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Foreword
Thank you for purchasing MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004!
Now you can make impressive movies by bringing the
power of a production studio into your home. MAGIX
Movie Edit Pro is a user-friendly desktop video editor that
offers top-quality professional tools, amazing visual and
sound effects, studio-style scene transitions and even DVD
authoring and recording, to ensure that you produce simply stunning results.
The creative possibilities are endless:
– DVD Movie memories of vacations, parties, sports or
special family events
– Video web pages
– CD or DVD movies and slideshows
– Email greetings or Streaming Movies
– Enhanced Presentations (MS PowerPoint®-compatible)
– Ad spots or TV trailers
– Music videos, karaoke shows, Animation
– Plus much more
Inside this package you will find a printed manual explaining the features and functions of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
2004, a complete video tutorial full of useful tips and tricks,
and an electronic PDF manual for convenient reference.
To get started, we recommend taking a moment to play
the video tutorial and read through the quick course on
filmmaking included in the manual, and then browse the
first few chapters of the manual to get a good overview of
the powerful features included in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
2004. This information will get you started on your way to
making your first movie masterpiece.
Have fun and enjoy creating and sharing your movies with
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004, the Ultimate Desktop Video
Editor.
The MAGIX Team

Table of Contents
Foreword 3
Package contents

System requirements 13
Support

Installation 15
MAGIX on the Internet 15
Connecting your equipment 16
How do I connect my digital video camera to my
computer? 16
How do I connect my camcorder to my analog capture
card? 17
How do I connect my audio equipment to use the audio
capture function of this program? 18

Introduction 19
What is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 ? 19
Feature Highlights 19
Function Overview 21

Tutorial 26
Program start and orientation
Video-Capturing
DV-Capture
Video Editing

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Video Output Options

Program Desktop Overview 43
Storyboard mode 44
What is the Storyboard mode?
Scenes

Scene Recognition 46

Table of Contents
Time-line mode 47
What is the Time-line mode? 47
Tracks

Navigating the Timeline Window 47
Bars and Grids 47
Playback

Organizing the arranger view 48
Organizing the video screen 48
Playback/Transport control 48
Set play markers 49
Selecting objects
Moving Objects

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Splitting objects

Scissors 50
Duplicating/Copying objects

Object Handles 51

Media Pool 53
Function

Directory and file list 53
Preview function 53
Deleting, copying and moving files 54
Integrating videos, takes or audio files into your arrangement 54
Media-Pool buttons 55

Tools

Undo

Redo

Copy (Storyboard mode) 57
Paste (Storyboard mode) 57
Duplicating objects (Timeline mode) 57
Delete 57
Group

Ungroup

Optimize View 58
Song Maker

Table of Contents
Mouse modes 59
Intelligent mouse mode

Mouse mode for single objects
Curves Mouse Mode

Object stretch mode

Audio pre-listening mode
Scrub mode

Context help mode

Videos and Pictures 61
Load videos and images 61
Digital video capturing (DV capturing) 61
Video capture from analog sources 63
Snapshots

Scene Recognition 68
Takes 69
Separate audio from video material 70
Transitions

Trimming or Fine-tuning videos 72
Minimizing Videos or Nestling One video inside another 75
Image Stabilization 75
Video effects 77
Video mix 77
Borders 78
“Text”: Subtitles and credits 78
Create a video project for the Internet 79
Video export via video or graphics card 80
Showing videos with the TV output 81
Playing videos on digital devices 82

Audio

Load and edit audio files 83
Scanning an audio CD 83
Audio recording 84
Adding background music using the Wizard (Song
Maker) 86

Table of Contents
Arranging MAGIX sound files 88
Effects for adding music

Mix down of audio objects

Adding a sound track using MIDI songs 89

Video effects 91
Using video effects 91
Video controller 91
Video cleaning 95
Scene Recognition/ Creating subtitles/Anti-Shake Filter/Trimmer 98
Movement
Crop

Section

Controlling Effects with Curves 99

Audio effects 103
Using audio effects 103
Audio Cleaning 103
Effect devices and Master FX 109
EQ (Master FX)

110

Compressor (Master FX)

111

Stereo FX (Master FX) 111
Digital audiometer (Master FX) 112
Echo / Reverb (Master FX, FX menu) 112
Time Processor (FX menu) 113
Normalize/Reduce volume/Set volume 114
Controlling Effects with Curves 114

Mixer

115

Faders & buttons 115
DirectX audio Plug-Ins

116

Internet Functions 117
Web Upload onto “MAGIX.TV”

117

Save and send as e-mail 118
Loading multimedia files from the Internet 118
Website Creation

119

Table of Contents
Make CD/DVD-Screen 123
Functionality

123

Selection Menu

123

Animated Selection Menus (only for DVD and MiniDVD) 125
Remote control 126
Burn Disc 126
Memory

128

Disc Spanning 129
Burn Media CD

130

Menu File 131
New Movie 131
Load Movie 131
Save Movie 131
Save Movie as 131
Load/ Save disc project> Load disc project 131
Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project 131
Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project as 132
Export Movie > Video as AVI 132
Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI

132

Export Movie > Video as MPEG Video

132

Export Movie > Video as MAGIX Video 132
Export Movie > Video as QuickTime Movie 133
Export Film > Video uncompressed

133

Export movie > video as sequence of single frames 133
Export Movie > Windows Media Export

133

Export Movie > Real Media Export 133
Export Movie > Audio as Wave 134
Export Movie > Audio as Wave with Codec

134

Export Movie > Single frame as BMP (JPEG) 135
Internet

135

Write files to CD-ROM

135

Capture audio/picture/video 135
TWAIN Scanner/Camera > Select Source 135

TWAIN Scanner/Camera > Scanning

135

Table of Contents
Song Wizard 136
Transfer back audio/video

136

Backup copy > Save film and media in directory 136
Backup copy > Burn film and media onto CD / DVD
Backup copy > Recall disc project from CD / DVD
Movie > Load backup movie

137
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Movie properties 137
Playback parameters 138
Ssettings

140

CD-ROM Configuration 144

Menu Edit 149
Undo/restore/duplicate objects/delete objects 149
Undo

149

Redo

149

Duplicate objects

149

Delete objects 149
Select all objects 149
Cut Objects

149

Save objects as takes 150
Edit Range > Cut

150

Edit Range > Copy

150

Edit Range > Delete

150

Edit Range > Insert

150

Edit Range > Extract

150

Build group / Ungroup 150
Mix down audio 151
Set Marker > Marker 1/2/3 151
Set Marker > Chapter Marker

151

Set Marker > Automatic Chapter Marker

151

Set Marker > Delete All Chapter Markers 152
Go To Marker

152

Menu Effects 153
Object Properties 153
Effect settings movie 153
Video object effects > Video Cleaning 155

Table of Contents
Video object effects > Video Effects 155
Video object effects > Scene recognition

155

Video object effects >Motion stabilizer 156
Video object effects >Object Effects Curves 156
Video object effects >Section 156
Video object effects > Load/Save/Reset video objects 156
Video object effects > Edit bitmap externally

156

Audio object effects 156
Load/Save/Reset Audio effects 156
Audio object effects> Volume Curve 157
Title object effects> Title Editor

157

Title object effects> Load Title Effects/Save Title
Effects 157
Effect Libraries > Audio effects/Video effects/Slide effects/
Title effects 157

Menu Window
Mixer

158

Cut Trimmer 158
Object Trimmer 158
Master audio effect rack 158
Arranger full size 158
Dual-screen layout (with or without controls) 159
Video monitor
Media Pool

159

Show film overview 159
Optimize view 159
Storyboard / Time-line mode

159

Menu Help 160
Content 160
Context help 160
Using help 160
Display tool tips 160
About MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 160
Online registration 160

Table of Contents
MAGIX.TV 160
Settings/Information > System information 160

Keyboard Shortcuts 162
MAGIX CD-R 165
The burn dialog 165
The Normal Mode

167

The Backup Mode

167

Audio CD Mode 168

MAGIX Media Manager 169
Appendix: Quick film course 170
Idea

170

Synopsis and screenplay
Cinematic means
Continuity

170

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Camera Operation 171
Field sizes

172

Scenes & Cuts
Sound

174

176

Captions

176

Lighting

177

Suggestions

178

Appendix: Video and Data media 182
Editing video on the PC

182

MPEG Compression 182
Specification (RedBook, WhiteBook...) 183
Video CD (VCD) 183
Super Video CD (SVCD) 184
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
Mini-DVD

184

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Appendix: Problems and Solutions 187
Index 189
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Package contents
2 CDs for installation & multi-media content
You will find MAGIX music world and the audio and video
media library files on the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004
installation manager. Note: The multimedia content (images, videos, titles, sounds)on the installation CDis “royalty-free”.and may be used for all projects without additional license.

Manual
The printed manual explains the functions of MAGIX
Movie Edit Pro 2004 and includes a quick filmmaking
course that is full of tips and tricks for budding filmmakers. Note: The printed manual contains only an introduction to the basic functions of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004.
For more detailed information, please refer to the PDF
manual found on your hard drive after installation
The complete documentation is also found as a .pdf file on
your hard drive after the program is installed. This electronic manual describes program functions and provides a
helpful explanation of the various types of discs you can
create with the program such as video CDs, super video
CDs and DVDs.
The PDF manual will require Adobe Acrobat Reader. If
you do not have Acrobat already installed on your system,
you can install it from the program directory or the installation CD from the „Add-ons“ folder.

System requirements
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Microsoft® Windows® 98 / 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP
450 MHz Processor
128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
Min. 1 GB free hard disk space for video files (5 GB recommended).
Hard drive with data access rate min. 4 MB/s recommended
800x600 display resolution
16-bit SVGA graphic card with min. 4 MB RAM
16 bit soundcard
CD-ROM drive for installation
Microsoft-compatible mouse
Optional: Microphone for recording

Video Capture Card:
– Digital: OHCI-compatible IEEE-1394 DV capture card
(FireWireTM) with Microsoft® DirectX8a-compatible
driver
– Analog: Video capture card compatible with Video For
Windows or DirectShow
– TV Recording: TV tuner cards or graphic card with video
input compatible with Windows Direct Media drivers.
Note: WDM drivers are required for virtual VCR function.
Disc Burning:
– SCSI or IDE CD or DVD Recorder [CD-R, DVD-R(W),
DVD+R(W)] recorder.
Playback/Display:
– VCD, SVCD, DVD-R(W), DVD+R(W) and miniDVD
playback requires compatible home DVD player or appropriate Windows-compatible drive.
– Import/Export of DivXTM and MPEG-4 file formats require installed codecs.
– Video Emails are sent using standard Email software
(Microsoft® OutlookTM or Microsoft® Outlook
ExpressTM).
– Video Websites can be displayed on Microsoft® Internet
ExplorerTM 4.0 and higher. Online publishing with individual web account.
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Support
If you experience any problems with your software, please
get in touch with our support team:
Support website: http://support.magix.net
This website will lead you to the MAGIX user service page,
which, among other things, contains the following free
offers:
– FAQs (frequently asked questions) and general tricks and
tips. In most cases you’ll find the solution to your problem here. If not, use the Email support form.
– E-mail support form: Via the special form you inform
our support staff about your system. This information
is used to solve your problems quickly and competently.
Simply fill out and send with a mouse-click!
– Support forum: You are not alone. Perhaps other users
had a similar problem and can help you solve yours. Our
support staff is also a regular contributor.
– Download section: Updates, improvements and patches
are likewise offered free of charge via download. Many
problems you may experience are well-known to us, and
can be solved by downloading the latest patch. Besides
patches, there are also wizards for checking and optimizing your system.
– Links: In the links list you will find the contact addresses
of all the most important hardware manufacturers.
You can also reach our support team either by telephone
or by fax.
Phone: For upgrades: 1-305-695-6363
Fax:
1-305-695-6330
Please have the following information at hand:
– Program version
– Configuration details (operating system, processor,
memory, hard drive...)
– Soundcard configuration (type, driver)
– Information regarding other audio software installed

Installation

1
Place the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2
The installation program will start up automatically. If it
does not, simply open the File Manager/Explorer and click
on the drive letter representing the CD-ROM drive (generally D:\.) Double-click on mworld.exe.

3
MAGIX music world will now start up automatically. To
begin t installation of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004, click
on INSTALL

4
The MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 installation program will
start up. Simply follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation process. Once all the files have been
copied to the hard-drive, a program group will be created.
The installation is now complete. Confirm the installation
by clicking ‚Finish’. You may now launch the program at
any time from the Windows Start menu.

MAGIX on the Internet
Visit our website at:
www.magix.com
Here you’ll find:
– “MAGIX.TV“ and “MAGIX web publishing area“: New
entertainment and direct online publishing resources
– Contests
– Online shop with regular special offers
– Events and news
– User forums and Support sites
– Plus much more that you can explore.

Connecting your equipment
How do I connect my digital video camera to my
computer?
The best way to capture Digital Video into your computer
is via “Firewire”. FireWire is a fast peripheral interconnect
standard capable of transfer speeds up to 400 Mbs. It works
well for multimedia peripherals such as DV (Digital Video)
cameras and other high-speed devices like the latest hard
disk drives, CD/DVD burners and printers. To connect your
DV camera to your computer through firewire, connect
your cable from the firewire port on your camera to an IEEE
1394 compliant firewire jack on your computer.

Connecting your equipment
How do I connect my camcorder to my analog
capture card?
To connect your camcorder to your capture device simply
connect the composite or SVHS cable out of the camera to
the composite or SVHS in of the capture card.

Connecting your equipment
How do I connect my audio equipment to use
the audio capture function of this program?
Check the system requirements section of this manual to
ensure you have the appropriate hardware to perform this
function. Most connections required for this program are
to your computer’s graphics and sound card as shown in
the diagram below. When you are connecting a microphone
directly to the computer, you will connect to the usually
red “Mic” jack of your sound card. Anything else that is
not a microphone will be connected to the usually blue “Line
In” jack of your sound card. Consult your hardware manual
for more details.

Introduction
What is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 ?
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 is a production studio for
the PC, Edit videos, movies, photos and audio from a wide
range of sources Divide long movies into different chapters and/or scenes automatically, or do the opposite by automatically incorporating short takes into a movie. A choice
of edit screen views and professional, yet easy-to-use features make it a snap for anyone to transform raw video
footage into impressive movies. The Storyboard edit mode
represents all scenes in linear sequence on the storyboard.
They can be arranged and re-ordered by dragging them
with the mouse, or adding text, transitions, effects and a
new soundtrack with a simple mouse click.
The time-line edit mode is recommended for more detailed
editing. Files are displayed as objects on different tracks.
Objects positioned on tracks stacked on top of each other
are played simultaneously, while objects positioned next
to each other are played chronologically. Import additional
material such as video, photos, graphics, subtitles, narration, sounds, songs, .rtf text files or a MIDI music file from
the Media Pool by dragging and dropping it into a track or
by double-clicking on the file. When you have completed
your video, share it! Record it back to videotape or your
camcorder for playback. Archive it on CD-ROM, burn it
onto Video CD, Super VideoCD or DVD and enjoy watching it on TV, or present your work on the Internet – as a
streaming video off your website, as a Video email to
friends, or as a creative contribution to Web TV on
www.magix.com. If you need help creating a web page,
choose from the templates included in Movie Edit Pro 2004
to help you build it.

Feature Highlights
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 is the ultimate desktop video
editor. Make sensational cuts, build special effects and 3D
transitions, and create your own soundtracks. Here’s just
a few of the powerful features you’ll use to create professional-quality projects:
Animated DVD menus with background music
Integrate videos into DVD menus. The videos play back in
infinite loops while the menu is displayed on your TV
screen. Background sounds or images in various formats
can also be integrated into the menu.

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Image Resizing for Optimum Television Display
This option ensures that the image size is adapted to fit
your television screen without cropping the display image.
Re-edit mode
Archive your movie project, together with the corresponding project data, and store it on VCD, Scrod DVD. With
this feature, your project and the source files are always
available for editing.
Automatic disc spanning
Automatically split longer film sequences onto several CDs
or DVDs without quality loss.

VCR/PVR function
If you have a compatible TV card and Windows Direct
Media driver you can record any TV channel automatically
at any time. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 provides this
virtual TV tuner through both remote control and programmable timing.
Direct TWAIN connection
MAGIX movie edit pro supports import from scanners and
digital cameras using the TWAIN interface. MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro 2004 accesses the scanner or camera then imports the image into the program.
Image-with-Sound support
Some digital cameras feature an audio recording function
that attaches a WAV file to the image file upon capture.
MAGIX movie edit pro 2004 imports both the image file
and the audio file separately to enable easy editing. The
sound file will appear as a small WAV display below the
image preview in the storyboard mode.
Professional Real-time Effects
3D transitions, and amazing Video Controller help you
design pro-quality movies.
Intuitive Scene Arrangement
The added choice of a thumbnail scene overview mode helps
simplify changes in scene arrangement and can sort up to
400 scenes in one overview.
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Streaming Video Format Support
The latest Microsoft® Windows® Media 9 and Real HelixTM
file formats are supported.

Function Overview
Import and Export
Video and image formats: AVI (also non-compressed),
MPEG-1/-2 (Ligos Motion Encoder), MPEG-4, DivX, Windows MediaTM, MOV (Quicktime Movie), MXV, MJPEG,
BMP, JPG as well as MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 project
files (for integrating into a new project).
Note: Video files in DivX and MPEG 4 formats can be imported
only with the appropriate installed codecs! DivX codecs can be
downloaded from www.divx.com. Mpeg-4 codecs should have
been installed with Windows. Visit www.windows.com for more
information.
Audio formats: WAV, Audio CDs (Ripping), MP3 and
MIDI files.
Additional Export formats: Real MediaTM, rendered DVAVIs, Stills Capture/Snapshot function (unlimited export
of film motifs as BMP or JPG files).
Possible Applications
From MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004, all movies and videos
can be directly...
– burned onto an autoplay-capable CD-ROM, Video CD,
Super Video CD or DVD
– played back on a video recorder or on a digicam
– integrated into a presentation program (such as MS
PowerPoint)
– uploaded to the web and placed on your own website or
on www.magix.com
– sent to friends via E-mail
– exported using high-quality compression in various file
formats
Capturing
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 supports most analog and
digital source devices such as digital video recorders, VCRs,
digicams, TV cards, graphic cards or USB-connected cameras.
– Analog capture requires capture cards compatible with
Video for Windows or DirectShow. DV capture may be
performed through an OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 host

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adapter (Firewire or iLink) and MicrosoftÒ DirectX8acompatible driver.
– MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 also supports remote control of most digital camcorders.
– A TV tuner card or graphic card with video input and
compatible Windows Direct Media drivers are required
to record TV programs and use your computer as a personal video recorder or VCR. For convenience, there is a
programmable timer with this feature so you can record
programs at any time.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro has overcome the Windows 4 GB
file limitation. Now you may record video as long as there
is available space on your hard drive. Using real-time compression during capture creates smaller file sizes and more
available space.
Media library
Included in this package is a comprehensive, license-free
media library. These music, video and graphics files are
stored on the two CDs and make it easy to find the right
sounds for your videos or the right videos for your sound
material. Use just the sounds and videos from the MAGIX
Movie Edit Pro 2004 media library exclusively to create a
movie without creating any new content.
Storyboard-Mode
All of the movie’s scenes are listed consecutively the
Storyboard mode, and are represented as a preview image.
Simply drag and drop the scenes in the Storyboard to arrange them in the desired sequence, and then choose from
10 different types of fades to blend the scenes together and
quickly make a professional-looking movie.

Time-line Mode
Videos, sounds, music, photos, graphics, text or logos can
be edited and cut in the 16-track time-line mode To add
content, select files from the Media Pool and ”drag & drop”
them into the arranger, then edit and add transitions and
effects. The files will be depicted as objects that may be
freely arranged and edited.
Create custom soundtracks, mute any track, select one for
solo playback to emphasize a sound at a particular scene,
or add an effect an individual track. This allows you to control the intensity of effects at any particular moment. Important functions also work during playback: you can move

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objects and cut and add effects and see or hear the results
in real-time while playing back the video or soundtrack.
Media Pool with Multi-scene overview mode
Preview any format to choose video, bitmap, audio or MIDI
files from the Media Pool overview mode and ”drag & drop”
them into the arranger.
A series of special buttons lets you open files or complete
scenes with subtitles, audio, video and cross fading effects,
border presets and takes. You can also preview special functions such as subtitles, effect configuration, borders and
scenes. Finding content has never been simpler. Just explore the directories and click on the files to immediately
preview the content.
Effects with previews
Any video or bitmap object can be modified individually
with a variety of individual or combined effects. If they are
frequently used effect combinations, save the combinations
separately as presets for use later on different objects. Effect curves may be drawn to dynamically control the impact of the effect and vary its intensity. Determine the specific configuration and application of these effects by using the video controller or by selecting an effect from the
effects menu and dragging it onto the object. The effects
mixer (”Slide FX”) combines or interweaves an assortment
of recordings to create a complex visual arrangement. To
execute this effect, simply drag the ‚Slide FX’ to the space
between two videos. Each video effect may be previewed to
see the final result.
Credits, Subtitles and Texts
Import .rtf text files to create subtitles for your videos, or
use the integrated title generator. The title generator allows you to write and design your own titles and title templates that can then be positioned anywhere “on” the video.
The title templates provided are in the special “Title” directory and have preview & drag & drop functionality.
Wizard for adding sound tracks
This Wizard creates background music or an instant music clip. Simply choose the length, the style and the instruments and let the Wizard create the music.
Multimedia- Mixer with DirectX support
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 also features a real-time 2way mixer for DirectX Plug-In effects, which may be used

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to mix the tracks in your arrangement. This utility also controls the brightness of visual objects and the volume and
stereo panorama of audio objects.
MIDI integration
With MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 you can load, arrange
and play MIDI files. The MIDI remote controls the sound
chip of your sound card, external samplers or synthesizers. You can combine and arrange sound files with video
and MIDI files.
Note: If you want to export your videos with integrated MIDI
files, you must first record the MIDI files as an audio file using
your sound card.
Disk Selection/DVD Menus
A menu is automatically applied to all movies and chapters
for easy navigation and numerous menu templates have
been included. Create your menu by choosing one complete layout, or by combining of templates for background
pictures, fonts, frames and composition.
Burning CDs & DVDs
After completing your video project you can choose to burn
a Video CD, Super Video CD, DVD or Mini-DVD that can
be played on compatible devices. The movie will be automatically compressed (usually in encoding in MPEG-2 format). Use the virtual remote control interface, to preview
the disc you are about to burn prior to the encoding to see
how it will look in finished form.
Internet functions: Your own web page downloads and web
publishing
Create your own web page to share your projects with our
quick and easy web page design templates. Simply select
the layout, insert text, songs, videos or slide shows, load it
up, and you’re done! Using FTP connect, you can use the
Internet as a resource for countless images or samples,
and also integrate additional multimedia building blocks
into your arrangement from the web. The ”MAGIX.TV“
publishing area is there for you to present your work to a
worldwide audience.

MAGIX CD-R
This utility allows you to make backups of your projects
and archive all of the files used in the project by burning
them onto a CD-ROM. You can also launch “mxcdr.exe” as

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a standalone CD-burning software suite for any data backup
tasks (you will find the program file in the “mxcdr”
subdirectory in your applications directory).
MAGIX Media Manager silver
MAGIX Media Manager silver MAGIX Media Manager
silver is a multimedia console that combines browser, converter, viewer, editor, player, and even Internet radio into
one powerful application.
Launch MAGIX Media Manager separately from the
MAGIX program group.

Tutorial
This chapter addresses the basic functions of MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro 2004 through step-by-step explanations. More
detailed descriptions of the program functions appear later
in this manual.

Program start and orientation
Install MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 and launch the program from the Windows® start menu.
Viewing the Demo Tutorials
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers several instructional
videos to illustrate many of the important program functions. To select and view a video tutorial:
1) Double-click on the “Own“ file, in the upper right part of
the media pool.
2) Double-click on “Demo project”.
3) Double-click any of the listed MVD project files to select
the desired video.
4) Click the play button in the transport control below the
video screen, or use your keyboard space bar for the
”play” and ”stop” functions.
A vertical line, called the play cursor, moves across the arranger when a video plays. This indicates the current position.

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Playback markers:
Look for the red markers in the time-line at the top of the
tracks. These markers indicate the start and the end of the
part that will be played. When an end-marker is reached,
the play cursor will jump back to the beginning and play
the arrangement again (a never-ending loop). Both start
and end-markers may be moved with you mouse to change
the section that will be played.
Setting playback markers: Left-click your mouse on the timeline to set the start-marker and right click to set the end-marker.
Two Production Screens
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers two production screens
for the two most important production processes: The video
editor screen, which is displayed when the program starts,
and the Make CD/DVD screen, which is used when burning your movie onto CD or DVD.
Two Editing Modes
The Video Editor screen operates in one of two modes:
Storyboard mode or Timeline mode. Switch between them
at any time using the Tab key.
Storyboard Mode
In Storyboard mode, all scenes are listed consecutively in a
series. Each scene is represented by a preview image on
the storyboard. You can choose from 10 fades to blend
scenes together.

Playback markers:

Make CD/DVD screen

Timeline Mode
The 16-track timeline mode displays your film chronologically. The movie is as long as the representative “object(s)”
in the track. The Timeline mode offers everything you need
for detailed, extensive video editing: adding & editing a
soundtrack, custom effects & transitions, and precise cuts
and fades.
Video Editor: Timeline-Mode
Media Pool
The buttons above the Media Pool open special directories
containing samples, effects and fade. Try opening a directory, such as ”Video FX”, ”Audio FX”, ”Slide FX”, ”Titles”
and ”Borders” and clicking on a file within one of these
folders. This will show you previews and descriptions on
the video screen that explain the function of the file.

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FX and Context menus
A right mouse-click on an object opens the context (effects)
menu containing effects available for the selected object in
the Timeline mode. You may also reach this menu through
the ’FX’ menu in the Storyboard mode.
The FX/context menu for audio objects offers effects and
options different from those in the FX/context menu for
video objects. In many cases, if you right-click on other
areas of the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 interface additional context menus with additional options will become
available.
Starting a Project
If you want to immediately begin a video project, select the
“New Movie” option in the File menu, then read the following sections on digital and analog video capturing.
If you’d like to continue with this tutorial and work with
the demo project, skip to “Video Editing“ later in the Tutorial section of this manual.

Video-Capturing
1. Connection
Connect the video output of the source device (VHS
camcorder or digital camcorder) to the video input of your
PC and the audio output to your soundcard’s line input.
(Refer to the installation section of this manual)
Tip: Many VHS recorders have RCA outputs: two for the stereo
sound track, and one for the picture. In this a case, you’ll require
a cable with 3 RCA jacks at each end. Most soundcard inputs
are 1/8” mini stereo jacks. You will then require a stereo RCA
to mini stereo jack adapter to connect the VHS recorder audio
output to the soundcard’s stereo input. However, source device
configurations can vary significantly. Please refer to your recorder, video card or graphic card user manuals to determine proper
configuration.

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2. Analog Capturing
How to capture video from analog sources
1. Connect your analog source device (camera, VCR, etc.)
to your analog capture device.
2. Click on the Record button at the bottom of the video
screen and select “Video capturing”.
3. Choose the center button called “analog video capture”.

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This will open the video capture dialog:

1. Choose drivers – Select the correct video card and audio
card driver (in the event you have several installed) on
your PC. A video preview window is immediately displayed.
2. Name the capture: Name your file and choose the file
path it will be stored to so you can find it later,
3. Set the quality – this drop-down menu lets you set the
video quality you desire.
Note: setting this too high may result in dropped frames, making
your video look jerky. This is due to a lack of computer resources.
Set this only as high as your system can handle. The quality
slider ranges from ‘low’ quality to ‘best’ quality. There is an
‘uncompressed checkbox, which sets quality to the highest possible, but requires the most resources!
Advance Settings: Set frame rate, image size or streaming bit rate.
Start automatically: Capture with a built-in timer like
your VCR.
Record Start & Stop: Initiates Video and Audio capture
Video preview screen: Preview your capture
Volume control: Opens the Windows Recording mixer
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Record statistics: This provides information on your capture, including dropped frames. (If you see any dropped
frames, lower your capture quality. If, for example, more
than 10 frames are dropped per minute, the quality of your
video will be compromised, and indicates that your computer may be overburdened)
Preview options: the Video and Audio checkboxes must
be checked so that you will capture video and audio
L & R volume meters: these show you the signal strength
of your incoming audio, provided you have the proper Windows Mixer settings
Once you have finished your capture by pressing the ‘Stop’
button (white button next to the big red record button),
close the capture dialog by pressing OK.
You can now view your capture using the film bar in the
lower third of your screen. To check the footage, start the
playback by pressing the space key. The video you capture
will be accessible from the media pool in the folder you
captured to. Simply drag and drop the file onto the arranger
and start editing!

DV-Capture

Please check the system requirements section of this
manual to ensure that your PC meets the hardware requirements for DV capturing. You will need a Firewire or iLink
interface and Microsoft “DirectX8a” or higher installed on
your PC.
– Turn off the camcorder and connect it to the computer
with your computer Firewire card.
– Switch the camcorder to the “Video recorder” or “Playback” mode.
– Click on the Record button at the bottom of the video
screen and select “DV Capturing”.
– Select the appropriate DV camera driver.
– Name the file and path so you can find it later.
– Using the virtual remote control buttons, locate the appropriate location of the desired scenes. Fast-forward,
reverse and playback controls provide optimal control.
– Start capturing by pressing the “Record” button. Be sure
to track the available hard-drive space. DV captures require approximately 220 MB of space per minute of
video!
– Stop the capture by clicking the “Stop” button and exiting the capture dialog.

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– You can now see your footage in a file form the film bar
below. For a playback, simply press the space key.
Tip: You can batch-capture, or choose sections throughout the
source digital videotape for sequential recording, within the
Digital Video recording dialog. A list of possible passages, from
which you can capture in sequence, is provided to choose from.
Batch capturing saves time and hard drive space by only
capturing the desired content. .

Video Editing
Storyboard Mode Editing:
In Storyboard mode, all scenes are listed consecutively in a
series. Each scene is represented by a preview image on
the storyboard.

Volume

Adjusting soundtrack volume: The overall soundtrack
volume can be modified by selecting the loudspeaker symbol on the Filmbox.
Improving picture or sound quality: Click the “FX”
symbol on the Filmbox and select “Video Cleaning” for the
appropriate film track. , You can also adjust “Color”, “Brightness” and “Contrast”. Minimize unwanted background
noise on the soundtrack by selecting “Audio Cleaning”, then
“Denoiser”.
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Transitions

Adding a title or other text: You can add titles, subtitles or credits to your movie. Simply click on the “Text”
symbol, enter your text into the editor, then select an “effect”, a “design”, or a “movement” (such as “downwards”)
from the “Template” menu.
Transitions: You can also select the type of transition used
to connect scenes together. Simply activate the large button between scenes and select a transition of your choice.
Rotate Photos (only with photo files): If a photo is on
its side or upside down, click on the Rotate button. The
photo then rotates 90 degrees. You can control the effect
directly on the video screen.
Media Pool: In the upper right corner of the screen is the
Media Pool (file explorer). From the Media Pool you can
access your computer’s drives and directories, load multimedia files in a variety of formats – either with a double
click or by drag & drop.

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Cutting: There are many different ways to cut longer videos into shorter scenes or individual takes. Cutting with
Movie Edit Pro 2004 is non-destructive. Making cuts does
not destroy the original video. You are simply setting scene
markers, or playback instructions. .
1. The easiest way to cut is by selecting the automatic ”Scene
recognition” in the context menu. The editor searches
the video content for prominent movements or color
changes. Based on this search, a variety of takes will be
automatically inserted according to the sensitivity adjustment.
2. Alternatively, you can cut the video by placing the ”S”
marker at the start and the “E” marker at the end of the
desired scene, then press the “Cut“ button. This process
creates individual objects that can be copied, if you
choose, by dragging and dropping them into the ”Takes”
directory.
3. If you want to use only a particular take from a file without loading the complete file, you can cut up a longer
video from within the Media Pool. Select the video file
in the explorer and click on the ”Expl.” button below the
video screen. The transport control functions are now
valid for the selected video file in the explorer, instead of
the objects in the arranger.
Note: The ”Extra” button allows you to set in and out markers
for copying takes into the ”Takes” directory. The takes directory
is a special directory for administering scenes with complex
storyboards can be created. Simply cut up the individual scenes,
pull them onto the storyboard from the takes directory using
drag & drop, then arrange them.

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Timeline Mode Editing
Extensive editing should be made in the Timeline mode.
In the Timeline mode, your movies and scenes are displayed according to the duration of the file. The length of
an active object in the track is reflects by its length in the
overall movie project. Simply use the Tab key to switch to
the Timeline mode.
Object handles: The length of objects can be stretched by
moving the mouse cursor to one of the lower corners of an
object. This mouse-over action will display a stretch symbol that lets you change the object to any length.
The top corners of every object have two fade handles, which
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ins and fade-outs. The handle in the top center of the object adjusts the volume of audio objects and the brightness
of video objects.
Object Selection/Marking: For any other modifications,
such as applying effects, you must choose and “mark” the
object first. Click on an object to select it. When an object
is selected, the three handles on top change to a different
color. If you want to select several objects, simply hold the
Shift key down while selecting other objects. 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).

5 “handles”: length, fade,
brightness / volume

Video mix/Chroma Key Effect: Video mix effects are also
known as Bluescreen/Greenscreen/Whitescreen or White
screen compositing or Chroma-key. With this effect you
can choose a foreground and background video and overlay on the other. Video mix effects are placed adjacent to
the video objects on tracks to enable foreground and background videos to be grouped or combined in different ways.
The difference between foreground and background videos is the motif. Background videos are landscapes or animations and foreground videos are subjects on a singlecolored field. For example, if you want to use a “dancer on
a blue screen” clip in the foreground and a lake picture clip
in the background, then place one of these objects right
below the other on the tracks. Next, go to the ”Video FX”
directory, select the ”Blue Box” effect and drag and drop it
onto the foreground video.
Play the arrangement and the dancer will now appear to
dance on the lake. This effect can also be performed with
subjects shot on green, white or black backgrounds.

Video Output Options
Export video as a file (AVI)
Exporting the video arrangement converts the project to a
single file, which may be stored anywhere on your harddrive, copied to the Windows® clipboard. If you want to
use a MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 arrangement in
Powerpoint® you must first export the arrangement as an
AVI file first. Then open Powerpoint® and insert the AVI
file into the PowerPoint slide with the option ”Insert”.
1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...VIDEO
as AVI. This will open the following dialog:

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2. Choose your VIDEO SIZE
3. Choose your FRAME RATE
4. Choose the CODEC you wish to create the AVI
file from the list provided
Each codec in the list may have individual settings
you can access and set by clicking on the CONFIGURATION button. The INFO button will show
you the version number and manufacturer of the
CODEC selected. REMEMBER — Different codecs
have different quality results!
Note: you can use an external compressor program as
well, if you check the box to CALL EXTERNAL
PROGRAM, and provide a FILE PATH to that
program in the command line provided

5. FRAME TYPE –allows you to choose interlaced
frames or deinterlaced A or B frames
6. KEYFRAME amount –lets you set how often to
place a keyframe. These special frames act o
track the playback position in a movie. More
keyframes allow you to locate around to more
points in a movie, but these also add to the overall file size, so the default setting is best.
7. QUALITY slider – lets you choose a quality versus file size compromise
8. DO NOT WRITE AUDIO DATA INTO VIDEO
FILE —this checkbox prevents audio tracks from
being embedded in the AVI file
9. Press OK to start the AVI creation process with
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Export Video as a Streaming Video File
If you wish to send the video by email or stream it from a
website, simply choose the appropriate compression format, such as RealVideo or QuickTime for the export.
To export as a QuickTime (MOV) File:
1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...VIDEO
as QUICKTIME.
This will open the following dialog:

2. Choose your VIDEO SIZE from the selections, or enter
a USER-DEFINED value
3. Choose your FRAME RATE from the selections, or enter a USER-DEFINED value
5. FRAME TYPE –allows you to choose interlaced frames
or deinterlaced A or B frame
4. Choose the CODEC SETTINGS you wish to create the
Video and Audio tracks. Each available codec may have
individual settings you can access from the SET button:
REMEMBER —Different codecs have different quality
results!
5. In this dialog, you can choose the CODEC COMPRESSOR, any color options, the QUALITY and also MOTION
parameters such as FRAMES PER SECOND (FPS), the
amount of KEYFRAMES to use, and also set
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6. Press OK to start the AVI creation process with the settings chosen.
To Export as a Real Media (.RM) File:
1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...REAL
MEDIA EXPORT.
This will open the following dialog:

2. Choose your AUDIO CONTENT & VIDEO CONTENT
3. Choose your VIDEO PRE-PROCESSING OPTIONS &
VIDEO SIZE
4. Enter your CLIP INFO & CLIP META INFORMATION
5. Choose the TARGET AUDIENCE bit-rate to accommodate different modem speeds REMEMBER: Real Media
is an Internet streaming format!
6. The three tabs of the dialog allow settings for AUDIO,
VIDEO and TARGET BITRATE.
7. Press OK to start the AVI creation process with the settings chosen.
Export as a Windows Media File (.WMV or .WMA)
1.From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE... WINDOWS MEDIA EXPORT.
This will open the following dialog:

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2. Choose your PROFILE for the WINDOWS MEDIA FILE
streaming quality. There are a very wide variety of choices
here for various qualities and accommodations. NOTE
THAT some of the selections in the list are for AUDIO,
and not VIDEO!!! Windows Media is an Internet streaming format
3. Enter your TITLE, AUTHOR, DESCRIPTION, and
COPYRIGHT information
4. Press OK to start the AVI creation process with the settings chosen.
Export Video as an Uncompressed File
1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...VIDEO
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2. Choose your VIDEO SIZE from the selections, or enter
a USER-DEFINED size
3. Choose your FRAME RATE from the selections, or enter a USER-DEFINED size
4. FRAME TYPE –allows you to choose interlaced frames
or de-interlaced A or B frames
5. Press OK to start the AVI creation process with the settings chosen.
Note: Uncompressed video files can be extremely large!
When working with digital video, you must often work with
AVI files that are many gigabytes in size. Until recently,
however, many computers were not designed to support
files of such a large size. Because of this, people often have
trouble when creating large AVI videos. The two most common limits are the 2 GB and 4 GB barriers. These barriers
are caused by two factors: the limits of the standard AVI
file format and the file system of your operating system. In
order to store files on a hard drive, your computer uses a
file system. Depending on your operating system, there
are many different file systems that you may be using.
Here is a table that lists the maximum file sizes for different operating systems and file systems:
Windows 95 (pre-OSR2)
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS
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2 GB
N/A
N/A

Windows 95 OSR2+,
Windows 98/SE/ME
2 GB
4 GB
N/A

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Windows NT 4.0
FAT16
4 GB
FAT32
N/A
NTFS Nearly unlimited

Windows 2000/XP
4 GB
4 GB
Nearly unlimited

The underlined values represent the most common file
systems and limits for each respective operating system.
Here is a quick list of common computer setups and their
limitations: A) If you are running an early version of Windows 95 (before OEM Service Release 2), your AVI files
are limited to 2 GB. B) If you are running Windows 95
(after OEM Service Release 2), Windows 98, Windows 98
SE, or Windows ME with the FAT32 file system (as most
people are), your AVI files are limited to 4 GB. C) If you
are running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000/XP with
the NTFS file system, your AVI files can be of virtually
unlimited size. D) If you are running Windows 2000/XP
with the FAT32 file system (this is less common), your AVI
files are limited to 4 GB.
Export video through TV output connection
Video and graphics cards with a TV-out connection can
transmit video signals to an external video recorder when
connected by a cable, enabling you to record your video
with a VCR. Note: Your video must be played back in fullscreen mode to record properly. Playing the arrangement
back in full screen mode may cause image interruptions if
the system processor cannot process all the information
necessary for real-time calculation of video effects or cross
fades. If you are uncertain of your processor’s capabilities
or a slower processor, we recommend that you render the
video first, then play the rendered movie in full screen mode
to record it to VCR.
To record video to your VCR or other external device:
1) Make sure that the TV-out option in your Windows system control panel (look for ”Display”) is activated
2) Select the option ”Output audio/video to device” from
the file menu. The first option in the video export dialog will play the arrangement in full-screen mode. The
second option (“Render changes“) will render the movie
and process all of the effects and transitions first, to reduce the demand on your processor (see Note above).
Choose the third option for digital export to digital devices. This will give you no problems as the data is then
transferred digitally.
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Export video through video or graphics card
To save your MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 video onto digital videocassette, you must first export it as an AVI file,
typically DV-AVI, which uses a special codec for compression. Please check your video card’s user manual for more
information. Your video card utilities may offer tools to
save the file onto videocassette. To export your movie as a
DV-AVI:
1. From the FILE menu, choose EXPORT MOVIE...VIDEO
as DV-AVI. This will open the following dialog:

2. VIDEO STANDARD —you may choose PAL or NTSC
3. WRITE AUDIO DATA —gives the option to not include
audio in the AVI
4. SMART RENDER OPTIONS —three different options
are provided, including the ability to
transfer the DV-AVI created back into your DV device
(DV camera)
5. Clicking OK will begin the process with the settings chosen
Burning CDs or DVDs
Switch to the “Make CD/DVD” screen.
Assembling movies: You may burn several movies at a
time onto CD or DVD. Simply open all the movies you’d
like to burn to disc, one after the other. Use the Window
menu to access all of the opened movies.
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CDs or DVDs. The CD-ROM option burns all image files
as well as the MAGIX Media Manager playing program
onto a disc.The original image files on your hard-drive
remain unchanged. All effects and settings made in the
“edit slide show” screen are calculated in real-time when
the MAGIX Media Manager player program plays the CDROM. This CD-ROM option may also be used for archiving
files on disc.

Selection menu (Only for Video CDs, Super Video CDs
and DVDs): In the center of the Make CD/DVD screen
you will see a preview of the selection menu. All movies
appear as the upper entries, and chapters appear as subordinate entries.
To achieve accurate chapter partitioning within the DVD
selection menu, each video must first be divided into chapters. This is done in the video editor screen with the Edit
menu. Place the start marker where you want to set a new
chapter, and then select the “chapter marker” option. The
blue chapter markers appear in the time-line above the
tracks and are movable by drag & drop or can be deleted
from the “Delete (all) chapter markers” menu option.
With the “Open disc navigation structure” button, you are
presented with the overall structure of the selection menu.
Here you can cut out redundant chapters by deactivating
the appropriate checkmark. Of course, only the entry is
taken out of the menu, not the associated scene from the
movie. Once you are happy with the way the movie and
chapters are organized, you can move on to designing the
layout of the Selection menu:
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– To select a complete template, choose Layout and then
double-click the layout of your choice.
– To combine elements of different templates, such as the
text format from one template and the background from
another, simply select “Text” and double-click the template containing the text you wish to use. Then select
“Background” and double-click the applicable template.
The preview in the middle of the screen displays the result immediately.
– Double-clicks the preview picture or an entry within the
menu, to open a title editor. This editor enables you to
change the name of a movie or a chapter – or even select
a new preview.
Once the movie is organized and the disc menu has been
designed, you are ready to move to disc burning. First, test
the look of the final disc using the virtual remote control,
then proceed to the section on Making CDs/DVDs later in
this manual, or proceed to the next section, Desktop Overview.

Program Desktop Overview
Videoscreen: Displays
video and picture objects and previews

Menu Bar: Contains important editing commands

Tool Bar: Contains
the quick access tool
buttons.

Arranger (Time-line
mode): Drag & drop
files from the Media
pool, then arrange and
edit files in detail here.

Mouse mode
bar (Time-line
mode): Selects
mouse modes
for different editing tasks.

Timeline with range
markers: Defines the
range that will be
played. The timeline
mode includes a time
scale.

Objects (Timeline
Mode): Graphic objects represent audio,
video or image files and
special effects.

Scrollbars: The lower
scroll bar controls
horizonal scrolling
through the timeline.
The right-hand scroll
bar controls scrolling
vertically through the
tracks.

Media Pool: Left side explorer accesses
computer directories or Internet files.
Right side explorer lists files and shows
all supported multimedia files within the
current directory. All files have a preview function and can be dragged &
dropped onto the tracks.

Media Pool buttons: Provides direct
access to important
directories.

Storyboard mode

What is the Storyboard mode?
The Storyboard mode is the default Video Editor-screen
view. This view offers an easy, streamlined interface to simplify the editing process. The alternative Timeline mode
offers a more detailed interface for more extensive editing
and photo arrangements. Switch between the two modes
by using the tab key.
In the Storyboard mode, all of the files in your movie project
displayed as previews, sequentially ordered, one after the
other on the storyboard.
This mode enables you to play back your files, rearrange
them by drag & drop, and apply fades with real-time effects. Unwanted scenes (such as commercials during a TV
feature or the first few seconds of your own footage) can be
cut out and removed with a click on the scissor button.

Scenes
Volume

If a film has not yet been divided into scenes, it is considered one long scene by the video editor and is difficult to
manage. Cutting the file into shorter scenes enables you
to change and organize or ’edit’ the scenes to create a movie.
The following is a list of functions or tool buttons for editing your movie:
Text: The text button opens the Title Editor dialog, from
which you can enter text (such as subtitles or credits) in a
variety of fonts or colors. The text can be set to scroll (perfect for rolling credits) or edited to add effects, designs or
other forms of movement.
Loudspeaker symbol: Click the loudspeaker symbol to
modify (or mute) the movie soundtrack.

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Storyboard mode
FX: You can select any number of effects for sound and
image editing in the FX menu. For more details, please
read the “Effects” chapter.
Transitions: You can also select the type of transition you
would like to connect scenes. Simply activate the large button between scenes and select a transition of your choice.
Rotate Photos (only with photo files): If a photo is on
its side or upside down, click on the Rotate button. The
photo will rotate 90 degrees. You can control the effect
directly on the video screen.
Play: The range between the Start and End markers above
the storyboard is the playback range. Both markers can be
relocated with the mouse (or with a left or right mouseclick). To start or stop playing, use the space bar, or use the
playback control buttons beneath the video screen. The
play cursor shows which scene is currently being played. It
is a red vertical line that runs from left to right over the
scene.

Rotate Photos

Cutting: The “Scissor” button offers various options for
cutting. Redundant sequences (such as the commercials
in a TV feature or the first few seconds of your own movie.)
can be cut with this menu’s options. Note: It is important
to consider the difference between a “cut scene” and a “separate movie”: A “Cut scene” cuts the scene and thereby increases the number of current scenes by one. A “Separate
movie” divides the current movie into two independent
movies that can be accessed using the window menu. Please
read the following “Timeline Mode” chapter for more details regarding individual cutting menu options.
Media Pool / Media library: Access the Media Pool, for
quick access to additional music for your soundtrack. Access the Media Library that comes with the program for a
large selection of songs, ambient noises, effects and other
material useful for adding additional impact to your project.
Simply drag the desired item onto the scene by drag & drop.

Start and End markers

Storyboard mode
Scene Recognition
Automatic scene recognition may be found in the effects
menu. Launching this feature opens an editor in which
each file may be played back and automatically reviewed
for changes in color or movement. Based on this review, a
variety of takes will be automatically inserted according to
the sensitivity adjustment.

Note: “Time stamps” from digital video devices, which are
automatically created and mark the times at which the device
was turned on or off, mark the range as a scene.
For more about the scene recognition options, please review the
Chapter “Videos and Images”.

Time-line mode

What is the Time-line mode?
In the Timeline mode, your movies and scenes are chronologically displayed according to the duration of the file.
The length of an active object in the track is reflects by its
length in the overall movie project. Each scene or file is as
long as the representative “object(s)” in the track. Simply
use the Tab key to switch to the Timeline mode.

Tracks
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers 16 tracks for object
positioning. In principle, any object type may be placed on
any of the tracks. Mute a single audio track by clicking on
the “Mute” button or play individual tracks separately
(“Solo”) to emphasize a particular scene.

Navigating the Timeline Window
The right-hand scroll bar moves the visible tracks up and
down in the window vertically. The lower scroll bar moves
the visible section of the arrangements in accordance to
the time, horizontally across the screen. Placing the mouse
at the edge of the slider activates the Stretch symbol. Use
the Stretch scroll mode in longer movies to lengthen the
amount of time moved with each scroll. The size of the
lower slider indicates which part of the overall arrangement
is currently displayed. This scroll bar is full size in the total
picture mode. Double-click the slider to access the total
picture mode. Right- clicking on the lower zoom bar enables you can to set specific options and positions.

Bars and Grids
The vertical area of the tracks represents the horizontal
expansion of the arrangement. To determine the
arrangement’s length relationship to elapsed time, you will

Lower scroll bar

Zoom

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see a bar at the top, above the first track. Furthermore, the
arranger screen is placed under a grid. The grid helps to
ensure that objects only engage at particular points to make
the timing of events, such as the beginning and ending of
an effect, easier to control.

Playback

Start and End markers

The area between the Start and End marker above the first
track will be played back. Both markers can be repositioned
with the mouse (or with a left or right mouse-click). To
start or stop playing, use the space bar, or use the control
buttons under the video screen.
The cursor (vertical line) indicates the current position
within the replay. , This cursor line moves steadily left to
right over all tracks, and in relation to the buffer settings,
regardless of how long a scene is. Reduce the buffer setting in the set-up dialog (key y), to get a smoother cursor
flow. However, if the replay is interrupted or skips you
may need to increase the buffers again.

Organizing the arranger view
There are several screen configurations for the Arranger.
Video screen and Media Pool can either be deactivated or
repositioned on the monitor. The standard setting can always be called up from the “window” in the Menu bar.
You can maximize the arranger view (in the window menu)
or close the video screen and the Media Pool to obtain more
space for arranging. If the video screen is reopened and
the Media Pool is closed, the video screen can be freely
repositioned.

Organizing the video screen
You can adjust the size of the video screen with a right
mouse-click. Select a definably size within the context
menu. If desired, a large time indicator can be integrated
into the video screen from the context menu. “Display
playtime” displays the current play cursor position on the
video screen. The foreground color, background color and
transparency are all selectable.

Playback/Transport control

Below the video screen you will find the playback or transport controls, with standard FF, REW, PLAY, REC, STOP
& PAUSE buttons. Note: The Transport control may be
used to play the longer videos in the Media pool and, if
necessary, to mark individual scenes to be dragged into
the arranger or saved as takes.

Time-line mode
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Play: The center Play button starts continuous replay of
the arrangements. The area between the start and end
markers is played as a loop.
Stop: The stop button ends replay.
Rewind: This button “winds” the arrangement back. That
means that the start marker defining the play area’s beginning moves to the LEFT. Each mouse-click on the button
jumps the cursor one space to the LEFT.

Video screen und Transport
control

Fast forward: This button “winds” the arrangement forward. That means that the start marker defining the play
area’s beginning moves to the RIGHT. Each mouse-click
on the button jumps the cursor one space to the RIGHT.
To the start: With this button, the start marker is quickly
reset to the beginning of the arrangement.
Capture: With this function, you can capture audio and
video files. Choose between ”Analog video capturing”,
”Digital video capturing”, and “Video for Windows capturing “or” Audio recording.
A dialog window with the capture set-up parameters pops
up after you have made your choice. Please read the “Videos and Images” and “Audio” chapters for more details.

Set play markers
The ”Editing” menu lets you set a play marker at the current position of the Start marker. The 3 markers can be set
using the number keys 1-2-3. This allows you to jump to a
particular position of a longer video immediately, without
scrolling and searching.

Selecting objects
To edit or delete objects using the menus, you must first
select them by clicking on the object to be selected. The
handles of selected objects turn gray to show that the accompanying object has been selected and can be edited
using the menu functions.
Several objects are selected by holding the Shift key down
while clicking each object. Any object editing, such as cuts,
moves, and effects will apply to all of the selected objects. .
If you want to select several objects, simply hold the Shift

Time-line mode

Build group / ungroup

key down while selecting other objects. 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-click-dragging).
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
ungroup objects, use the buttons in the tool bar or the corresponding commands in the ‘edit’ menu.

Moving Objects
Any object selection can be moved (dragged) along the
horizontal timeline or vertically into different tracks by clicking and holding the left mouse button on the selected objects. After releasing the mouse button, the objects appear
at the new location.
If the Shift key is pressed while moving the object selection, the object’s horizontal time position is maintained.
The object selection can only be moved vertically (up and
down to different tracks).

Splitting objects
Objects may be split to separate each individual component, turning each component into an independent object
for editing. To use this function, you select the option ‘splitting objects’ in the ‘edit’ menu.
In order to rejoin these split objects at a later stage, simply
highlight the individual parts and select the command
‘forming group’ to join the selected objects together alone
group.

Scissors
Cutting up a scene
This command cuts a scene at the point where the Start
marker is positioned.
Shortcut Key:

Delete Scene start
This command cuts a scene at the point where the Start
marker is positioned, and deletes all material that precedes
the start position simultaneously.
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Shortcut Key:

Ctrl + t

Time-line mode
Delete Scene end
This command cuts a scene at the point where the Start
marker is positioned, and deletes all material that follows
the start position simultaneously.
Shortcut Key:

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Shift + z

Divide Film
This command splits a movie at the point where the Start
marker is positioned, making two self-standing movies.
Shortcut Key:

Alt + t

Duplicating/Copying objects
It is easy to copy objects to quickly create larger arrangements. First select the objects to be copied, then activate
the duplicate button in the button bar. A copy of the object,
which can be moved to any position with the mouse, appears right next to the original. Speed up this process by
clicking 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. Note:
Object copies are “virtual” and take up almost no additional
working memory!

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. Now click and drag the object to the desired length.
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 crossfade can be adjusted with the handles. For more about crossfades, please read the “Videos and Images” chapter.
The objects provided by the media library can not only be
shortened with the lower object handle, but also stretched.
When stretched, the object is played as a loop until the play
cursor reaches the end of the object, regardless of length.
This allows you, to create, for example, a complete drum
track from a short drum loop, or a long video from a short
video sequence.
Using the brightness/volume handle located centrally at
the top of the object, adjusts the volume of audio or MIDI
objects, or the brightness of video and image objects. Simply drag the handle either up or down. Even if several ob-

5 “handles”: length, fade,
brightness / volume

Time-line mode
jects are playing simultaneously, the volume or brightness
of individual objects can still be altered.

Media Pool

Function
The appearance, set-up and procedure of the MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro 2004 Media Pool are essentially the same as the
Windows® Explorer. Use it to browse your file sources, access and load multimedia files of all types: video files, images and audio files in various formats, audio CD tracks
and even RTF text files. They can be loaded using Drag &
Drop from the hard-drive, a floppy disc, the CD-ROM drive
or from the Internet, directly into the arrangement and
played. .

Directory and file list
The MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 Media Pool displays a
directory list on the left and the file list on the right.
The directory list serves as a navigator through the directory structure of your computer. Double-click to open each
directory. The parent button within the Media Pool allows
you to access the directory level above.
The file list displays all supported multimedia files and the
sub-directories of the current directory. Select from three
different display choices (List, Details, Large Symbols) with
a right click from the Media Pool Context menu. The large
Symbols display conveniently places a frame around video
and picture files, quickly identifying them for possible selection. Using this display choice, however, requires more
time to load the directory content.

Preview function
All file types have preview functions. Click on audio objects and you get an audio ”preview” through your sound
card. Video, graphics and text objects will be previewed on
the video screen. Effects and the special directories ”Takes”,
”Video FX”, ”Slide FX”, ”Audio FX” ”Titles” and ”Borders”
also have previews to display their functions.

Media Pool
Deleting, copying and moving files
All files listed in the file list can be selected in Windows®
Explorer, deleted, copied or moved by Drag & Drop to other
directories. In this way, all objects considered for an arrangement can be collected in a separate directory.
All files listed in the file list can be loaded in the arranger
by double-clicking or dragging and dropping onto the desired track or position where they are displayed as objects
and can be processed. For more info, please see the chapter “Arranging Objects”.

Integrating videos, takes or audio files into
your arrangement
Loading audio, video and images
To integrated video, audio or images into your movie, simply drag them (while holding down the mouse key) onto
the storyboard or onto the desired track in Timeline mode.
Double-clicking on the file loads video and graphic files at
the end of a scene, and titles and sound files will load at the
Start-marker position.
The following formats can be imported into your movie:
– Video files
– Audio files: The following formats are supported for the
soundtrack: Wave, MP3, MPEG 1 Audio, WMA, MIDI
files and Audio CDs.
– Graphic files: Windows Bitmaps (*.bmp) and JPEG
(*.jpg).
– Text files in RTF format. Create lengthier edited texts,
such as credits, in another program, then save them in
the universal .rtf text format. These text documents create a text object when loaded into MAGIX Movie Edit
Pro 2004.
Expl/Extras Buttons
These buttons below the video screen select and load individual scenes from longer video files in the Media Pool.
When you press the Expl button, the Play/Rewind/
FastForward controls are no longer active for objects in the
arranger, but only for the selected video file in the Media
Pool window. The Extras button, sets in and out points for
a scene and saves it in the Takes directory.

Options
All context menu functions (creating new shortcut buttons,
file-name changes or deletions, etc.) can also be accessed
from the “Options“ button.

Media Pool
Media-Pool buttons
At the top of the Media Pool are the Shortcut buttons for
exploring \the most important directories:
Drives: The button on the left accesses the navigation bar
on the left-hand side of the Media Pool.
Own: This button opens the ‘MyAudioVideo’ directory,
which is automatically created upon program installation.
All arrangements are exported to and saved in this directory unless changed by the user.
Records: This button opens the “My Records” directory,
which is automatically created when the program is installed. All MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 captures are stored
in this directory.
Takes: This button opens the Takes directory. The Takes
directory stores the individual scenes taken from longer
videos and objects edited with effects. All the takes recognized by automatic scene recognition dare stored in this
directory. The drag & drop function for moving objects from
the arranger to the Takes directory enables you to use the
arranger to neatly cut up videos into individual takes.
Titles: This button accesses the titles directory. The titles
directory contains the various RTF files that may be dropped
onto the tracks and used for video subtitles. Further information on subtitles and use of RTF text objects can be found
in the chapter “Videos and Pictures”.
Trans FX: In the Timeline mode you can drag & drop the
transitions onto the objects. Click this button to open the
directory “transitions”, select a transition of your choice,
and drag and drop the transition between two objects.
Video FX: This directory contains video effects that may
be applied to videos or images. Simply drag & drop the
effects onto videos or images in the arranger. To see all of
the effects available for the selected object, select the video
controller form the effects menu or the context menu.
Audio FX: This directory contains the audio object effects.
Simply choose an effect and drop it onto audio objects in
the arranger. Effects may be combined for more
customization of the final sound,

Media Pool
Effects in the effects menu or the context menu may be
activated and deactivated to enable additional fine-tuning
with a realistic effect module.
Visuals: This directory contains visual objects (*.vis file
type). Visual objects (or ’visualizations’) are visual animations that change and move to the beat as the music plays.
Load and edit visuals exactly as you would other objects.
Borders: This directory contains image patterns (in JPGfiles) for the borders of photos and videos, similar to picture frames. If you drag a border onto a photo box you can
decide if you want to use the border just for the selected
photo or for all photos within the arrangement. To edit or
to delete the borders, simply switch to the Timeline-mode
by pressing the Tab key.

Tools
Undo
When editing footage, you can undo/remove the previous
editing action. Simply press “Undo”.
Key:

Ctrl + z

Redo
This command reapplies the previously removed edit action
Shortcut Key:

Ctrl + y

Copy (Storyboard mode)
This command copies the selected scene onto the clipboard.
From there, it can be inserted into any other film with the
“Paste” tool.
Shortcut Key:

Shift + Ins

Paste (Storyboard mode)
This command inserts the scene from the clipboard into
the active movie at the start marker position. The scenes
following this insertion will be moved forward to the right.
Shortcut Key:

Ctrl + Ins

Duplicating objects (Timeline mode)
It is easy to copy objects to quickly create larger arrangements. First select the objects to be copied, and then activate the duplicate button in the button bar. A copy of the
object, which can be moved to any position with the mouse,
appears right next to the original. Speed up this process by
clicking 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. Note:
Object copies are “virtual” and take up almost no additional
working memory!

Delete
This menu option lets you delete all selected objects from
the arrangement. To select more than one object, use the
“Shift” key while you click on objects with the mouse.
Key:

Del

Tools and Mouse Modes
Group
This menu option lets you group all selected sound files
together. As soon as you click to select one sound file of a
group, all sound files of the group become selected.
Shortcut Key:

Ctrl + l

Ungroup
All selected sound files become independent again.
Shortcut Key:

Ctrl + m

Optimize View
This option determines the optimal view level for working
in the arranger so that all objects in the arrangement can
be seen on screen at once. The start and end markers are
once again placed at the beginning and end.
Shortcut Key:

Shift + b

Song Maker
You can let the Song Maker arrange background music for
your video. Please refer to the chapter “Audio Objects”.

Tools and Mouse Modes
Mouse modes
Intelligent mouse mode
This is the preset mouse mode. With a left mouse-click
you can select objects and move them by keeping the button pressed as you drag. This will move all the objects that
are aligned at the same mouse position in other tracks as
well as the selected object.
If you want to move a single object, switch to the ”Mouse
mode for single objects”. To select several objects, hold
down the shift key. All objects can be cross-faded, looped
or reduced with the 5 handles.
Open the context menu with a right mouse-click. The context menu displays the most important effects and adjustments for the selected object.
If an effect “curve” on the object is activated, a curve handle
can be selected and moved. A double-click on the curve
creates a new handle.
Shortcut Key: Alt + 1

Mouse mode for single objects
This mode works t like the ”Intelligent mouse mode”, but
moves only the selected object.
Shortcut Key: Alt + 2

Curves Mouse Mode
This mouse mode is designed specifically for drawing volume and effects curves. When activated, a new curve can
be drawn on the object by holding down the left mouse
button and “drawing” by dragging the mouse along the
track. To deactivate this special mouse mode, simply click
on an object with deactivated effects curves.
Shortcut Key: Alt + 3

Object stretch mode
This special mode is used to adjust the length of objects.
Audio objects are time-stretched or compressed by dragging the bottom corner handles. Stretching or compressing objects results in a faster or slower loop playback from
standard mode.
Video objects can also be sped up or slowed down by means
of the bottom handles.

Tools and Mouse Modes
Shortcut Key: Alt + 4

Audio pre-listening mode
In this mode, an object can be previewed without muting
the other tracks.
Shortcut Key: Alt + 5

Scrub mode
Press the mouse button to listen to the location of your
current mouse position within the arrangement. The replay cursor will follow the mouse movements—you will
hear what you drag the mouse over.
Shortcut Key: Alt + 6

Context help mode
When this mouse mode is active, clicking on any area of
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 immediately provides access
to the corresponding section in the Context Help.
Shortcut Key: Alt + 7

Videos and Pictures
Load videos and images
Click on a file in the Media Pool to see a preview of the file
on the video screen. To use the complete video in your
arrangement, click on the video or bitmap file, and while
holding the mouse button down, drag the file onto one of
the tracks in the arranger.
To use only sections of a video, apply the automatic scene
recognition feature and open the ”Takes” directory.
To load several photos, select them by holding down the
Ctrl key while clicking the desired files. To load an entire
directory of images, hold down the Shift key and click only
on the first and last entry. All entries between will be selected. Once the files are selected, they may be dragged
into the Timeline.

Digital video capturing (DV capturing)
DV devices
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 supports continuous editing
of DV (digital video) files. You will require a DV camcorder
or DV recorder with an IEEE 1394 interface (also known as
Firewire or iLink) as well as an OHCI conforming IEEE
1394 host adapter for your PC.
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 “DirectX8.a” (or higher) installed. Now
switch your camcorder to “video recorder” or “playback”
(according to your particular device) and open the DV capturing dialog.
Capturing from DV recorders or cameras
– Connect the (turned off) camcorder to the PCs Firewire
card.
– Switch the camcorder to the “Video recorder” or “Playback” operating mode.
– Click on the Record button at the bottom of the video
screen and select “DV Capturing”.
– Click on “Record Video” and select “DV Capturing“.
– Check to see if a DV camera driver has been selected.
– Name the capturing appropriately so as to be able to find
it later.
– Using the remote control buttons, you can locate to the
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control, you can shuttle forward, backwards and start/
stop playback.
– Start capturing by pressing the “Record” button. Keep
an eye on the available hard-drive space. DV capture requires approx. 220 MB per minute of video!
– Cease capturing with the “Stop” button and exit the capturing dialog.
– For a playback, simply press the space bar.
“DV capturing” dialog

Driver: This is where the driver for your DV device is displayed. When Audio Recording is deactivated, only video
without sound is recorded.
Title: Here you can name the audio file about to be recorded, as well as designating a directory to which it should
be saved.
Automatic scene recognition: You can use this option
to divide your captured DV files into scenes. The material
is scanned for changes in brightness and makes a cut at
the appropriate position. Captured DV files also provide
data about the positions where the capturing device was
turned on or off (“time stamps”).
Start device automatically: Starts the DV recorder or
DV camera automatically when the Capturing button is
pressed. This function, however, only works with compliant digital cards or video devices

Preview: On the preview monitor you can see a preview of
your video. You can also determine whether you want a
preview with Only Video, Only Audio, or a complete preview with both sound and picture.

Videos and Pictures
Original size: This option allows you to preview the video
in the original size. To return to the dialog, use the Escape
key.
Remote control: Digital camcorders can be controlled
remotely. This function, however, only works with compliant digital cards or video devices. The buttons cannot be
activated if your hardware does not support remote control.
Automatic capturing: Here the start and end points can
be set for the capturing. In this way you can search the
entire possible scene captures on a videotape and list them
for planned batch capture. This is then processed in sequence when the capturing starts (via the red button). It
therefore does not have to record each scene individually.
Simply specify the capturing times and the computer works
out the remainder.
Record: Starts the capturing process. If the capturing list
contains planned timed captures, it will be processed stepby-step (“batch capturing).
Stop: stops the capturing process.
Capturing statistics: Displays various data regarding your
captured video.
Notes:
1) Keep an eye on the available hard-drive space. DV capture
requires approx. 220 MB per minute of video.
2) Some DV capture cards and video editing software programs
install software drivers or codecs that interfere or modify
Windows drivers or codecs required by MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
2004. This may result in various file format errors. We
recommend that you test capture a few short scenes to ensure
that the files will be captured in an editable format. If you
experience problems, try uninstalling other video editing software
or reinstalling Windows drivers.

Video capture from analog sources
Analog devices
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 can be used with USB cameras, graphic cards, video cards, or video cards that are compatible with Video for Windows or DirectShow

Videos and Pictures
Capturing from video recorders or camcorders
Camcorders with USB ports are connected to the computer
by a USB interface. Video recorders or other devices are
connected to the video input of the video card, TV card or
graphic card. If your card also possesses audio ports, these
should be used for capturing and playing back sound so
that the image and sound do not diverge during a lengthy
video.
To record from analog sources:
– Start MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004.
– Click on “Record Video” and select “Record video”.
– In the Video Record-Dialog, select the correct video card
and soundcard drivers. A video preview window is now
displayed.
– Name the file and select storage path so you can easily
find the file after capture.
– Now determine the desired video quality with the fader.
The default setting is the highest quality that your PC
system is capable of.
– Start the capture by pressing the “Record” button – end
it by pressing “Stop”.
Note: setting this too high may result in dropped frames, making
your video look jerky. This is due to a lack of computer resources.
Set this only as high as your system can handle. The quality
slider ranges from ‘low’ quality to ‘best’ quality. There is an
‘uncompressed’’ checkbox, which sets quality to the highest possible, but requires the most resources!
– End the video capturing dialog by clicking “OK”. Your
capture can now be viewed in the film bar in the lower
third of your screen. Press the space bar to play back
the capture.

Videos and Pictures
“Record Video” dialog

Video/Audio drivers: This dialog enables you to select
the video or sound card drivers for the recording. In many
cases, the driver software that comes with the hardware
must be installed. Make sure that the drive is compatible
with the operating system. Often a drive compatible with
Win9x won’t run on Win 2000. Appropriate drives can
usually be found on the manufacturer’s website.
Name: Name the file and select storage path so you can
easily find the file after capture.
Recording Quality: Here you can determine the quality
of your recording. The higher the quality, the more harddrive space is required.
NOTE: setting this too high may result in dropped frames,
making your video look jerky. This is due to a lack of computer
resources. Set this only as high as your system can handle. The
quality slider ranges from ‘low’ quality to ‘best’ quality. There
is an ‘uncompressed’’ checkbox, which sets quality to the highest
possible, but requires the most resources!
You can select from a variety of predefined quality levels
from the list box. Your choice depends upon the eventual
use of the material and the capacity of your computer.
Define more precise bit rates for the presets with the fader.
Simply press “Reset” to return to the preset recording quality.
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Recording control: Click the red Record button to begin capture, and the Stop button to discontinue recording.
Recording data: 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 of the frames received.
Timer: This setting enables you to use your computer as a
fully-functional VCR. By setting a recording time (requires
TV card & compatible Windows Direct Media drivers).
Photo: The photo button can be used to capture a still
image from the movie in the preview monitor. The images are stored at the requested resolution as BMP files in
the recording directory.
Direct burning: With this option you can record and burn
in one. Simply select the format you want to burn in (VCD,
SV-CD, DVD or Mini-DVD), put a suitable blank CD into
the recorder and activate the recording. After recording,
the Make Disk screen automatically launches, the burn
dialog is opened and burning commences.
Tip: This function is particularly suitable for burning lengthy
disc projects directly to disc: You can start recording in the
evening and have the finished CD or DVD. The following morning
Advanced: opens the video driver configuration dialog (see
below). Use this dialog if your video card supports several
sources, for example a card possesses a remote control (ATI
All-in-Wonder, Terratec TV Value), or several inputs (SVHS, Composite.). Otherwise, simply leave the default
settings unchanged.

Advanced configurations (Video Capturing dialog)
Several different configurations for the video recording
driver can be defined here.
So-called “property sheets” are made available by the video
card drivers. The features specific to each driver vary considerably. Consult your hardware manual for setting the
configurations. If you experience difficulties with the
driver, contact the manufacturer of your video card for a
driver update.

Videos and Pictures
Input: This engages the video card’s crossbar. The crossbar determines which input will be recorded. The crossbar
passes the input signal on to the capturing module.
In the “Output” field you can adjust the “Video” or “Audio
decoder in”, because the crossbar should pass their output
signals on to the decoder.
In the “Input” field, select the signal source that will be
used by the video card to capture for this input. If you have
a problem, try out the different configurations until the
right sound matches the right image.
Composite In = the normal video input
SVHS In= SVHS input (special cable)
Tuner In =TV Signal of the integrated tuner
Video decoder configuration: Should your picture only
appear in black & white, or if it flickers, it may be because
the video standard is incorrectly configured. In mainland
Europe, PAL_B is used. NTSC is used in the United States.
Video ProcAmp: Adjusts color, brightness and contrast.
It is not recommended that you alter the manufacturer’s
settings.
Image format: Do not alter this setting. The capturing format is set in the “Recording quality” option in the video
recording dialog.
TV channel selection: This option is only available when
a TV tuner is integrated into your video card. Select the TV
tuner as an input, select the tuner’s TV channel and use
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 as a video recorder for the
television programs on your PC.

Snapshots

Videos and Pictures
Snapshots capture a still image directly from the preview
screen. The pictures are stored as JPEGs in the resolution
indicated in the photograph listing.
Under “Photo duration”, you can specify the length of time
the image is to be displayed.

Scene Recognition
Click on the FX button on the Filmbox or on the scene
within the Timeline Mode and select “Scene Recognition”
from the menu.
The scene recognition ion function analyzes the film for
scene transitions and scans for drastic changes in the brightness and color distribution within the picture. The program
then partitions the movie into individual scenes based upon
the analysis.

Note: Digital Video “time stamps” (points in time at which
the device was switched on and off) are also recognized as
separate scenes.
The complete analysis must be made only once for each
recording as the resulting data is stored with the source
file.
If the scene recognition is performed again with the same
source material, the scene transitions found are immediately displayed. If you are still not happy with the resulting
scene partitioning, simply repeat and correct where necessary.
Automatic
Makes cuts automatically at each scene transition without
prior confirmation.
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Manual
Makes cuts only after confirmation at each scene transition. The preview always displays the end of the previous
scene and the beginning of the new scene. This option is
helpful, for example, if a camera flash was captured in the
source footage. The flash from the camera would cause a
sudden brightness modification even though there was no
actual scene change.
Separate at this point: Select this option when there is
significant variation between two images in the display.
Next scene: This option enables you to skip a point without cutting in the event that the scene was identified incorrectly. Use this option to deliberately skip scene transitions
and treat several scenes as a unit.
Automatically cut all further scenes: This ends
manual scene recognition. All future points will be automatically cut to create a new scene.
Tip: You can also use the cut menu for cutting scenes. Place the
s-marker where you wish to perform a cut, and then select the
“Cut scene” command.

Takes
Takes are handled like other objects within the Timeline
mode. (See Timeline mode). They are references to multimedia files or special objects (visuals, titles etc.) and include the additional characteristics an object may possess,
such as start and end points, fades, effects editing and effects curves. Takes can be used for the following applications:
1. Divide your videos into takes while loading into the
arranger. Begin by pressing the “Expl” button. The
Play/Rewind/Fast-Forward transport functions are
now active for the selected video file within the Media
Pool. The Extras button allows you to set the In and
Out points for the scene. The selected scene can subsequently be saved to the Takes directory.
Set In/Out Point (Keys I/O): Determines the start and
end of a take.
Go to In/Out Point (Shift+I/Shift+O keys): Skip quickly
to the start/end of the take.

Videos and Pictures
Jump between In/Out points (Ctrl+K): Check out the
scene!
Save Take (Shift+T): The scene is saved to the Takes directory.
2. All scenes found by the automatic scene recognition function can be stored in the Takes directory, enabling quick
assembly of scenes.
3. The takes directory may be used to as either a source or
a destination directory. Use the Takes directory to build
complex storyboards: You can place takes from the directory into the arranger, or drag new scenes into the
Takes directory – allowing you to build complex
storyboards along the way: The individual scenes that
make up the video are cut first, before being arranged
on the tracks.
4. Since Takes also contain corresponding effects, one can
store different variations of the same movie with different effects in the Takes directory. The Takes directory
uses very little memory in contrast to rendering out the
actual video files!

Separate audio from video material
Select ”Adjustment/information” > ”Audio/video adjustments” > ”Extract sound from video” from the File menu.
Videos with a sound track will now appear in the Timeline
Mode as two separate objects (audio object and video object). The two objects automatically form a group.
To edit the audio and video objects separately, select the
function ”Dissolve group”. Now you can replace the audio
or the video track, or process each file separately. Re-join/
regroup the tracks with the ”Export arrangement” function.

Transitions
When you drag scenes into the arranger, the individual
video scenes in the timeline or storyboard usually sequentially follow one after the other. This is called a “hard cut”.
However, you can make scenes blend or “transition” into
each other. This means that for the duration of the transition, two clips are playing simultaneously and are mixed
in a variety of “blends”. You will find numerous blends in
the Media Pool’s transition directory.
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Transitions in Storyboard mode
Click on the transition button between scenes and select a
transition. All of the transition directory’s presets are listed
in the menu. You can also determine the length of a transition, or by selecting “Apply to all”, all of the transitions
throughout a movie will be of the same length. You can
also apply a selected preset to any individual transition automatically, or apply the selected preset to all transitions.
Simple cross-fades in time-line mode
To create a cross fade transition in the arranger, simply
drag an object to overlap the previous object. This creates a
cross-fade. During this standard transition, the brightness
of both objects are increased, the first clip fades out while
the second clip fades in. The duration of the cross-fade is
displayed in the arranger as white lines crossing each other.
The fade-in of the second object and the fade-out of the
first object (the length of the cross-fade) are regulated with
the object handle above the second object. You can finetune the cross-fade with the trimmer. There you can also
change the type of transition if a more effective transition
is required.

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Drag & drop onto a “hard” transition
Click on the Slide FX button next to the Media Pool and
the transition directory appears within the list of files. Clicking on a transition preset shows a preview of the transition
effect. Simply drag the desired transition preset onto the
border between the two clips. When the mouse pointer is
over a scene change along with the transition preset, it activates an object symbol, enabling you to place a transition
in the selected position. The rear object is shifted forward
for the duration of the transition (if you don’t want that to
happen, use the trimmer for the transitions).
Clips that are to be blended must be on the same track, but
transitions do not need to be on the same track. This allows for a more concise overview in the arranger window.
VFX transitions and Alpha transitions
There are two different types of transitions, VFX transitions and alpha transitions. Vfx transitions may be of any
length— when the length of the transition is shortened,
the effect will be played faster. They are displayed in the
Media Pool as blue/yellow icons and abbreviated with A/
B.
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opens a settings dialog from which you can set the effects
parameters.
The alpha transitions (named Iris, Objects, Random etc.
in the sub-directory) are pre-produced black & white videos that may be utilized for transitions in tandem with the
Alpha keying effect. These transitions have a preset
length—when you shorten the transition, the effect is cut
rather than played quicker.
Note: Use transitions economically! Most professional movies
or TV shows use hard cuts as the rule and transitions less frequently.
Custom Slide FX with Alpha-keying
Alpha keying extends the range of transition effects used
to produce black & white movie transitions or selected color
fade-ins and fade-outs. Select “Alpha effect” in the video
controller and configure it as its own transition. Alpha keying uses the brightness of alpha key objects to regulate the
transition between two videos on adjacent tracks.
The alpha-keying object should reside between both videos. Where the alpha-keying object is black, the upper video
should fade in where the alpha key object is black, and the
lower video should fade into the white areas. Gray passages will result in a blend of both videos to produce a mix.
In colored passages, the brightness of the colors is used.
Copy your alpha key videos into the transition plug-ins subdirectory so you can easily access them for other projects.

Trimming or Fine-tuning videos
You can call up two trimming editors, a cut trimmer and
an object trimmer, from the Window menu or from the
context menus of video or image objects.
Both trimmers fine-tune objects on the tracks. The object
trimmer positions the individual object and its handle precisely within a frame. The cut trimmer configures crossfades or hard cuts in the same manner. Both trimmers are
tools for precise cutting.

Working method
The trimmers perform the tasks as object handles and shifting of objects on the tracks, only more precisely. . The
video material is movable within the object, without having
to move the object itself. Consider that an Object represents an instruction to play: The object specifies which
material is to be played and when. If you shift the playback
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rial within the object, the object remains in its place within
the arrangement, but the playback order of the content with
the object has been moved or rearranged.
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.
Note: Replays can sometimes appear shaky because the
processor may be over-worked and some frames may be
left out.
– The middle play button plays the arrangement “frame
by frame”, which means no frames are left out, but that
the replay may be slower.
– The left play button renders material before playing. This
method ensures a smoother playback.
The start marker in the timeline is reset when the rewind
and fast-forward functions are activated, allowing for complete control of transitions between two videos.
Increments: A click on the +/- buttons in both trim editors sets the handle or the material within an object exactly
into a frame. With the Ctrl key you can increase the frame
rate ( 5 frames/sec 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: This button adjusts the upper handles of an
object.
Object contents: This moves the video material about to
be played without changing the length of the object.
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First Frame / End Fade-In: Switches the left monitor between the first frame of the object and the end of the transition.
Start Fade-Out / last Frame: switches the right monitor
between the start of the transition and the last frame of the
object.
Left/Right -/+ buttons: Adjusts the lower object handles.
Next (previous) Object/cut: 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.
Cut Trimmer
9

1
11

7
11

Left -/+ button (1): This button moves the last frame of
the first object while adjusting the second. The length of
the transition remains unchanged. The display (in illustration 4) indicates the relative change in comparison with
the starting situation when the trimmer was opened.
Position (2): Moves the second object, altering the length
of the transition. This corresponds to shifting an object in
the arranger
Object contents (3): This moves the movie “underneath”
the second object without changing the length of the object and the transition.
Cross-fade (4): changes the transition’s length between
both objects. The objects remain of equal length. The length
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Middle -/+-button (5): Shifts the existing transition. Both
objects remain in their positions, only the transition’s center point moves.
Transition (6): displays the type of transition. A mouseclick opens a pop-up window from which you can select a
transition.
Right -/+ button (7): Move the first frame of the second
object. The first object and the transition remain unchanged, only the length of the second object changes.
Start Fade-Out / last Frame (9): switches the left monitor between the start of the transition and the last frame of
the object.
First Frame / End Fade-In (10): switches the right monitor between the first frame of the following object and the
end of the transition.
Next (previous) cut (11): These buttons skip to the next/
previous cut in the arranger. These buttons make it easy to
move and trim cuts in the arrangement without having to
leave the trimmer.

Minimizing Videos or Nestling One video inside
another
Videos can be made smaller in the video screen to appear
as a video within a video e.g. in order to appear upon the
surface of another video:
– Place two videos on two tracks. The video, which is to
serve as background for the currently selected object,
must be situated on the track above that object.
– Select the option “Video effects” in the context or effects
menu of the foreground video object.
– Change the size of the video with the help of the zoom
buttons
– Change the position of the foreground video with the
help of the position buttons or by drag & drop in the
video screen of the video controller.

Image Stabilization
The motion stabilizer reduces unsteady camera motion and
helps to smooth pans.
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Functionality
The motion stabilizer adjusts inadvertent movements in
the picture by shifting each incorrect movement in its opposite direction. This produces unusable edges in the footage that are cut off automatically, and black strips replace
the edge of the shifted picture, which are then removed
using a zoom shot. The result: a clearly more stable, almost imperceptibly larger picture.
Operation
Activate the motion stabilizer in the video object FX or context menus.
You will see the current video object in the top left corner
of the dialog.
– First click the “Analyze” button to scan the footage. –
Based on the preset parameters, a relative shift between
the pictures is calculated. After concluding the analysis,
take a look at the suggested correction, then use the slider
for further adjustments. Once you are happy with the
final correction, click OK.
If the first scan did not provide a satisfactory result, try
changing the parameters below and repeat the process:
Image stabilization dialog.

Stabilizing radius: To prevent the motion stabilizer from
recognizing every camera movement as unwanted shakiness, you can determine the radius within which movement is accepted: The larger the stabilization radius, the
more shakiness is corrected. Note: Changing this parameter will require re-analysis of the source footage.

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Analysis area: This area determines the area of the footage that should be analyzed. The center of the image is
preset. If shakiness occurs in another part of the picture,
relocate the analysis area. To do this, use the lasso to “capture” the shaky area. The smaller the area, the quicker the
analysis. Note: Changing this parameter will require reanalysis of the source footage.
Temporal smoothing: This value determines the speed
of the movements considered blurry. This allows you to
differentiate between a panning shot and a nervous handheld shot. Changes to this value are immediately applied.
Cancel: exits the dialog without accepting changes to settings.
Delete corrections: Resets the current settings.
New Value: The altered value for the temporal correction
is accepted and the new correction curve is set.

Video effects
All video effects work in real-time and can be dragged and
dropped from the ”Video FX” directory onto video and picture objects in the arranger.
Generally speaking, you can combine as many effects as
you want (for example, Blue Screen for a chroma-key effect, color enhancements, and a fast-motion effect). Call
up the video controller from the effects or context menu to
edit these effect combinations.
For further details on video effects and adjustments, see
the chapter ”Video controller”.

Video mix
This term refers to mixing various videos while simultaneously playing them. The video objects to be mixed must
be placed one below the other in the arranger so they overlap in time. Add a special video mix effect to the lower video,
which determines the parts that will be transparent for the
upper video. Note: The background video object must be
placed in the upper track. Example, if you want to put a
dancer on a landscape, place the landscape on track 1, the
dancer on track 2 and activate the Blue Screen effect for
the dancer.
For further information on video mix effects and adjustments, see the chapter ”Video effects”.

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Borders
Call up the ”Borders” directory with the ”Borders” button
to the left of the Media Pool. This directory contains bitmap
patterns for the borders of videos much like picture-frames
that can be modified by video mix effects. Drag them to the
lowest track of the arranger and select the Blue Screen or
Green Screen effect to make the blue or green space in the
middle transparent for the upper videos. This way you can
see the objects of the upper tracks of the arranger in the
field.
You can use the lower handles to adjust the size of the
borders to fit any length of the video. You can also achieve
interesting effects by inserting and discarding borders
within a video.

“Text”: Subtitles and credits
Activating the Text button in either the Filmbox or scene
opens a title editor. Enter text of any color or font for subtitles or credits, then choose from a variety of movements
(such as scrolling credits), effects and designs within the
template menu.

– Type the text for your video subtitles in the title editor.
– Enter the type of font, color, size etc. of your text. If you
want to format individual words or letters, mark them
with the mouse and select a different format.
– Select effects and dynamic animation from the “Templates” flip menu (such as downward-scrolling text).
– Use the scrollbar to the left and above the text window to
organize your text in the video screen and position it
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cally or horizontally. If you have selected moving text,
this position determines the starting position. A doubleclick on the scrollbar re-centers the title.
Note: Setting movement to text places the starting position of the title outside of the video window. You can,
however, always change the starting position.
The “Title length” setting determines the amount of
time a title is displayed.
The “Video Test” button previews the title in the video
monitor, together with the movie or scene.
Close the title editor by clicking the “OK” button.

Text objects and title presets
You can also use RTF files that can, like other media files,
be pulled from the Media Pool by drag & drop. Please note
that MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 reconfigures RTF files
into bitmap files, which take up a lot of memory. The
smaller the RTF file, the better!
Access the “Titles” directory is accessed with the “Title”
button in the Media Pool. This directory contains a selection of preset title templates. To integrate a title template
into your project, proceed as follows:
– Select a file. With a simple click, a preview is displayed
in the video window so that you can see how the template affects the title.
– Once you’ve found the right title template, drag & drop
it onto a track in the arranger. It is represented there as
a title object.
– The title editor (see above) opens automatically. Doubleclick to re-open it (or with a right mouse-click in the
context menu under “Title Editor”).

Create a video project for the Internet
Internet video/Streaming Export formats such as Real
Video, Windows Media and Quicktime Movie can are found
in the ‘File > Export Arrangement’ menu. When you select
one of these options, the current arrangement will be converted to the chosen format.
The Internet video formats are different from normal AVI
files in two ways:
– Streaming capability: Modern Internet browsers can play
Real Video, Windows Media and to a limited extent also
Quicktime videos even during the downloading process,
whereas normal AVI files must be completely downloaded prior to the start of play.
– Lower data rate: the Internet formats are optimized for
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vices. A dialog appears on export, for setting the playback data rate (i.e. dialup modem, or high speed access). If you use Windows Media or Quicktime videos
for the Internet, choose a suitable codec and use a small
pixel resolution to set up the necessary data rate.
Tip: In addition to the Internet export formats, MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro 2004 offers a function to help you create your own web
page. Please read the “Internet Functions” chapter for more
details.

Video export via video or graphics card
To save your MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 video onto digital videocassette, you must first export it as an AVI file,
typically DV-AVI that uses a special codec for compression.
Please check your video card’s user manual for more information. Your video card utilities may offer tools to save
the file onto videocassette.

Trouble-shooting checklist
If you encounter problems, check this list:
– In the AVI export dialog you must adjust the video size
to the size required by the video playback device. As the
resolution of the first video clip of your project determines the preset value, the size is usually also compatibly set. If you use videos with different resolutions in
your project, you must adjust the correct size manually,
for example 768x576 for full-screen, 720x540 for PAL
devices and 640x480 for NTSC videos
– The frame rate (number of images per second) must correspond to the video playback device for example 25
frames/second for PAL video and 30 frames/second for
NTSC video.
– The video compressor must be identical to the video card
compressor. Usually the name, which contains MJPEG
and the card name, identifies the video compressor.
– The data rate and the compression ratio must match your
system. The lower the compression, the higher the video
quality and the more memory that is required. As a general rule, a normal video in S-VHS quality requires approximately 2 MB per second, or 120 MB per minute.
– The drive where you want to store the target video should
be fast, large capacity hard-drive suitable for media-applications to guarantee a replay session without interruptions. Modern EIDE and SCSI hard-drives with a
capacity of several gigabytes are usually well suited for
these operations.

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– If you export a video from MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004,
your system media player will start automatically and
video replay will be set up. The current Microsoft Media
player uses a technology that is usually able to replay
most video formats without interruption. This Media
player is also included on the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
2004 installation CD, so you can use it even if your system has an older version. Some video cards include video
players specially designed and optimized for the hardware. In this case, close MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004,
load the video in this video player and start the replay.
– Make sure you have connected everything correctly:
– Video-out of the video card to video-in of the video
recorder
– Audio-out of the video or sound card to audio-in of
the video recorder
– Video-out of the video recorder should be connected
to a monitor or TV-set, so you can make sure thathe
video recorder is receiving the correct signal for
capture.
– Set the video recorder to the external port to which you
have connected the cable, for example AV1
– Check whether the media player actually exports the
sound material using the video card export device. If not,
you must adjust the video card driver: go to ”System >
Multi-media > Replay > Favorite device”. If necessary,
you can also activate the button ”Use only favorite device”.
– Set the sound control for the video (if you have one) to a
level where the maximum audio signal from the PC
equals the maximum level without distortion.
– Now set the video recorder to pause before capturing.
– Start the replay on your PC and deactivate the pause on
the video recorder at the same time. Now the replay
should work.
A further suggestion: the first replay of a new AVI is often erratic, as the PC still has to work on swapping and caching its
data. Stop the replay after a few seconds and start it again.
This time the replay should be smoother and uninterrupted.

Showing videos with the TV output
Video and graphics cards with a TV-out connection can
transmit video signals to an external video recorder when
connected by a cable, enabling you to record your video
with a VCR. The arrangement must however be played in
full-screen mode and recorded by the external device.

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1) Make sure that the TV output is activated in the Windows system control. Note: When this function is called
up for the first time, the program asks which screen
mode is being used (resolution and hue). This setting
will always be applied unless changed from the “file
menu > settings/information > full-screen playing options”. The greater the resolution, the greater the demand placed upon the computer. Try to reach a compromise between stable playbacks and picture quality.
The first option in the dialog plays the video in full-screen
mode directly from the arrangement. This often causes
problems if the processor has trouble keeping up with
real-time calculations of video effects or transitions.
2) If the first option works well, select “Render and play in
full-screen mode”. All of the tracks and effects are combined (rendered) into one file and subsequently played.
If you want to play a completed movie several times,
export it as an AVI file and then load it into a new movie.
It will now play without a constant need for re-rendering.

Playing videos on digital devices
The arrangement can be easily played on a digicams using
a Firewire interface.
Simply select the “Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI” option in the file menu. This opens the DV Export settings
dialog, however in most cases you can keep the existing
presets as they are. For more information, check out the
options available in the dialog.
If you want to play a rendered movie on DV, there’s no
need to render it again. Simply activate the “Play own DV
file” option and select your DV video from the “My audio
video” directory.

Audio
Load and edit audio files
All importable audio files can be accessed from the Media
Pool and previewed (as sound) by a click on the file name.
After listening to a few sound files, select one you wish to
work with and move it to the arranger window. To do this
click and hold on to the name of the sound file while dragging it into the arranger window. A rectangle the size of
your selection will appear. The sound file will be loaded
into the arranger at the position you release the mouse
button. You can repeat this process as many times as you
like to build your arrangement. To play two or more sound
files simultaneously, place the new sound file in a separate, adjacent track.
You can remove sound files from the arrangement by selecting them and pressing the delete key.
Edits, fine positioning, volume adjustment, fading in and
out, are all processed using the object tab directly in the
Arranger.

Scanning an audio CD
Loading music directly from an audio CD is a very useful
Media Pool function. The steps are similar to transferring
Wave files into an arrangement:
– Insert an audio CD into the CD-ROM drive on the PC
– Browse with the Media Pool to the new CD using the
“Scan CD” button
– The individual CD titles appear on the screen
– A simple mouse-click starts the playback of the CD title
for sampling purposes
– Drag & Drop into one track of the current arrangement
and the CD title will be digitally scanned and copied to
the hard-drive.
– The audio object appears in the track and can be played
back or edited immediately.
The scanned CD titles can be used later much in the same
way as normal audio objects (fades, audio effects or mixing).
Scanning CD tracks with the recording dialog
A special extraction routine is used to scan audio CDs in
the CD ROM drive: The audio data is extracted in digital
form by the CD-ROM drive. Some CD-ROM drives do not
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error message) or only support it with difficulty (results in
audio objects with cracking noise, skips, etc.). In this event,
the CD may be ‘scanned‘ by recording it into the computer.
When recording the CD to the computer, the CD titles are
simply played back from the CD-ROM drive and are rerecorded as .WAV by the sound card. Before recording a
CD to your computer, change the program settings in
the“File > Audio / Video Options” menu.. To ensure
trouble-free recording of the CD titles using Dialog Recording, the audio output on the CD-ROM drive must also be
connected with the sound card input. This connection is
usually already set up in today’s multimedia PCs. If not,
this is easily done by installing a cable inside the computer
case.

Audio recording
Songs, noises or instruments can be easily recorded in
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 using the recording function.
Recording from a stereo system: Use the lineout or
AUX-out jacks on the back of your amplifier, receiver or
tape deck. This requires connecting the device output to
the soundcard input (usually red in color). If your amplifier doesn’t have a separate output (other than the speakers), use the connection intended for headphones. In this
case, you will need a cable with two 1/8” mini-stereo jacks.
This type of connection has the advantage of the separate
volume control used to set the headphone input signal level.
However, since headphone connections generally do not
sound the best we suggest that t you use the line outputs
wherever possible.
Recording cassettes from a tape deck: Connect the tape
deck’s lineouts directly to the soundcard input.
Recording LPs (vinyl records), do NOT connect the record
player’s output directly with to soundcard, because the
phonon signal must be pre-amplified. In this case, the headphone connection output or an external photo pre-amp
output is recommended.

Adjusting the signal level
Adjusting the signal level to the sound card is also recommend to get the best sound quality when recording digitally.
Once a recording source is connected to the soundcard,
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the recording source. 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 soundcard, you can only
reduce the signal level in your soundcard’s software mixer
interface. You can call it up in the recording dialog by activating “Level adjustment”.
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.
“Audio” recording dialog

Audio driver: Selects the soundcard for the recording.
Name: Name the audio file about to be recorded, and the
destination path and director where it will be saved.
Playback during the recording: This option is particularly helpful for overdubbing narrations. When activated,
the selected movie will be played while recording the audio, allowing better overdub timing.
Advanced: opens a window in which you can select one of
three special functions:

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– By selecting the “Normalize after recording” option, the
material is set to the maximum volume after recording.
For the best results, try to set the source material as loud
as possible without distorting it. Use the peak meter display in the recording dialog to assist you with this.
– “Mono” creates a mono recording and requires half of
the hard drive space required for stereo.
– “Real-time sample rate adjustment” automatically
matches the sample rate of a new file to be recorded
with the sample rate of the selected movie sound track.
Recording quality: Sets the sound quality of the recording. Choose from medium wave, FM or CD quality from
the preset menu.
Record: Click this button to start recording
Stop: Click this button to stop recording
”Ducking” (reducing the sound volume): 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 arranger during the recording session (”ducking”). A
volume curve controls the whole process, produces the fading in and out of effects automatically and guarantees consistent overall volume.

Adding background music using the Wizard
(Song Maker)

Arrange your own background music or let the Wizard do
it for you.
1. Activate the Song Wizard with the “Wizard” button or
from the file menu.
2. Select a music style.
3. Select the instruments that you want to use. A blue highlight under names in the instrument selection box means
that those particular instruments have been chosen. If,
for example, you only want a rhythm section with drums
and bass, deactivate the other instruments with a mouseclick.
4. Enter the desired length of the song or portion of a song
in seconds. You will always achieve an appealing musical result.
5. Specify whether a Wizard will create a completely new
arrangement, attach a new part to an existing arrange-

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ment, or add new elements to the existing blocks. The
Wizard will automatically add new virtual sound blocks
to the tracks in the Arranger. These are simply musical
suggestions and are not yet permanent.6. Listen to the
suggestion by pressing, “Play” under “Preview (audio)”.
If you do not like the result, create other arrangements,
song parts or enhancements by selecting the appropriate option in the “Arrangement Options” section of the
Wizard Dialog.

7. If you agree with the Wizard’s suggestions, click on “OK”
to add the suggested blocks to the existing arrangement.
A click on “Terminate” ends the Wizard and returns to
the original arrangement status.

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Arranging MAGIX sound files
The name of each sound file gives you detailed information about its content.

bass a 01 . wav
Sound

Type of groove

Tonality/Pitch

Extension

You can tell which sound files work well together by their
names. For example: sound files with the number 01 sound
good together. String section, trumpet, singer or keyboard,
it doesn’t matter. You can create melodies by combining
various combinations of numbers. e.g.
bass_a01

bass_a04

bass_a02

bass_a03

For some interesting harmonies try combining different
instruments using the same order. e.g.
keys_a01

keys_a04

keys_a02

keys_a03

The type of groove the sound file has is expressed by a
letter. A possible combination could be:
bass_a01

bass_b04

bass_a02

bass_c03

The pitch remains the same while the rhythm changes.
Here are several combinations to get you started:
T1:
T2:
T3:
T4:

drum_01
bass_a01
keys_a01
guit_a01

drum_01
bass_b04
keys_a04
guit_c04

drum_01
bass_a02
keys_a02
guit_b02

drum_01
bass_c03
keys_b03
guit_d03

Effects for adding music

The MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 special effects are designed for modifying sound and adding sound tracks.
Produce the sensation of spatial depth using reverb and
echo effects. The equalizer allows you to modify the frequency, such as boosting the bass. The compressor is a
dynamic volume control that lets you produce a focused
and more powerful sound. The Stereo FX processor allows
you to adjust the position in the stereo panorama while the
de-noiser and de-hisser functions give you professional
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in real-time. . For further information on the individual
effects options, see the chapter on ”Audio effects”.

Mix down of audio objects
If the arranger becomes too full to manage, the system is
out of RAM, or you just want to ”summarize” your production, use the mix down function to convert the entire audio
arrangement into a single audio file. Just click on the mix
down button in the button bar or select the function from
the ”Processing” menu.
You can choose a name and a destination for storing the
mix down object. The default directory is ”MyAV”.
Storage of the audio arrangement will take up a little more
space on your hard-drive, but it requires less RAM for playback than an unmixed entire arrangement. Note:
The mix down effect optimizes the volume automatically.
Even if the mix down function is used various times, you
will not lose audio quality.

Adding a sound track using MIDI songs
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 can load, arrange and play
back MIDI files as easily as Wave files, video or bitmap
files or software plug-ins.
A few words about MIDI: MIDI files do not contain the
actual sounds like Wave files, only the note control information. This data is interpreted to effect playback by the
synthesizer chip on the sound card. This has several advantages:
1. MIDI files need a lot less memory than Wav files. Therefore, more MIDI files fit on a CD-ROM.
2. MIDI files can be adapted to any beat (BPM) without
affecting the sound. Only the playback tempo needs to
be changed.
3. MIDI files are very easy to transpose to another pitch –
as a result, a section in a song does not have to be saved
in several different keys. The version in C major is sufficient – it can then be transposed to any key by simply
clicking on the right mouse button.
The disadvantage of MIDI files: The sound is not true audio. The audio is only produced when the synthesizer chip
on the sound card plays it back. As a result, high-quality
sound cards or external synthesizers will sound completely
different and better than standard sound cards, depending
upon the settings for playback “voices”. Therefore, it is
definitely worth using a good sound card or external MIDIto-sound generator with your MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004!

Audio
Arranging MIDI files
Integrating MIDI files in an arrangement:
Search for a directory containing MIDI files using the
Media Pool located at the left edge of the screen. Click on a
file – it will be played back immediately so that you do not
need to guess which file you want to load. Now drag the
desired file into the arrangement – and that’s all!
An object will appear in which the MIDI notes are shown
by dots. The high notes are dots in the upper section; the
lower notes are the dots further down in the lower section.
You can even see the striking intensity of the notes. The
louder the note is played, the brighter it appears on the
screen.
MIDI objects may be arranged, the volume may be modified (middle handle) or fades (in or out) may be added (top
right and left handles) in the same way as audio, video or
synthesizer objects. The Element Bar lets you “open” an
entire track instantly from a MIDI loop. If you do not hear
anything on the MIDI file, check the MIDI replay device in
the Playback parameters window (P key or Menu “File >
Settings > Playback parameters”). Your sound card driver
or your MIDI interface must be set here!
MIDI interface and external sound generator
Naturally, MIDI objects can also be played back over a MIDI
interface onto external synthesizers, sound modules, etc.
Initially set FX to 1.0. The timing between MIDI and audio
can be balanced later if you notice a drift between the two.
This is important for very slow arrangements, where the
sample rate on the sound card is not precise enough. The
MIDI drivers can be set in the Playback parameter window
(P key or Menu “File > Settings > Playback parameters”).
Convert MIDI files to audio files
Before exporting (as a video, for example) an arrangement,
all MIDI objects must first be “transformed” into audio
objects. They contain only pure control information for the
sound reproduction.
First, connect the MIDI sound producer (usually the
soundcard) output to the soundcard input. Now the MIDI
file can be played back and simultaneously recorded as an
audio file using the record function. The result is an audio
file that can be processed and exported normally, together
with other multimedia files.
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Using video effects
Drag & Drop
The video effects are stored in the ”Video FX” directory,
which maybe opened using the corresponding Media Pool
button. All video effects feature preview functions can be
dragged & dropped onto video and picture objects in the
arranger.
Video controller
Select a video or picture object before opening the video
controller from the effects menu or context menu (right
mouse-click on the object). The starting image of the video
is displayed on the video screen in the video controller. Play
or stop the video object using the corresponding buttons.
This causes the entire object to be played in a loop within
the arranger, together with the background video in a mixing effect. Forward or reverse the video with the position
slider.
Try any effect or effect combination. The video controller
will not adopt the setting until the OK button is clicked to
close the video controller. Clicking on the X button will
close the controller (abort the process) without adopting
the settings.
Effects curves
Many effects may be manipulated using the effect curves
for a more dynamic application of the effect.

Video controller
Zoom
Zoom resizes the entire video.
Position Control
The ‘position’ control allows you to shift the originally centered video in any direction. This makes it possible to superimpose several videos by setting the mixing effect
‘stamp’ for the respective bottom video (see below).
Rotary control
It is possible to rotate the image with the large rotary control, located on the right, below the video screen. A doubleclick returns it to the neutral twelve o’clock position.
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Optical FX
In this section you will find several optical effects.
Sensor fields
You can intuitively influence sensor fields with mouse
movements. The graphics and the respective effect setting
change in response to each other.
Whirlpool: The image is twisted into an S-shape.
Motion: Moving parts of the image are intensified and
enhanced.
Echo: The moving images create an optical ‘echo’; previous images stand still and gradually turn paler until they
completely disappear.
Fish-eye: The perspective is distorted as if the image was
viewed through a fish-eye lens.
Mosaic: The video is composed of different images and
resembles a mosaic.
Soften: A soft-focus image is shown.
Lens: The image is dynamically distorted at the edges.
Blur: The image becomes blurred.
Sand: The image is depicted in a granulated manner.
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Erosion: The image is broken-up by means of small rectangles and resembles a ‘patchwork’.
Dilate: The image is broken down into cell-like elements.
Emboss: The edges are put in strong relief.
Contour
The image is reduced to its contours in two sizes (3x3 or
5x5). It is possible to either select vertical or horizontal contours.
Speed
The playing speed can be adjusted with the slider control.
In the minus range, the video plays backwards. If the playing speed is increased, the object length in the arranger is
automatically shortened.
Color FX
This dialog changes the colors.
Substitution: Based on the RGB scale, the red, green and
blue portions are exchanged for a surreal color effect.
Shift: Colors are increasingly reversed. Blue colors turn
red, green ones appear purple.
Quantize: Depending on the setting, colors are either
rounded up or down so that the overall number of colors is
reduced. This creates grids and patterns.
Color controls: Focus, brightness, contrast and color
intensity can be adjusted individually for every object by
means of the four sliding controls, similar to a monitor
adjustment.
Symmetry
This section contains video effects for breaking down images.
Mirror V/H: The object is mirrored vertically or horizontally to appears the reversed or upside down.
Flip V/H: The upper or left half of the object is flipped to
the bottom or to the right.
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Kaleidoscope: the left upper corner is mirrored horizontally and vertically.
Mix FX
This section contains the mixing effects used to mix together a foreground and background videos to create an
overlay effect. The video chosen to serve as the background
for the currently selected foreground object must be positioned on the track above that object.
For all mixing effects, which are situated in the light blue
range of the mix FX, special adjustments can be made with
the two slide controls.
Mix: This button mixes the two videos together. With the
aid of the fade handles, very soft cross-fades can be achieved
between the partially overlapping videos.
Stamp: The currently selected object is ‘stamped’ into the
video on the track above the object. This is only possible if
the bottom video only takes up part of the image, as otherwise only the bottom (currently selected) video would be
visible. The object should be reduced first, or moved by
means of the edit functions (see above).
Transparent: One video is made transparent. The video
on the top track is seen “through” the video on the lower
track.
Black/blue/white/green Screen (Chroma key): This
function creates a composite of two videos. The selected
video covers up the video on the top track and all black/
blue/white/green areas appear transparent. With this studio-style effect it is possible to ‘place’ a person who has
been recorded in front of a blue (or green, white or black)
background into any type of landscape or background.
Alpha: This video effect uses the brightness of a video to
control a cross-fading effect between two other videos on
neighboring tracks. The additional videos should be situated directly above and below the alpha-keying object. In
all black passages of the alpha-keying object, the top video
is faded in, while in all white passages the bottom video is
shown. Grey passages are permeable for both videos and
create a mixture of the two. In the case of colored passages,
the brightness of the color is used for control purposes.
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Video cleaning
This option opens an editor for correcting discrepancies in
video material.

Select the cleaning function you desire from the upper part
of the dialog: Brightness & Contrast. Sharpness, Color or
De-interlace.
The position fader allows you to see how the selected setting works for a particular part of a movie or scene.
Presets: Try out the presets in the preset menu.
Automatic setting: This button usually offers a good effect setting. Simply select an image with the fader, then
click on “Automatic setting”. The optimum cleaning setting will be applied to the whole scene.
All effects off: Switches off all of the effects off, allowing you to compare the original and edited material.
Apply to all scenes: Applies the selected cleaning settings
to every scene of the selected movie.
Practical example
Let’s assume that you want to remove an overexposed passage from your video that spoils an otherwise perfect recording.
1. In Timeline mode, turn the passage that you want to correct into an object. To do this, place the S marker at the
beginning and at the end of the passage, each time clicking the scissor button (“Cut scene“, shortcut: t).
2. Select the object you want to correct and click on “Video
Cleaning” in the effects menu.

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3. Modify the brightness until the image is exposed correctly (and if necessary, the contrast too) before exiting
the editor by clicking on “OK”.
Brightness
The faders increase or decrease image brightness and contrast. By selecting “Brightness” in the preset list, you can
choose from a number of standard curves or edit only the
darkest, mid-range, or brightest parts of the image.
Sharpness
The fader allows you to regulate the level of image sharpness.

The “Fine Tuning” option allows you to determine the level
of focus for particular surfaces or borders.
Color

Video effects
You can increase or reduce the color portions of images
with the “hue” fader. A newly developed algorithm makes
the change in color as natural as possible. With some experimenting, you can achieve some amazing results – such
as turning summer images into autumnal pictures, or creating funky Pop Art...
Color: A selection of colors to add to images.
Hue: Increases or reduces the color portions of an image.
Red/Green/Blue: Changes the color portion mix.
De-Interlace
This option serves to open an editor for performing various adjustments for the TV picture. Apart from the interlace and anti-flicker filter, you can also adapt the photo show
to the actual scale of the television frame. A special algorithm ensures an optimal ratio between image size and
image borders (anti cropping).

Interpolation for interlace source material: Select
this option to remove ridge structures from the (video) image. If you, for instance, extract freeze frames from a video,
these ridge structures appear in image sections showing
movement.
Anti-flicker filter: Select this option for freeze frames
with very fine structures and high contrast. You can use it
to remove the flickering on your TV screen during playback.
Border cropping - offset: Select this option if the edges
are cropped during playback on your television. In this case
the values of the master effect setting are used (see below).

Video effects
Scene Recognition/ Creating subtitles/AntiShake Filter/Trimmer
Please read the “Videos and Images” chapter for more details.

Movement
With the help of these functions, you can move cropped
image in such a way that it appears as though the camera
is panning. The crop can be either 50 % or pre-selected.
Zooming can be simulated, e.g. for viewing far into distant
landscapes.
Pan left - > right (right - > left): This option is suitable for
particularly broad panorama shots. The picture is panned
from left to the right (or vice versa). The time indicator of
the picture is extended automatically for pictures in the
standard 4:3 format.
Zoom in
Zooms slowly into 50% of the picture. If a crop has already
been assigned, then the zoom in is implemented within
the cropped material. Select the crop by drawing a frame
on the video screen with the mouse.
Zoom out
Zooms out to the entire picture. If a crop has already been
assigned, then the zoom out is implemented within the
cropped material. Select the crop by drawing a frame on
the video screen with the mouse.
Reset
Resets the image movement back to its original status. All
zoom effects are also reset.

Crop
Crops can be used,
– to only show part of an image.
– to apply a movement effect to the cropped material –
the result is a form of camera movement. Please read
the “Movement” chapter.
Zoom 2*
Zooms two-fold into the image so that you only see 50% of
the original image.
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Zoom 3*
Zooms three-fold into the image so that you only see 3% of
the original image.
Free
Select your own crop area by drawing a frame around the
area on the video screen with the mouse.
Retain Proportions
As with “Free”, you can select your own area for cropping
– except that in this case the original 4:3 dimensions are
retained.
Reset
Resets the image size back to its original. Status. All effects are also reset.

Section
Section > Zoom 1/2
The video takes up only 50% of the screen.
Section > Zoom 1/3
The video takes up only 33% of the screen.
Section > Free
Select the area into which the picture is to be shown by
describing the area in the video screen with the mouse.
Section > Proportions fixed
Just like with ”Free”, this feature also allows you to select
any segment you want, however, the proportional relationships of the photo’s height and width remain unchanged
such that there are no distortions.
Section > Reset
Allows you to restore the segment back to the full size of
the photo. The entire photo can be seen again. Consequently, all motion effects are automatically reset as well.

Controlling Effects with Curves
In addition to static object-based effects, it is also possible
to use dynamic object effects controlled by freely definable
curves.
Selection and editing of the object curve effects takes place
within the Dynamic Effects dialog, which is opened from
the context menu and/or the FX menu.

Video effects

Here you can activate different effects to be controlled by a
definable curve. All effects are arranged according to
groups; activated effects are check-marked and are separately listed in the bottom part of the dialog. The bottom
part of the dialog lists all the audio and video effects, which
are currently activated and which can be adjusted with an
accompanying curve.
Invert envelope
The current curve is mirrored on the horizontal 0-axis.
Delete envelope
The current effect curve is deleted.
Active Adjustment: This option ensures that the effect
curve matches any extension or reduction of the object.
e.g. If you want to control a zoom shot via an effect curve
(and at the end of the zoom shot the object should be extended in the track), you should deactivate this option.
Rhythmic envelope
This option creates a so-called ‘envelope’ for controlling
effects. It ‘envelops’ the audio files on the track in different
ways. In this manner it is possible to directly control effects by rhythm of the music.
After you have called the option ‘rhythmic envelope’ in the
‘dynamic effects’ dialog, a selection dialog appears where
you can define the shape of the envelope more closely.
Beat-based: With this option, the shape of the envelope –
and thus the effect portion in the video – follows the beat
of the arrangement. Four different basic shapes are available for the beat-based envelope: 2 saw-tooth shapes, rectangle and triangle.
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These shapes are regularly run through the video (visualized) in time with the beat and control the intensity of the
activated effect.
On the left side of the dialog you can adjust whether the
basic envelope shape is to be run through once per eighth,
quarter, half or whole note.
Options: This takes you to an additional dialog, which determines the direction and strength of the beat influence
on the envelope.
Scan envelope: As an alternative to the beat-based envelope, the volume course of an audio track can be used as an
envelope for the video. Loud passages make strong video
effects, while quiet passages create weak effects. In this
way, a drum loop can, for instance, control the distortion
of a dancer.
Normalize first: With this function, the level of the audio object is normalized first before the object is scanned
to create an envelope. (See also ‘audio effects’, section ‘normalizer’ in this regard).
Editing the effect curve on the track
– The curve can either be edited with the individual handles
(in standard mouse mode) or by freely drawing the effect curve (in curve-editing mouse mode).
– New handles can be added to the curve in standard mode
with a double-click, existing ones can be deleted with a
double-click.
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– All handles can be moved with the mouse in a horizontal and vertical direction. The intensity of the effect simultaneously changes during playback.
Editing the effect curve in the dialog
Standard mode: Before playback, it is possible to use a
slider to create and vertically move a point of the effect curve
at the start cursor’s position. During playback, an effect
curve can be created using the slider to create a handle at
the respective position of the play cursor, depending on
the desired slider position.
Drawing mode: If you move the slider in the dialog, a curve
which follows the slider movement is drawn on the track
between start and end marker.

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Using audio effects
Drag & Drop
The audio effects are stored in the ”Audio FX” directory.
Open the directory by clicking the corresponding Media
Pool button. All audio effects feature preview functions and
can be dragged & dropped onto audio objects in the arranger.
FX or context menu
The majority of effects also have an effect module, which
allows you to intuitively adjust them. First select an audio
object and drop an effect on it. Feel free to play with the
module’s buttons, faders and sensors, as they are non-destructive the sound will be calculated in real-time during
replay) and will not harm your original sound material.
Test it out with the presets first.
Master FX rack
”Master FX” gives you audio effects for the overall sound.
You can open the Master FX rack from the mixer window.
Effect curves
Apart from the audio and video effects and the global audio effects, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers object effects, which can be controlled using freely definable curves.

Audio Cleaning
This option opens an editor for correcting noise, distortion
or other audio discrepancies.
Select the cleaning function you desire from the upper part
of the dialog:
– The equalizer allows you to manipulate the frequency
spectrum – perfect for cleaning-up muffled dialog.
– The compressor is a dynamic volume control lends a
deeper, richer quality to the overall sound.
– 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.

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Presets: Select and test the variety of presets in the preset
menu.
Automatic setting: This button offers a good effect setting for the material selected.
Temporarily deactivate all effects: Switches off all the
effects.
Apply to all scenes: Applies the selected cleaning settings
of all effects to every scene of the selected movie.
Denoiser
The denoiser removes persistent background noise, such
as computer hum, hissing, noises from sound charts, disturbance from ground circuits, interference from audioequipment with high-impedance outputs (such as recordplayers), impact noise or the turntable rumble.
The denoiser requires a noise sample. Some typical noise
sounds are included in the flip menu.
Set the degree to which the noise should be reduced with
the fader. It is often better to reduce interference signals
by 3-6 dB rather than as much as is possible so as to keep
the sound “natural”. Or, create a noise sample yourself by
capturing a short sample from the sound track in which
only the background noise can be heard. Then switch to
the denoiser dialog using the “Advanced” button.

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Step 1: Select noise sample
You have two possibilities:
Pick out typical background noise: You can select and
use a number of typical background noises from the flip
menu. Select one and listen to it with the “Play” button. If
it is similar to the background noise in your sound track,
go ahead and use it (see “Step 2: Removing background
noise”).
Extracting a new noise sample from a sound track:
You can also pick out a short passage (from the existing
sound track) in which you can hear the background noise.
Automatic search: Searches especially quiet passages in
which background noise is most noticeable.
Previous / play / next: This button allows you to play all
of the passages found for easy comparison.
Save as: Once found, you can save noise samples on the
hard-drive. They then appear as entries in the “Typical background noises” flip menu to be used in other projects.
There’s no need to save it if you only want to use it once, in
which case switch to “Remove background noise”.
Step 2: Remove background noise
Noise level: The level of the noise reduction function
should be set as precisely as possible. Low settings result
in incomplete deletion of the hissing noise. An incomplete
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be avoided. High settings produce dull results – useful signals (such as the “air” of a wind instrument), that sound
similar to hissing noise are also filtered away. It’s worth
your time to seek out the best setting.
Reducer: This sets the balance between the original signal and the signal with the applied noise reduction. It is
often better to reduce interference signals by 3-6 dB rather
than as much as is possible so as to keep the sound “natural”. With buzzing, it’s best to apply complete removal.
Dehisser

The Dehisser eliminates regular “white” noise, typically
produced by analog tape recordings, microphones, preamplifiers or transformers.
Noise reduction can be adjusted in decibel increments with
the fader. It is often better to reduce interference signals
by 3-6 dB rather than as much as is possible so as to keep
the sound “natural”.
Equalizer
The 10-track equalizer divides the frequency spectrum into
10 areas (bands) and supplies each with separate volume
controls, which allows you to achieve many impressive effects from the simple boosting of the bass, to total sound
transformation. Note that if you raise the low frequencies
too much throughout the whole level, it can cause distortions.

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Fader: The volume of each of the ten frequency bands can
be set separately with the ten volume controls.
Link frequency bands: The frequency fields can be
bundled together flexibly in order to avoid artificial-sounding overemphasis in individual frequency fields.
Compressor

The compressor is an automated dynamic volume control.
It limits overall dynamics, maintains the volume of loud
passages so they stay loud, and increases the volume of
low passages. Compression is often used to make the material sound more powerful, particularly for bass-heavy recordings and vocals, but also as master effects in the mixer
for adding to the overall sound.
Ratio: Regulates the amount of compression applied.

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Function: Defines the compressor’s mode of operation
depending upon the sound material.
Stereo FX

With the Stereo-FX processor you can treat the positioning
of the audio material in the stereo balance. If the stereo
recordings sound unfocused and undifferentiated, in terms
of being able to pinpoint an instrument’s location in the
panorama between right and left speakers, an extension of
the stereo base-width can often provide a better transparency.
Bandwidth Control: This adjusts bandwidth between
mono (on the extreme left), unchanged base-width (center) and maximum band-width (“wide”, on the extreme
right).
Reducing the bandwidth can produce a rise in the level. In
extreme cases - when the left and the right channels include identical material and the bandwidth control is
pushed to the extreme left on “mono” - the result can be a
level rising to 3 decibels hotter.
Raising the band-width (values of 100) diminishes the
mono compatibility.

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Effect devices and Master FX
These effects are controlled in the conventional way by the
use of slider controls, turning knobs, or buttons or alternatively using the graphic sensor fields.

Sensor fields
Sensor fields can be intuitively used with mouse movements, the sound of the audio and the respective effect settings change according to the mouse movement. For every
effect, 2 settings are simultaneously affected with in the
sensor fields (such as echo delay and feedback).
Power
Every effect device in the rack can be separately switched
on or off.
Reset
Every effect has a reset button that restores the effect
device’s initial default (off). The effect is not calculated into
the sound, and the effect is not rendered.
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Preset
Each effect device is equipped with a selection of presets
are selected through the drop-down menu.
Bypass
Some effects are equipped with a bypass button, which
bypasses the effect device. The bypass button allows you to
directly compare the neutral, unedited sound of the audio
object with the effect setting you have chosen.
A/B
Similar to the bypass button, the A/B-button also compares
two settings with each other. If you have selected a preset
for the effect and make manual changes to it later, you can
compare the original preset sound with the new settings
by using the A/B-button.

EQ (Master FX)
The 10-band equalizer subdivides the frequency spectrum
into ten areas (‘bands’) and equips them with separate volume controls. This way it is possible to create many impressive effects, from a simple boosting of the bass to complete elimination of a certain range of frequencies. Note:
If low frequencies are boosted too much, the overall sound
level is heavily increased which may lead to distortion. In
this event, adjust the overall volume downward by using
the ‘master volume’ control situated at the bottom center
of the effect rack.

Slider control: Each of the ten frequency ranges can be
separately boosted or turned down with the ten volume
controls.
Link bands: Using this button randomly combines the frequency ranges with each other in to avoid artificial-sounding overemphasis of an individual frequency range.

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Touch screen (right EQ section): This is the ‘sensor
field’ of the EQ. Here you can draw any type of curve with
the mouse. This will be immediately translated into a corresponding control setting on the left side of the EQ.

Audio effects
Compressor (Master FX)
The compressor is an automated, dynamic volume control: loud peaking passages are evened out while soft ones
become louder, creating a uniform, impressive sound. A
compressor can be put to good use for bass recordings and
vocals, but also as master effect in the mixer for subsequent editing of the overall sound.
Processing is carried out using a “look-ahead” method, similar to high-quality studio appliances. There are no peak overmodulations or other artifacts, as the algorithm can never
be ‘surprised’ by sudden level peaks.

Ratio: This parameter controls the amount of compression.
Threshold: Set the volume threshold, below and above
which compression is applied.
Attack: Set how quickly the algorithm takes to react to increasing sound levels. Short attack times can create an
undesirable ‘pumping’ sound, as the volume is quickly reduced or increased correspondingly.
Release: Set how quickly the algorithm takes to react to
falling sound levels.

Stereo FX (Master FX)
With the Stereo FX processor, you can determine the positioning of the audio material in the stereo balance. If the
stereo recordings sound unfocused and undifferentiated,
an extension of the stereo base-width can often provide a
better transparency.

Bandwidth control: Adjusts the bandwidth between
mono (on the extreme left), unchanged band-width (center), and maximum band-width (”wide”, on the extreme
right).

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Reducing the bandwidth can raise the level. In extreme
cases – when the left and right channels include identical
material and the bandwidth control is pushed to the extreme left on ”mono” – the result can be a level rise of 3
decibels. Raising the band-width (values of 100) diminishes
the mono compatibility.
Volume control: Adjusts the volume of every single channel, thereby adjusting the entire balance. The reduction
of left and right levels is displayed under the control buttons. A centered recording can be moved later to the left or
right of the stereo balance.
Stereo meter: This provides a graphic display of the phase
relation of the audio signal. You can use it to review the
orientation of the signal in the stereo balance and the effect of the stereo enhancer.
In order to get a maximum stereo compatibility, the displayed graphic should be close to a diagonal line. Otherwise some of the frequency ranges can eliminate each other,
when the stereo signal is played on a mono player (phasecancellation).
Karaoke-Presets: You can choose the karaoke function
from the presets of the stereo-FX processor. This function
removes most of the frequency ranges where vocals are
typically found. Create your own karaoke-style CD and sing
along with the song!

Digital audiometer (Master FX)

A digital audiometer, which supplies separate level control
indicators for every channel of the ten frequency bands, is
situated below the sound warper on the master FX-rack.
This device is used for orientation purposes, such as selective equalizer editing.

Echo / Reverb (Master FX, FX menu)

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Reverb
Reverb supplies a high-quality reverberation that can be
defined with ‘room size’; ‘time’ and ‘color’ controls and
mixed into the original sound with ‘mix’.

Audio effects
Room size: This control button controls a room simulator
that calculates the reverb effect dependant on the room size.
If the control is turned completely to the left, it sounds as if
the audio object has been recorded in a tiny room, turned
completely to the right, one can listen to the object as if it
had been recorded in a cathedral.
Time: This setting determines the length of the ‘reverb trail’
(fading decay phase) of the sound.
Color: This controls the type of reverb (duller or brighter).
Mix: This control determines the mixing ratio between the
unedited original sound (‘dry’ signal) and the reverb portion (‘wet’ signal).
Echo
The echo effect is further refined with ‘delay’ and ‘feedback’ amounts and calculated into the original sound by
means of ‘mix’.
Delay: This sets the period of time between the individual
echoes. The more the control is turned to the left, the faster
the echoes will follow each other.
Feedback: This adjusts the number of echoes. Turn the
dial completely to the left, there is no echo at all; turn it
completely to the right and there are seemingly endless
repetitions.

Time Processor (FX menu)

This effect device changes the object’s speed and/or pitch.
Pitch: This control changes the pitch independent of the
object’s speed (‘pitch-shifting’).
Speed: This control changes the speed independent of the
pitch (‘time-stretching’). The object acts as if it were compressed or stretched on the track.
Tones/BPM: These fields are used to numerically enter
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ready equipped with information regarding pitch and speed,
which makes them particularly suitable for numeric entries. Other sound files’ BPM can be automatically BPMdetermined with the find function.
Setup: This button opens a setup dialog, for selecting different procedures for pitch-shifting and time-stretching.
The beat marker procedure is particularly suitable for drum
sounds with single, clear amplitudes. This procedure
searches the files for existing beat markers or automatically sets beat markers before speed and pitch are recalculated. During recalculation, the intervals between the beat
markers are taken into account first, which results in limiting sound distortions yet retaining the ‘punch’ of beats.
The newer versions of MAGIX sound pools contain files
equipped with beat markers and are particularly suited to
the beat marker procedure.
In the setup dialog selects whether the new beat marker
procedure is to be used for all files or only for files that are
already equipped with beat markers. In addition, it is possible to select a simplified re-sampling procedure, where
the pitch can only be changed based on the speed, similar
to the ‘pitch’ controls of record players. This procedure takes
the least amount of computing time.

Normalize/Reduce volume/Set volume
These functions, located in both the effects menu and the
context menu, control the sound volume for individual
objects, just like the object handles in the arranger. The
mixer also controls
Overall volume, and the volume for each individual track.
The ”Normalize” function raises the volume of an object
to its maximum without distortion.
Key:

Shift + k (normalize)
Shift + l (reduce volume)

Controlling Effects with Curves
In addition to static object-based effects, it is also possible
to use dynamic object effects controlled by freely definable
curves. The Dynamic Effects dialog selects and edits the
object curve effects and is opened from the the context
menu and/or the FX menu.
Please read the “Video Effects” chapter for more details
regarding the dynamic effects options.
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Mixer
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 includes a real-time mixer
with a master effects section that professionally mixes all
the tracks within an arrangement. Open the mixer with
the M key (also: “Window > Mixer” menu).

Faders & buttons
Each channel has its own volume or brightness fader, enabling the volume to be lowered quickly and accurately,
and to add more bass or to fade out a video that is currently
playing.
– This fader also acts on any linked MIDI files. -The stereo position for each track is defined with the Pan controls.
– The total volume can be re-adjusted with the master controls. This does not affect the MIDI files, so a balance
may be achieved between MIDI and audio. If the MIDI
objects are too quiet, simply increase the setting of the
respective track controls and reduce the master control.
– Double-clicking on any of the controls resets it to its default passive setting (no boost or cut in level) that does
not require processor output.
– Open the mixer with the M key (also: “Window > Mixer”
menu).
– The master controls adjust the overall volume, without
affecting MIDI files, so MIDI and audio files can be
aligned. If the MIDI objects are too quiet, raise the position of the corresponding track control and reduce the
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– The Master effect rack controls the overall sound. Please
refer to the ‘Audio Effects’ chapter for details on master
effects.

DirectX audio Plug-Ins
The MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 supports DirectX audio
Plug-Ins. These are generally effect modules such as reverb, equalizer, etc. which are separately plug-ins available
from a range of companies. With the standardized DirectX
interface, it is possible to link all these Plug-Ins to the mixer.
This greatly expands the spectrum of the possible audio
effects and extends to the Plug-Ins used in the professional
sector! The DirectX system must be installed on your PC
prior to using the DirectX Plug-Ins – a manual installation
is only required on rare occasions. Generally, DirectX is
already available through the Windows installation. If your
processor does not have the DirectX System installed on it,
you can find a DirectX Installer on the MAGIX Movie Edit
Pro 2004 CD-ROM.
Effect Plug-Ins in the Mixmaster
Clicking on one of the DirectX buttons in the Mixer opens
a pop-up menu, for selecting the required Plug-In.
All of the audio data can be conducted through the plug-in
as an Insert effect in the mixer master. A mastering tool
such as an equalizer or a loudness maximizer plug-in would
be a good idea here.
Effect Plug-Ins on the AUX paths
AUX 1 effect path: A freely selectable section of every
mixer channel can be routed to this effect path using the
AUX 1 Send controller. The total of all the AUX 1 sections
are conducted through this Plug-In and the results are
mixed in by the master control.
AUX 2 effect path: A freely selectable section of every
mixer channel can be routed to this effect path by the AUX
2 Send controller. The total of all the AUX 2 sections are
conducted through this Plug-In and the results are mixed
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Internet Functions
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 offers Internet functions for
– Presenting your own clips on “MAGIX.TV”
– Sending movie arrangements directly by Email
– Downloading from any servers worldwide
– Creating your own website with integrated videos, images, songs and text.

Web Upload onto “MAGIX.TV”
You can upload your own videos onto the MAGIX
homepage (www.magix.com) for the world to see and hear.
All you need is an Internet connection – modem, ISDN or
DSL. The upload works as follows:
1. “Publish to Web”
After saving your video, select the “Publish to Web” option
in the file menu. This will open a “publishing Wizard” that
will lead you through the process. Note: You must agree to
the licensing terms before you can continue.

MAGIX.TV

2. Info
On the second page, enter your name and name for the
video so that it can be found online. Then enter your Email
address in case our editing team would like to contact you.
3. Download Optimization
On the next screen, select a target download speed for the
video. . 56 kbit/second is preset. For slower modems, adjust this setting to 28 kbit, but note that the quality may
suffer somewhat. The best quality is 128 kbit Dual Channel ISDN.T Anyone with a fast Internet connection will
experience the video in the best quality possible. Activating all 3 speeds produces and uploads three versions optimized for each Internet connection speed.
Press the Complete button. The video will be compressed
and uploaded onto the MAGIX server.
That was it! Now your web browser will open with
MAGIX.TV.
4. Legal Check
Publishing copyright-protected material on the Internet
(such as music from commercial CDs), without the specific written permission of the copyright holder(s) is expressly forbidden. For this reason, our editing team must
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MAGIX Soundpool loops. If they contain protected material, we cannot publish them. Please note:
– If you only use material from the MAGIX Soundpool
CDs, the video appears immediately in MAGIX.TV.
Therefore, do not export files before uploading the arrangement! Exporting a file first produces a media file,
which does not contain information about the material
used.
– If other material is used, such as your own photographs,
it is only checked to make sure that it is legal. It can
therefore take a while before your video appears online.
5. MAGIX.TV
Check out videos from other MAGIX video artists on
MAGIX.TV. MAGIX.TV is an online forum for personal
entertainment, new discoveries and personal production.
You can learn more about events, competitions, web charts,
MAGIX.TV, web radio, web publishing area etc. at
www.magix.com.

Save and send as e-mail
This option in the “File” menu generates a compressed
file in the Windows Media format and opens the respective email program. The generated Windows Media file is
automatically added as an attachment to anew message.
Any type of arrangement can be compressed and sent without any intermediate steps.
Key:

Shift + u

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The Internet is vast resource for sounds of all type, effects,
videos and images. Link to the Internet directly from the
Media Pool using ftp (File Transfer Protocol). Sample
multimedia files from all over the world, then load them
into your arrangement, for further processing.
The entry ”FTP Connection” is listed at the bottom of the
directory list of the Media Pool. The FTP selection dialog
box opens if you double-click the entry. You can enter the
name or the IP number of the required server in the
Internet. The default settings are on the MAGIX Entertainment server where you can constantly find new sounds
and effects. We therefore suggest you click on this link from
time to time, and take a look at what’s new!
After linking to the FTP server, its root directory appears
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on the Internet will be similar to browsing a CD: sounds
are loaded for screening and are played back through a
mouse-click. Drag & Drop integrates the sounds in your
arrangement. Depending on the speed of the Internet access, loading may take a little longer than from a local CDROM. However, most of the sounds on the FTP server will
be compressed sounds (e.g. in popular MP3 or MS Audio
format). These sounds require only approx. 5-10% the transmission time of uncompressed waves with practically full
sound quality. Typically, a 2-second loop can be ‘downloaded‘ in 2-4 seconds.
Naturally, the FTP download function is not restricted to
compressed sounds. All supported media types can be
loaded, such as JPEG images or AVI files or MPEG videos.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 uses a special subdirectory
as a cache for the Internet data. This directory can be set in
the Internet Settings dialog box (Menu ”File > Settings/
Information”). All files are only loaded once and are available instantly.
To empty or reload Internet files, simply delete the Internet
cache subdirectory! Note: A successful FTP connection is
dependent upon Internet access. Your PC must connect
with a modem or ISDN card through an Internet service
provider. If your provider uses their own access software
for connection, we recommend establishing the Internet
connection first and then establishing the FTP connection
with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004. Connection is automatic through a correctly installed Windows FTP network.

Website Creation
Technical requirements
Creating your own web page (with your own music, videos
and images) is easy with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 —
even without extensive knowledge of computers. All you
need is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 and an Internet provider.
The Internet provider must support the following:
– The usual amount of web space (usually around 10 MB
– which in most cases will be enough!)
– *.WMA and *.WMV file types, as well as JAVA Applets
must be supportable.
– If the provider integrates automatic ads or banners (common among free web space providers), it can affect the
layout design. To help overcome this problem, one
should choose a simple design from those provided in
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– Uploads are performed through FTP. Therefore, you’ll
require an FTP user name, FTP password and FTP address from the provider (e.g ftp://ftp.abcdefg.com. More
details are available from your provider).
– You should not need any other program to upload your
homepage. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 has an automatic upload function.
– How does web page updating work? The whole index of
files that make up your homepage is uploaded to the
provider’s server via FTP. When a change is made to the
homepage, (for example, when you have new music to
integrate into the site), only the new files are updated.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 recognizes immediately
new and old material on your homepage. This saves both
time and money when the new material is uploaded.
Creating a website
To create a new website, follow these simple steps:
1. Select “Internet > export to website” option from the file
menu.
2. Select whether this is a new or existing web page in the
first dialog.
3. If you clicked “New“, a start page will be loaded in the
“New Website” dialog – the actual “homepage”. If you
wish, you can integrate a greeting and a self-portrait in
JPEG format (as long as the image data is no greater
than 50 kB and the image itself is no larger than
400x200 pixels).
4. Next, select the export format. The Windows Media format, which is recognized by every windows system, is
the default preset. Include a brief summary or longer
text to accompany your arrangement and display on your
web page.
5. Indicate in the next dialog, which page of your website
you would like your arrangement to appear on. The arrangement will not be loaded up to the front page, but
instead on a subsequent page you can name. (”My videos” is the default setting name).
6. Use the Designpicker in the final dialog to choose a from
various web page templates. Now simply upload your
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Editing and administering an existing web page.
To export an arrangement to an existing web page, select
the “Export to web page” option in the file menu. Choose
the “existing web page” option and select the desired destination web page if you have more than one.

Internet Functions
Editing web pages: To edit individual website pages,
launch the web page editor by clicking the “administer web
pages” option in the file menu.
Web page editor

The web page editor has two columns: “Web page overview” and “media overview”. The sub-pages are listed along
with their contents. You can edit or erase integrated elements.
Web page overview
The complete “Web page” consists of a front page and some
sub-pages that can be accessed from a navigation bar on
the front page. By clicking “new”, you can create new pages.
You can choose “Front page”, “Information”, “Audio/
Video”, “Slide show” and “Contact page”. Each page can
be embellished with headlines, text, Email addresses, songs
or videos with the “media overview” option
Tip: To create a slide show with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004,
save your photos to the hard drive in JPEG format. Photos should
not be greater than 50-70 KB. Then you can load them onto
the first arranger track and load subtitles on the second track.
On the other tracks you could lay down background music or
narration. It can all be displayed as a slide show from your web
page for almost all PCs connected to the Internet.
Erase: Erases the web pages selected in the web page overview
<>: These buttons organize the web page hierarchy
(tree).
Edit: Choose the design of the navigation buttons.
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Media overview
List the contents of the selected web pages in the “web page
overview” that can be modified. Each selected web page
(”Front page”, “Information”, “Audio/Video”, “Slide show”
and “Contact page”) allows new content to be added.
The other buttons in the “media overview” function in the
same manner as the “web page overview”. You can move
content up or down on the page, edit or erase.
Design/Upload: After editing, you should view your work
offline by clicking on the design button. When everything
appears as you had planned, then you can upload it to the
site. If the text or images have been shifted out of place use
other text or images, or you choose a different design from
the Designpicker.
DesignPicker
View look and design of your website. Choose preset design templates with different background or navigation
motifs in the upper part of the Designpicker. Use the cursor to scroll down the list.
When you have seen a design that you like, select it and
drag it into the lower section by drag & drop.
Your website will be displayed in the lower section, as it
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Functionality
Select this screen in order to burn your movie, together
with the selection menu, onto CD or DVD.

Selection Menu
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 can generate a movie selection menu as seen on standard DVD videos. It is burned
onto the disc and appears when you insert the disc into
your DVD player. Now you can play movies or scenes with
your remote control, just as you would with a purchased
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Preview
In the middle of the screen you will see a preview of the
Selection menu. This menu also appears when you insert
the disk to be burned into the player. The numbers refer to
the number keys of your remote control (whether real or
virtual).
Menu modes

Mode 1: No menus. Movies are burned one after the other
onto disc. The first movie is played automatically when the
disc is inserted into the player. Use the skip buttons on the
remote control to jump to the previous or next movie. Since
no menu is burned onto the disc, no menu preview is
shown.
Mode 2: Movie menu only (preset): After inserting the disc,
a menu appears for choosing a movie on the disc by using
the virtual remote control. The selected movie starts immediately. If you fail to select a movie, the first movie on
the disc starts automatically.
Mode 3: Movie menus and Scene menus. In addition to
the movie menus, there is a scene menu for each movie.
Select a movie and switch to the applicable scene menu
and select individual scenes with the remote control.
Navigation

When you click on “Navigation” you will see the structure
of the menu. The disc menu has a maximum of two levels.
Movie menu: All movies are listed as primary entries. This
menu level is the movie menu.
Scene menu: All scenes are listed as secondary entries to
the right of the movies to which they belong. This menu
level is the scene menu, and is only available in menu mode
3. If you deactivate the red “tick”, the scene entry in the
menu is also deactivated.
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Menu entries and previews
A double click on the preview window or on a menu entry
opens the editor used to change the name of a movie or
chapter, or select a preview. You can also scroll through a
movie or a movie chapter (scene) to find a suitable preview. Load your own bitmaps for your menu images by
activating “Use other graphics”.
Operations at the end of the film: Specify how the disc
reacts at the end of the film. You can let the film playback
come to an end, return to the disc or scene menu or loop
the movie playback.
Playback in infinite loop mode: Any film may also be
stored on CD as a loop. This means that the film is played
back in an infinite loop until a different film is selected via
remote control.
Layout
At the bottom of the screen is a row of menu layout templates. Use the scroll bar to view them all.
– Choose Layout, then double click the layout of your choice
to select a complete template.
– Combine elements of different templates by selecting
“Text” and double clicking the template containing the
text you wish to use. Then select “Background” and
double click the applicable template. The preview in the
middle of the screen displays the result immediately.
For example, you may wish to use the text format from
one template, and the background from another.

Animated Selection Menus (only for DVD and
Mini-DVD)
DVD menus can be enriched with animation. The background videos are played back in an infinite loop during
on-screen menu display. Background sounds or images in
various formats can also be integrated into the menu. Please
note that the animation can only be used for DVDs and
Mini-DVDs, but not for CD formats.
Extended DVD menu: Use this button to enable/disable
the animated menus in the video monitor of the Make CD/
DVD- screens and the extended DVD menu templates in
the template list.
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audio files as menu background animation. In the Disc
Simulator, click “play” to start animation playback.
Intro: This button in the preview monitor loads videos for
use as DVD or Mini-DVD intro. The following formats are
supported: AVI, MPG, MXV, VOB. The intro is played back
as soon as the DVD is placed into the player, then the DVD
menu appears.
Extended DVD layouts: Animated DVD menus may also
be found in the menu templates as menus with added
sounds and/or films.

Remote control
The virtual remote control is an important tool for checking the disc function before it is burned. After inserting a
CD or DVD with your disc project into the player, the remote controls the preview image on your computer monitor in the same way “real” remote control controls the picture on a TV monitor. The DVD menus may also be navigated using the cursor arrow keys on your keyboard. Enabled buttons are highlighted.
Number keys: The number keys select the applicable entry in the menu.
Play: In the disc menu, the menu of the first film is played.
In the movie menu, the playback starts with the first scene.
Disc menu: Switches back to the first page of the disc menu
– in effect, back to where you started.
Sub menu: Switches to the scene menu (if available) of the
film currently being played back.

Burn Disc
This button opens the burning dialog. In the burning dialog you can select your burner and the file format. Next,
the project is rendered out as one file so that the actual disc
authoring and burning process can begin.
Burning dialog
The large “Burn Disk” button opens the burning dialog.
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1. Burner and burning speed configuration: If you
have several burners installed, select a device from the
appropriate selection menu.

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2. Select file format: You can burn DVDs, Mini DVDs,
Video CDs and Super Video CDs. If necessary, you can
modify the bit rate or encoding quality by clicking the
“Encoder” button. Default values conform to the selected
file format.
Note: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 supports DVD -R, DVD+R,
DVD +RW, DVD -RW, but not DVD-RAM! For more details
regarding DVD formats, please read the chapter “ Appendix:
Video and data media”.
3. Start the burning process/video encoding: Simulate a burn test if you are unclear about burning speed
or the required hard-drive space. Simply click on “with
prior simulation”. The “Start” button will start the simulation and/or the burning process.
The disk project is encoded every time you burn or carry
out a simulation (for VCDs with MPEG 1, for S-VCD,
DVD and Mini-DVD with MPEG 2). You can choose a
directory in the hard-drive to save the MPEG file. Please
note that the MPEG file will not be erased after burning
takes place.
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Note: This process requires time! The coding process for long
movies can take up to 8 hours.
Add project backup
This option can be used for burning archival mixed-mode
CDs of your movie project and its data files. “Mixed mode”
describes a CD that stores different standards simultaneously (a video CD section and a CD-ROM section). Creating a mixed-mode CD enables you to load the disc project
from the completed disc for re-editing or modifications.
When the completed mixed-mode CD is opened, the encoded MPEG video is accessed instead of the raw material.
This saves storage space on the CD, as the video files do
not need to be stored twice on the disc. Image files used
for films and menus, the text for the titles, as well as utilized audio files are saved as raw material, reducing the
storage capacity of the disc by the corresponding amount
of storage space.
Encoder settings
Use the “Encoder” button to open a selection dialog for
setting the MPEG encoder properties (memory requirements, quality and duration of MPEG conversion).
Click the “Advanced” button to open the “Advanced Settings” dialog. Here you can fine-tune the LIGOS encoder
settings.
Also read the comprehensive instructions in the help menu (F1
key)!

Memory
VCD (approx. 700 MB)
SVCD (approx. 700 MB)
DVD (approx. 4,7 GB)
Mini DVD (approx. 700 MB)

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approx. 70 minutes
approx. 30-40 minutes
approx. 2 hours
approx. 20 minutes

It is particularly difficult to attribute reliable specifications
when employing the MPEG 2 encoder (for SVCDs, DVDs
and Mini DVDs – and in DVD file formatted CD-ROMs).
When the “variable bit rate” of the MPEG 2 encoder is activated, variable encoding takes place that is dependent
upon image movement. The required memory is dependent upon the type of footage. An action movie requires
more memory than a single location theatre piece. If you
can’t fit your disk project onto a blank disc, you must divide the project into several parts.
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3 SVCDs, made up of 3 disk projects (start, middle, and
end).
More information regarding MPEG compression and formatting can be found in the “Appendix: Video and data media”
chapter.
Testing variable encoder configurations
If you want to know how much memory you require for
different encoder configurations, you should carry out a
few test runs before burning. Choose the “with prior simulation” option to avoid wasting discs.
Submit a short (say 5 minute) disk project for burning simulation, configured in various ways.
Check the MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 files you’ve created on the
hard-drive after each simulation to see how large they are.
You should now be able to calculate the memory your disk
project requires, remembering to provide a small buffer
zone for the selection menu!

Disc Spanning
Automatic
If the disc project requires more storage space than is available on a single CD or DVD, you will be asked, before the
writing process begins, whether the disc project is to be
split up onto several data carriers. Simply confirm this dialog by clicking “yes”. The disc project will be automatically
divided into separate disc projects stored to the data carriers in consecutive order.
Manual operation
1) Several films do not fit onto a single disc.
Return to the Video Editor and delete as many films from
the disc project as necessary until the remaining films all
fit. The other films can then be stored in the next step as
part of a new disc project.
2) A film is too long and does not completely fit onto a disc.
Split up the film into two or more parts, which are then
each stored separately on a new disc.
– Switch to the Video Editor, place the S marker on the
position where you would like to split up the film and
select the “Split object” option in the scissors menu.
– All sections behind the S marker are removed from the
excessively long movie and are treated as a separate film.
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both separately onto your hard disc (“Save movie” menu
option, using the names “Part 1” and “Part 2”).
Remove one of the two films (e.g. “Part 2”) from the disc
project (“Remove film” menu option).
Switch to the Make CD/DVD-Screen and write the first
film (“Part 1”) onto CD or DVD.
Create a new disc project (“New” button), switch to the
Video Editor screen and load the second film (“Part 2”).
Switch to the Make CD/DVD-Screen and write the second film (“Part 2”) onto CD or DVD.

Burn Media CD
With the “Burn MAGIX Media CD ” button you open the
independent CD burning program “MAGIX CDR”. Thus
all picture and sound files of the slide show, plus the effects settings and the playing program “MAGIX Media
Manager cdr”, can be archived together on a CD ROM.
For more details regarding the CD-R burning dialog options
and the “MX CD-R” burning module, please read the “MAGIX
CD-R” chapter in the PDF manual
MAGIX Media Manager cdr ensures that the CD-ROM is
playable on every Windows PC, independent of the installed
software. It is also capable of starting automatically: After
inserting the CD-ROM, MAGIX Media Manager cdr starts
automatically and begins by playing the slide show. However, the option “Automatic notification with change” must
be activated in the Windows system control for the CDROM drive. If it is deactivated, you can start your CD-ROM
slide show by hand:
– insert the CD-ROM you have burned into the CD-ROM
drive
– open Explorer and click on the letter representing the
CD-ROM drive (usually D:\). Double-click
“MediaManager.exe” to start MAGIX Media Manager
cdr.
– Using the MAGIX Media Manager cdr Explorer, open
the slide show play list files that end with *.PLR and
then Play.
For more information regarding MAGIX Media Manager cdr,
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Menu File
New Movie
Menu option that creates a new, empty MAGIX Movie Edit
Pro 2004 movie arrangement.
Key:

Ctrl + n

Load Movie
A previously saved MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 arrangement is loaded with this menu item. Please note that the
object files for the arrangement must also be available!
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 will look for the sounds and
videos that were used first in the path where they were located when the arrangement was saved. If they are not
found there, then MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 Arrangement will look for the objects in the same directory as the
arrangement itself.
Key:

Ctrl + O

Save Movie
The current arrangement is saved under the existing name.
If no name has been selected, then a file name dialog opens
for defining the path and file name.
Key:

Ctrl + S

Save Movie as
This opens a file name dialog for defining the path and the
name of the arrangement that is to be saved.
Key:

Shift + S

Load/ Save disc project> Load disc project
Loads a previously saved disk project. Make sure that you
have the movies that belong to the project available! All
sounds and videos to be used are retrieved using the path
given when the last “save” was made to the disc project.
Key:

Ctrl+ Shift + o

Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project
The current disk project is saved under its own name. If a
name is not given, a dialog opens for you to enter a name
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Key:

Ctrl+ Shift + s

Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project as
The current disk project is saved under its own name. A
dialog opens for you to enter a name and a file path.
Key:

Ctrl+ Shift + d

Export Movie > Video as AVI
When you export as an AVI video file, you can set and configure the compression codec as well as the size and frame
rate of the AVI- video to be created.
Key:

Alt + a

Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI
Exports the arrangement in the DV-coded AVI format (PAL
or NTSC).
Key:

Alt + b

Export Movie > Video as MPEG Video
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 is equipped with the high
performance Ligos GoMotion-encoder. In the MPEG export dialog you can fine-tune the options for the MPEG
encoder.
Tip: Also when burning (S)Video CDs or DVDs, standardized
MPEG 1 or 2 files are produced. Many DVD players however
also process (S) VCDs with non-standardized (higher) bit rates.
Try exporting your movie through the file menu as an MPEG,
then burn your disc afterwards. When burning, MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro 2004 notices the fact that the MPEG file is already
present and uses it instead of creating a new, standardized,
MPEG file.
However, for producing standardized MPEGs for CDs/DVDs,
we recommend that you use the Make CD/ DVD screen. For
more details, read the “MPEG compression“ appendix on the
help pages (F1 key)
Key:

Alt + c

Export Movie > Video as MAGIX Video
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MAGIX Videos are stored in MXV format, which requires
less memory than normal AVIs but gives a similar quality.

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Key:

Alt + d

Export Movie > Video as QuickTime Movie
Exports the arrangement in QuickTime format.
Key:

Alt + e

Export Film > Video uncompressed
You can assign the size and frame rate for uncompressed
AVI video file exports.
Key:

Alt + u

Export movie > video as sequence of single
frames
This option exports the video as a sequence of single BMP
files. The number of the bitmap files can be set in the export dialog under “frame rate”.
Key:

Alt + v

Export Movie > Windows Media Export
This is the Internet streaming format from Microsoft. It
makes the continuous playback of audio or video files
through the Internet possible. However, for this format you
will need to use a suitable codec that prevents file rates
from getting to high for an on-line playback.
Key:

Alt + f

Export Movie > Real Media Export
This is a format specifically optimized for the Internet. It
reaches a very high compression rate, and the sound quality is noticeably lower. However, this format is very useful
if audio on-line has to be played through the Internet
(Streaming Audio). After selecting the file name you can
choose the bit range of the transferring speed (Modem,
ISDN etc.). This should still play audio files without interruption.
Audio settings/video settings: Select the presets for the
quality of the audio or video material.
Clip information: Here you can enter information regarding the author, name of the video, etc., displayed during playing on the Real player.

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Clip Meta information: Enter keywords for search engines. If the Real video clip is loaded to a home page, search
engines with the aid of these keywords can find it.
Video preprocessing: Here, the field ‘2-pass encoding’ is
of particular interest. This tool makes it possible to achieve
a better quality by compressing audio and video separately
or select different filters.
Video size: Set different video sizes between 160x120 and
720x576 pixels.
Target groups: Select which Internet bandwidth to optimize the video for. (Which data line it can be played
(‘streamed’) in real-time). The setting you select here may
possibly restrict the other selection possibilities, as a file
for a 28k-modem cannot be generated in high quality.
Streaming videos requires a server application that must
have been installed on the server from which the video is
to be played (‘streamed’) in real-time. If this application
does not exist, only a download is possible. ‘Real server’ is
a server application which makes it possible to stream videos in Real video format.
Key:

Alt + g

Export Movie > Audio as Wave
Audio material is exported as a standard Wave file. This is
the standard format for further use on PCs running in a
Windows environment. These files are not compressed and
contain the full quality of your arrangement.
Key:

Alt + h

Export Movie > Audio as Wave with Codec

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This menu item allows you to export Wave files with any
audio compressors such as ADPCM, MPEG and others.
First you must select a file name; a list with the Codecs
installed on your system will then appear. Select the desired Codec here, e.g. Microsoft® ADPCM. With some
Codecs, a certain compression rate can then be selected.
ADPCM reduced the required memory space of your Wave
files by a factor of 4 while still retaining very good sound
quality. Other Codecs such as MP3 can achieve compression factors of up to 12 times smaller with good sound quality.

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Key:

Alt + i

Export Movie > Single frame as BMP (JPEG)
Exports the image, which is at the current Start-marker and
which is displayed on the video screen, as BMP or JPEG
file.
Key:

Alt + m (BMP)
Alt + n (JPEG)

Internet
Calls up the various Internet functions of MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro 2004. For more details, read the “Internet Functions” chapter.

Write files to CD-ROM
Stores all currently selected files onto a CD-ROM. In MPEG1 format you can store approximately 74-80 minutes of
video material and in MXV approximately 30 minutes.
Key:

Shift + g

Capture audio/picture/video
For details regarding the options for both video and audio capturing dialogs, please read the “Video” and “Audio” chapters
respectively.
Key:

TWAIN Scanner/Camera > Select Source
The Twain interface connects MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004
with just about all current scanners and digital cameras.
Follow this procedure if you are scanning for the first time
using the Twain interface.
1. Install the Twain software on your PC.
2. Restart your computer.
3. Run MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004.
4. Click “File: > Twain scanner/camera > Select source,” if
your scanner is working with 32-bit software.
5. In the dialog box, click the device you wish to work with.
From now on, this step is no longer necessary, as long
as you keep using the same device.

TWAIN Scanner/Camera > Scanning
The scan window of the scan software displays. Specify the
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Twain software closes automatically – MAGIX Movie Edit
Pro 2004 awaits you with a fresh image file. However, the
Twain window may also remain opened. You can then scan
several images in succession.

Song Wizard
With the help of the Wizards, audio objects (Loops) of the
can automatically be arranged as songs or song parts, without having to drag individual files from the Media Pool
onto the selected track.
Please refer to chapter “audio” for details!
Key:

Transfer back audio/video
This function gives you the option of playing the arrangement and saving it onto a digicam or an analog video recorder.
Digicams are usually connected to the FireWire interface
and analog video recorders to the TV-out socket of graphics or video cards.
Analog export must be done in full-screen mode.
The first option of the video export dialog will play the arrangement in full-screen mode. This can cause interruptions if the processor cannot process all the information
necessary for real-time calculation of video effects or cross
fading.
Instead choose the second option from the dialog (”Render changes”), which will avoid interruptions.
Choose the third option for digital export. You will not encounter any problems because the data is transferred digitally. The ”Adjustments/information” option of the file
menu lets you select the resolution of the export video.
Key:

Ctrl +h

Backup copy > Save film and media in directory

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With this menu item, you can save a complete MAGIX
Movie Edit Pro 2004 arrangement including all the samples
that were used in a directory. This is especially useful if
you want to pass on or archive such an arrangement or if
the samples are located on several CDs and would need to
keep changing CDs constantly during loading. All the effect files that you have used will also be saved in a directory
together with the other samples.

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A file requester opens, in which you can define the path
and the name of the arrangement that is to be saved.
Key:

Shift + e

Backup copy > Burn film and media onto CD /
DVD
This option allows you to burn the arrangement together
with all the associated files onto a CD-R or DVD. A burner
must be connected to the system and a blank CD or DVD
inserted in the drive.
Key:

Alt + Shift + r

Backup copy > Recall disc project from CD /
DVD
This option can be used to load a film that was stored in reedit mode to (S) Video CD or DVD as project backup. For
more info about the re-edit mode, please read the chapter
“Make CD/ DVD screen”.

Movie > Load backup movie
Use this option to load an automatically created film backup.
These automatic backups have the MV_ (underscore) file
extension. This option can be quite useful in emergencies, such as inadvertently saving the file during editing
and needing to return to the previous version of the film.
Key:

Alt + o

Movie properties
Volume: Indicate how much volume on every track should
be lowered (in decibels). Lowering the volume is necessary
to avoid over-addressing of the 16th Bit (0 dB). The level
that the volume must be lowered can often be reduced if
the material is not fully addressed. However, you may risk
“clipping” and distortion at loud passages!
An information window with the following entries can be
reached with this option:
Name: This is where the name of the current arrangement
appears.
Path: This is where the path for the directory on the harddrive is shown, in which the arrangement has been saved.

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Created: Shows the time at which the arrangement was
created.
Last change: Shows the time of latest save.
Number of Objects: Shows the number of all objects in
the arrangement. Here, stereo audio objects count as 2
objects. This means that virtual objects are also counted!
Files used: Shows the names and paths of all multimedia
files used in the arrangement.
Key:

Playback parameters
This menu item opens a window in which you can set the
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Sample rate: The Sample rate defines the playback speed
for wave audio objects. The sample rate you use depends
on your sound card (some sound cards even allow changes
in the sample rate during playback). This parameter is useful if you want to listen to your arrangement in slow motion to localize possible problem areas. If you divide the

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sample rate by two, then the wave audio objects can be
played back an octave lower (twelve half-tones).

Wave device: This option defines which sound card will
be used to play back the Wave audio object. This is extremely
important if you have several sound cards installed in your
computer.
Wave/Direct Sound: This is where you can set whether
the standard Windows drivers will be used for the sound
card or if the DirectSound system, which should be installed
in your computer anyway, is to be used. If this should not
be the case, a DirectSound installation routine can be found
on the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 program disk.
MIDI device: The MIDI-Device is used to define which
sound card or MIDI interface will play back the MIDI objects.
Many sound cards have a built-in MIDI interface, which is
accessed from a joystick connector on the back of the card.
To use it you need a MIDI adapter cable. One end plugs
into the joystick socket and the other terminates in MIDI
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available. Many are on plug-in cards that are fitted and installed into the PC just like a sound card. There are also
external MIDI interfaces that connect to the PC’s printer
port, serial, USB or Firewire ports.
Auto scroll: What is shown on the screen automatically
scrolls once the cursor reaches the right end of the screen
when Auto scroll is activated. This is especially advantageous for the editing of longer arrangements.
Scrolling uses up processor time due to the recalculation
of the screen representation. This can interfere or interrupt playback, depending on the capacity of your system
(processor, graphic card, and screen resolution). If this
should be the case, you should deactivate Auto scroll.
Write Real-time audio to wave file: This option allows
the entire arrangement to be mixed live and recorded simultaneously. During play, for example, mixer fades or
effects can be controlled or the bars can be played - with
the help of the keyboard shortcuts - in the arrangement in
a different sequence – all activities are recorded and written to a separate wave file. After each play is stopped you
are asked whether the piece just played should be saved as
a WAV file, loaded into the arrangement or deleted.
Key:

Ssettings
System

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Directories (Import/Temporary 1, 2/Arrangement):
The paths for the directories into which the MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro 2004 will create files during the importing or exporting of Wave files, or where complete arrangements and
newly-created temporary files for MIX and effect files can
be placed here.
Buffer settings: To facilitate easy playback of complex
arrangements, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 creates a data
buffer in the working memory into which the current data
areas are loaded in advance. The entire arrangement with
all the tracks and effect settings is not calculated at once,
but the calculation is performed on a step-by-step basis.
Multi-track audio buffer/Preview buffer: Define the
size of the buffer that will be used for playing back the
entire arrangement or for screening Wav files in the Media Pool. The buffer number refers to the number of buffer
updates per time unit (the step size of the advance calculation).
Note: For waiting and loading times that are too long, the
buffer number and size should be reduced; the buffer size
should be increased for intermittent or incorrect real-time
calculations of effects.
As perfect playback is generally more important than a fast
response time, the buffer size for intermittent operation
should be increased to 16384 or 32768. The possible number of buffer updates used is between 2 and 10.
Use RAM for wave files smaller than (kByte): If the
file is larger than this setting, then it will be written into
the temporary MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 directories
on the hard-drive and will then be loaded from there into
RAM during replay. The temporary directories are also
defined in the “File > System settings” dialog box (see
above).
Audio/Video
All the Settings Options relating to videos, audio wave files
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Automatically adjust Waves to BPM: Wave files can be
adapted to the tempo of the arrangement in various ways.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 can use common ‘Timestretching’ or Beat Marker/Time-stretching. This does not
change the beats (the deflection of the amplitude in the
waves) and only processes the spaces for time and key
changes. This ensures that the beats do not have to suffer a
loss of power even if drum samples are drawn out by using
Time-stretching.
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Automatically adjust Waves to Pitch: Pitch-shifting can
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this purpose, the samples used must contain the corresponding information concerning the key / pitch, similar
to the samples in the MAGIX soundpool CDs. The pitch in
the arrangement will correspond with the pitch information in the initial samples in the arrangement.
Only for waves containing beat markers: Patched
Waves are normal Wave files to which additional information such as The key, tempo in BPM or beat markers have
been added. MAGIX soundpool CDs contain such wave
patches and have access to beat information. Such files are
especially suitable for beat marker time stretching.
For all waves: Improved time stretching can also be applied to all Wave files. In this case, the beat markers are
automatically searched and set. Beat marker time stretching however requires a sequence containing clear beats or
especially drum or percussion recordings.
Load CD tracks via record dialog: If this option is activated, then audio CDs can be recorded using the Record
button in the movement controls. During Drag & Drop
from the Media Pool, the Record window opens for starting recording. This option can be used if Drag & Drop does
not function perfectly in the Media Pool or only the first
bars of an audio track are to be used in an arrangement
instead of a complete track.
When doing this, please note that the digital track data for
the digital - analog converter in the CD-ROM must initially
be converted into analog signals and that these must subsequently be converted into digital data by the analog-digital converters in the sound card. Depending on the quality
of the converter used, this can lead to losses in quality.
Extract sound from videos: If an AVI video contains both
video and audio data, then you can extract the audio track
from the AVI video with this function.
The audio track is then positioned on the first track of your
arrangement as a Wave audio object. It can be edited or
replaced at will there or can be joined together again with
the picture track using the command File > Export arrangement. If the option “Calculate only altered frame” is selected, then the picture material remains unaltered and only
the sound track will be replaced. (In the case of the complete recalculation, losses in picture quality due to decompression and re-compression can occur).

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Preview waves while the arrangement is playing: With
this option you can choose to play the arrangement and
search for more sounds at the same time. Click on an audio file and the pre-listen function will be mixed with the
audio tracks of the arrangement.
Automatically adjust videos to BPM: If the BPM information is available, then this option can be used to automatically create a video in which the rhythm and picture
sequence are synchronized.
During this, all the frames in the video are not played back,
but frames are left out during playback, depending on the
BPM setting. A video with a high BPM setting becomes
noticeably faster: it ”dances” to the rhythm.
The tempo can be adjusted in the movement controls prior
to every new arrangement. Otherwise the arrangement will
use the BPM tempo of the first sample that was loaded.
Video priority: Normally, audio objects have priority during playback. In the event of an overload in the processor
due to excessive effects, the video output can be shaky, while
the sound plays on crackle-free.
If you do not want this, the priority of the video over the
audio output can be set here. The video output is renewed
following every audio buffer, but this can lead to interruptions in the sound. In return, you do achieve a better video
screening quality.
Preview with audio and playback controls: The video
preview, started by a simple left click on a file in the explorer, is displayed as usual on the video screen, this time including the available audio data and controllable from a
play, pause and stop button.
Automatically copy exported video and audio to the
clipboard: All exported files will be copied to the Windows clipboard. You can paste them directly into other programs (Ctrl + V).

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This option opens a CD Manager from which tracks on
audio CDs can be selected and loaded fully into the arrangement. In addition, the CD-ROM can be configured or selected from several drives.
If the Drag & Drop of audio tracks from the Media Pool
causes problems, then this option can be selected. Here
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grabbed. Alternately, you have the option “Scanning CD
tracks via recording dialog” from the “Audio/video settings”
menu (see below), where the tracks can be played back from
the CD drive and can then be re-recorded using the sound
card.
The CD Manager allows the importing of audio data with
most SCSI and ATAPI-CD-ROM drives and CD writers. If
necessary, check with MAGIX Technical Support about
which drives are suitable. The complete data import occurs at the digital level, without any losses in sound quality. HD-Wave projects can be created as WAV files and can
therefore also be loaded in other audio programs without
requiring conversion of the format.
Reading Audio CD tracks
To import audio CD tracks:
1. Select the required CD-ROM drive if you have more than
one drive installed.
2. Click on the “Track list…” button.
3. Select the required title in the track list (with the key combination Shift or Alt and the cursor keys).
4. Click on “Copy selected track(s).”
5. Select a file name for the resulting WAV file or the HD
Wave project and click on OK.
6. The audio material will now be copied from the CD drive
to the hard-drive. A progress display provides information on the status of this step.
7. Close the track list and the drive list. One or more new
objects containing the audio material from the CD will
appear in your arrangement.
The Drive List dialog box

Track List: This button opens the Track List dialog box
for copying on or more tracks.
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Configuration: This button opens the Configuration dialog box, where various Special Settings, SCSI-IDs etc. can
be set.
Reset: Resets the standard drive settings.
Add. Drive: Creates a new drive entry into the list for which
Special Settings are still necessary.
Clear Drive: Deletes the selected drive from the list.
Save Set-up saves the current drive list and all the configuration data in a *.cfg file.
Load setup: Loads the current Drive List and all the configuration data from a *.cfg file.
The Track List dialog box

Copy selected track(s): This button starts the audio copying process. All the selected tracks are copied into a WAV
file or a HD-Wave project. A new object will be created in
the current VIP for every track.
Play: Start audio replay of the first selected track in the list
(for test purposes).
Stop: Stops replay.
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Resume: Resumes replay if replay was stopped previously
with Pause.
Select all tracks: All audio tracks are selected, in order
to copy the entire CD, for example. Track markers can also
be set with Shift or Alt and the cursor keys. Using Ctrl and
clicking on the mouse can mark several tracks.
Deselect all tracks: All markers will be undone.
The Import Audio Dialog
The Import Project Dialog is displayed after selecting the
Copy Selected Track(s) Option. Here you can determine
the name and destination index for the audio file. Audio
tracks (CD audio files) will be imported in the pre-setting
as WAV files. However, depending on the installed Codec,
they can be changed during the import phase to a compressed format such as an MP3. All you need to do is click
on the Format Settings Button in the Import Project Dialog.
The CD-ROM Configuration dialog box

Drive name: The name of the drive can be entered here.
This is useful if several entries are used for the same physical drive.
Host adapter number: The number of the SCSI-Host
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SCSI ID: The SCSI-ID for your CD-ROM drive can be entered here. Pay attention to the correct ID number, you
will not be questioned if an error is made here.
SCSI LUN: Sets the SCSI LUN parameters, normally 0.
Alias: The name of your CD drive manufacturer can be
entered here.
Copy mode normal: Copies the audio data without any
software correction.
Copy mode Synchronization sector: Copies the audio
data with a special correction algorithm. This is especially
useful as many CD drives have problems re-addressing a
specific position accurately, which can lead to crackling.
Burst Copy: Optimizes the speed of the die copying process; no software correction will be used.
Sectors per cycle: Defines the number of audio sectors
that are to be read from the audio CD in one read cycle.
The larger the sector size the faster the copying process
will be completed. However, many SCSI systems have problems with more than 27 sectors.
Sync Sectors: Sets the number of audio sectors that will
be used for software correction. The larger the number,
the better the correction will work, but it will also be slower.

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Undo/restore/duplicate objects/delete objects
These options are also available as buttons.
Please read the “Tools” chapter.

Undo
10 commands can be undone, including object and cursor
manipulations. If you don’t like the result of a change in
your arrangement, the Undo function will take you back to
the previous arrangement.
Key:

Ctrl + z

Redo
Redo lets you reverse the last Undo command.
Key:

Ctrl + y

Duplicate objects
This menu option lets you copy all selected objects. The
copy appears next to the original and can be moved easily
by holding the left mouse button (drag and drop).
Key:

Ctrl + d

Delete objects
This menu option lets you delete all selected objects from
the arrangement. To highlight or select more than one
object, use the “Shift” key while you click with the mouse.
Key:

Del

Select all objects
All objects in the arrangement will be selected.
Key:

Ctrl + a

Cut Objects
You can cut a selected object at start marker position into
two smaller objects. If no object is selected, all objects are
cut at the starting marker position. Further options for
cutting can be found in the time-line menu. Please read
the “Time-line Mode” chapter!
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Save objects as takes
The selected objects are saved in the takes directory. For
further information on processing takes, see the chapter
on ”Videos and Pictures”.
Key:

Ctrl + f

Edit Range > Cut
The area between the start and end markers is cut from
the current arrangement and placed on the Clipboard. This
section can then be re-inserted elsewhere.
Key:

Shift + del

Edit Range > Copy
The area between the start and end markers in the current
arrangement is copied to the Clipboard. It can then be reinserted elsewhere.
Key:

Ctrl + Ins

Edit Range > Delete
The area between the start and end markers is deleted from
the current arrangement and is not placed on the Clipboard.
Key:

Ctrl + Del

Edit Range > Insert
The contents of the Clipboard are added at the position of
the start marker in the current arrangement.
Key:

Shift + Ins

Edit Range > Extract
The area between the start and end markers is retained, all
the material in front and behind it are then deleted. Use
this option to extract only a section from an arrangement
and to continue working on this piece.
Key:

Ctrl + p

Build group / Ungroup
These options are also available as buttons.
Please read the “Tools and Mouse Modes” chapter.
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Mix down audio
This option joins all audio objects in one audio file. The
sound material will only occupy one track of the arranger
and will hardly affect the RAM but will occupy approximately 10 MB (in stereo) of the hard-drive. This will give
you more control over the arranger and more space for
further objects.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 automatically normalizes the
audio file, i.e. the loudest part of the wave audio object is
identical with the highest figure of the 16-bit resolution
ceiling. This guarantees the same sound quality, even if
you repeat the mix down procedure or you combine the
mix down file with other wave audio objects again and again.
The mix down function is very helpful if you want to go on
using the mix down object. For the final AVI or WAV (or
any other multi-media) file, which is designed for burning
a CD or for use on other PCs, use the ”Export arrangement” submenu options from the file menu instead of the
mix down function.
Key:

Shift + m

Set Marker > Marker 1/2/3
Sets a playing marker at the starting marker position that
can be started directly with the “Go to marker” option. A
chapter marker can also be set which is transferred to the
selection menu when burning a CD or DVD. Please read
the “CD/DVD Screen” chapter
Key:

Ctrl + Alt + 1/2/3 (for each marker)

Set Marker > Chapter Marker
Sets a chapter marker in the same position as the start
marker. Please read the “Make CD/ DVD screen” chapter
for more details
Key:

Shift + Enter

Set Marker > Automatic Chapter Marker
Automatically sets a chapter marker on the edges of all
objects within the first track (in time-line mode) as well as
at the beginning of all scenes in storyboard mode. This is
the easiest method with which to generate chapters.
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Set Marker > Delete All Chapter Markers
Deletes one or all chapter markers and removes all chapter
entries in the disc menu.
Please read the “Make CD/ DVD screen” chapter for more
details
Key:

Ctrl + Enter

Go To Marker
Moves the start marker in the time-line to the respective
play marker, allowing you to quickly switch from one point
in a video to another.
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Shift + 1/2/3 (for the respective play marker)

Menu Effects
Object Properties
This function displays all the information about the currently selected objects, such as file name, position on the
hard-drive, tempo, etc. The Object Editor also defines the
foreground and background color of every object in the
arrangement.
Key:

Ctrl + e

Specify the global effect settings for a film, meaning the
parameters that affect all scenes contained in the film.

Effect settings movie
Brightness/color area

Selective brightness (gamma): “Gamma” determines the
mean gray scale that can be calculated from the various
color ranges. In the pre-sets menu you can select which
color ranges are to be used. Use the slide control to adjust
the brightness.

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Color space adjustment: This option is used to handle
colors that are too intensive, contravene the TV standards
and cannot be properly displayed on a TV screen.
TV screen size

This option ensures that the image size is adapted to fit the
real television picture (anti cropping). Without adjustment,
the television might otherwise crop the image borders.
The four image margins can be proportionally adjusted by
means of the four input fields. Here it is important to find
the optimal balance between distortion, reduction, bar formation and image cropping:
– If the same value is entered for every margin, the image
size is reduced proportionally. In this case no distortions
will occur, but there will be bars along the edges.
– If different values are entered for the 4 fields, the image
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On (for photos!): This option enables the input values
for the four image borders to be applied to the respective
photos in reduced form. The result can immediately be
viewed on the preview monitor.

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Fade in TV display area in the preview monitor: This
option displays the image borders of the television as lines
in the preview monitor. The four image borders of the TV
display area can be set by means of the 4 input fields. Here,
it is of course necessary to know the actual size of the TV
picture. To determine it, proceed as follows:
Determining the visible TV frame size
To determine the picture properties of your television as
well as optimal image size editor settings, you should perform a test run.
– Load the “Visible TV picture.mvm” film from the “my
projects > visible TV picture” folder.
– Play back the film and read the instructions on the video
screen.
– Copy the film to CD or DVD.
– Place the disc into your player and play back the film.
Compare the TV picture to the picture displayed on your
video screen by MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004.
– Determine the proportional value of the borders cropped
by the television with the 4 measurement scales along
the edges of the test picture.
– Enter the values in the “Full TV size” editor.
The image size is now optimized to your TV picture. Please
note: Depending on device settings and disc carrier type,
the cropping values may vary slightly.

Video object effects > Video Cleaning
Calls up the color control editor for processing video tracks.
For further information, see chapter ”Videos and Pictures”.
Key:

Shift + x

Video object effects > Video Effects
Calls up the video controller for selected videos or bitmaps.
For further information, see chapter ”Video effects”.
Key:

Shift + y

Video object effects > Scene recognition
Calls up the automatic scene recognition, which ”cuts up”
longer videos into scenes for storage in the Takes directory. For further information, see the chapter ”StoryboardMode”.

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Key:

Shift + z

Video object effects >Motion stabilizer
Opens the Motion stabilizer dialog with which you can correct shaky footage. Please read the “Videos and Images”
chapter for more details

Video object effects >Object Effects Curves
Opens the Dynamic Effects Editor. Please read the “Video
Effects” chapter for more details.

Video object effects >Section
Places video objects in a particular part of the screen. Please
read the “Video Effects” chapter for more details.

Video object effects > Load/Save/Reset video
objects
You can save the current effect combination of a video object separately and use it on other objects later on. Or turn
off all current video effects, if you got confused.
Key:

Ctrl + Shift + a (load)
Ctrl + Shift + b (save)
Shift + c (reset)

Video object effects > Edit bitmap externally
Graphic files (BMPs or JPEGs) from the arranger can be
post-edited in an external graphics program. The selected
image file is loaded automatically and, once editing has
been completed, is used in the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004
instead of the original material.
Key:

Alt + p

Audio object effects
For information about the audio effects see the chapter
“audio effects”. For information about the “automatic track
damping” function see chapter “menu File”, “audio recording”!

Load/Save/Reset Audio effects
You can save the current effect combination of an audio
object separately and use it on other objects later on. Or
turn off all current video effects, if you got confused.
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Key:

Ctrl + Shift + C (load)
Ctrl + Shift + D (save)

Menu Effects
Shift + d (reset)

Audio object effects> Volume Curve
The most important object effects curve, allowing the volume to be immediately accessible. Please read the “Video
Effects” chapter for more details.

Title object effects> Title Editor
Calls up the title Editor. Please read the “Videos and Images” chapter for more details.

Title object effects> Load Title Effects/Save
Title Effects
You can store the current preset effects combination for
each title object separately and later apply them to other
title objects if they have worked satisfactorily.

Effect Libraries > Audio effects/Video effects/
Slide effects/Title effects
See paragraph “Media Pool buttons” in chapter “Media
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Menu Window
Mixer
With this option you can display or conceal the real-time
mixer.
The eight volume controls allow you to adjust the volume
of each track.
In the case of AVI and bitmap objects, the volume controls
are used in the same manner as in a video mixer to adjust
the mixing ratios between the tracks and the video or bitmap
objects.
With the two controls for the overall volume, you adjust
the volume of the wave output signal. As they have no influence on the volume of MIDI objects, they can be used to
adjust the volume ratio between wave and MIDI output
signals.
You will find further information, especially with regard to
the integration of effect plug-ins, in the chapter ‘Mixer’.
Key:

Cut Trimmer
Shows or hides the cutting trimmer window, allowing you
to make fine adjustments to the position of the selected
video or image objects and their handles – as well as the
transition characteristics (Transition type, length). Please
read the “Videos and Images” chapter for more details.
Key:

Object Trimmer
Calls up the video trimmer, which will help you fine tune
the position and the handles of a video object. For further
information, see the chapter ”Videos and Pictures”.

Master audio effect rack
Here you can open or close the master effect rack. You can
also use the ‘master FX’ button in the mixer window for
that purpose.
Key:

Arranger full size
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The arranging view maximizes the number and/or size of
visible tracks in the arranger. In addition, you can switch
off the video screen to obtain even more space for arrang-

Menu Window
ing (see below). If the video screen is switched on in arranging view, it can be freely positioned on the screen.
Key:

Dual-screen layout (with or without controls)
Allows a second screen to be used as a preview screen for
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004
Key:

x - with controls
z - without controls

Video monitor
With this option you open and close the video window.
Key:

Media Pool
With this option you can conceal the Media Pool or make it
visible again.
Key:

Show film overview
With this option you can display an overview of the entire
arrangement on the video screen. It is particularly suitable
for long and complex arrangements to prevent you from
losing track.
Key:

Shift + a

Optimize view
The zoom level is set to 100% so that you can see every
object and the entire arrangement apart from that; the Startand End-markers are set to the beginning or end, so that it
is possible to play the entire arrangement.
Key:

Shift + b

Storyboard / Time-line mode
Switches between Storyboard and Time-line mode.
Key:

Tab

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Menu Help
Content
Got to the Help/Content menu to display the main help
screen. From here you can jump to help on certain commands or step-by-step read through instructions.

Context help
Use this command to get help on any part of MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro 2004.
By pressing the Context Help button in the tool bar the
mouse indicator will become an arrow with a question
mark. More detailed information on the subject will appear when you click on any menu or button in one of the
two tool bars.

Using help
Use this command to access online-help.

Display tool tips
ToolTips are small information windows that open up automatically if the mouse pointer stops briefly on a button
or some other area. They provide information about the
button’s function. These information boxes can be switched
off or on with this option.

About MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004
Here you will find information regarding the copyright and
the version number of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004.

Online registration
Here you can register online. Advantages:
– Special pricing on select items
– New sounds for downloads
– Special offers
– Advance info on new products
– Demo software before the official release date
– User Forums
– Online Support

MAGIX.TV
Use this command to access the MAGIX.TV online area.

Settings/Information > System information
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Information on the current date and time appear in this
Information window, in addition to the number of files

Menu Help
that have just been opened, the total size of the memory in
the system and the size of the memory used by the MAGIX
Movie Edit Pro 2004. In short, a list of all available drives
and their available memory capacity.
The memory area used by the MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004
should never be larger than the physical RAM in the computer, as otherwise the performance will drop drastically
during replay as a result of virtual memory swapping!
Key:

Ctrl + i

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Play Functions
Start / stop
Restart from Start marker
Start marker to start
End marker to end
1 frame back
1 frame forwards
5 frames backwards
5 frames forwards
Set play marker
Go to play marker

spacebar
backwards
home
end
cursor key left
cursor key right
Ctrl + cursor key left
Ctrl + cursor key right
Shift + 1/2/3
1/2/3

Arranger view
Switch-over object presentation
Zoom in
Zoom out
Play arrangement full screen
General view of arrangement
Optimize view
Zoom 1s/5s/1 min/10 min/
Zoom between S and E markers
Total arrangement
Scroll to previous object edge
Scroll next object edge
Scroll to Start marker
Scroll to End marker

Tab
Ctrl + cursor key up
Ctrl + cursor key down
q
Shift + a
Shift + b
Ctrl + 1/2/3/4
Ctrl + 7
Ctrl + 8
Ctrl + 9
Ctrl + 0
Ctrl + home
Ctrl + end

Scene management in Media Pool (”Extras”)
Set in point
Set out point
Go to in point
Go to out point
Play from in point
to out point
Store take

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shift + o
Ctrl + k
Shift + t

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Intelligent mouse mode
Mouse mode for single objects
Curve mouse mode
Object stretch mode
Audio objects prelistening mode
Scrub mode
Context help mode

Alt + 1
Alt + 2
Alt + 3
Alt + 4
Alt + 5
Alt + 6
Alt + 7

Keyboard Shortcuts
Menu File
New arrangement
Ctrl + N
Load arrangement
Ctrl + O
Save arrangement
Ctrl + S
Save arrangement as
Ctrl + s
Capture audio / video
g
Record audio
r
Play out audio / video
h
Song Wizard
w
Export arrangement as AVI
Alt + a
Export arrangement as DV-AVI
Alt + b
Export arrangement as MPEG
Alt + c
Export arrangement as MAGIX Video Alt + d
Export arrangement as
QuickTime Movie
Alt + e
Export arrangement as
Windows Media
Alt + f
Export audio as Real Media
Alt + g
Export audio as Wave
Alt + h
Single frame as BMP
Alt + m
Single frame as JPEG
Alt + n
Save and send as e-mail
Shift + o
Publish to web
Shift + v
Backup arrangement
Shift + e
Backup arrangement to CD-ROMShift + f
Write files to CD-ROM
Shift + g
Internet connection
Ctrl + w
Arrangement properties
e
Playback parameters
p
System settings
y
Audio/Video settings
a
Full-Screen Playback Options
Ctrl + b
CD-ROM configuration
Ctrl + r
Arrangement information
i
System information
Ctrl + i
Exit
Alt + F4

Menu Edit
Undo
Redo
Duplicate objects
Delete objects
Select all objects
Cut objects
Save objects as takes
Cut range

Ctrl + z
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + d
Del
Ctrl + a
t
Ctrl + f
Ctrl + Ins

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Copy range
Delete range
Paste range
Group
Ungroup
Mix down audio
Set Marker
Goto Marker

Ctrl + Ins
Ctrl + Del
Ctrl + Ins
Ctrl + l
Ctrl + m
Shift + m
Shift + 1/2/3
1/2/3

Menu Effects
Video Cleaning
Video effects
Scene recognition
Load video effects
Save video effects
Reset video effects
Edit Bitmap externally
Normalize audio
Automatic track damping
Equalizer
Dynamic Processor
Echo/Reverb
Stereo processor
Time stretch/Resample
Denoiser
Dehisser
Load audio effects
Save audio effects
Reset audio effects
Object properties

Shift + x
Shift + y
Shift + z
Ctrl + Shift + a
Ctrl + Shift + b
Shift + b
Alt + p
Shift + k
Shift + l
Shift + h
Shift + j
Shift + n
Shift + p
Shift + q
Shift + r
Shift + w
Ctrl + Shift + c
Ctrl + Shift + d
Shift + d
Ctrl + e

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Mixer
Trimmer
Master Audio FX Rack
Standard Layout
Video monitor
Media Pool
Show arrangement overview
Optimize arrangement view
Change object presentation

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Shift + a
Shift + b
Tab

Help Contents

MAGIX CD-R
This utility enables you to make backups of your projects
and burn all the files used in the program to a CD-ROM.
You can also launch “mxcdr.exe” as a standalone CD burning software suite for all data backup tasks (you will find
the program file in the “mxcdr” subdirectory in your applications directory.
The program distinguishes between three operating modes:
normal mode, backup mode and Audio CD.

The burn dialog

File: Lists the files to be burned. By launching up mxcdr
from a MAGIX program, all files in the project appear here
CD-Recorder: Select from the CD burners installed in your
system. If this field is empty, your burner is not correctly
installed or switched on properly (USB devices). To recognize the burner, start the “ mxcdr” program again after
switching on your USB burner. Note: USB burners are
not actively supported by this program. Minimum system
requirements recommend using a SCSI or IDE burner.
Speed: Select the burning speed from x1 up to the maximum that your burner supports.
CD-Information: Information regarding the available
capacity and the total capacity of the inserted blank CD. If
the free space display shows negative values, you should
change to the “Backup Mode”.
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Produces auto start CD: Produces auto start CD with
MAGIX Media Manager. After inserting the CD into a PC,
the CD playR Jukebox is started automatically and the CD’s
audio or video files are played. One can thus play such a
CD (e.g. mp3) on any computer.
CD burning is simulated: i.e. the CD burner behaves in
exactly the same manner as when really burning, but without actually writing data onto the blank CD. It can thus test
whether burning is functioning correctly without destroying the blank CD should errors arise.
Executes a system test: This serves to optimize the CD
burning routine’s work.
Long file names: The use of long file names can lead to
incompatibility when the CD is used on some MP3 CD /
DVD players.
Use short file names: (8+3 characters) for using CDs on
incompatible MP3-CD / DVD players
Directory options: The files are burnt either completely
without original path (directory options: “none”) or with
their original directory (directory options “one directory
level”)
E.g..: C:\audio\project1\music1.wav in the file list results
in F:\music1.wav (“none”). Or,F:\project1\music1.wav
(“one directory level”) on the CD.
In order to illustrate more complex path specifications on
the CD, please use the Backup mode.
Load list / Save; Load files/ Remove: The files are added
to the list by the “Load files” button (only one or more files
can be added — adding a complete directory as such is not
possible). With the “Remove files” button, you remove them
from the list.
With “Load list / Save list”, lists can be secured for later
use and then reloaded.
Name of CD-R: Here you can choose a name for the CD
(max.12 characters), which will then be displayed in the
Explorer and on some CD players.
Burning CD-R: Starts burning the disc or runs the, Burn
simulation
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cancel: Closes the mxcdr program

MAGIX CD-R
The Normal Mode
This is a mode for the use of the CD Backup tools as a
stand-alone CD burning program, e.g. for daily data protection, for the production of an mp3 CD for mp3 CD players, for any PCs; or even to be executed as an Auto start CD
with playR jukebox.
The files are added to the list by the “Load files” button
(only one or more files can be added — adding a complete
directory as such is not possible). With the “Remove files”
button, you remove them from the list.
With “Load list / Save list”, lists can be secured for later
use and then reloaded.
If the file list contents exceed the capacity of the inserted
blank CD, it is changed automatically to the “
Backup Mode” in order to enable burning on several CDRs.
As opposed to the Backup mode, the Normal mode has the
following differences:
– Burning is only possible onto one CD (no spanning on
multiple disks).
– The files are burned either completely without original
path (directory options: “none”) or with their original
directory (directory options “one directory level”)
– e.g..: C:\audio\project1\music1.wav in the file list results
in F:\music1.wav
(“none”). Or,
F:\project1\music1.wav
(“one directory level”) on
the CD.
In order to illustrate more complex path specifications
on the CD, please use the Backup mode.
Always save projects (samplitude, cleaning lab, audio studio
VIPs or music & video maker arrangements) with the Backup
mode so that they always land in the correct directories after
being called back up.
– The CD can be executed as an auto start CD with the
additional MAGIX Media Manager. After inserting such
a CD, the playR Jukebox is started automatically and plays
the audio/video files available on the CD. Such a CD
(e.g. mp3) can thus be played on any computer.

The Backup Mode
The program is normally used in this mode if it is called
up from a MAGIX application by the “Burn project backup
onto CD” command. All files belonging to the current
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Samplitude, cleaning lab or audio studio: VIP) are specified in the “ Files “ list.
In the Backup mode, all files are stored with their complete path specifications so they automatically land in the
correct directories after being restored. You may also
Protect projects whose added file size exceeds the capacity
of the CD. The files are stored onto several CD-ROMs with
optimal utilization of space. A file may be divided into two
sections.
The “ restore.exe “ program is written onto the first backup
CD, which executes the correct restoration of the backups.
The CD is executed as an autostart CD, so that this program is started automatically when inserting the CD. (Auto
play must be enabled in the System Control Panel, or simply browse the first CD to find the restore.exe application)
Device Manager is activated for this CD ROM drive.
Always use the “ restore.exe “ program for backup restoration!
It ensures that all files are restored to their original positions, while also re-assembling the divided files (with a
backup consisting of several CDs).
You may select whether you want to reinstate the old status, i.e. to restore all files to their original storage positions,
or to indicate another directory. The path structure of the
stored project is then displayed.
A playR jukebox cannot be added in the Backup mode.

Audio CD Mode
In this mode you can burn an audio CD from existing audio files (wav) quickly. Additionally, the file list may contain only CD-compatible audio files.
The list may t contain only standard CD-quality WAV files,
which must be in a 16-bit format, stereo, and have a 44.1
kHz sample rate. You may also select whether the tracks
play consecutively are separated by a standard two-second
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MAGIX Media Manager
MAGIX Media Manager is a universal playback and display program compatible with most image, audio and video
formats. Two versions of MAGIX Media Manager are available:
– “MAGIX Media Manager cdr,” the compact display program for self-made CD-ROMs. MAGIX Media Manager
cdr is also copied onto the CD-ROM and started automatically when the CD-ROM is placed into the drive,
ensuring that the media data on the CD can be displayed
on any PC, independent of the software installed. If the
Widows auto start function is disabled, the MAGIX
Media Manager cdr can be opened by double-clicking
the “MediaManager.exe” file located on the CD-ROM.
– “ MAGIX Media Manager silver,” the more comprehensive, independent playback software for all media. It can
be called up directly from the MAGIX program group.
All versions of MAGIX Media Manager play back a variety
of video formats, e.g. AVI, MPG, WMV and MXV. Many
impressive real-time video effects are available for AVI and
MXV videos. Video display can take place in the video window or on the full screen—perfect for presentation of entire films.
Furthermore, MAGIX Media Manager can also be used as
a Web radio receiver and photo display tool, with or without background music.
Additionally, MAGIX Media Manager can handle all audio
formats, e.g. can play back audio CD titles, WAV, MP3,
MPG and WMA files. Two titles can be played back simultaneously and cross-faded with the help of a DJ cross fader,
even if both tracks are from the same audio CD. Various
real-time effects and mixing tools spice up playback. Many
eye-catching visualization algorithms are available for visual accompaniment, creating interesting graphics and
video sequences directly from music—if desired as a full
screen feature.
All MAGIX Media Manager functions are described in the
online help, which can be called up using the F1 button on
the main screen.

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Appendix: Quick film course
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 is a virtual film production
studio full of recording and editing technology. However,
in addition to great technology, you also need some fundamental cinematic techniques. . This course provides an
introduction, some tips and some production basics to get
you started.

Idea
In the beginning is the big idea. It can be a position, a description, a concrete statement, a topic or a request. Either
you discover it yourself or it is received from friends, a company or a sponsor.
Initially, you should ask yourself two questions:
1. Who will see the film?
2. What is the film about?

Synopsis and screenplay
The screenplay is essentially the film in described in print,
or a manual with which the film idea is carried out. The
screenplay can be developed either informally or written
exactly – depending upon topic and seriousness. Amateur
filmmakers usually prefer spontaneous filming without a
screenplay. The effect of their films unfolds as they are
shot.
Not every film requires a prepared screenplay. Nevertheless, it is helpful to seriously consider how the final product will look. For this purpose, a short synopsis of the
planned scenes and settings can be extremely useful. A
synopsis can be developed into a sophisticated screenplay
quite quickly. Good screenplays are always in demand, and
the best, most detailed, most successful screenplays always
begin with the first rough draft.

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If you have the idea and an action draft (synopsis), the next
task consists of translating fantasy into film language. That
is, you must consider with which cinematic means your
film will be made. The most important cinematic means
are:
– Plot and filmic continuity
– Camera operation
– Settings
– Scenes and cuts
– Sound

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– Title
– Lighting

Continuity
Always keep the interest of the viewer in mind. Wake them
up, and carefully steer them to the conclusion. Initially,
you can win the viewer’s attention with a spectacular entrance. Thereafter, it should be held by logical and conclusive methodology.
The entire film, however, rests on more than an interesting scenario. Many small sequences within the film form
a more convincing scenario. Always shoot complete actions,
with a beginning and an end. Show the driver behind the
steering wheel, but also entering the vehicle, its arrival, and
the driver stepping out at the destination. Completed action facilitates understanding. Confusion frequently develops from a lack of continuity. Some examples: from:
– Illogical or temporally incorrect scenes (out of sequence):
Spectators with umbrellas do not fit in with the sunny
weather.
– Scenes that are too short (rule of thumb: scenes under 3
seconds are usually too short)
– Contradictory motives in sequential scenes
– Scene jumping: a person begins in the right of the picture and then in the left half screen, once with and then
without eyeglasses etc.
– Too many different pans, which should not to be shown
one after the other (unless in the same direction and
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Camera Operation
– Rule number 1: Keep the camera steady! Use a shoulder
stand, a one-legged stand or (best) a light tripod with
telescopic shots in excess of approx. 25mm focal length
to avoid disturbing blurring.
– Change the perspective occasionally! Get used to shooting occasionally from a kneeling or prone or birds-eye
view. Children and animals should always be shot at eye
level, the facades of interesting buildings from below.
– Take lots of close-ups (faces, hands, flowers, fruits, posters, street signs, etc.)! Approach your subject with the
camera instead of with the telephoto lens.
– Start with a long or medium-long shot, then a full to
medium shot, then as many close-ups as possible. Use
the “shot/counter shot” model! The bus stop example:
Shoot from the outside (the bus drives forwards), then
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house visitor example: Show only the visitor from the
outside as he stands before the door (“shot”), and then
the visitor from the inside, as he enters through the door
and closes it (“counter shot”).
Consider cinematic solutions for time or location
changes! Create transitions of location and use, or example close-ups, to bridge gaps in time.
Do not use separate camera movement cuts together.
Pans or zoom shots should be always separated from
each other by shooting from different perspectives.
Use facial close-ups from different angles during dialogs. Take up different camera positions! The camera
angle should vary by at least 45 degrees.
Change field sizes more frequently when shooting buildings.
Use cuts as the actors move. The viewer is diverted by
the movement and hardly notices the cut.
Use harmonious cuts and avoid jumping to new scenes.
The less movement shot from a single perspective, the
shorter its length should be. Rapid movement shots can
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Very long shot

Long shot

Medium shot

Medium close-up

Medium long shot

Close-up

Full shot

Big close-up

How much of a person or object we see on screen is determined largely by the field size adopted when shooting film.
Central to the way the viewer perceives your film is the
impression you give of the distance between camera and
object. The viewer tends to refer back to his everyday experience and transfers it to the film. If the viewer sees a facial
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if people are seen as small figures on the horizon, it is obvious that they are distant. We have divided shots between
extreme proximity and extreme distance into eight categories:
Very long shot
This field size does not deal with details: Frequently used
at the beginning or conclusion of an action sequence to
mediate atmosphere, landscapes, sunsets, skylines and
other “broad” motifs are typical. Westerns often use this
technique, with dust clouds on the horizon, or heroes departing towards the sunset. This symbolic representation
is frequently strengthened by music.

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Long shot
The long shot gives the viewer an overview of what’s happening and provides orientation. It is action-based.
A long shot of a house followed by a person in a room informs the viewer where the person is. This technique can
be reversed with the same effect - from the close-up detail
to the long shot. Both work as preparation for a jump in
time or location.
Long shots contain more details, and should therefore last
a little longer than other shots.
Medium long shot
The distance from the spectator is still quite significant in
the medium log shot. It shows people from head to foot
and allows the viewer to follow their actions entirely; body
language can easily be seen, but not facial expressions.
Full shot / Medium shot
These two field sizes differ only slightly. The medium shot
shows people from the knees up; In the case of the standing actor, the lower frame passes through the waist. Medium shots are frequently used for the tight presentation
of two actors. There is space for hand gestures to be seen
Medium close-up
This is the classic TV moderator shot, from the chest up.
Facial expression can clearly be discerned.
Close-up/Big close-up
Close-ups show a fairly small part of the scene, such as a
character’s face, in great detail so that it fills the screen.
Close-ups show the head and shoulders. Big close-ups show
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Close-ups focus attention on a person’s feelings or reactions, and are sometimes used in interviews to show people
in a state of emotional excitement, grief or joy. In interviews, the use of big close-ups may emphasize the
interviewee’s tension and suggest lying or guilt. Big closeups are rarely used for important public figures. Note that
in western cultures the space within about 60 cm is generally felt to be private space,

Scenes & Cuts
Multiple recordings of the same scene
Show your motif from as many angles as possible! Then
you have greater choice to make an interesting picture sequence on the PC. Show both the driver and the car being
driven. Show not only the speaker, but also the listener
and their reactions, and then combine the different aspects
of the scene.
Panning
Pans usually last around 2-4 seconds. There are two types
of panning technique:
Following pan. The camera swivels (in the same base position) to follow a moving subject. A space is left in front of
the subject: the pan ‘leads’ rather than ‘trails’. A pan usually begins and ends with a few seconds of still picture to
give greater impact. The speed of a pan across a subject
creates a particular mood as well as establishing the viewer’s
relationship with the subject.
Surveying pan. The camera slowly searches the scene, and
may build to a climax or anticlimax.
Zoom
When zooming in, the camera does not move; the lens is
focused down from a long-shot to a close-up while the picture is still being shown. The subject is magnified, and
attention is concentrated on details previously invisible as
the shot tightens (contrast tracking). It may be used to surprise the viewer.
Zooming out reveals more of the scene (perhaps where a
character is, or to whom he or she is speaking) as the shot
widens. Zooming in rapidly brings not only the subject but
also the background hurtling towards the viewer, which
can be disconcerting. Zooming in and then out creates an
ugly ‘yo-yo’ effect. Zooming should be used economically.
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Transitions
Transitions lead one scene into another and may produce
tension. Transitions can also transport meaning, such as
the passage of time. Blending two scenes instead of using
a “hard cut” can sometimes be effective, but overuse should
be avoided. Be economical with this device.
Transitions can be divided into three types:
– Action-based, whereby the transition remains within the
scene
– Neutral (such as a close-up of a nearby object), or
– External, which shows something entirely unrelated to
the scene.

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Cuts
Cuts are the simplest and most basic joining of two shots;
the abrupt transition between one shot and another without any intervening device or effect; generally considered
the most direct possible transition, either between scenes,
or between angles within a scene; sometimes called an edit.
Cuts can convey meaning, such as a change of location or
of time. Poor cutting confuses viewers.
There are many types of cut. We have listed several cuts
that are frequently used:
Motivated Cut: Cut made just at the point where what
has occurred makes the viewer immediately want to see
something that is not currently visible. A typical feature is
the shot/reverse shot technique (cuts coinciding with
changes of speaker).
Jump Cut: Abrupt switch from one scene to another which
may be used deliberately to make a dramatic point, such as
two autos approaching a junction from different directions.
Associative Cut: We see a man playing the lottery, and in
the next scene, we see him buying an expensive auto. Get
it?
Cross Cut: A cut from one line of action to another. Also
applied as an adjective to sequences, which use such cuts.
Instead of showing us the blood and pain of birth, we are
shown a flower bud blooming.
Mise-en-scene: Also known as the “Contrast montage”.
Meaning is conveyed through the relationship of things
visible within a single shot (rather than, as with montage,
the relationship between shots). Space and time is preserved
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minimised. The way people stand and move in relation to
each other is important. Long shots and long takes are typical.
Formal Cut: Several shots with aspects in common are
shown together. A football and the planet earth, a red rose
and a red dress, etc.

Sound
The careful organization of sound with original recordings,
songs, mood music, commentary or background noise play
an important role in film, helping to create a whole new
layer of meaning.
Narration
Short, informative narration is often very helpful for the
viewer. The voice should sound natural, so try to avoid reading of from a sheet.
Compelling use of narration should not to simply duplicate the information the viewer already sees, but should
add something new – such as emotional content or background information.
Original sound recording
Sound should never be cut off completely from a video without sound; film is usually sterile and less authentic.
Commentary should be blended in such a fashion that the
original sound recorded with the film can still be heard.
However, unwanted background noises should be faded
out (such as strong wind or airplanes).
Music
Never underestimate the effect of music in film. It is often
crucial for invoking emotion, and adds the final touch to
your film. The music selected should be “fit” with the film.

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Captions, like commentary, add another layer of meaning
to film. They should also be interesting and informative,
and not divert the viewer from the action. Here a few tips
for using text with film:
– Titles should be short so that the text on view can be
read?
– Titles should be written in large, legible letters. Rule of
thumb: Faded in text size should be readable twice. The
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white text on black background: Some systems bear no
strong contrasts over 1:40 and cannot represent such
text in detail.
– Titles should be faded in long enough to be read. For
text with 10 letters, one should allow approx. 3 seconds.
For every 5 letters that follow, allow an extra second.

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One more tip: You don’t always have to enter your text by
hand in the text editor! Natural text that appears on street
signs, billboards etc offer many interesting possibilities...

Lighting
One of the main differences between a professional film
and an amateur video lies in the lighting. You can never
spend enough time and money getting it right. However,
good results can be achieved with some thoughtful improvisation.
Filming on set (interior)
Light sources
Interior filming can never have enough light. Professionals often illuminate their scenes with 10,000 Watts and
more. An ambitious amateur usually fails to match this
level simply because the already because the plug sockets
do not carry such power.
Do not mix daylight with artificial light! Film a person once
with the light from a window, and again from an artificial
light source. The resulting difference is striking. Being able
to reduce this effect by using a blue filter to stretch (blue
foil or like). Often it is simpler to pull the curtains and just
use artificial light.
Amateurs often use cheap halogen construction-site floodlights. Fluorescent tubes are more recommendable, since
they have good luminous efficiency, and employ less power
and generate less heat. In addition they produce very vague
light that does not dazzle - faces illuminate well. Illumination can be increased using mirrors.
Floodlighting
Floodlighting s the difficult art of positioning sources of
light suited to the camera. In principle, three types of light
source are used: leading light, supporting light and backlight.
Leading Light: The leading light always represents the
main source of light. One should position it in such a way
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“why does the light come from the left when the windows
are on the right?”
Supporting light: Depending upon the angle of lighting, unnaturally hard shadows may appear on faces and
objects surface. To balance the light to create realistic shadowing, the so-called fill-in light is used, usually positioned
on the other side of the camera to the leading light
Backlight: Lights the object from behind, creating a romantic halo around figures. Be careful not to shine the
backlight directly into the camera.
Shooting on location (exterior)
Because you must adapt to the given lighting conditions
it’s important to keep the time between the first and last
shot of a scene as short as possible.
Strong sunlight shadows can also pose a problem. Since
floodlights are less effective on sunny days, reflectors are
used to increase illumination. In effect, these are large plates
of crumpled aluminum foil. They require no electricity,
perfect for low-budget filming

Suggestions
We are almost at the end of this short course, and have
now come full circle: the initial idea. What works well for
film? Here are a few suggestions:
Portraits
Everything can become the motif for a portrait: People,
animals, plants, companies, associations, organizations,
cities, villages, building, rivers, landscapes, lakes...
Personal portraits
The main aim is the move the everyday life of a person into
the foreground. Show in sequence what this person does
during a typical daily.
Or select a characteristic activity as a leitmotif. Does the
person being portrayed have an interesting hobby, a failed
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There are several criteria you could use:
– From the view of an employee, showing their typical routine.
– The way a product is forged from raw material through
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– A company cross-section, showing vignettes with scene
transitions from each departments
Urban portraits
Town and city portraits are particularly popular, and can
be constructed in a variety of ways:
– From the view of a resident or tourist. This person experiences the city from his or her own view. The advantage of this method is that you automatically have a main
actor to grab the attention of the viewer.
– The daily routine: the city awakes, sunrise over the roofs,
people on the way to the work, traffic, nightlife….
– Individual episodes, small stories from the city. This film
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Landscape portraits
Landscape portraits too can be constructed in a number of
ways:
– Episodes from the view of a wanderer experiencing the
landscape. Again, you automatically have a main actor
to grab the attention of the viewer.
– Boat travel: a boat navigates a river. A second boat would
be useful for external perspectives of the boat.
– Seasonal change. In spring a cloud break pours into the
forest. Rivulets collect and find their way into a summer
landscape. Calm water flows by an autumn landscape
and the lake lies frozen in winter.
Family films
Children
If one first succeeds in interesting them, children are the
best actors because they often forget the presence of the
camera. The most useful device is use of the close-up. One
avoids scene-jumping with close-ups of the face, hands or
even toys.
Family events
The gray routine is interrupted now and then by events,
which can be worth filming:
-The new vehicle: Each new purchase provides fresh film
material.
-Domestic animals: the dog being bathed, the cat being
stroked, the aquarium being cleaned...
- Parties: Birthdays, Christmas – these are unique events
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Travel film
Travel films
For travel films, it is difficult to write a script in advance:
Surprises are unforeseeable and make both the journey
and the film interesting. Make a note of what you filmed!
Such a list helps prevent filming something twice. Decide
beforehand whether the film will be constructed chronologically, thematically or dramaturgically.
– Chronological travel film. The travel film concentrates
on the route and is driven by the sequence of the journey. At the beginning, show a map and describe the
route.
– Thematic travel film. Certain objects or conditions during the journey are more important than the route.
– Dramaturgi travel film. With this variant you blend an
invented story into the travel film.
Reporting
Reportage differs from documentation due to the operation of the camera. The problem with reporting: If an important instant is missed, it does not return. With the report one must remain “on the ball” and should deal more
generously with the recorded material.
There are many motifs suitable for a report. You do not
need a film script, but you do need a gift for observation.
Reports work best when they are original, dynamic and
up-to-date. A few suggestions:
– Driving. Make a trip with the camera! A companion could
be the support actor.
– On the train station. Trains arrive and pass by. People
step out, luggage is transported. People welcome each
other or part ways. A queue forms at the ticket booth.
Close in on individuals and faces and break through the
anonymity of large travel hubs.
– Window shopping. The roads and shop windows of a
city can deliver beautiful motifs for film. A polarization
filter is helpful.
Wedding films
Some wedding film tips:
– Careful preparation is important.
– Film the church from the outside (long shot) to present
the place of the action.
– Make close-ups of the waiting guests before the church.
– Film the couple on the way to church
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– Film the couple from the front. You could start with a
church window and pan to the couple. The whole church
scene should not be too long.
– In the evening, the merriment acts as a good motif: Gags,
verses, presentations or unexpected incidents. Don’t forget to return your attentions to the couple and their
guests.

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Editing video on the PC
Digital video processing with the PC is comparable to audio processing. The analog medium that is video must first
be digitized before it can be processed in the computer.
This functions quite similar to recording using a soundcard:
The signal flow is measured in very short, regular intervals. The computer can then process the values resulting
from these measurements. The accuracy of each individual
measurement results in the resolution, the frequency of
the measurements results in the frame rate. The more precisely and frequently the signal is measured, the higher
the quality of the digitized video - but this also increases
the demands upon the capture performance and the required storage space. The Windows standard format for
video files is AVI (audio and video Interleaved).
The digitization of the video requires either the camera or
the graphic card, a TV card (e.g. Miro PCTV) or a video
card (e.g. Fast AV Master). However, video handling makes
much higher demands upon the hardware if good image
quality is required. In order to be able to reasonably process video files on today’s PCs, files must be compressed unlike digital audio, with which compression is used only
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MPEG means ”Moving Picture Experts Group”, and defines a working group that cooperates with the International Standards Organization (ISO) as well as the international Electro Technical Commission (ETC) in order to
develop standards for video and audio coding.
Generally, the graphic data rate of the digital video standard is 167 megabits per second, which, when not compressed, requires a far higher storage capacity than a DVD
can offer. A one-sided DVD 5 with 4.7 GB storage capacity
is enough for 4 Minutes. For this reason, the available pictorial material must be effectively compressed — a function which is achieved with the MPEG procedure.
This procedure is based on the simple fact that up to 96 %
of digital video data consists of repetition and can be compressed without visible degradation of the picture quality.
Each MPEG compression is, however, a data reduction and
as such is connected with information loss. If the video
consists of very extensive details, or if the content changes
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of the compression and the quality of the encoder).
Errors can also result from so-called compression artifacts,
such as small color defects or images that are too dark.
With average compression rates under 3 megabits per second, it is probable that you will notice the reduced quality.
With rates around 6 megabits per second, the degradation
in quality becomes almost invisible.

Specification (RedBook, WhiteBook...)
In order to coordinate and match CD file structure with
CD drives, the different types of CD were standardized by
the industry. The names for them resulted simply from
the color of the books in which the standards were written.
Besides the Red Book for audio CDs, there’s the Yellow
Book for CD-ROMs and the White Book for video CDs.

Video CD (VCD)
Video CDs are specific CD-ROMs on which videos in certain forms are stored. The compression takes place using
the MPEG-1 codec. VCDs can be played on either a video
CD player attached to a television, or directly on the CDROM drive on the computer. Most DVD players can play
VCDs.
Resolution: On a VCD, movies with a maximum resolution of 352 x 288 pixels (PAL) or 352 x 240 (NTSC) with 25
pictures per second can be played. The resolution of a VHS
cassette offers 300 x 360 pixels, for instance. More important than the resolution is the use of a good MPEG-1 encoder. Since video images constantly change, the viewer
cannot always perceive errors.
Hard-drive capacity: A VCD can save about 70 minutes
of video. A typical motion picture must therefore be stored
on two VCDs. In order to get as much video data on a normal CD as possible, one must forego correction information on VCD/SVCD formats within the individual sectors
(sub-ranges) of a CD. You can therefore fit 720 MB of video
data on a 650 MB blank CD. Due to improved burning and
scanning technology, it is now possible to burn up to 985
MB video data on a 99min blank CD.
Encoder setting: Normally the video CD data is played at
a data rate of 1150 Kbits for video and 224 Kbits for audio.
By an increase of the video bit-rate of up to 3000Kbits, you
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see artifacts, which disappear almost completely with
approx. 2000Kbits — with the picture appearing a little
less sharp.
This presupposes however that the player can also play such
a bit rate. That many DVD players can handle an increased
data rate is due to well-written player software.
Experiment with higher data rates: if you do not need the
full run-time of the VCD, you can improve the quality of
the video!

Super Video CD (SVCD)
The Super Video CD (SVCD) is a technological advancement of the video CD. SVCDs are also like VCD-specified
CD-ROMs, which are played either with an S-Video CD
player (which is connected to the television), or directly with
the CD-ROM drive of the computer. Many DVD Players
can also play SVCDs. Owing to MPEG-2 and the increase
of the data transfer rate, you can hardly tell apart standard
videos from videos in DVD quality.
Resolution: With SVCDs, the better MPEG-2 encoder is
used in a standardized resolution of 480 x 576 (PAL). The
MPEG-2 format offers a maximum resolution of up to 720
x 576 points, and improved compression methods that,
though at higher data rates, are characterized by excellent
image definition and consistency.
Hard-drive capacity: An average 90-minute movie must
be spread across 3 CDs. On one SVCD you can get about
30 minutes of good quality film.
Encoder setting: Compared to the VCD with 1.3, the data
transfer rate is doubled to 2.6 Mbit/s.
With the MPEG-2 format, the so-called variable bit rate
(VBR) is introduced. In contrast to the constant bit rate
(CBR) of the MPEG-1 encoders, this encoder has the possibility of using more bits for movement-intensive sections,
as well as to save bits if picture content remains the same.

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Quality
The exceptional color quality, image definition and contrast of the DVD are all well known.
With a resolution of 720 x 576 (PAL) and coded with MPEG2, 25 pictures per second give very good results. The quantity of data is approx. 5 times as much as with VCD.

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DVD size
DVDs look similar to CDs. The only visible difference is
on double-sided DVDs that have no label. Otherwise both
formats share the same dimensions.
– Diameter: 12 cm, like a normal CD (additionally there
are still DVDs with only 8 cm diameters.)
– Thickness: 1.2 mm, likewise like a normal CD.
DVD media (overview)
The DVD does not differ outwardly from a conventional
CD-ROM. Higher memory density (up to 17 gigabytes as
opposed to 650-780 megabytes) results from the fact that
information is stored more densely (double capacity) and
that up to four layers can be specified. In order to be able to
read the information, a special laser with modified wavelength is necessary. Therefore DVDs cannot be read with
conventional CD-ROM drives.
Writable data carrier formats
The recordable DVD market is split for the time being into
three types: DVD-RAM, DVD +RW. and DVD-RW.
DVD-R: Once-only writable medium. The DVD-R can be
specified with the file structures of DVD Video, DVD Audio or DVD-ROM.
DVD+RW: With +RW drives, re-recordable DVDs should
be created which can be read by almost any commercial
DVD-ROM or DVD player. The companies involved are
mainly Philips, Sony, HEWLETT PACKARD (as well as
Ricoh, Yamaha and Mitsubishi).
DVD-RW: Writable and erasable DVD technology that is
promoted by Pioneer and Sharp. This format was developed by the Pioneer company and should be compatible
with existing DVD players.
DVD-RAM: Due to the small storage capacity and incompatibility with DVD players, setting on this standard is not
recommended.
Note: MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 supports DVD -R, DVD
+RW, and DVD -RW. Look at www.magix.com for patches!
Blank discs: Single-side recordable blanks with a capacity
of 4.7 Gbyte and a run-time of approx. 2 hours serve as
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Copy Protection
Macrovision (APS): The film industry could claim that
even DVD-ROM drives and decoder or diagram cards with
composite outputs or s-video outputs must support the
analog copy protection (APS) of macrovision.Some older
DVD Player do not possess APS.
With APS, a DVD player or the decoder card adds additional signals to a DVD’s stored graphic data. The data are
almost unchanged. These supplementary signals disturb
the synchronization and the automatic capturing regulation of most video recorders, therefore preventing the capturing of the video. They are not noticeable on the television or the monitor however.
Content Scrambling System (CSS): CSS prevents saving and duplication of DVD video tracks onto the harddrive.
The VOB streams of DVDs without CSS can otherwise (like
other video files) be loaded with the Import Video button

Mini-DVD
The Mini-DVD is nothing but the DVD data format burned
onto a CD-ROM. Thus MPEG-2 encoder and all other specifications of the DVD data format are used: only the data
carriers are different. Because the CD-ROM can only save
about a sixth of the quantity of data a DVD can hold, the
capacity of a Mini-DVD is accordingly limited to approx.
20 minutes of film.
Mini-DVDs are particularly suitable for playing on the computer. With stand-alone devices, it must be tested on an
individual basis as to whether the device can handle the
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Installation process is interrupted
If the installation process interrupts, but all paths have been
specified correctly, it is usually an indication of either a
defective installation disk or your hard-drive simply doesn´t
have enough space left to install MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
2004. MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 needs at least 100 MB
or hard-drive space for proper installation.

No sound while playing
If you do not hear any sound, but the cursor still moves
through the project, you will need to check the following
possibilities:
– The wrong driver in the Play Parameter Window (“p”key)
has been chosen
– No Windows driver has been installed for your sound
card.
– The volume setting in your sound cards mixer program
is set too low.
– Faulty connection of the speakers or the amplifier to the
sound card
A good idea is to check audio playback apart from MAGIX
Movie Edit Pro 2004. If there is any doubt about the proper sound card setup, use the Windows Media Player to
test the sound card. Load a WAV file in the Media Player
and play it. If you are still having problems, check that the
driver for your sound card has been properly installed.

Can’t open waveform device
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 informs you that the audio
outputs of your sound card have been opened by another
program, e.g. voice commander, media player, etc. Close
these programs and try loading MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
2004 again.

Can’t play this wave format
This message appears when you try to play a wave format
that is not supported by your sound card.
Because MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 requires a 16 bit
sound card, the use of 8 bit cards causes this message.
Another reason for this message is that your card doesn´t
support all sampling rates available in MAGIX Movie Edit
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the standard sampling rates such as 44 kHz, 32 kHz, and
22 kHz.

Short interruptions during playback
After starting playback, especially when working with HD
Projects and MMMs, you might encounter short dropouts.
This usually means that your system (processor or disk) is
too slow for the adjusted buffer size and sampling rate.
Try the following steps:
– Raise the buffer value for RAM, HD or VIP in the dialog
window by selecting Setup under the Edit menu. Higher
buffer values will increase overall performance, but it
will also slow down cursor movement and requires more
RAM memory.
– Increase the buffer number. This also requires more
memory.
– If it still doesn´t work, then you must reduce the sampling rate. Reduce it from 44.1 to 22 kHz. In most cases
the audio quality is still sufficient.

Can’t stop playback
If you can start playback by pressing the Spacebar but are
unable to stop it your system might have become too busy
with data processing. The only way to stop playback is by
pressing the “ESC” key.

Media files are not in sync
Should you encounter delays while playing media files in
sync with your digital audio you can adjust the playback by
specifying a correction factor. Select FX under the menu
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Audio recording 84
“Audio” recording dialog 85
Audio settings/video settings 133
Audio/Video 141
A
Auto scroll 140
Automatic 68, 129
A/B 110
Automatic capturing 63
About MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 160
Automatic disc spanning 20
Active Adjustment 100
Automatic scene recognition 62
Add project backup 128
Automatic search 105
Add. Drive 146
Automatic settin 95
Adding a sound track using MIDI songs 89
Automatic setting 104
Adding a title or other text 31
Adding background music using the Wizard 86 Automatically adjust videos to BPM 144
Automatically adjust Waves to BPM 142
Additional Export formats 21
Automatically adjust Waves to Pitch 142
Adjusting soundtrack 31
Automatically copy exported files to clipboard 144
Adjusting the signal level 84
Automatically cut all further scenes 69
Advance Settings 29
AUX 1 effect path 116
Advanced 85
AUX 2 effect path 116
Advanced configurations (Video Capturing
dialog) 66
B
Alias 148
Backlight 178
All effects off 95
Backup copy > Burn film and media onto CD / DVD
Alpha 94
137
Analog devices 63
Backup copy > Recall disc project from CD / DVD
Analysis area 77
137
Animated DVD menus with background music
Backup copy > Save film and media in directory 136
19
Bandwidth Control 108
Animated Selection Menus (only for DVD and
Bandwidth control 111
Mini-DV 125
Bars and Grids 47
Anti-flicker filter 97
Beat-based 100
Appendix: Problems and Solutions 187
Black/blue/white/green Screen (Chroma key) 94
Appendix: Quick film course 170
Blank discs 185
Appendix: Video and Data media 182
Blur 92
Apply to all scenes 95, 104
Border cropping - offset 97
Arranger (Time-line mode) 43
Borders 56, 78
Arranger full size 158
Brightness 96
Arranging MAGIX sound files 88
Brightness/color area 153
Arranging MIDI files 90
Buffer settings 141
Assembling movies 40
Build group / Ungroup 150
Associative Cut 175
Burn Disc 126
Attack 111
Burn Media CD 130
Audio 83
Burning CD-R 166
Audio CD Mode 168
Burning CDs & DVDs 24
Audio Cleaning 103
Burning CDs or DVDs 40
Audio driver 85
Burning dialog 126
Audio effects 103
Burst Copy 148
Audio formats 21
Button 74, 75
Audio FX 55
Buttons 74
Audio object effects 156
Bypass 110
Audio object effects> Volume Curve 157
Audio pre-listening mode 60

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C
Camera Operation 171
Cancel 77, 166
Captions 176
Capture 49
Capture audio/picture/video 135
Capturing 21
Capturing from DV recorders or cameras 61
Capturing from video recorders or camcorders
64
Capturing statistics 63
CD burning is simulated 166
CD-Information 165
CD-Recorder 165
CD-ROM Configuration 144
Cinematic means 170
Clear Drive 146
Clip information 133
Clip Meta information 134
Close-up/Big close-up 173
Color 96, 97, 113
Color controls 93
Color FX 93
Color space adjustment 154
Compressor 107
Compressor (Master FX) 111
Configuration 146
Connecting your equipment 16
Content 160
Content Scrambling System 186
Context help 160
Context help mode 60
Continuity 171
Contour 93
Controlling Effects with Curves 99, 114
Convert MIDI files to audio files 90
Copy (Storyboard mode) 57
Copy mode normal 148
Copy mode Synchronization sector 148
Copy Protection 186
Copy selected track(s) 146
Create a video project for the Internet 79
Created 138
Creating a website 120
Credits, Subtitles and Texts 23
Crop 98
Cross Cut 175
Cross-fade 74
Curves Mouse Mode 59

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Cut Objects 149
Cut Trimmer 74, 158
Cuts 175
Cutting 32, 45
Cutting up a scene 50

D
De-Interlace 97
Dehisser 106
Delay 113
Delete 57
Delete corrections 77
Delete envelope 100
Delete objects 149
Delete Scene end 51
Delete Scene start 50
Deleting, copying and moving files 54
Denoiser 104
Deselect all tracks 147
Design/Upload 122
DesignPicker 122
Determining the visible TV frame size 155
Digital audiometer (Master FX) 112
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) 184
Digital video capturing (DV capturing) 61
Dilate 93
Direct burning 66
Direct TWAIN connection 20
Directories (Import/Temporary 1, 2/Arrangement) 141
Directory and file list 53
Directory options 166
DirectX audio Plug-Ins 116
Disc Burning: 13
Disc menu 126
Disc Spanning 129
Disk Selection/DVD Menus 24
Display tool tips 160
Divide Film 51
Drag & Drop 91, 103
Drag & drop onto a “hard” transition 71
Drawing mode 102
Drive name 147
Driver 62
Drives 55
Dual-screen layout (with or without controls)
159
”Ducking” (reducing the sound volume) 86
Duplicate objects 149
Duplicating objects (Timeline mode) 57

Index
Duplicating/Copying objects 51
“DV capturing” dialog 62
DV devices 61
DV-Capture 30
Dvanced 66
DVD 185
DVD media (overview) 185
DVD size 185
DVD-R 185
DVD-RAM 185
DVD-RW 185

E
Echo 92, 113
Echo / Reverb (Master FX, FX menu) 112
Edit 121
Edit Range > Copy 150
Edit Range > Cut 150
Edit Range > Delete 150
Edit Range > Extract 150
Edit Range > Insert 150
Editing and administering an existing web
page. 120
Editing the effect curve in the dialog 102
Editing the effect curve on the track 101
Editing video on the PC 182
Editing web pages 121
Effect curves 103
Effect devices and Master FX 109
Effect Libraries > Audio effects/Video effects
157
Effect Plug-Ins in the Mixmaster 116
Effect Plug-Ins on the AUX paths 116
Effect settings movie 153
Effects curves 91
Effects for adding music 88
Effects with previews 23
Emboss 93
Emporarily deactivate all effects 104
Encoder setting 183, 184
Encoder settings 128
EQ (Master FX) 110
Equalizer 106
Erase 121
Erosion 93
Executes a system test 166
Expl/Extras Buttons 54
Export as a Windows Media File (.WMV or
.WMA) 36
Export Film > Video uncompressed 133

Export Movie > Audio as Wave 134
Export Movie > Audio as Wave with Codec 134
Export Movie > Real Media Export 133
Export Movie > Single frame as BMP (JPEG)
135
Export Movie > Video as AVI 132
Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI 132
Export Movie > Video as MAGIX Video 132
Export Movie > Video as MPEG Video 132
Export Movie > Video as QuickTime Movie 133
Export movie > video as sequence of single
frames 133
Export Movie > Windows Media Export 133
Export video as a file (AVI) 33
Export Video as a Streaming Video File 35
Export Video as an Uncompressed File 37
Export video through TV output connection 39
Export video through video or graphics card 40
Extended DVD layouts 126
Extended DVD menu 125
Extract sound from videos 143
Extracting a new noise sample from a sound
track 105

F
Fade in TV display area in the preview monitor
155
Fade In/Out 73
Fader 107
Faders & buttons 115
Family films 179
Fast forward 49
Feature Highlights 19
Feedback 113
Field sizes 172
File 165
Files used 138
Filming on set (interior) 177
First Frame / End Fade-In 74
Fish-eye 92
Flip V/H 93
For all waves 143
Foreword 3
Formal Cut 176
Frame / End Fade-In (10) 75
Free 99
Full shot / Medium shot 173
Function 53, 108
Function Overview 21
Functionality 76, 123
FX 45

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FX and Context menus 28
FX or context menu 103

G
General advice for operating both trim editors
73
Go to In/Out Point 69
Go To Marker 152
Group 58

K
Kaleidoscope 94
Karaoke-Presets 112
Keyboard Shortcuts 162

L & R volume meters 30
Last change 138
Layout 125
H
Leading Light 177
Left -/ 74
Hard-drive capacity 183, 184
Left/Right -/ 74
Help Contents
F1 164
Lens 92
Host adapter number 147
Lighting 177
How do I connect my audio equipment to use
Link bands 110
the aud 18
Link frequency bands 107
How do I connect my camcorder to my analog
Load and edit audio files 83
capture 17
Load CD tracks via record dialog 143
How do I connect my digital video camera? 16
Load list / Save; Load files/ Remove 166
Hue 97
Load Movie 131
Load setup 146
I
Load videos and images 61
Idea 170
Load/ Save disc project> Load disc project 131
Image Resizing for Optimum Television Display Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project 131
20
Load/ Save disc project> Save disc project as
Image Stabilization 75
132
Image stabilization dialog. 76
Load/Save/Reset Audio effects 156
Image-with-Sound support 20
Loading audio, video and images 54
Image/Video/Sound 125
Loading multimedia files from the Internet 118
Import and Export 21
Long file names 166
Improving picture or sound quality 31
Long shot 173
Increments 73
Loudspeaker symbol 44
Input 67
M
Installation 15
Integrating videos, takes or audio files 54
Macrovision (APS) 186
Intelligent mouse mode 59
Mage format 67
Internet 135
MAGIX CD-R 24, 165
Internet Functions 117
MAGIX Media Manager 169
Internet functions: Your own web page
MAGIX Media Manager silver 25
downloads 24
MAGIX on the Internet 15
Interpolation for interlace source material 97
MAGIX.TV 160
Intro 126
Make CD/DVD-Screen 123
Introduction 19
Manual 69
Intuitive Scene Arrangement 20
Manual operation 129
Invert envelope 100
Master audio effect rack 158
Master FX rack 103
J
Media library 22
Jump between In/Out points 70
Media Pool 27, 31, 43, 53, 159
Media Pool / Media library 45
Media Pool buttons 43

192

Index
Media Pool with Multi-scene overview mode 23
Media-Pool buttons 55
Medium close-up 173
Medium long shot 173
Memory 128
Menu Bar 43
Menu Edit 149, 163
Menu Effects 153, 164
Menu entries and previews 125
Menu File 131, 163
Menu Help 160
Menu modes 124
Menu Window 158, 164
Middle -/ 75
MIDI device 139
MIDI integration 24
MIDI interface and external sound generator
90
Mini-DVD 186
Minimizing Videos or Nestling 75
Mirror V/H 93
Mise-en-scene 175
Mix 94, 113
Mix down audio 151
Mix down of audio objects 89
Mix FX 94
Mixer 115, 158
Mode 1 124
Mode 2 124
Mode 3 124
Mosaic 92
Motion 92
Motivated Cut 175
Mouse mode bar (Time-line mode) 43
Mouse mode for single objects 59
Mouse modes 59, 162
Movement 98
Movie > Load backup movie 137
Movie menu 124
Movie properties 137
Moving Objects 50
MPEG Compression 182
Multi-track audio buffer/Preview buffer 141
Multimedia- Mixer with DirectX support 23
Music 176

N
Name 85, 137
Name of CD-R 166
Navigating the Timeline Window 47
Navigation 124

New Movie 131
New Value 77
Next (previous) cut (11) 75
Next (previous) Object/cut 74
Next scene 69
Noise level 105
Normalize first 101
Normalize/Reduce volume/Set volume 114
Number keys 126
Number of Objects 138

O
Object contents 73, 74
Object Handles 51
Object handles 32
Object Properties 153
Object Selection/Marking 33
Object stretch mode 59
Object Trimmer 158
Objects (Timeline Mode) 43
Olume 31
On (for photos!) 154
Online registration 160
Only for waves containing beat markers 143
Operation 76
Operations at the end of the film 125
Optical FX 92
Optimize View 58
Optimize view 159
Options 54, 101
Organizing the arranger view 48
Organizing the video screen 48
Original size 63
Original sound recording 176
Own 55

P
Package contents 12
Pan left - > right (right - > left) 98
Panning 174
Paste (Storyboard mode) 57
Path 137
Pause 146
Photo 66
Pick out typical background noise 105
Pitch 113
Play 45, 49, 126, 146
Play functions 73
Playback 48
Playback during the recording 85

193

Index
Playback in infinite loop mode 125
Playback markers: 27
Playback parameters 138
Playback/Display: 13
Playback/Transport control 48
Playing videos on digital devices 82
Portraits 178
Position 73, 74
Position Control 91
Possible Applications 21
Power 109
Practical example 95
Preset 110
Presets 95, 103
Preview 62, 124
Preview function 53
Preview options 30
Preview waves while the arrangement is
playing 144
Preview with audio and playback controls 144
Previous / play / next 105
Produces auto start CD 166
Professional Real-time Effects 20
Program Desktop Overview 43
Program start and orientation 26

Q
Quality 184
Quantize 93

R
Ratio 107, 111
Re-edit mode 20
Reading Audio CD tracks 145
Record 63, 86
Record Start & Stop 29
Record statistics 30
“Record Video” dialog 65
Recording cassettes from a tape deck 84
Recording control 66
Recording data 66
Recording from a stereo system 84
Recording Quality 65
Recording quality 86
Records 55
Red/Green/Blue 97
Redo 57, 149
Reducer 106
Release 111
Remote control 63, 126

194

Reset 98, 99, 109, 146
Resolution 183, 184
Resume 147
Retain Proportions 99
Reverb 112
Rewind 49
Rhythmic envelope 100
Right -/ 75
Room size 113
Rotary control 91
Rotate Photos (only with photo files) 31, 45
RW 185

S
Sample rate 138
Sand 92
Save and send as e-mail 118
Save as 105
Save Movie 131
Save Movie as 131
Save objects as takes 150
Save Take 70
Scan envelope 101
Scanning an audio CD 83
Scanning CD tracks with the recording dialog
83
Scene menu 124
Scene Recognition 46, 68
Scenes 44
Scenes & Cuts 174
Scissors 50
Scrollbars 43
Scrub mode 60
SCSI ID 148
SCSI LUN 148
Section 99
Section > Free 99
Section > Proportions fixed 99
Section > Reset 99
Section > Zoom 1/2 99
Section > Zoom 1/3 99
Sectors per cycle 148
Select all objects 149
Select all tracks 147
Select file format 127
Selecting objects 49
Selecting the file format 40
Selection Menu 123
Selection menu (Only for Video CDs, Super
Video CD 41
Selective brightness (gamma) 153
Sensor fields 92, 109

Index
Separate at this point 69
Separate audio from video material 70
Set In/Out Point 69
Set Marker > Automatic Chapter Marker 151
Set Marker > Chapter Marker 151
Set Marker > Delete All Chapter Markers 152
Set Marker > Marker 1/2/3 151
Set play markers 49
Settings/Information > System information
160
Setup 114
Sharpness 96
Shift 93
Shooting on location (exterior) 178
Show film overview 159
Showing videos with the TV output 81
Simple cross-fades in time-line mode 71
Slider control 110
Snapshots 67
Soften 92
Song Maker 58
Song Wizard 136
Sound 176
Specification (RedBook, WhiteBook...) 183
Speed 93, 113, 165
Splitting objects 50
Ssettings 140
Stabilizing radius 76
Stamp 94
Standard mode 102
Start automatically 29
Start device automatically 62
Start Fade-Out / last Frame 74, 75
Start the burning process/video encoding 127
Starting a Project 28
Stereo FX 108
Stereo FX (Master FX) 111
Stereo meter 112
Stop 49, 63, 86, 146
Storyboard / Time-line mode 159
Storyboard Mode 27
Storyboard mode 44
Storyboard Mode Editing: 31
Storyboard-Mode 22
Streaming Video Format Support 21
Sub menu 126
Substitution 93
Suggestions 178
Super Video CD (SVCD) 184
Support 14
Supporting light 178
Symmetry 93

Sync Sectors 148
Synopsis and screenplay 170
System 140
System requirements 13

T
Takes 55, 69
Target groups 134
Technical requirements 119
Temporal smoothing 77
Testing variable encoder configurations 129
Text 44
Text objects and title presets 79
“Text”: Subtitles and credits 78
The Backup Mode 167
The burn dialog 165
The CD-ROM Configuration dialog box 147
The Drive List dialog box 145
The Import Audio Dialog 147
The Normal Mode 167
The Track List dialog box 146
This 139
Threshold 111
Time 113
Time Processor (FX menu) 113
Time-line Mode 22
Time-line mode 47
Timeline Mode 27
Timeline Mode Editing 32
Timeline with range markers 43
Timer 66
Title 62
Title object effects> Load Title Effects/Save
Titl 157
Title object effects> Title Editor 157
Titles 55
To the start 49
Tones/BPM 113
Tool Bar 43
Tools 57
Touch screen (right EQ section) 110
Track List 145
Tracks 47
Trans FX 55
Transfer back audio/video 136
Transition 75
Transitions 31, 45, 70, 175
Transitions in Storyboard mode 71
Transparent 94
Travel film 180
Trimmer for individual objects 73
195
Trimming or Fine-tuning videos 72

Index
Trouble-shooting checklist 80
Video Output Options 33
Tutorial 26
Video preprocessing 134
TV channel selection 67
Video preview screen 29
TV screen size 154
Video priority 144
TWAIN Scanner/Camera > Scanning 135
Video ProcAmp 67
TWAIN Scanner/Camera > Select Source 135 Video size 134
Two Editing Modes 27
Video-Capturing 28
Two Production Screens 27
Video/Audio drivers 65
Videos and Pictures 61
U
Videoscreen 43
Viewing the Demo Tutorials 26
Undo 57, 149
Undo/restore/duplicate objects/delete objects Visuals 56
Volume 137
149
Volume control 29, 112
Ungroup 58
Urner and burning speed configuration 126
W
Use RAM for wave files smaller than (kByte)
Wave device 139
141
Wave/Direct Sound 139
Use short file names 166
Using audio effects 103
Web page editor 121
Web Upload onto “MAGIX.TV” 117
Using help 160
Website Creation 119
Using video effects 91
Wedding films 180
V
What is MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2004 ? 19
What is the Storyboard mode? 44
Very long shot 173
What is the Time-line mode? 47
VFX transitions and Alpha transitions 71
Whirlpool 92
Video and image formats 21
Wizard for adding sound tracks 23
Video Capture Card: 13
Working method 72
Video capture from analog sources 63
Writable data carrier formats 185
Video CD (VCD) 183
Write files to CD-ROM 135
Video cleaning 95
Write Real-time audio to wave file 140
Video controller 91
Www.magix.com 15
Video decoder configuration 67
Video Editing 31
Z
Video effects 77, 91
Video export via video or graphics card 80
Zoom 91, 174
Video FX 55
Zoom 2* 98
Video mix 77
Zoom 3* 99
Video mix/Chroma Key Effect 33
Zoom in 98
Video monitor 159
Zoom out 98
Video object effects > Edit bitmap externally
156
Video object effects > Load/Save/Reset video
objec 156
Video object effects > Scene recognition 155
Video object effects > Video Cleaning 155
Video object effects > Video Effects 155
Video object effects >Motion stabilizer 156
Video object effects >Object Effects Curves
156
Video object effects >Section 156

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