Cropping With MAGIX

XiaoMovieMaker · Post by **XiaoMovieMaker** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:06 pm

Is there anyway to crop with MAGIX into distinct shapes?
I already can crop into rectangles / squares, but what if I want to crop into circles or triangles~?

I'm probably going to end up doing something complicated right? X_X

Phantasmagoriat · Post by **Phantasmagoriat** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:27 am

XiaoMovieMaker wrote:I'm probably going to end up doing something complicated right? X_X

no... but depending on what you want to do... yes.

Magix doesn't have a cookie cutter, but I shall reveal the secret... >.>...cause I'm just that nice...

-get an image editor like the GIMP/Photoshop that can export to a .png file [which retains 'transparency']
-make a black background
-cut out desired shape so that the shape you wanted is transparent.
-save as .png file with transparency
-open Magix, and place your .png on top of your video
-the .png should 'block' the underneath video from showing through, in the desired shape you chose.
done

"Advanced" effects in Magix:
-do above, except with a green/blue background
-Export your video as a lossless .avi
--it should look like your video has a green/blue border in the shape you wanted
-bring that .avi back into Magix
-select Effects for the clip, and chroma-key/green-box out the green
-the important difference is, instead of having a solely black border, you have a clear border, so you can put images/video underneath your cutout.
done

If you followed that right... you can see that this allows for a lot of customization... and doesn't really rely on the power of Magix in the least... if you are really cool, you can move the .png around with movement curves [then render the .avi] so you have a moving segment of video in the shape you wanted.

All of that being said, most of the time it's too cheesy to do in the first place.

~Phan

XiaoMovieMaker · Post by **XiaoMovieMaker** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:47 pm

i knew it would be complicated @__@

I think I'll just work my way around the "cookie cutter thing" then...

Thanks again~

Phantasmagoriat · Post by **Phantasmagoriat** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:10 am

Actually, I just suck at explaining without pictures...
I made this in a couple seconds... try putting it on top of your video in Magix. you should see through the hole.