Solved Ease of use vs Windows Live Movie Maker
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Posted 28 Jul 2016 16:44 #11DoctorZen wrote: To Fade multiple events at the same time in Movie Studio Platinum 13, first you need to select FADE mode at bottom.
Highlight all videos/audio that you want to fade by holding down SHIFT and selecting with mouse.
Then drag quarter-circle.
Make sure to return to Normal Edit mode when finished.
So Doctor Zen......Would you recommend for a noobie like me, to get Platinum 12 Suite or Platinum 13. I think with 12 Suite it is less expensive and you get more with it, but 13 you get an upgraded program. Question is am I going to get the correct fading options like being able to apply the same fade to all of the clips? Vkmast's post has me concerned since it sounds like with the 12 Suite I may have to buy another add-on package to get what I need.
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The best value version of Movie Studio to buy is always the Suite version, like Movie Studio Suite 13, because it comes with many extra programs and tonnes of bonus features like royalty free music samples to use in your projects. V13 of the Suite is the best value version they have ever released.
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Posted 29 Jul 2016 11:12 #13Thanks for your help!
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When selecting multiple events on the timeline, just like inside of a typical Windows folder filled with Videos or Images, you can use Shift + Select or CTRL + Select. Select being your Mouse pointer.
Using Shift, it selects everything from beginning to end of your selection.
Using CTRL, you select ONLY the events you actually want to include in a group action.
There are many different settings in the Movie Studio and Vegas Pro Preferences, that you can turn ON/OFF, which control the behaviour of imported media events.
Go to Options/Preferences/Editing
If you turn on Automatically overlap multiple selected media when added and set the overlap you want below, this will automatically add cross-fades to media dragged to timeline as a single group.
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Posted 20 Oct 2016 05:32 #15DoctorZen wrote: To Fade multiple events at the same time in Movie Studio Platinum 13, first you need to select FADE mode at bottom.
Highlight all videos/audio that you want to fade by holding down SHIFT and selecting with mouse.
Then drag quarter-circle.
Make sure to return to Normal Edit mode when finished.
I may be doing this wrong, but I have been crossfading (overlapping) each clip on it's own and it takes forever. I tried the method above but it creates a fade to black at the end of a clip and then a fade from black at the beginning of the next clip. Is there any way to create a nice transition for multiple clips using the overlap method? If it means purchasing the plug-in that vkmast talks about, is that still available. Been poking around on the Magix site and I don't see it.
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Highlight all videos/audio that you want to fade by holding down SHIFT and selecting with mouse.
Then drag quarter-circle.
Make sure to return to Normal Edit mode when finished."
vkmast wrote: "Movie Studio Platinum 13 added the option to simultaneously adjust the fades of all selected events.
The inexpensive VASST FasstApps plug-in EventTools, which works in MSP 12 and 13, has the option to do that as well and more.
Available still from the Sony/SCS site and hopefully from Magix when the transition is completed."
I may be doing this wrong, but I have been crossfading (overlapping) each clip on it's own and it takes forever. I tried the method above but it creates a fade to black at the end of a clip and then a fade from black at the beginning of the next clip. Is there any way to create a nice transition for multiple clips using the overlap method? If it means purchasing the plug-in that vkmast talks about, is that still available. Been poking around on the Magix site and I don't see it.
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I have merged your second message you posted on a new thread, back into the original message here.
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Vaast apps can be bought from here: vasstsoftware.com/products/
Inserting cross-fades between video clips is part of the video editing process. As I mentioned in a previous reply, you can turn on a setting in the Preferences to automatically create cross-fades, however this is going to apply the same effect to everything you import at once and will probably do more harm than good. This is not the approach I would use - way too general and dangerous.
The FADE tool is for Fade Ins and Fade Outs at the beginning and ends of clips.
It has nothing to do with cross-fades between clips.
I just fired up my crystal ball and think I know what is actually driving you crazy. I guess what the real problem is, has to do with shifting all the media to your right, so that you don't have to keep moving everything you just lined up.
You need to turn on the Auto-Ripple Tool.
Read this: How can I shift grouped media on the timeline without losing my edit positions?
PLEASE make sure you experiment with this tool first, before using it on a real project.
Maybe save a copy of your project to test with first, so you understand how it works.
Movie Studio Platinum 13 Suite is the best version right now and comes with the most amount of extras.
Since you have waited so long to upgrade, remember that Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 14 is being released early next year.
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DoctorZen wrote: I don't know which Vaast plugin vkmast is talking about. You will have to ask him which specific plugin he means.
Vaast apps can be bought from here: vasstsoftware.com/products/
I think my posts #6 and #9 here are still valid at the moment. Re their FasstApps plugins, VASST advises that you "Buy from Sony", which seems to be the case as they're still listed as available in the SCS site Partner Products.
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Posted 21 Oct 2016 02:03 #19vkmast wrote:
DoctorZen wrote: I don't know which Vaast plugin vkmast is talking about. You will have to ask him which specific plugin he means.
Vaast apps can be bought from here: vasstsoftware.com/products/
I think my posts #6 and #9 here are still valid at the moment. Re their FasstApps plugins, VASST advises that you "Buy from Sony", which seems to be the case as they're still listed as available in the SCS site Partner Products.
Does this apply to the overlapping of clips or just the fading properties of the clips as it would seem in your post?
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Posted 21 Oct 2016 02:17 #20DoctorZen wrote: I don't know which Vaast plugin vkmast is talking about. You will have to ask him which specific plugin he means.
Vaast apps can be bought from here: vasstsoftware.com/products/
Inserting cross-fades between video clips is part of the video editing process. As I mentioned in a previous reply, you can turn on a setting in the Preferences to automatically create cross-fades, however this is going to apply the same effect to everything you import at once and will probably do more harm than good. This is not the approach I would use - way too general and dangerous.
The FADE tool is for Fade Ins and Fade Outs at the beginning and ends of clips.
It has nothing to do with cross-fades between clips.
I just fired up my crystal ball and think I know what is actually driving you crazy. I guess what the real problem is, has to do with shifting all the media to your right, so that you don't have to keep moving everything you just lined up.
You need to turn on the Auto-Ripple Tool.
Read this: How can I shift grouped media on the timeline without losing my edit positions?
I agree with you on the import of crossfaded clips. Way to general and it only applies to the clips that you import as well. Once I import a clip i may split it into many, many clips. The import feature doesn't help in that case.
Auto ripple is already on. I don't think that is the problem.
I found the setting for the overlapping time preset and changed it so I don't have to change that manually any longer and that has made a big difference, but I still have to overlap the clips one at a time and have not found a way to do multiple clips at the same time. If that is a limitation of the software then I can work with that. I was just trying to speed up the process and thought this would be a fairly simple process since a free (although not good) editing program has this feature and MSP13 does not.
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