Magix movie edit pro 2004 questions and answers

Osakaisthebomb · Post by **Osakaisthebomb** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:01 pm

tried looking for a forum like this but could. If you have questions or answers on using Magix Movie Edit Pro to it's fullest, then this is the place for you.

I'll start with question. It's been getting to the point where I have trouble watching the preview window to see if I edited something right. This happens most often when I cut between clips real fast. I was wondering if some setting on Magix will help the preview video to play smoother and without skipping or delaying. Is this possible or does it just mean I need to look for a new video card soon? ( I hope not).

Koopiskeva · Post by **Koopiskeva** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:06 pm

Magix is actually cpu and ram intensive.. so upgrading those would be your best bet.

Osakaisthebomb · Post by **Osakaisthebomb** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:08 pm

Drat. well any type of setting change that could help me out a bit?

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:44 pm

Try doing it at a lower res.

Osakaisthebomb · Post by **Osakaisthebomb** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:19 am

Kalium wrote:Try doing it at a lower res.

I'm so shocked at how much that helped. I had to make it 280 x140 (or something like that) to get it to work but it worked. Thanks.

808-buma · Post by **808-buma** » Fri May 11, 2007 3:16 am

you could also just export your clip too and just watch that >.>

which is what I did when I had a slower computer...

Phantasmagoriat · Post by **Phantasmagoriat** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:27 pm

could also convert your source to a fast codec... like some sort of MJPEG.

...Lately I've been using the trial version from PICVIDEO, and just cropped off the watermarks... which is great if you plan to make your amv widescreen anyways

Its so fast I can fill all 16 tracks in Magix MEP10 @50%opacity, and it still plays smoothly...

Osakaisthebomb · Post by **Osakaisthebomb** » Fri May 11, 2007 10:29 pm

Phantasmagoriat wrote:could also convert your source to a fast codec... like some sort of MJPEG.

...Lately I've been using the trial version from PICVIDEO, and just cropped off the watermarks... which is great if you plan to make your amv widescreen anyways Its so fast I can fill all 16 tracks in Magix MEP10 @50%opacity, and it still plays smoothly...

So let me get this straight. what are watermarks?
And exactly how do you use PICVIDEO?

Phantasmagoriat · Post by **Phantasmagoriat** » Sat May 12, 2007 12:34 am

What I am referring to is a codec, precisely-- the <a href="http://www.pegasusimaging.com/picvideo.htm">PICVideo M-JPEG Codec</a>

What I do is load my source into vdub, and re-save/re-compress it as the MJPEG mentioned. Throw that into magix, and it will be really fast... and the filesizes are pretty reasonable too depending on the quality you set. As shown above, the codec imprints stuff/watermarks at the top and bottom of the frame [this is the ONLY limitation of the trail]... but I want widescreen, so I don't care... and I've already added borders because I'm not going to use that part anyways-->in fact, if you really wanted to rip off pegasusimaging... just add borders to the whole thing, and the watermarks will only appear on those borders.

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shinji13 · Post by **shinji13** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:32 pm

I got a noob question for Magix, how do you take a screenshot in magix?

Nothing seems to be obvious with Magix video editor ._. I hope it isnt this difficult for me to figure out how to edit my video when I get started or I am gonna be spending 10 hours trying to make two scenes go smooth. Thanks to whoever answers.

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