 96 Zoom 97

Markers 98

Playback marker 98 Project markers 99 Area marker (in and out points) 99 Chapter markers 100 Scene markers 102

Multi-cam editing (Plus/Premium version) 103

Preparation 103 Source tracks and preview images 104 Multicam edit functions 105

Title 107

Creating titles using a template 107

Create titles without a template 107

Edit titles retroactively 108 Position titles 109 Advanced settings 109 3D text 110 Fade in date as title 110

Effects 111

Apply effects to objects 111 Video effects in the Media Pool 112 Movement effects in the Media Pool 119 Stereo3D in the Media Pool 125 Audio effects in the Media Pool 125 Design elements in the Media Pool 126 My Presets in the Media Pool 127 Effects masks (Plus/Premium version) 127 Additional effects in the Media Pool 133 Animate objects, effect curves 135 Attach to picture position in the video 141 Image stabilization 142 Image improvements for the entire movie 144 Image improvements for individual objects 146

Audio editing 147

Load and edit audio files 147 Edit volume curve 147 Import audio CD 148 Audio effects 151 Dubbing with MIDI songs. 165 Mixer 167

5.1 Surround 170 Scrubbing 175 MAGIX Soundtrack Maker 176 Mixdown of audio objects 177

Stereo3D (Plus/Premium version) 178

3D basics 178 Record 3D 179 Prepare 3D editing 180 Set playback mode for 3D 181 Align videos and pictures for 3D 182

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Turn camera movements into 3D videos 183 Create titles for 3D videos 183 Export and burn 3D videos 183

Special functions and wizards 185

Use movie templates 185 Preview rendering 186 Automatic scene recognition 189 Travel route animation 190 Produce panorama pictures 198 Slideshow Maker 199 Musical cut adjustment 202 Batch conversion 208 Backup copy 210 Load backup project... 212 Clean-up wizard 212

Burning 213

Preview and editing 213 Menu 214 Templates 214 Edit disc menu 216 Burning wizard 223

Export 229

Export 3D movie 229 Output as video file 230 Upload to Internet 231 Add to the Telekom Media Center 232 Upload to Internet (MAGIX Online Album) 232 Export to device 233 Export as Media Player 233

Menus 234

File Menu 234 Edit Menu 248 Effects Menu 256 Windows Menu 261 Share Menu 263 Help Menu 264 Context menu (right click) 266

Problems and solutions 278

File will not load 278 Choppy or uneven playback 278 Problems and Remedies regarding the Auto Remix Assistant 278 Activation problems 279

Keyboard shortcuts 280

Playback functions 280 Monitore 280 Arranger view 281 Move view 281 Transport control in the Media Pool 282 Mouse modes 282 File menu 282 Edit menu 283 Effects menu 284 Windows menu 285 Help menu 286 Edit keyboard shortcut 286

Integrated browser 288

Open browser 288 Navigation in the browser 288 Loading Internet media 289 Define the path for saving Internet media. 289

Activate codecs 290

Free activation of codecs 290 Fee-based activation of MVC codec 291

Annex: Digital Video and Data Storage 292

Video Editing on the PC 292 MPEG Compression 292 General notes on AVI videos 293 Overview of the different disc types 293

MPEG-4 encoder 299

Video codec 300 Audio codec 307 Multiplexer 309

Appendix: MPEG Encoder Settings 310

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General settings 310 Video settings 311 Advanced video settings 312 Audio settings 313

MPEG glossary 315

Motion estimation 315 Bit rate 315 Block 316 Chroma format 316 Field 316 Frame 316 GOP 317 I frames 317 Interlace 317 P frames and B frames 319 Prediction 319 Quantization scaling 320

Glossary 321 If you still have questions 336

Tips for program help 336

Index 337

Support

Dear MAGIX customer,

Our aim is to provide fast, convenient, 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. The only requirement for use is product registration at www.magix.com

• The online community, on-the-spot support and a platform for exchange:

MAGIX customers have free and unlimited access to the online community at www.magix.info, which includes approx. 150,000 members and offers the opportunity to ask members questions concerning MAGIX products as well as use the search function to search for specific topics or answers. In addition to questions & answers, the knowledge pool includes a glossary, video tutorials and a discussion forum. The multiple experts, found round-the-clock at www.magix.info guarantee quick answers, which sometimes come within minutes of a question being posted.

• Email support for MAGIX products:

For every new MAGIX product you will receive, as of date purchase, 12 months of email based customer service. Premium email support: For priority support, or if you want the MAGIX support team to help with nonMAGIX related hardware problems you can purchase a Premium email support ticket. Log in at http://support.magix.net and click on "Purchase access code", the ticket is for a specific problem, and is valid until it is solved, it is not restricted to an email.

Please note: To be able to use the Premium email support and free product email support via the Internet, you have to register your MAGIX product using the serial number provided. This can be found on the CD case of your installation CD or on the inside of the DVD box.

• Additional telephone service:

Besides the large number of free customer service offers, we also offer a feebased 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. Box 20 09 14, 01194 Dresden, Germany

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Mail (North America): MAGIX Customer Service, 1105 Terminal Way #302, Reno, NV 89502, USA

Please make sure you have the following information at hand:

• Program version

• Configuration details (operating system, processor, memory, hard drive, etc.),

sound card configuration (type, driver)

• Information regarding other audio software installed

MAGIX Sales Department

You can reach the MAGIX Sales Department workdays for help with the following questions and problems:

• Orders

• Product consulting (pre-purchase)

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Uninstalling the program

If you would like to uninstall MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013, you can do this in the control panel under "Software" or go to "Programs > MAGIX > MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 > Service and Support > Uninstall MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013".

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.

What can a serial number do? With a serial number your program is clearly assigned to you and only you. This will allow you take advantage of the free email support service. Serial numbers also help to protect against software piracy which ensures that we are able to continually provide our customers with an optimal price/performance ratio.

Where can the serial number be found? The serial number can be found on the reverse side of your CD/DVD case. If your product is packed in a DVD box, you'll find the serial number on the inside.

If you have purchased the download version, you will receive a confirmation email with the serial number.

When will you need the serial number? The serial number is required when you start or register the program for the first time.

Note: We explicitly recommend registering your product (free), since only then are you entitled to download updates and to use MAGIX support services (view page

10) or activate codecs (view page 289).

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Introduction

What is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013?

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 is a complete all-in-one movie studio for your PC. With MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 you can easily transfer your recordings to your computer and then, once you have improved and enriched them, burn them onto DVD, AVCHD or Blu-ray™ – perfect for theater-quality presentation on TV, screen, or monitor.

Videos, photos, as well as additional audio and video material can be transferred from various devices to the PC. Long movies can be separated into chapters or scenes automatically. You can also do the opposite and automatically combine individual recordings to make a single movie.

Add music, theater-quality transitions, text and selected effects to your own movies with a mouse-click. The easy-to-use interface, advanced technology and handy wizards guarantee perfect results at lightning speed!

Once your video is finished, you can use it in different ways: transfer it back onto the tape or to your camcorder. You can burn it to disc and watch it, for example, on TV. Or, you can upload your video to Internet platforms such as YouTube, Facebook or your own personal MAGIX Online Album.

What's new in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013?

• Improved timeline display with video and audio in one track.

• Support of the new video standard AVCHD Progressive (50p)

• Accelerated AVCHD export with automatic graphics card recognition (NVIDIA

GeForce 8000 series and better (CUDA) or AMD Radeon 5000 series and better (OpenCL) or integrated graphics with Intel Quick Sync Video)

• Improved user interface with quick access features.

• High-quality decorative elements and intro/outro templates.

• Fast and direct GPU calculation of all essential video effects.

• New Chroma Key Engine for perfect object extraction.

• Import of QuickTime interlaced footage. To use this feature open the "Object

properties > Intermediate image calculation" and activate "Automatic interlace processing" and then "Interlace top field first" or "...bottom field first".

Additional features new in the Plus/Premium version

• New templates for professional movie trailers including music.

• Preview rendering for stereo 3D and multicam projects.

• Automatic synchronization of multicam projects using the audio track.

Additional programs

On the MAGIX website you'll find many additional programs you can use with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013. Have a look at the sections "Video > Additional Products" and "Free Downloads".

In the "Free Downloads" section you'll find the Videorekorder, a PC TV with video recorder. You can use it to watch and record TV programs on your computer. A functional TV card/TV tuner box or DVB-T/S card is required to use Videorekorder.

Features

Recording

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 features the following recording options:

• AVCHD camera

• HDV cameras: HDV1 and HDV2 camcorders

• DV cameras: Mini DV camcorders or DV video recorders

• Video: Analog TV, video input, VHS recorders, webcams

• Audio: Microphones, cassette recorders, MiniDisc players, turntables

• Screen (Plus/Premium version): PC monitor.

• Single frame: Single and series images from webcams, video recorders, video

cameras, or TV cards

Analog capture requires capture cards compatible with DirectShow. DV recording take place via FireWire.

Import and export formats

Supported import formats

Video: AVI, DV-AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MTS, M2TS, MXV, MKV, MJPEG,

QuickTimeTM, WMV(HD), VOB, MKV

Audio: WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, MIDI, Dolby Digital Stereo/5.1 (Classic version: downmix to stereo)

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Images: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIF, TGA

Supported export formats

Video: AVI, DV-AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MXV, MJPEG, Quicktime,

WMV(HD)

Audio: WAV, MP3, Dolby Digital Stereo/5.1 (only Plus/Premium version)

Images: JPEG, BMP

Note: For copy protection reasons, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, and Dolby Digital Stereo

must first be activated. Initial activation is free of charge. MP3 export requires installation of Windows Media Player version 10 or higher. Online Services offered inside the program as well as the Online Update require an Internet connection.

Editing

• Picture optimization: Color improvement (RGB,saturation), sharpness (focus and

feathering), brightness regulator (brightness, contrast), anti-flicker filter.

• Sound optimization: The equalizer allows you to manipulate the frequency

spectrum – perfect for cleaning-up muffled dialog. The compressor is a dynamic volume regulator. The StereoFX processor controls the position of the sound within the stereo panorama. The denoiser and dehisser are professional noise reduction tools for removing noise and hisses.

• Video effects: For example, creative filters, distortion, video mix (Chromakey),

movement effects (e.g. camera/zoom or rotation), cropping, picture-in-picture collages, video effect plug-in support.

• Automatic scene detection

• Slideshow Maker turns drab photo collages into spectacular multimedia shows.

• MAGIX Soundtrack Maker offers a huge selection of fitting sounds for your

background music.

Burnable disc formats

• DVD

• Blu-Ray disc

• AVCHD disc (on DVD and Blu-ray Discs)

• MultiDisc (DVD + WMV HD)

• Project backups, backup copies, and 1:1 copies of DVDs

Multimedia editable disc menus

Included are many disc menu templates which offer selection options for movies and chapters on the screen. Many of these are also available in 16:9 format. They can be included during burning and give the disc a professional appearance.

Every menu template may be customized with personal photos, thematic animations, 3D captions, sound, intro videos, etc.

Also in the Plus/Premium version

Professional video editing

• 99 tracks, editing & effects automation

• Live preview, MultiCam editing

Unique effects creation

• Chroma keying with alpha channel

• Movie templates, fades with sound, title editor

Perfect audio dubbing

• Create Dolby

Digital 5.1 Sound yourself, restore audio tracks

• Audio Mastering Suite, Soundtrack Maker

DVD / Blu-ray design

• Professional menu design, ISO output

Full stereo3D support

• Full support for stereoscopic footage

• Full import functions for many 3D camera models

• Editing of own 3D recordings made, for example, with two cameras

• Real 3D fades and titles for 3D video projects

• Preview and output to all standard 3D display devices

• Output in all formats (DVD, Blu-ray, file, YouTube, etc.)

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Quick start

This chapter explains the basic functions of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 with a stepby-step introduction. A systematic description of all program functions can be found in the following chapters.

Tip: Use the online tutorial videos that can be accessed in the "Help" menu. This feature requires an Internet connection.

The program keyboard shortcuts (view page 279) for commonly used processes and functions are also very helpful.

Program start

Once you have installed MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013, start the program from the Windows start menu. The following dialog opens:

Here you can decide if you want to "Load an existing project" for further editing and burning to disc or if you want to "Create a new project".

In „Options“ you can „Create a new project folder“. All of the files for that film will be saved as copies in this folder and used for editing. This option is meant to keep things centralized when files from various media, e.g. hard drives, USB flash drives, SD cards, are being used in one project. The internal hard drive is the best option for working on projects in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 because it allows faster access to files compared to external storage devices. If files stored on external devices are used it

can lead to delays and stutters during project editing. You can create a backup of the project folder at a later time.

In „Movie settings" you can set up the target format for your movie you want to create (display norm, resolution, frame rate). This setting has no effect on the internal processing quality and can be changed at any time by going to "File > Settings > Movie" (view page 55).

Note: If your hard drive is partitioned, you should not save your project folder in C, i.e. where Windows is installed. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 requires a lot of space and there may not be enough room on C for it to function properly.

In MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 you can also use movie templates (view page 185). Movie templates are have preset placeholders and elements that are very helpful for creating stories in various themes.

You can watch the introductory video to get a general idea of how MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 works.

Import video

In the following we assume that you want to import an AVCHD recording into the program.

Tip: Pay close attention to which folders you use to save your files and footage so you can find them again easily to import and edit them in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro

2013. Do not save files in C:\Windows\ or in program folders. Give your files and folders short, concise names.

If you don't have such a recording at hand now, you can load material form the hard disk in order to try out the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 workflow. Here the included demo project is recommended.

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• In the Media Pool, click the button "My Media >

Projects".

• Next, open the "_Demo" folder by double clicking

and then load the MVP movie files. ( „_Demo.MVP“) by double clicking.

Note: If you import media to a project, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 must always have access to these files. This means that you cannot rename these files, e. g. in Windows Explorer or Media Pool, if they have already been imported because MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 won't be able to find them. Renaming or relocating files can lead to error messages and you will have to indicate the files and folders again. For larger projects this can be a very complicated and time-consuming process.

Insert AVCHD material

• Connect your AVCHD storage devices (camera, USB stick, SD card and others)

to your PC. You may have to first turn your camera on.

• To open the recording dialog, click on the red "Record" button below the preview

monitor.

• Select "AVCHD" from the recording dialog.

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• The AVCHD import assistant will then open. Select your connected storage

devices as "Video source". A file list will appear.

• In the file list, select all the recordings that you've imported from the device.

• You can preview all your recordings using the preview monitor in the middle of

the dialog in order to decide if they are suitable for your movie.

• After selecting all videos, in "Import options" you can select whether the

recordings should be directly placed into your movie project or simply copied to your computer's hard drive (you can select the location in the next dialog). You can also automatically delete your recordings after import.

Play movie

• To play the recording ( or the demo project), click on the play button

on the transport control below the preview monitor.

Tip: An even easier way to control playback is by pressing the space bar on your keyboard.

During playback, a vertical line will move across the arranger, i.e. the playback marker that displays the current position. You can reposition it by clicking at different locations as desired.

Media Pool

The Media Pool can be used to access and load media files of all kinds: videos, photos, MP3 files, audio CD tracks, fades, effects and Internet media, e t c.

• Search your computer for media you would like to use. The navigation buttons for

the various drives and folders are located in "Import" above the main display area.

If you hover the cursor over a media file, three icons for the options (Preview, Trim, Import) will appear.

• Preview: All media files can be played back using this function. If you click on the

playback icon, the file will be played back in the preview monitor. Video and image files are displayed and audio files are played back through the sound card. There are previews for the templates and effects included to make it clear how they will function.

• Trim: If you want to include only certain part of a video clip in your project, you

can click on the Trim icon with the curved brackets. The video clip will then appear in the preview monitor. Use the brackets to mark the area you want to import on the timeline. Drag & drop the video from the preview monitor into the project by clicking on it and holding down the mouse button. Only the area marked by the brackets will be imported as a video object.

• Import: All media files from local drives or the Internet can be dragged and

dropped into the project or loaded through the Import icon.

Tip: Improve access to your media folder by creating a link in the "Import" area of the Media Pool. You can do this by right-clicking on one of the entries and selecting "Create link". Select the media folder and click "OK" to confirm. Note: All links are automatically deleted if the function "Reset standard program settings" is used.

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Display modes

The three switches on the toolbar in the center activate the "Timeline", "Storyboard", and "Scene overview" modes (there are 4 switches and 4 modes available in the Plus/Premium version).

Storyboard mode (first button) is the preset view. This view offers an easy, streamlined interface to simplify the editing process. All scenes from your film are listed sequentially in the "Storyboard" mode. Every scene is displayed with a preview picture in the storyboard.

The scene overview (second button) provides a scaleable overview of the scenes. You can use this to comfortably view, sort, and delete unnecessary scenes.

In the Timeline mode (third button) your films are displayed as "Objects" in the "Timeline". This means: The longer the object, the longer the corresponding film.

Especially practical: you can display all modes in full screen using the button at the top right.

Multicam mode is found under the fourth button in the Plus/Premium version of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013. Multi-cam editing enables easy cutting of various recordings of the same scene from different camera perspectives.

Storyboard mode

"Storyboard" mode represents all scenes in linear sequence on the storyboard. Each scene offers the following editing options:

Add title and text: Titles and text can be added to any film. Click on the "T" button, enter your text directly in the program monitor and select from different animations (try movement from bottom to top for a classic end credits effect).

Set volume: The volume in each scene can be set via the loudspeaker button.

Effects menu: This switch accesses a menu with different editing functions like scene recognition, image stabilization, or the trimmer dialogs. The hissing on the track can be minimized by selecting "Audio cleaning".

Transitions/Fades: Click on the large button between the scenes and select a scene transition (or "Fade").

Rotate image (only with image files): If an image or photo is on its side or upside down, click on this button. The photo will rotate 90 degrees.

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Timeline mode

All advanced editing functions should be undertaken in "Timeline" mode. Your movies and scenes are shown here: The longer the object in the track, the longer the corresponding movie.

Playback range: Clicking in the range bar above the first track lets you define start markers, i.e. the starting point of the playback range. If you right click further on, the end marker will appear to indicate the end point of the playback range. The length of the playback area is shown in the center of the section display.

• When the end marker has been reached, the playback cursor jumps back to the

start marker and begins playing everything again as a loop.

• The entire playback range can be moved using the mouse by clicking on the bar

in the middle and dragging it. The in and out points can be moved with the mouse. Left clicking positions the in point, and the right mouse button sets the out point. The playback range above the first track is linked to the playback range of the preview monitor. Both can only be changed simultaneously

• To move the start and end markers to the beginning and the end of the film again,

click "Optimize movie view" in the "Window" menu.

Handles: All objects can be shortened by moving the mouse to one of the lower corners of the object until it turns into a stretch symbol. Move the mouse over one of the lower corners of the object until the mouse pointer becomes a stretch symbol. At

the top corners of every object, you’ll find two fade handles that can be adjusted to fade an object in or out. The handle at the top center can be used to adjust the volume of audio objects and the brightness of video objects.

Object selection: For advanced effects editing, the objects must be selected first. Each object can be selected by clicking it. Objects will change color to show that they have been selected. Multiple objects can be selected by holding down "Shift". You can also click and drag out a rectangle to select multiple objects. All objects included in the rectangle will be selected.

Removing unusable scenes

One of the most important steps during import of your footage is cutting out unusable scenes from the material. There are two options in this case:

• Option 1: First, the complete material is loaded into your project and the unusable

scenes are cut out.

• Option 2: You can cut the material already in the Media Pool, i.e. BEFORE you

import it, and then proceed to import only the scenes you need. This process is recommended for long movies with a lot of editing.

Cut videos in the project

Let's assume that you have already imported your film material into a project and would now like to edit it.

• Play your video by clicking on the up arrow on your keyboard.

• Pause playback at the position where the scene is located by pressing the

downward arrow. The playback marker stays near the start of the scene to be removed.

Note: You can also use the space bar or the play button on the transport bar to start and stop playback. However, in order to move the playback marker to the position where you stop the playback, you must first go to program settings (File > Settings > Program) in the "Playback" tab under "Space bar behavior" and select the "Space bar stops at current playback position" function.

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Tip: In case of long films or to speed up search, you can also fast forward the video following the action on the preview monitor. To do so, pull the playback marker across the timeline (but not too fast!) while holding down the mouse key.

• Set the playback marker exactly at the start of the unusable material. The zoom

function is recommended to get a better view of longer videos (the +/- buttons in the bottom right corner).

• Press "T" on the keyboard. This will split the current scene into two sections at

the position of the playback marker.

• Repeat these steps for the end of the unusable scene. Find the end of the

unusable scene, place the play marker as close as possible to the end point, and then press the "T" key on the keyboard again.

• 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, then don't worry; you can use the

lower 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. How do you remove gaps out of the film? Easy: Pull the later scenes up to the earlier scenes until they "dock" with each other. Remember to "take" all objects that are further behind, otherwise the gap will just be "passed" to the end. To pull up later objects, use the "All tracks" mouse mode, since this automatically takes all the objects found later on the timeline along with the object being pulled.

Note: If your project has a sound track next to the image track, it is usually necessary to cut audio and video tracks in synchronization. After import 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 image sequence, then you should group them before starting to edit.

To do so, select the video object and the audio object via "Ctrl" + click, and in the "Edit" menu select the "Group" option (or click the group tool).

Go ahead and experiment with the editing functions in all processes (and all other editing operations in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013), the original material on your hard disk is not changed.

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Importing individual scenes from longer movies

If you have saved a longer video as a file on your hard disk and only want to use a section of it for your project, you can proceed as follows:

• Select the file in the Media Pool and click on the Trim icon in the middle of the

features that appear above the file.

• Now you can play the selected file in the Media Pool using the transport control.

Find the area you want to import. Position the play marker above the transport control at the start position of the range and click the "Set in point" button.

• Next, position the playback marker at the end of the section and click the "Set

out-point" button.

• The currently selected range appears as a blue bar in the range display. You can

play back this range separately with the "Range playback" button.

• All range limits can be moved by holding down the mouse button and dragging.

Once the range matches the section that you want to import, click on the preview image in the monitor and drag it onto the track. An object will appear, corresponding to the selected area.

Regroup scenes

It will often be the case that you will want to move whole scenes or even groups of scenes to a different place within a film. This happens completely intuitively: Single scenes can be selected in any view ("Timeline", "Storyboard" or "Overview" modes) using just a mouse-click, and then moved to the desired spot with the mouse button held down. In the "Timeline" and "Overview" modes you can also create scene groups which can be moved together: "Ctrl + mouse-click" lets you select more than one scene, "Shift + mouse-click" selects the scenes that lie in between.

Three final tips for advanced video arranging:

• Using "Intelligent mouse" mode, which is available in the "Timeline" mode, you

can move not just the selected scene, but also all elements directly bordering it (e.g. transitions, fades, and scenes following the selected scene and those on neighboring tracks).

• The commands "Group (view page 251)" and "Ungroup (view page 252)" let you

oin any scene into groups which can then be moved together as a block.

• If editing and moving scenes left your project looking like a junkyard, then you

can also work in the opposite direction by selecting the scenes you want to use and saving them to the Media Pool directory. Collect scenes that you want to use, place them into the "Takes" folder, start a new project, take scenes from that folder, then place them in the second project in the order you want them. The "Takes" folder can be accessed in the Media Pool via the "Import -> My Media" button.

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Burn DVDs with interactive menus

Once you are satisfied with your video, move to the "Burn CD" screen to burn it with an interactive DVD menu onto a disc.

• If you simply want to burn a DVD the quickest way

possible, then click the button to burn a DVD.

For multiple films that are subdivided into individual scenes or chapters, the DVD selection menu becomes even more important. This is because you require manageable navigation to be able to jump between each film and each scene.

The "Burn" screen has two views: "preview" an "Edit". Use the buttons located in the upper left to switch between them

In both views, you will see a preview of the DVD menu. All movies appear as uppermost entries, and all scenes appear as sub-entries.

You can use the remote control to the right to test the function of the menus just like in a real DVD player.

In the "Edit" view you can access the structure of the selection menu in "Navigation". You can delete unnecessary scenes by clicking the corresponding box. The entry will be removed from the menu, but the scene will not be removed from the movie.

To make sensible chapter divisions in your movies, each movie must feature corresponding chapter markers in the "Edit" window. If you want to change the current scene splits, it is best to switch back to the "Edit" screen and then choose the movie which you would like to split. Place the Start marker where you'd like to have it and choose the option "Chapter marker" from the Edit menu (keyboard shortcut: Shift + Enter). If you select the option "Automatic Chapter markers", a Chapter marker is automatically placed at the beginning of every scene. Superfluous chapter markers may simply be clicked and deleted.

If you are satisfied with the subdivision of the movies and chapters, you can devote yourself to the layout of the selection menu.

At the bottom of the screen, you'll see an array of preset menu templates. Use the scroll bar to view each template. There are plenty to choose from:

• If you wish to fully apply a template, first click on "Layout" in the template bar

and double-click on the template of your choice. The complete template will then be applied.

• In the "Edit" view you can also combine various elements of individual templates

with one another. For example, if you want to combine the text format of a template with the background of another one, then select "Font" first and double click the template with the text of your choice. Then select "Order" and double click the order you like. The preview in the middle shows you the results immediately.

• Double click the preview picture or a menu entry to change the film or chapter

name and select a different preview picture.

When all videos and chapters (scenes) are logically arranged and you are satisfied with the selection menu, you can go ahead and burn.

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Workspaces

Projects, movies and scenes

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 works with "Projects", "Movies", and "Scenes". In order to work quickly and intuitively, is it important to know the differences between these three hierarchically-ordered terms.

Project A "Project" includes everything that you want to include on a disc.

Normally this means one or more movies and a menu structure for selecting movies for playback. Projects can be saved as "MVP" files on your hard drive and can be loaded later to do further editing to the movies.

Movie A "Movie" can be one single video clip or a combination of clips and

photos. It can also include music, titles, transitions and much more. Each movie can be exported individually as a video. The "project" can be considered a type of drawer into which you can put multiple movies that

will be edited together and burned to the same disc.

Scene: Scenes are the main components of a movie. They may contain

integrated photos that are displayed as still shots or animated images. Along with photos and videos, a movie has many other elements such as titles, transitions, decorative elements, music, voiceover commentary etc.

Summary: „Projects“ contain „Movies“ and „Movies“ contain „Scenes“. When you burn a disc, the movies of a project appear as menu items and the scenes are the menu items for each movie.

"Edit" screen

1 Upper toolbar: These are the buttons for quick access to important commands.

2 Menu bar: This contains important MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 functions. 3 Preview monitor: Video and image objects are displayed and files from the

Media Pool can be previewed here.

4 Media Pool: Here you'll find your hard drive content and the areas for transitions,

titles and effects. Using the "Import" navigation buttons you can access all of the folders on your PC.

5 Content: Various content will be displayed depending on which area of the

Media Pool you are in. You can preview templates or import media to your project. In the "Effects" area you can fade in the effects to create effect curves.

6 Modes:

• Storyboard mode displays all scenes in the current video in a panel so that

they can be easily manipulated and arranged.

• Timeline mode is for more involved arrangement and effects work.

• Overview mode displays all of the objects on the first track and enables

quick sorting of scenes.

• The right button activates Multicam mode in the Plus/Premium version.

7 Lower toolbar: Select the "Timeline" or various different mouse modes for

diverse editing functions.

8 Timeline with range markers: Defines the range that will be played. It is

equipped with a time scale.

9 Arranger: Drag & drop files from the Media Pool, then arrange and edit files in

detail here.

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10 Scroll bars: The lower scroll bars can be dragged apart and pushed together for

zooming with the mouse. The right scroll bar zooms into the tracks vertically. Click on the edge of the scroll bars while holding the mouse button to change the visible part in the arrangement window.

Project management

The "Edit" area can be used for editing films and also for managing your projects, i. e. here you can sort the order of the movies, add new movies, remove existing movies from the project or rename the movies.

Each film in a current project can be controlled through its own tab above the tracks.

To rename, sort, load or delete movies, the easiest way is to right-click on one of the tabs. You can then select the action you want from the context menu that appears.

The "Burn" screen

1 Menu preview: Here you can see a selection menu preview. For more

information, read the "Edit disc menu" (view page 234) chapter.

2 Sw

itch views: Here you can switch between preview and edit views.

3 Remote control: Here you can check how your future disc will react when you

press the buttons of your player's remote control.

4 Output:Before burning the project, select the desired format (view page 223).

5 Pla

y preview: Play the preview menu and test how it works with the remote

control.

6 Template category: Select the desired section from various categories with

different menus.

7 Menu templates: Switch between different templates for designing your menus. 8 Use templates: Here you can select whether a template should be assigned to a

page, the menu or all menus on a disc.

You will find more information in the "Burning" (view page 212) section.

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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 Movie Edit Pro 2013 project. A dialog with settings for a new disc project or a new film opens to get started.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + N

Load project

With this option you can load a project or a media file. Please note that all media files associated with it must be loaded along with a project. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 will search for all used sounds and video files in the folders in which they were located when the move was saved.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + O

Save project

The current movie is saved with the name displayed in the project window. If you have not yet specified a name for your project, a dialog will open wherein MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 asks you to do so.

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 Movie Edit Pro 2013 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".

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + S

Program settings

Opens the program settings (view page 56).

Keyboard shortcut: Y

Context help

The mouse cursor will turn into an arrow with a question mark.

Click on any button of the main screen, to open program help which will describe the control element in question.

Shortcut: Alt + F1

MAGIX News Center

The MAGIX News Center features links to current online tutorials and tips & tricks on the software application examples. The "News" is indicated by color according to content:

• Green indicates practical tips & tricks for the software

• Yellow reports the availability of new patches and updates

• Red for special offers, contests and questionnaires

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.

Lower toolbar

The following toolbars are displayed in Storyboard Mode:

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.

Note: You can adjust the length of the list to your needs in program settings (view page 56). In general: The longer the list, the more RAM is used.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Z

Redo

This function undoes the previous "Undo" function.

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.

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Note: You can adjust the length of the list to your needs in program settings (view page 56). In general: The longer the list, the more RAM is used.

Keyboard shortcut: Shift + Y

Delete objects

This function deletes the selected scene (or the selected object in the Timeline mode).

Keyboard shortcut: Del

Cut objects

This function extracts the marked scene and copies it to the clipboard. You can then use the "Paste" command to copy it into any movie.

Copy objects

This function copies the selected scene (or the selected object in the Timeline mode) to the clipboard. You can then use the "Paste" command to place it into any movie.

Insert clipboard

This command inserts the clipboard material (photo or object) at the current position of the start marker.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + V

Title editor

Opens the Title editor for the selected photo, video, or title object.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + T

Cut button

You can split objects with the cut button, you can remove the object start or object end or divide the film up. Select the object you want to edit and place the playback marker at the desired position. Clicking on the cut button cuts the object in two. You can reach extra options using the drop-down menu.

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.

Keyboard shortcut: Z

Remove scene end

This command cuts a selected object at the playback marker position and removes the material behind the playback 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.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Del

Split movie

This command divides the movie into two individual movies at the position of the playback marker.

The current arranger retains the portion that is located in front of the playback marker. The latter part will be removed from the current arranger and placed as a new film. You can find this movie by going to the "Window" menu.

Shortcut: Alt + Y

Special functions to insert new objects

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 offers various possibilities how an object selected in the Media Pool will be pasted into the project.

Apply automatically

Pastes the file selected in the Media Pool into the arranger. Video and image objects will always be placed behind the last object into the first track; audio and text objects are separated into different tracks.

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Single-track ripple

Inserts an object from the Media Pool at the position of the playback marker and simultaneously moves the objects on the track following it.

• In contrast to automatic placement, with track ripple, all objects will be placed at

the position of the playback marker. Objects on the target track are automatically moved behind the inserted object. Bordering tracks are unchanged.

• Videos and images will be loaded to the first track, as usual. 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).

Multitrack ripple

The object selected in the Media Pool will be inserted on the target track at the position of the playback marker. All objects found at the playback marker position will be split and moved down the length of the inserted object. All objects on the track located further on will also be moved.

• In contrast to automatic insertion, all objects will be inserted at the position of

the playback marker.

• Videos and images will be loaded to the first track, as usual. 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.

Replace

Replaces the selected object with an object selected in the Media Pool.

Overwrite

Overwrites the object in the target track at the position of the start marker with the object selected in the Media Pool.

Hint: In contrast to "Replace", no length adjustment takes place. With "Replace", any downstream objects are moved, while "Overwrite" overwrites downstream objects as well (sometimes only partially), depending on the length of the object being inserted in comparison to the object being overwritten.

Additional functions in Timeline mode

The following buttons are available only in the Timeline Mode:

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 214).

Keyboard shortcut:

Shift + Enter

Object grid

Use this button to switch the object grid (view page 96) on and off. When the object grid is switched on, the objects snap into place beside one another so that everything fits in seamlessly.

Form group

Orders all selected objects into groups. As soon as an object from the group is selected, all other objects in the group will be highlighted as well so that you can work on them collectively.

Keyboard shortcut: G

Ungroup objects

This turns all selected objects into free-standing objects again.

Keyboard shortcut: Shift + G

Mouse modes

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 offers special mouse modes for different kinds of editing. These may be selected using the small arrow next to the button.

Move everything

This mouse mode in principal behaves like the "Single object mouse mode". All objects that have the same or a later starting point will be moved.

This is useful if something should be inserted in the middle of an arrangement, but there is not enough space, meaning that all contents have to be moved down.

Shortcut: 7

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Move everything on the track

Basically, this mouse mode behaves like the mouse mode for individual objects, but moving one object will also move all other objects located behind it on the same track.

This is practical if space is needed at the start of a track, since all objects can be moved together without moving them underneath each other.

Shortcut: 8

Mouse mode for individual objects

This is the preset mouse mode where most work is performed.

Select objects by left-clicking them. You can move an object by holding down the mouse over it while dragging it to the desired position.

Keyboard shortcut: 6

Curve mouse mode

This mouse mode is used especially for drawing effects curves.

The effects curve controls the intensity of the effect: The more higher the curve point, the more intense the respective effects parameter at this location. The curves can be used for video and image objects on the image tracks and also for audio objects on the audio tracks.

More information about this can be found in the chapter "Animate objects", section "Editing object effects curves".

Keyboard shortcut: 9

Stretch mouse mode

This special mode is for customizing the length of objects.

With timestretching, audio objects can be expanded or compressed using the handles at the bottom. The duration of the audio material is therefore lengthened without changing the pitch. Playback of the video objects is accelerated/decelerated with the help of the handles at the bottom.

Warning! If the object to be stretched or compressed is going to be animated with an effects curve, then the option "Connect curve length with object length (view page 138)" should be set for the effects curve.

Keyboard shortcut: 0

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.

Shortcut: Alt + 6

Preview rendering

You can access the preview rendering options by pressing this button.

Media Pool

The structure and workflow of the Media Pool is similar to that featured by Windows Explorer; however, the difference is that only the used files are displayed. This is used to access and load multimedia files of all kinds: video files, audio files, fades, effects, and also complete projects.

Importing Navigation buttons

The navigation buttons let you navigate through your computer’s drives and folders.

Forward/ back

Higher directory

Folder tree

These buttons access the previously viewed folders.

This button accesses the next highest folder level.

Here you can activate a folder tree to navigate through your computer system.

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The search function allows you to find specific files quickly. You may specify your search according to file type, date, or certain folders.

Browse history list and path details

The path information for the current folder is displayed in the center above. Use the arrow button to open the menu to find the folders you previously visited.

Options All functions of the context menu (switch views,

rename, or delete files, etc.) can also be accessed via the options button.

Display options

Zoom

Settings for how detailed the entries should be listed may be specified here.

A zoom slider can be used to set the number and size of visible symbols in the "Large symbols" view.

The Media Pool has an easy search function for finding files on the computer. It may be activated and turned off again with the shown button.

File name: Enter any part of the name of the file you are looking for in the "File name" field. The X symbol deletes the entry. A "?" may be used as a placeholder for a single character, and "*" for any number of characters.

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 oftenused 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.

Search depth: Here you have various options that determine whether additional locations should be searched.

• Search indexed locations and the selected folder

• Search indexed locations, the selected folder and personal files.

• Search indexed locations, the selected folder, personal files and the project file.

"Indexed locations" are folders, which are searched and cataloged in Windows via the index list. If the index list is activated, the files in the indicated folders will be indexed while the computer is idling, so that the user's search query may be completed faster.

Note: In Microsoft Windows XP, the indexing service is usually deactivated by default. The search functions in Windows Vista® may be installed with the current version of "Windows Search". They make it possible to easily add to the indexing service. Please refer to the installation instructions from Microsoft.

Computer

The link button "Computer" displays the drives in the Media Pool. All drives will be listed along with their drive letters and can be opened with a double click.

User directory

The second button featuring the user's name opens their personal folder in the Media Pool.

My media

The "My media" button lets you select "Projects", "My videos", "My music", "My images", and "Recordings".

Projects: Here you can switch to the folder where your projects and films are usually stored.

You will find the "Show project contents" function in the context menu of a project. Using this function, you can display all objects of a project and copy them into the current project, retaining the editing and effect state of the object. This means that you don't have to edit the objects again to keep the status of the "old" project. But you can certainly continue editing the transferred object. These changes will be then saved in the current project.

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.

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. The included MAGIX Photo Manager program also uses this folder (e.g. during image import).

Recordings: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 specifies standards for all recordings.

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MAGIX Tools

The "MAGIX tools" link selects links to "Downloads", "Database", "Online Album", and "Internet Media".

Downloads: Use this button to access the media files that you downloaded with Catooh.

Database: Use this button to open the database view. Right-clicking opens the database search. The database first must be created using the provided additional programs MAGIX Photo Manager and/or MAGIX Music Manager.

Online Album: This buttons opens MAGIX Online Album. This provides a shortcut for 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.

Note: This function requires an Internet connection. Make sure you have your login details (email address and password) ready.

Internet media: This opens the integrated browser (view page 287)in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013. This allows you to collect media directly form the Internet, e. g. images for a current film project etc.

Travel route: Click here if you would like to create a travel route (view page 190).

Movie templates

Here you will find various movie templates, which can be customized as you wish (view page 185).

Fades

Here you can find all fades from MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013, sorted into various categories. One click on a category displays all of the fades that are contained.

To load a fade, drag it with a held-down mouse key onto the object, into which you would like to fade.

You can find additional information in the "Fades" section of the "Objects (view page

93)" chapter.

Title

This displays the title settings and the title editor. These presets are sorted into different categories and may be loaded by double-clicking or drag & drop. The 3D title templates are also located here.

The text featured by title objects may be changed directly in the program monitor by double-clicking.

Effects

This provides access to the effects that are sorted into the various categories. Read more about this in the chapter "Effects" (view page 111).

Video effect templates

Here you can find pre-configured effect templates that can be dragged-and-dropped onto a video or image object. These effect templates consist of a combination of various effect settings which you can adjust in the appropriate effect dialogs.

In the "Video mix effects" subfolder you will find templates for mixing two video or image objects. To do so, two video or image objects have to lie on two tracks directly above or below the other. To use a mix effect template, drag on the lower object.

Video effects

Here you can find adjustable effects for video and photo objects. The effects can be set only after selecting an object in the respective effects dialog. For more information, go to the "Video effects in the Media Pool" (view page 112) section in the

Effects" chapter.

Movement effects

These are movement effects you can use to animate the frame by using zoom or camera movements. For more information go to the "Effects" chapter, section "Movement effects in Media Pool" (view page 119).

Stereo3D

This accesses the program's Stereo 3D functionality. Please read the corresponding chapter "Stereo 3D". (view page 177)

Note: This function is available only in the Plus/Premium version.

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Audio effects

Here you will find many audio effect templates such as echo, reverb, equalizer, compressor, etc. Read the "Audio editing" (view page 146) for more information.

Design elements

Multi picture-in-picture: Various effects presets for image stacking.

Collages: These work similarly to normal picture-in-picture effects, but more objects

are used. Depending on the collage, arrange the selected objects one after the other and drag the collage onto the first object.

Color spaces: The color spaces are a collection of various backgrounds. Professional test images are included for calibrating your system. You can also use the colored backgrounds for your own color transitions, for instance. The special "User" template opens a color selection dialog where you can choose the desired color.

Backgrounds: Here you can find static and animated photo and video backgrounds. Video backgrounds are capable of being looped, meaning that their length can be extended by duplication.

Image objects: Here you will find various image objects like black bars, thought bubbles for cartoons, etc.

Intros/Outros: These are beginning and end scenes for films with various themes.

You can find additional information in the "Effects (view page 126)" chapter, in the section "Design eleme

nt in Media Pool".

My Presets

Here you will find the folder for your own effect templates. For more details, please read the "My Presets in Media Pool" section in the "Effects" chapter (view page 127).

Additional Effects

Here you will find all available effect plug-ins. Please read the "Additional effects in the Media Pool" section in the "Effects" chapter (view page 132).

Various file list view modes

All supported multimedia files and subfolders of the currently selected folder are displayed in the file list. Three different views (list, detail, large symbols) can be set by right-clicking on the Media Pool context menu.

List: Only file names are listed. This view mode displays the most files simultaneously.

Details: For each media file, its type, size and date of last change will be displayed next to its name.

Large symbols 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.

As soon as you activate this display, the zoom function will appear. With it, you can additionally magnify thumbnail images.

Preview function

This is a preview function for all files in the Media Pool which can be started by dragging & dropping onto the video monitor or by pressing the play button.

There are also previews for effects that illustrate their functionality.

The "Extras" button or the enhanced transport control function provides a selection of sections from a longer video file in the Media Pool. Please refer to the "Inserting objects into the project" chapter.

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Transport console

Transport controls on the preview monitor enable you to play back video and image material in the arranger or as a preview in the Media Pool.

Transport control buttons

Range: Above the playback functions you can select the range between the in and out points

Playback marker: This marker indicates the position of the image currently displayed in the preview monitor.

Set in/out points: Defines the start and end of the playback range.

To range start: This button sets the playback marker to the start of the

current range.

using the mouse.

Jump to movie start: Sets the playback marker to the start of the movie.

Play/Stop (pause): The playback button in the middle starts playback.

A second click stops playback.

Tip: In the menu "File -> Settings -> Program -> Playback", you can set whether the playback marker will go back to the start position (stop) after the second click or following the appropriate shortcut (space bar), or if it should stay at the current position (pause function).

Range playback:This button plays the current range.

To range end: This button sets the playback marker to the end of the current

range.

Audio or video recording: Quickly jumps to the Recording selection dialog.

Switches the video monitor to the "Movie overview" mode.

Jog wheel: Using this wheel, you can move by single frames within the video and zoom in for precise positioning of the playback marker. Shuttle control: The further the slider control is moved to the side, the quicker the arrangement is played in the corresponding direction. This way a specific position can be reached quickly.

Zoom: Click on the arrow and set the zoom level in the preview monitor.

Resolution: If the video judders during playback you can activate half

resolution for the preview monitor. You can also find this option in "Program settings > Video/Audio > Movie display". The quality of the movie will not be affected when you export or burn your project to disc.

Arranger

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 offers an editing interface for advanced editing: audio dubbing, professional editing, plus precise transitions and effects editing.

There are corresponding views for different applications: "Scene overview", "Storyboard" mode, and "Timeline" mode.

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.

Mute a single audio track by clicking on the “Mute” button or play individual tracks separately (“Solo”) to emphasize a particular scene.

Clicking the lock symbol protects all objects in a track against unwanted editing. The track name can be changed by double-clicking on the text above the buttons.

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A right-click on the track box opens the context menu:

• MultiCam > Source track: Here you can activate/deactivate a track as a source

track.

• MultiCam > Master audio track: Here you can designate the master audio track

for Multicam editing (view page 105).

k height: Set whether the selected track or all tracks should be displayed as

• Trac

small, large or in standard size. You can also adjust the size using your mouse. To do so, drag the lower border of a track box downward using a mouse.

Zoom

The vertical zoom function sets the number of visible tracks. On many tracks zooming is useful for selectively editing a track or an object in full view.

Use the horizontal zoom functions to set up the visible section of the arrangement on the timeline.

Clicking and dragging on the bottom border of a track allows you to adjust the height of the display.

Object zoom: Vertical and horizontal zoom stages are enlarged so that all of the selected objects are displayed at maximum size.

Optimize view: Displays the complete arrangement in full width. Zoom will be set to 100%.

When the function is turned off, the old zoom level will be reactivated.

Adjusting the workspace

The arranger, video monitor and Media Pool can be positioned anywhere on the screen or completely hidden. Personal settings are automatically saved when MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 is closed and remain when the program is reopened.

For larger arrangements, the program monitor can be used to show an overview of the arranger (Window -> Movie overview (view page 262)).

Note: If lose track of the settings, you can use "Window -> Reset window arrangement" or the keyboard shortcut "F9" to reset the basic settings.

Tip: If you are working with two monitors, you can use one to display the preview monitor as a full screen. To do this, move the cursor to the upper border of the preview monitor and click and drag it to the other screen. Then click on the small rectangle in the upper right. The preview monitor will now be displayed in fullscreen mode.

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Settings

All settings dialogs can be reached via "File > Settings".

Project and movie settings

You can reach these settings through "File > Settings > Movie". Here you can determine the settings that can be individually adjusted for every movie and project.

Note: A project can include multiple movies.

Settings

Play film in loop mode: The movie is played over and over again, i.e. when the movie reaches the end marker, it starts again from the beginning.

Use as presets for new projects: The settings specified in the dialog are used as the standard settings for newly created projects.

Automatically adjust new images to fill screen (borders are faded out): This option is especially useful for photos that are part of the arrangement but have a different format. When the option is activated, there are no bothersome black bars; however, parts of the image along the edge will be hidden.

Number of tracks: Here you can change the number of tracks.

Audio sample rate: The preset sample rate is 48 kHz. This sample rate is used for all

recordings and is also a prerequisite for audio tracks of DVDs. This setting guarantees optimal sound quality. Audio material at different sample rates (e. g. CD Audio with 44 kHz) is automatically adapted when loaded (resampling). Only change this value if you want to use audio with a different sample rate or if your sound card does not support this sample rate.

Video settings: This is where you set the standard settings for the picture format and frame rate for PAL or NTSC TV pictures or for your own format.

Movie information

This option opens an information window:

Name: Here you can enter the name of the current movie.

Date of creation: 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.

Project settings

You can change project settings here. A project can consist of multiple movies and is saved as an MVP file.

Name and path: Displays the name of the movie and the location where it is stored on the computer.

Description: Here you can give your project a description - perhaps a few statements about the state of the editing progress, e tc. This is something like a notepad function.

Date: Here you can assign your project a specific date. You can choose between a date - e. g. "Dec. 25, 2010" - or a written description - e. g. "Christmas 2010".

Preview: This is the preview in a file manager such as Windows Explorer. You can use the automatic selection for the preview image or choose an image from your hard drive. You can also use a preview image from movie project.

Select preview image automatically: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 uses an automatically-selected preview image.

Use image file

Clicking the folder button opens a dialog to load image files. In this dialog, you can navigate to the directory where the image file is found and select it by double clicking.

Use preview image from movie

Use the controller to select a frame from the corresponding directory.

Program settings

Keyboard shortcut: Y

Playback Audio playback

Driver selectionHere you can specify whether the Windows Wave driver or the DirectSound driver will be used for audio playback. DirectSound is a component of DirectX and, if necessary, is installed together with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013. DirectSound has the advantage that the sound output (for all modern sound cards or onboard soundchips) can also be used by other programs open simultaneously. WAV drivers are recommended if the CPU load is higher, as the larger buffers allow better handling of the load peaks (otherwise this would cause crackling).

All basic settings for MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 are made in this window. This allows you to influence the settings in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 in detail.

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Note: "DirectSound" must be activated to work with 5.1 Surround Sound.

Output device: Use this option to specify which sound card plays the wave audio

objects. This is especially important if you have multiple sound cards installed on your computer, e.g. "onboard sound" as well as an additional sound card.

Audio buffer: In order to allow smooth playback of a complex arrangement, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 creates a RAM data buffer into which the current data is loaded. This allows for step-by-step preprocessing instead for preprocessing for the entire arrangement.

Number of buffers: Here you can specify how many buffers should be used. More buffers increase reliability, for judder-free arrangement playback, but this also increases the memory requirements. If played via DirectSound (see settings in the "Playback parameter" dialog), only one buffer is used automatically.

Note: If response and loading times are too slow, reduce the buffer size; otherwise increase the buffer size if the audio playback is choppy or if real-time errors occur. Since error-free playback is usually more important than fast reaction times, the buffer size should be raised to 16384 or 32768 for drop-outs. The possible number of used buffer updates is between 2 and 10.

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Multitrack size/Preview size: Specify the buffer size used to play the entire arrangement or for previewing waves in the file manager.

Video playback

Overload optimization for realtime playback: Here you can activate or deactivate overload optimizing during realtime playback of the arrangement. This feature is particularly suitable for lower performance PCs.

Instant Cache Refresh in Multicam Mode: Activate this mode to empty the cache in short intervals which will make the preview for multicam editing immediately visible in the preview monitor. This may result in juddering during playback.

Track number for parallel track optimization: This is an option, which is useful for projects with an especially high track number which leads to problems when saving the project. If you get errors, try using a value of "2" here. If you continue having problems, try using "1".

This option influences program function only when MPEG and AVCHD material is being edited. However, performance declines to reduce disk space usage with increasing values.

Arranger

Autoscroll during playback: If autoscroll is activated, the screen view automatically shifts when the playback cursor reaches the right edge of the screen, which is useful for longer arrangements. You can select the size of the scrolling steps from either "Fast" (whole pages) or "Slow" (half pages).

Attention: Scrolling requires constant recalculation of the screen view which may lead to interrupted playback if system RAM is too low. If this happens, simply deactivate the autoscroll feature.

Display: Display of objects in timeline mode can be simplified to improve performance. You can decide whether to display preview frames for video objects across the entire object, or just for the first and last frames. For audio objects you can hide the wave form display. This is particularly recommended for MPEG data streams.

Update in background: The update if the object display after move and zoom operations in the arranger is performed in the background in order to let you work smoothly.

Spacebar behavior: Here you can determine whether pressing the spacebar during playback resets (deactivated) the playback marker or leaves it at the current playback position (activated).

Image 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, on the other hand, requires more processing power.

Load image material in background: Activate this option in order to load inserted image material already before playback in background.

Folder

Here you can set the path where

• you want to save your projects (Projects)

• files are exported (Export) or imported (Import), and recordings (Recordings) are

saved,

• Disc Images are saved

• and where EXE files for the external audio and picture editor are located so that

they can be launched via the Effects or Prepare menu (only Plus/PremiumVersion)

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Note: Folders placed here are fundamental for the entire program. Newly created projects are stored in a separate subfolder, which you can define in the "Program start" (view page 17) screen.

Video/Audio

In this tab you will find all settings concerning video and audio files.

Video standard

Normally the right video standard is set up automatically. PAL is used in Europe; the United States, Canada, and Japan use NTSC.

Movie display

The resolutions that can be set here concern only the picture display in the arranger. If playback begins to stutter, "Half resolution" is recommended. This does not influence the quality of exported videos.

Automatic interlace processing: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 normally detects whether the loaded video files were recorded with the interlace or progressive processes automatically, and half-image format is detected for interlaced movies. In case automatic detection fails, you can deactivate it here and set the object properties (view page 269) of video objects to the correct process.

Arranger

Simple display of video objects (first and last image): Activate this function if you are having performance problems. The preview images of a video in the arranger will only be display at the beginning and end of the video.

Half waveform display: Half of the waveform display (upper part) is enough for audio editing. This is the default setting. If you want to do more detailed, professional audio editing, you can display the complete waveform.

Video/Audio on one track: Activate this option if you want imported video footage to be displayed as one object with video and audio on one track. You can always use the options in the object menu to put the video and audio on separate tracks later to edit them individually.

Import

Automatically create frametable during import Sometimes, rebuilding a frame table can get rid of problems in certain MPEG files. For example, such problems can be present if the navigation (positioning of the playback marker, transport) is bumpy or doesn't function at all. Normally, when loading MPEG video, a frame table is not created in order to speed up the loading process. If you do create one anyway, MPEG files are normally noticeably faster and easier to edit.

Extract sound from video: If a video file contains video and audio data the audio track of the video will also be imported if this option is activated. It will be displayed as an audio object in the arrangement below the video object. Both are automatically grouped together. If the audio track has to be edited or replaced later, you first have to ungroup it ("Ungroup" button in the tool bar or via the "Edit" menu).

Allow user-defined names for sound extracted from VOBs: Specifies whether a warning will be displayed for each imported file during VOB (Video Object Block) import (VTS_01_1.vob) allowing you to enter a name for your movie (check box "checked") or whether you would like an automatically generated name to be assigned (check box "unchecked").

Standard display time: Specify how long an image in the project should be displayed before moving to the next object.

Note: Adding transitions between the objects will reduce the actual display time. If you plan on using transitions, it is best not to set the display time too short.

Trim videos: Sometimes video clips have damaged frames at the beginning or end. Most often these are green, black or incomplete. Here you have the option of automatically trimming your videos during import if your footage constantly has damaged frames. Specify how many images (frames) should be trimmed at the beginning and the end of the video.

Note: The frames are not lost due to the shortening. By adjusting the object length you can make the trimmed frames reappear.

Export

Automatically preview exported clips: This option starts the clip immediately after exporting for verification.

Apply picture effects when exporting to MAGIX Online Services: If this option is selected, all the picture effects are included with the sent file.

Hardware acceleration during MPEG-4/AVCHD export if possible: Here you can activate Hardware acceleration (view page 239) during MPEG-4/AVCHD export if your system supports it.

Other

Reduce bitmap resolution for preview: The resolution of image files is reduced during playback to decrease required memory. This requires less computing power than playback in full resolution; full resolution is always calculated during export.

Relocate memory for bitmaps to other process: Activating this option will improve handling of bitmaps as they will be processed differently. This function can lead to delays in 32 bit systems. If this happens, you can deactivate the function.

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GPU acceleration for standard fades: Here you can (de)activate hardware acceleration of your graphics card for 3D effects. More information about this topic is available in the 3D transitions (view page 94) chapter.

System

Reactivate warning dialogs:In its newly installed state, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 displays a number of security queries at various parts of the program. Each of them can be switched off by clicking the small box at the bottom that says "Don't show this message again". To display these warning messages, select the "Reactivate dialogs" option.

Begin online configuration: If you have an Internet connection and use MAGIX Online Services, you can configure your services here.

Undo/Redo

Here you can set the maximum number of undo commands. The higher the value, the higher the CPU load on the computer.

Save automatically

Auto Save projects allow you to set a time interval at which the project will be automatically saved. If the program crashes, this feature will restore the project to the state it was in when last saved.

Other

Automatic preview when changing transitions: When this option is activated, a short preview of the transition effect will be quickly played between the two objects you selected.

High output quality for dynamic zoom and combination effects: The Title Editor is used in high resolution by default. The display quality of titles is improved, but this also results in longer loading times for movies.

Move playback marker when selecting objects: This option automatically moves the playback marker to the beginning of the selected object.

Double-click properties: Specify whether a double-click plays back files in the Media Pool or imports them to the arranger.

Import Formats

File formats that you never use can be deselected here. Once deselected they won't be imported anymore. Please keep in mind that several import modules exist for some file types (AVI, WMA). MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 uses the fastest one in each case. If you experience problems during the import of certain files, you can experiment with deactivation of certain import modules, forcing the program to use the slower, but more compatible import module.

Display options Activate video output

Video output on a DV device: With this option, you can display 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, in addition to processing all real time effects, you need to have a powerful PC for jitter-free playback. Even if your computer is not particularly powerful, you can still use this function to see how your video looks on your TV screen, since the analog video output signal of a good DV camera is better than the TV output of an average graphics card.

Preview in the Arranger/preview window and playback in video recorder/analog recording

You can set the playback mode separately for the arranger (including all preview windows and effects dialogs) and the preview monitors during recording and in the video recorder.

Always use DirectX9: Normally DirectX11 is activated for the preview in the arranger. DirectX9 can be activated for Windows XP and graphics cards that don't support DirectX11. You can also activate it if you are having general problems.

Video mode

The default setting is "Hardware accelerations (Direct3D)", which you shouldn't change because it delivers the best results. If you are running into problems, such as if the image remains black, you can see if the other modes work better. "Compatibility mode (VideoForWindows)" switches hardware acceleration completely off, and thus this setting should work best. It is also the slowest mode, in which the project probably won't play smoothly. These options are irrelevant for file export and disc burning.

Tip: Change video modes only in case of problems with presets, such as jerks or persistent image artifacts.

Preview in arranger

Compatibility mode (Video for Windows): This is the (tried-and-true) standard

mode, which works on all systems.

Hardware acceleration (Direct 3D): This mode offers extreme speed advantages, processing effects, mixing and various transitions directly on the graphics card. Depending on the graphics card, performance can increase by 300%. The graphics card will not be used during export.

Warning: To be able to use this mode, the graphics card must have at least 128 MB disk space of its own. Direct 3D 9 or higher must be installed and the graphic card

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driver must support "High Level Pixel Shader Language 2.0". MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 checks the corresponding properties when this mode is selected, and switches it off if necessary.

Preview and playback on VCR/Analog recording

Alternative mode 1 (Overlay Mixer): In this mode you can use hardware deinterlacing

for export to PC monitor or progressive scan-enabled projector, which noticeably improves reproduction quality of analog video recorded with interlacing.

Alternative mode 2 (Video Mixing Renderer 9): This mode uses hardware deinterlacing of modern graphics cards together with DirectX9. Make sure that you've installed the latest graphics card drivers and the card is compatible with DirectX9. This mode works better than the standard mode (Overlay Mixer) only for a few graphics card models.

Standard renderer: The DirectShow standard renderer is used for viewing.

Image formation in Vertical Blank Intervals (VBI)

The image formation takes place in the vertical blank intervals of the monitor signal (or the connected TV signal). This helps avoid image interruptions. Warning: Because of the necessary waiting time on the next VBI, this process adds significant computation time!

You can deactivate this option for digital displays such as TFT monitors. In "Overlay" mode, image formation occurs exclusively via VBI.

De-interlacing

The DirectShow modes "Overlay mixer" and "Video mixing renderer 9" enable activation of hardware de-interlacing for the graphics card. For general information about de-interlacing and the options "Top/bottom field first", please read the corresponding article "De-interlacing (view page 317)" in the manual.

Preview rendering

Use this dialog to set how MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 renders a set range in the arranger. This dialogs may be accessed via "File -> Settings -> Preview rendering".

Note: 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. You can find more details in the "Preview rendering" section.

Presets: You have the option to select presets or save your own settings for later use.

Format settings: Specify here which format should be used to render a set range.

"Advanced settings" enables you to adjust the selected format to suit your own particular requirements.

Stereo3D: Activate this option when rendering 3D footage to view the preview in 3D.

Other: Access this dialog prior to every rendering process. It does not appear by

default.

Note: Rendering may take longer depending on the selected format and size of the set range.

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Video recording

Select the recording method

To start recording, click on the red "Record" button below the preview monitor.

The following selections are possible in the dialog window:

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• AVCHD for AVCHD cameras

• HDV camera: For HDV cameras

• DV cameras: For mini DV cameras and DV video recorders

• Video: For analog video cameras, analog TV, VHS recorders, webcams and others

• Audio: For microphones, cassette recorders, MiniDisc players, turntables, etc.

• Screen: Records directly from the computer monitor

• Single frame: For single and series images from analog cameras, analog TV, or

VHS recorders, webcams, etc.

Recording AVCHD

Connect camera

Suitable cameras are essentially available in three varieties:

• Cameras featuring removable data storage: These cameras have a slot for a

memory card. Your computer should have a card reader for the corresponding memory card, which you can then remove from the camera and insert into the card reader. Different camera models can also be connected via USB.

• Cameras which burn DVDs directly (usually 80 mm diameter instead of the

regular 120 mm): The DVD can simply be taken out of the camera and inserted into the computer. For so-called "Slot in DVD" drives, look beforehand in the operational manual whether or not 80 mm DVDs (also called 3" DVDs or MiniDVDs) are acceptable.

• Cameras with built-in hard drives: The camera will respond as a drive as soon as

it is connected via a USB cable to the PC. This additional drive will appear in Media Pool.

Hint: The listed options and procedures reflect our experience with what works. Still, we recommend you read the camera's manual for the exact sequence of actions and contact the manufacturer in case of problems.

AVCHD import

AVCHD recording is actually not really a recording as such, but rather "only" the transfer of the already created video file and its import into the existing project.

On older systems, it may be helpful to transfer AVCHD files into MPEG-2 format during import. A corresponding query appears during importing of these files.

Note: During AVCHD import, it is necessary to activate (view page 289) the MPEG4 and the Dolby Digital Stereo codecs. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 offers this option as soon as the codec is required.

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After you have selected AVCHD recording, the following dialog opens.

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Video source: Here you can navigate to the drive that corresponds to the attached AVCHD camera.

Save in following folder: Create a target folder for the files to be imported.

Advanced settings: Adjust various settings for the name and date of the files to be

created.

Preview monitor and transport control: Here you can play back, rewind or fast forward clips in the file list.

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.

Note: The files are color-coded. The colors indicate recording times, so that you can quickly recognize which recordings were made at the same time.

Select: This offers self-explanatory options for file display ("all", "only new", or "none").

Display filter: Here you can choose whether to view "Movies" or "Photos". With the option "Show only selected", all non-selected elements will be hidden. You should only use this option if you've already selected elements.

Insert into movie: With this option active, media will be inserted directly into the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 Arranger as objects. When inactive, they will be simply copied into the target folder and may be selected from the Media Pool at any time.

Delete all media after camera import: This option deletes the selected media after importing from the camera.

Optimize for DVD output: If you plan on making a DVD you can select this option. This means that HD material is converted to DVD format when being transferred so it can be edited more easily.

Import: Starts the import process of the selected files into the target directory.

Cancel: Closes the dialog without import.

Tip: The AVCHD import dialog is basically a universal import dialog, appropriate for

external drives, photo or video cameras, containing usable files. If you find the display filters useful for your camera as well, nothing stands in the way of connecting the camera to the computer and then activating AVCHD recording in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013.

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HDV camera

Use this option to open the HDV camcorder record dialog. To do this, you have to connect an HDV camcorder.

The options in this dialog can also be found above in DV recording.

DV camera

DV devices

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 supports continuous editing of DV (digital video) files. A DV recorder or camcorder and a computer with a FireWire interface are required.

To record digitally, the digital output of the Mini-DV camcorder or DV video recorder must be connected to the DV interface of the PC, yet switched off. You must also have Microsoft’s DirectX8a (or higher) installed on your PC. Now switch your camcorder to “video recorder” or “playback” mode (depending on your particular device) and open the DV capture dialog.

Connect a DV or HDV camera

• Connect the digital output of the switched-off camera with the computer's DV

interface (also called FireWire or iLink).

• Insert a DV cassette or the storage device into the camera.

• Switch your camera’s operating mode to "Video recorder" or "Playback".

The camera is now ready to transfer video to the computer.

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. 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.

• Name your recording. It's worth choosing a logical name which will allow you to

find it easily again on the hard drive.

• You can access the appropriate place on the camcorder tape by using the remote

control buttons: shuttle forwards, backwards, and start/stop playback. To start

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recording, click on the "Record" button. Keep an eye on the remaining hard drive space.

• Cease capturing with the "Stop" button and exit the record dialog. You can see

the recording in the film-strip in the lower third of the screen.

Tip: In the DV recording dialog, you can set clips from the DV video which then will be recorded one after the other (batch capturing). Read more on this in the chapter "Batch processing" (view page 74).

"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.

Save movie file as/save in folder: Enter the name of the movie to be recorded. You can also select the folder where you wish to store your video file. The default

recording directory is set by default, but you can change the Path settings (view page

58) under menu item "File -> Program settings -> Path settings".

Edit after recording: This provides access to the automatic editing options.

Start the DV device automatically: Starts the DV recorder or DV camera

automatically when the "Record" button is pressed. This does not function with all digital cards/video devices.

Video preview: On the preview monitor you can see a preview of your movie.

Original size: This option allows you to preview the video in the original size. To

return to the dialog use the "Esc" key.

Batch recording: 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. You simply determine recording time points, and the computer takes care of the rest. To set the start and end points precisely, click "Enter start/end point (view page 73)"

Record list: Use this button to view the available list of already recorded videos and scheduled recordings. All entries from the list can be selected and deleted.

Record: Starts the recording process. Also contains the list of scheduled recordings. These are processed step-by-step (batch capturing).

Stop: Stops the recording process.

Snapshot! With the Snapshot! button, you can create a frozen image directly from the

preview monitor. Start the camcorder and watch the preview window. When the image you want appears, click "Snapshot". Or you can navigate using the remote control to the position you want, and stop there in Pause mode. Stopped playback on the DV camera will not deliver an image! The images are saved in the record directory as graphics files in the set resolution.

Remote control

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 also supports remote controls for most digital camcorders. This does not function with all digital cards/video devices. If your hardware does not support the remote control function, the buttons will not be usable.

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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 Movie Edit Pro 2013 requires this name for the DV logging feature.

Recording information: Displays various information about your recordings.

Set recording 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.

DV as MPEG

This recording selection dialog option allows you to transfer DV recordings directly into the space-saving MPEG format on the harddisk.

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). That way, you don't need to record each scene individually. Simply specify the recording time points and the computer takes care of the rest. To set precise start and end points, click "Enter start/end point (view page 73)

Record list: Press this button to view the available list of already recorded videos and scheduled recordings. All entries from the list may be selected and deleted.

Every batch recording is automatically logged. Conversely, every "manual" DV and HDV recording is transferred into the recording list in order to restore lost recordings without much effort.

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Logging

Logging means that MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 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".

If MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 does not find the corresponding DV and WAV files during the loading of a video, it will ask that the corresponding DV tape is inserted into the connected camcorder again for automatic scene import.

You no longer have to save DV AVI and audio files (which can be very large). If at a later time you would like to work on a film again, but do not have the space to keep the material for it on your hard disk, then you can simply delete the bulky DV AVI and audio files.

Analog video recording

Connect analog video source

Connect the video out of your video camera, DVD player or VCR to the video in (TV, video, or video-in graphics card) of your computer, and the audio out to the line in of your sound card.

Due to the variety of device configurations, it is difficult to say which cable will function best with your setup. If you’re not sure, check the manual of your VCR or your TV-, video- or graphics cards.

Example: Many VCRs have a SCART output and most DVD players have three RCA outputs (two for the stereo track, one for the image). In such cases, you will need a SCART to RCA adapter, a cable with 3 RCA plugs at each end.

SCART/RCA adapter Scart/RCA adapter with 3

RCA jacks

Stereo RCA/mini phone jack adapter

Most sound card inputs are mini stereo jacks. To connect the audio out of your VHS recorder to the sound card audio in, you will need a stereo RCA/ mini phone plug adapter.

You will have to purchase a cable with three RCA plugs and a stereo RCA/mini phone plug adapter.

Analog video recording

Video/Audio driver: Here you can set up the video card or sound card for recording. In practically every case the driver software supplied with the hardware must be installed.

Hint: Under "video driver" you will find a "screen capture" entry in the Plus/Premium version. You can read about how it functions in the "Record screen contents (Plus/Premium version)" (view page 82) section.

Input/Tuner settings: If your video capture card supports multiple sources, i.e. your card also has a TV tuner or multiple inputs (SVHS, composite, etc.), then you can select the proper recording source and the TV channel to be recorded here.

Save movie file as/Save in folder: Enter the name of the movie to be recorded. You can also select the folder where you wish to store your video file. The standard recording folder is set as default. The location of this folder can be changed in "Path settings (view page 58)" under "File -> Program settings -> Folders".

it after recording: Use this to access the automatic editing options.

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Record quality: You can choose between various predefined recording qualities in the list box according to your computer's processing power and how you wish to use the picture material. They are sorted according to picture quality. Use Configuration to fine-tune the quality for the preset.

Presets displayed with MPEG record directly in MPEG format.

Tip: Use the presets marked MPEG if you want to burn your recordings straight away, since smart encoding can omit laborious encoding after recording.

Advanced...: Opens the video driver settings dialog (view page 77).

Capture control: Here you'll find the "Red" record and "Stop" buttons. With them, you

can start and stop recording.

Timer recordings active/time limit: Here you can specify a recording start time and length, and thus turn your PC into a fully functioning VCR.

Snapshot!: With the "Snapshot" button, you can create a still image directly from the preview monitor. The images are saved in the recordings folder as graphics files in the resolution you have set.

Recording details: This shows statistical information such as the recording time, available space on the hard-drive, the recorded frames, and the “dropped” frames. Dropped frames are frames that have been left out because the computer processor is too slow for the selected image format and cannot accept all incoming frames.

Preview: Some graphics adapters allow you to reduce the system lead by deactivating the video preview. If you hear an "echo", deactivate the audio preview.

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.

Source: Sets the crossbar of the video card.

The crossbar determines which video and audio input signal will be recorded. The crossbars are connected in series to the video recording chip itself. In the output field, the video output (for the crossbars) is the input for the recording chip (video or audio decoder-in) of the video card. In the “Input” field, select the signal source that will be used by the video card to capture for this input. Many video cards have separate

crossbars for audio and video. If you have a problem, try out the different configurations until the right sound matches the right image.

Composite-in = the normal video input (typically a cinch jack) S-video = S-video input (mini-din jack)

SVHS-in = SVHS input (special cable)

Tuner-in = TV signal of the integrated tuner

Display

Video decoder: If the picture only appears in black & white or it flickers, the video standard may be set incorrectly. In mainland Europe, PAL_B is used.

VideoProcAmp: Fine-adjustment of colors, brightness, contrast etc. We recommend against changing any of the manufacturer’s settings.

Format: Please do not change anything here. The capturing format is set in the "Recording quality" option in the video recording dialog.

Station selection

This option is only available if a TV tuner is integrated into your video card.

Audio

Songs, noises, or instruments can be easily recorded in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 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.

If you are recording from a microphone, then please connect the microphone to the microphone jack on your sound card (usually red).

If you want to record material from a stereo system, then you can use the line-out or AUX out jacks on the back of your amplifier or tape deck. This involves connecting them to the sound card input (usually red).

If your amplifier has no separate output (other than for the speakers), then you can use the connection intended for headphones for your recordings. In most cases, you will need a cable with two mini-stereo jacks. This type of connection has the advantage of being able to set the headphone input signal level with a separate volume. As headphone connections generally are not the best, it is advised that you use the line outputs if possible.

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When recording cassettes from a tape deck, you can connect the tape deck's line out directly to the sound card input.

When recording from vinyl records, you should not connect the record player's output directly with the sound card because the phono signal needs to be pre-amplified. A more suitable method would be to use the headphone connection or an external preamp.

Adjusting the Signal Level

Adjusting the signal level to the sound card is also recommended to get the best sound quality during digital recording.

Once a recording source is connected to the sound card, the "Record" button opens the recording dialog and starts the recording source.

You can now adjust the recording level with the help of the LED display in the recording dialog. For this, you must first check off "Show Levels".

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.

If you reduce input sensitivity by using the input fader, the resolution at which the analog signal is digitized is also reduced. Try to set these automatic controllers to the loudest sound level possible.

The maximum setting for an optimal level is the loudest part of the material. The loudest part should be adjusted to be the maximum. The actual recording begins when you press the "Record" button. At the end of the the recording you will be asked if you want to use the recording. Upon confirmation, the newly-recorded material will be placed at the next free position of the start maker in the arrangement.

Audio record dialog

Audio driver: Selects the sound card for the recording.

Save audio file as/ Save in folder: Here you can select the title of the audio file you

wish to record. You can also select the folder where you wish to store the file.

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.

Display 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

79)

Record: This button starts the actual recording.

Stop: Click this

Normalize after recording: With this option activated, your material's volume is

raised to a proper level after recording is completed. In order to achieve good results, you should try to record the source as loud as possible without overmodulating it. To do so, refer to the peak meter reader in the recording dialog.

Play while recording: This option is particularly important for spoken commentary, etc. If activated, the selected movie (or selected scene if recorded in the "Edit" screen) is played while recording. This acts as orientation for the movie.

button to stop recording

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Advanced: Use this button to open a window where you can select from special features:

Advanced settings for audio recordings

• Mono recording: Activate to record in mono. This reduces the required memory

space in half. Mono recordings are recommended for voice recordings made using only one standard mono microphone.

• Real-time resample to project's current sample rate: Automatically matches the

sample rate of a new file to be recorded with the sample rate of the current movie's sound track (set in the video recording).

• Automatic volume reduction of other audio tracks ("ducking"): To add narration

or other sound material to a video that already has sound volume levels set, activate the option ”Automatic reduction of sound volume of remaining audio tracks”. This automatically reduces the volume of audio objects in the arrangement during the recording session (”ducking”). This is achieved using an automatically configured volume curve: Before and after the recording, other tracks will be faded in or out, resulting in a homogeneous total volume level. (Lowering of volume level during spoken comments is also called "Ducking".)

Single frame

Single frame recording may be used to record snapshots from the connected video source. This requires a DirectShow compatible video recording or TV card or a corresponding USB device (e.g. a webcam).

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.

Timer-controlled recording

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 ten times accelerated time lapse recording will result.

Photo length in frames: Specifies how long the photos appear in the slideshow.

Enhanced single-frame recording dialog settings

You can adjust certain settings for the video recording driver.

These dialog boxes, so-called "property sheets", come with the video card drivers. The driver-specific features may slightly vary from driver to driver. The MAGIX team has little direct influence on the performance of the various drivers. If you encounter any difficulties, then please contact the video card manufacturer for the latest driver updates.

Input: Sets the crossbar switch of the video card. This lets you define what video and audio signal is used in the recording. The crossbars are connected in series to the video recording chip itself.

Output: In the "Output" field, the video output (for the crossbars) is the input for the recording chip (video or audio decoder in) of the video card. In the "Input" field, you select the signal source to be used for this input by the video card during recording.

Composite in = the normal video input (typically a cinch jack)

S-VHS in = S-VHS input (special cable)

Tuner in = the TV signal of the built-in tuner

Video decoder: If the picture only appears in black & white or it flickers, then the video standard may be set incorrectly. PAL_B is used in Germany and most European countries (France: SECAM; US/CAN: NTSC).

VideoProcAmp: For fine tuning of colors, brightness, contrast, etc. We recommend against changing any of the manufacturer's settings.

Format: Do not change anything here! The capture format settings can be changed under "Resolution" in the "Recording" dialog box.

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Screen Capturing

Use this feature to record everything that moves on your monitor. This process is called "screen capturing".

Note: This function is available only in the Plus/Premium version.

Step-by-step screen capture

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.

Hint: Because many video players work with overlay, it is recommended to open each player before starting the capture! This way switching into "Overlay" mode can be prevented.

• Select the "Screen" option in the recording selection dialog.

An additional dialog with a red record button, a black stop button as well as a frame with dashed bordering appears.

• Activate the option "Record mouse pointer" to record the movements of the

mouse pointer.

• 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.

Note: If you previously selected "Fullscreen", the window will be hidden.

• To start recording, press the red record button. The recording starts; the record

symbol appears in the task bar (tray).

• If you are finished with everything, click on the record button or the stop button

to stop recording. Recording ends and the recording dialog is visible once again.

Edit after recording

The "Edit after recording" dialog can be opened from the "HDV Camera", "DV Camera" and "Video" recording dialogs.

This dialog offers the these options:

• Automatic scene recognition: This divides the footage into scenes. Please also

read the section "Automatic scene recognition" (view page 189).

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• Automatically set chapter markers: Please also read the section "Set chapter

marker automatically (view page 254)" in the chapter "Edit" in the PDF manual (press "F1").

project immediately after recording: You can use this option to record and burn

Burn

to a disc in a single step. Simply select the format you would like to burn, insert a suitable blank disc into the drive, and press record.

Note: Make sure that the selected recording quality corresponds with the disc type (for DVDs the preset "MPEG DVD").

If you use your own settings for MPEG encoding (e.g. half image resolution for longplay DVDs) make sure that settings for recording and later for burning are the same so that no new encoding is necessary (Smart encoding).

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 handling lengthy projects in one go. You can start recording in the evening and have the finished DVD by morning.

Export for mobile device: The recorded movie is immediately converted into the format of the selected mobile device and transferred. The preset in the list field is the device which has been selected in the Export video/audio (view page 242) dialog.

Settings: Ope

ns the Export settings (view page 235) for the selected targe

t device.

Import a non-copy-protected DVD

Click in the Media Pool under "Import" on "Computer" and select by double clicking the DVD drive where the DVD to be imported is located.

Now you can load the listed VOB files into the project as described in the "Add objects into the project" (view page 86) chapter. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 recogni

zes which files belong together, so that you only have to load one file.

Objects

Objects are used while in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013's "Timeline" mode. The general term "object" includes all media types that are present on the arranger's tracks. There are video objects for video files, audio objects for audio files, image objects for images and photos, title objects for subtitles, and even synthesizer objects, which contain MIDI files.

In the following chapter you can read about what you can do with these objects. The workflow for all object types is the same.

Tip: You will find many functions in the object context menus, which you can open with a right click on the corresponding object. There, you will also find the "Object properties" dialog, where in addition to current settings you can also change interlace settings for the object. In the "Context menu" chapter of the PDF manual or in Help (F1 key) you will also find detailed information.

Insert object into the project

Data selection using the preview monitor

You can view and cut your footage in the preview monitor before importing. There are various buttons on the transport console (view page 51) for this. There is a preview function for most of the files

in the Media Pool.

• Use the playback button to start the preview of video or image objects in Media

Pool. A preview is also provided for special objects like titles or fades.

• Audio files from the Media Pool can also be previewed via the playback button.

Full-page view of image

• The option "full screen" in the context menu maximizes the preview monitor.

Alternatively, a double click on the monitor or press "A + Enter" to maximize the window. The fullscreen view is especially recommended for working with two screens; one screen for the film preview, and the other for the arranger.

• You can also shift the monitor into full screen mode and access it via the context

menu (right mouse button). There, you can also hide and display the basic transport controls.

• With "Esc" you will go back to the normal view (or click on "smaller" button to

the right in the fullscreen mode).

Show movie overview

The option "Film overview" in the "Window" menu enables an overview of the entire arranger. All objects in the arranger will be displayed in the program monitor. The overview display is especially recommended for work with long movies because the

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reduced overview in the program monitor and the zoomed detailed view in the arranger present a good combination.

The film overview can be used for moving around in the movie and for editing certain parts:

• When you click on a certain object in the video monitor, the arranger will zoom

on that object.

• Using the mouse, you can draw a frame in the video monitor – and the

corresponding range will be zoomed in the arranger.

• When you move the playback marker in the video monitor, the arranger playback

marker will also move correspondingly.

Tip: If you use this option very often, you can use the keyboard shortcut (Shift + A).

Load files

Media files can be loaded into the arranger from the Media Pool in several different ways:

• The fastest way: Drag the desired file from the Media Pool into the desired track.

If an object is already present at this position, the file is inserted at the desired time position on the next empty track below.

• Load several files: If you would like to load several files, hold down the "Ctrl" key

while clicking on the entries you would like to use. If you would like to load a sequence of files, hold the "Shift" key and click the first entry, then on the last. All entries in between are selected. Then you can drag all of the selected files into the Arranger with the mouse button pressed.

• Insert by command:You can also use the commands of the "Insert modes" (view

page 40).

Files with multiple audio tracks

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 also loads VOB files that contain multiple audio tracks. After the VOB file has been loaded, simply click the audio object created and select the desired audio track.

Note: To view and select audio objects in the arrangement, Timeline mode must be active.

Loading parts of 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.

Proceed as follows:

• Select a file from the Media Pool by double clicking it. Play it back using the play

buttons to indicate the section which you want to use in the project.

• Either move the range markers directly by dragging them with the mouse or set

them using the buttons or the shortcuts I and O. The shortcuts are especially useful for exact positioning using the shuttle and the jog wheel

• Left click on the monitor and drag it to the arranger. An object will appear on the

track, corresponding to the selected area.

Select and group objects

To edit or delete objects using menus, you must first select them. To do so, simply click on the object you wish to select. Objects will change color to show that they have been selected.

When the Shift key is pressed, multiple objects are selected. You can open up a rectangle positioning the mouse over the object, then holding down the mouse button and marking all objects within the rectangle (”elastic band selection”) by left-clickdragging.

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.

Move Objects

Hold down the mouse button to move selected objects to any tracks and positions via drag and drop. It is recommended to place objects that belong together on neighboring tracks and to create separate tracks for audio and video objects. For this reason, videos that should overlay each other should usually be placed on the same track.

If the Shift key is pressed, objects can be moved from one track to another, without the time position being changed.

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Cutting objects

All objects can be split. Each object section then becomes is an independent object.

• Select the object to be cut.

• Position the playback marker at the position where the movie is to be cut.

• Click on the "Cut" (view page 39) button or select the "Cut" option in the

dit" > "Split scene" menu.

Note: If the commands "Split scene" and "Remove beginning/end" are applied without a selection, all objects at the position of the playback marker are cut.

Tip: You can find detailed step-by-step instructions on how to remove (view page

26) unusable scenes from video material in the "Quick start" chapter of the print manual.

There are three options for joining split objects:

• Click on the undo button in the lower toolbar (view page 38). This will work only

irectly after applying the split command.

• In order to rejoin these split objects at a later stage, simply highlight the

individual parts and select the "Group" command to join the selected objects together into one group.

• Remove the rear object and move the front object forward and restore the

original length using the bottom right handle.

Duplicate objects

Objects may be duplicated very easily. Click on the object to be copied with the mouse while holding down the "Ctrl" key. This generates a copy, which you can immediately drag to the desired position or cut separately.

Object handles

All objects can be re-sized with their lower edge “object handles”. Move the mouse over one of the lower corners of the object until the mouse pointer becomes a double arrow. Move the mouse over one of the lower corners of the object until the mouse pointer becomes a stretch symbol.

5 "handles": Length, fade, transparency (volume)

An object can be faded in or out with the handles to the left and right upper corners of the object. Cross-fades between different objects can be created by overlapped positioning of objects that are fading in and out. The length of the cross-fade can be adjusted with the handles.

Using the transparency/volume handle located centrally at the top of the object, adjusts the transparency of video and Bitmap objects, or the volume of audio and image objects.

If you adjust the middle handle of a video object all the way down, the object will become transparent. If a second object is located on a track above it, a black color will appear from below it, so that brightness will be reduced.

Trim Objects

Trimming provides exact placement of object borders or transitions. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 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. Replays can sometimes appear shaky because the processor may be over-worked. Those frames that the processor cannot calculate quickly enough are left out.

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The middle play button plays the arrangement “frame by frame”, which means no frames are left out. Depending on the processor load, playback may thus be slower, but still smooth.

The left play button renders material before playing, i.e. the current settings are calculated first and then exported. This method ensures a smoother playback.

With the fast forward and rewind functions you can change the range start in the timeline. This allows for complete control of transitions between two videos.

Increments: A click on the arrow buttons in both trim editors moves the handle or the material within an object exactly by one frame. With the Ctrl key you can increase the frame rate gradually to 5 frames per mouse-click.

Trimmer for individual objects

A schematic display of the selected object and its handles can be found in the center of the trimming window.

Fade in/out (4, 5): These buttons adjust the upper fade handles of an object.

Object content (3): Here you can move the video material to be played without

changing the object length.

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. These buttons make it easy to move and trim objects in the arrangement without having to leave the trimmer. Keyboard shortcut: Shift + N

Cut trimmer

A schematic display of the selected transition and its handles can be found at the center of the trimming window.

Left arrow buttons (1): These buttons move the last frame of the first object while adjusting the second. The length of the transition remains. The display indicates the relative change in comparison with the starting situation when the trimmer was opened.

Position (2): Moves the second object. The length of the transition is changed. This corresponds with shifting an object in the arranger.

Object content (3): Moves the movie under the second object. The length of the object and the object itself are not changed.

Crossfade (4): Changes the transition’s length between both objects. The objects remain of equal length. The length can be numerically entered.

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.

Start fade-out/Last frame (8): Switches the left monitor between the start of the transition and the last frame of the object.

First frame/End fade-in (9): Switches the right monitor between the first frame of the following object and the end of the transition.

Next cut (10)/Next object (11): The buttons below and to the right skip to the next/previous object and/or cut in the arranger. These buttons make it easy to move

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and trim cuts in the arrangement without having to leave the trimmer. Keyboard shortcut: N

Extract sound from videos

Video with sound material appears in the arranger on two tracks as two objects (an audio object and a video object). The two objects automatically form a group.

To edit the video and audio material separately from one another, the objects can be separated with the Ungroup (view page 252) function in the "Edit" menu or button in the arranger. Now you can replace the aud

io or the video track, or process each file

separately. Rejoin/regroup the tracks with the ”Export arrangement” function.

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.

This means that for the duration of a transition, two objects are shown at once and can be mixed "faded" together in different ways. You will find numerous blends in the Media Pool’s transition directory.

Simple crossfade

A simple transition can be created in the arranger by dragging one object over another. A crossfade will be automatically created. During this standard transition, the brightness of both objects is increased, i.e. the first clip fades out while the second clip fades in. The duration of the crossfade is displayed in the arranger by white crossing lines. You can adjust the length of the crossfade by dragging the upper handle of the second object to the left or to the right.

To select a different fade click on the transition symbol displayed when an object is selected.

The fade menu opens. The transition icon will change, depending on your selection.

Fades from the Media Pool

• To open the fade directory, click on the "Fade" button.

• A click enables a preview of the fade on the preview monitor.

• Simply drag the desired fade preset onto the border between the two objects.

Only when the mouse pointer with the transition preset is placed over a scene change will it turn into an object symbol. The object at the back will be shifted to the front to accommodate the transition.

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.) are actually pre-produced black and white videos combined with the alpha keying effect.

Other fades use sound effects. Look around at all the contents to form an idea of what you can use in future projects.

Note: Use transitions economically! Most professional movies or TV shows use hard cuts as the rule and transitions less frequently. Videos appear unprofessional and too ornate if fade effects are added to every change of scene.

Exporting own fades

Alpha keying extends the range of transition effects used in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 to produce black & white movie transitions or selected color fade-ins and fadeouts. You can create such a video from any video material (also color) by exporting it as a transition (File -> Export movie -> Export as transition).

The loaded movie is then exported as a black and white video in mxv format and stored in the fade directory. Afterwards, it will be available in the Media Pool and the fade menu.

3D fades General

3D effects offer exciting and varied opportunities to create transitions between two videos. You can find 3D effects under "Fades" > "Spatial fades" in Media Pool.

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.

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You have the following options:

Anti-Aliasing: A bothersome jagged edge sometimes appears on the borders of 3D objects. Anti-aliasing reduces this effect, but also requires more computer power. The setting applies globally to all 3D fades, switching on anti-aliasing during 3D fades has the effect that all other 3D fades are also affected by this setting.

Mirror X / Y: You can change the movement trajectory of 3D objects inside the fade. The option "X-axis mirror" mirrors the movement of the object horizontally (along the X-axis). The option "Y-axis mirror" mirrors the movement of the object vertically (along the Y-axis).

3D series

The 3D series are a further development of 3D fades (view page 94), where the transitions are thematically sorted. For instance, you can let photos pop up and disappear on a notice board or make it look as if the photos were hung on the walls of a gallery.

You have the following options to open 3D sequences for photos or scene transitions:

• In Media Pool, click on "Fades" > "Spatial Fades" > "3D Sequences". Select the

desired 3D series and drag it onto the first scene or image transition where the 3D series should start.

You can select how many of the subsequent fades should be replaced by the 3D series in the dialog.

Overview mode

The “Scene overview” mode is a special view that improves manageability and categorization of scenes. All scenes are listed one after the other (in multiple lines, like in a text program) and can be copied, cut, moved, deleted and inserted.

"Overview" mode does not indicate start, playback, or end markers. The scene which is currently being played has a frame around it.

The zoom slider enables the view to be enlarged or reduced.

This controller also specifies how many scenes are displayed. The smaller the preview pictures, the more will fit onto the overview.

Maximize: Use this button to maximize the scene overview to fullscreen mode.

Snap

The arranger interface features a frame-exact snap grid. This ensures that video and image objects snap exactly to the borders of a frame.

The snap stages depend on the frame rate specified in the movie settings ("File -> Settings -> Movie"). Choose between Europe's standard frame rate for PAL (25 frames per second) and America's and Japan's standard frame rate NTSC (29.97 frames per second) or any other manually set frame rate.

When moving an object, the position display indicates at which frame the first image of the object is shown.

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The position is displayed in the form of a tooltip when moving the object.

This informs concerning the "hours:minutes:seconds:frame".

In addition to the constantly active frame grid, an object grid may also be activated. This ensures that two consecutive objects will seamlessly snap together even if they are on different tracks. This avoids undesired gaps or overlaps.

The object grid may be activated/deactivated via the magnet symbol in the lower toolbar.

Zoom

• Using the context menu, you can minimize or maximize the video monitor up to

fullscreen view.

• The video image in the video monitor

can be minimized and maximized with the help of the zoom button. This comes into use (view page 140)

specially during effect animation.

Note: This zoom applies only to the current view in the preview monitor and will not be applied as a video effect.

Markers

In MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013 you can set various types of markers within your project.

The Lock button (at the very front, next to the time ruler) lets you lock all markers (jump markers, chapter markers) against accidental moving or

Playback marker

The playback marker is displayed as a red triangle below the monitors. In the arranger it is displayed as a red triangle.

In order to move the playback marker, simply double click on the desired area below the monitor. Alternatively, you can click on the playback marker and move it by dragging it with the mouse. While being moved, the current image will appear on the monitor, letting you see exactly where in the material you are located.

deleting.

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.

The playback marker in the video monitor can also be moved by clicking on the lower section of the time scale in the arranger. The playback marker will also be moved on the program monitor, as both markers are coupled to each other.

The exact position of the playback marker can be seen in the time display at the top left, below the corresponding monitor. There, you can change the displayed values (Hour:Minute:Second:Frame) per mouse click to reach a certain point in time. Simply enter the desired value and the playback marker will jump to the corresponding position.

Tip: In the "Playback" tab under "File -> Settings -> Program", you can set whether repeatedly pressing the space bar resets the playback marker to the current position or moves it to the original position.

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Project markers

The "Edit" menu or the keyboard shortcut "Shift + numerical keys 1-0 (0 for the tenth marker) allow you to set a project marker (view page 253) at the current position of the playback

marker. They 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 ten project markers may be accessed via Ctrl + number keys 1-0. This allows you to jump to a particular position of a longer video immediately, without scrolling and searching.

Project markers may be deleted or renamed via the context menu at any time. This does not provide direct influence on the result, but they do make the workflow much easier.

Area marker (in and out points)

Area markers are the start markers (in-points) and end markers (out-points). The serve to mark a certain area, which will be played back by pressing the "area playback" button at the bottom of the corresponding monitor.

To the left, you see a start marker, and to the right, an end marker.

The area markers in the arrangement serve to indicate the paste position of new video or sound material.

Hint: The value between both markers shows the length of the selected area following the pattern of Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames.

There are various options for changing the playback range, and with it the project start and end markers.

• Set the playback marker at the desired position and press "Set start of range (in-

point)" or "Set end of range (out-point)" underneath the monitor to set the in and out points of the range.

• Click on one of the markers below the preview monitor and move it with the held-

down mouse key to the desired position.

• Click one of the markers in the upper-most bar in the arranger and drag it.

• A right click on the bar moves the range end to the position of the mouse cursor.

A left click moves the start of the range. The area grows or shrinks in size correspondingly.

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• 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 the Crtl button.

Chapter markers

The chapter marker defines the start of a new chapter. Chapters serve to improve navigation when burning the project to disc.

The following options are provided via "Edit -> Marker" or by right-clicking on the playback marker.

Marker > 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 214).

Keyboard shortcut:

Shift + Enter

Marker > Automatic chapter markers

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.

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Xara Movie Edit Pro - 2013 Instruction Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Copyright

Preface

Support

Uninstalling the program

Serial number

Introduction

What is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013?

What's new in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2013?

Additional features new in the Plus/Premium version

Additional programs

Features

Quick start

Program start

Import video

Insert AVCHD material

Play movie

Media Pool

Display modes

Removing unusable scenes

Regroup scenes

Burn DVDs with interactive menus

Workspaces

Projects, movies and scenes

"Edit" screen

The "Burn" screen

Toolbars

Media Pool

Transport console

Arranger

Adjusting the workspace

Settings

Project and movie settings

Program settings

Preview rendering

Video recording

Select the recording method

Recording AVCHD

HDV camera

DV camera

Analog video recording

Audio

Single frame

Screen Capturing

Edit after recording

Import a non-copy-protected DVD

Objects

Insert object into the project

Select and group objects

Move Objects

Cutting objects

Duplicate objects

Object handles

Trim Objects

Extract sound from videos

Transitions (fades)

Overview mode

Snap

Zoom

Markers

Playback marker

Project markers

Area marker (in and out points)

Chapter markers