MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
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Movie Edit Pro is a consumer-based nonlinear
video editing software
designed by German MAGIX AG
for the PC. It is the best selling video software in European retail
. The first version was published in 2001. According to the developer, it applied the principles of non-destructiveness
and object orientation
to a video editing program for the first time.
Non-linear editing system
In video, a non-linear editing system is a video editing or audio editing digital audio workstation system which can perform random access non-destructive editing on the source material...
video editing software
Video editing software
Video editing software, is application software which handles the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a computer non-linear editing systems...
designed by German MAGIX AG
MAGIX
MAGIX AG is an international provider of software, online services and digital contents for multimedia communications based in Berlin, Germany. The Company also operates from branches in the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands...
for the PC. It is the best selling video software in European retail
Retail
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. The first version was published in 2001. According to the developer, it applied the principles of non-destructiveness
Non-destructive editing
Non-destructive editing is a form of editing signals where the original content is not modified in the course of editing—instead the edits themselves are edited by video editing software on a non-linear editing system ....
and object orientation
Object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming is a programming paradigm using "objects" – data structures consisting of data fields and methods together with their interactions – to design applications and computer programs. Programming techniques may include features such as data abstraction,...
to a video editing program for the first time.
Similarities of both Versions
- HDVHDVHDV is a format for recording of high-definition video on DV cassette tape. The format was originally developed by JVC and supported by Sony, Canon and Sharp...
camcorder support - storyboardStoryboardStoryboards are graphic organizers in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence....
and timeline-oriented editing - freely adjustable user interfaceGraphical user interfaceIn computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...
- ScreenshotScreenshotA screenshot , screen capture , screen dump, screengrab , or print screen is an image taken by a computer to record the visible items displayed on the monitor, television, or another visual output device...
- one way color correction
- title editor
- Keyframing
- batch processing
- burn DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and Blu-ray DiscBlu-ray DiscBlu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
with animated menus - ScrubbingData scrubbingData scrubbing is an error correction technique which uses a background task that periodically inspects memory for errors, and then corrects the error using ECC memory or another copy of the data...
- Chroma keyingChroma keyChroma key compositing is a technique for compositing two images together. A color range in the top layer is made transparent, revealing another image behind. The chroma keying technique is commonly used in video production and post-production...
Differences between both Versions
| Movie Edit 17 HD | Movie Edit 17 Plus HD | |
| Number of multimedia tracks | 32 | 99 |
| Multicam Editing Multiple-camera setup The multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera mode of production, or multicam is a method of filmmaking and video production. Several cameras—either film or professional video cameras—are employed on the set and simultaneously record or broadcast a scene... |
No | Yes |
| Stereo3D workflow | No | Yes |
| Secondary color Secondary color A secondary color is a color made by mixing two primary colors in a given color space. Examples include the following:-Light : red + green = yellowgreen + blue = cyan blue +... correction |
No | Yes |
| Effects, titles, fades... | >1,000 | >1,500 |
| Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints... |
Stereo | Stereo/5.1 |
| AVCHD AVCHD AVCHD is a file-based format for the digital recording and playback of high-definition video.... camcorder support / native AVCHD editing |
No. Can be purchased directly from within the program. | Yes |
| Codecs | MPEG-4 has to be purchased directly from within the program. | All included |
Supported File formats
| Import | Export | |
| Video | AVI, DV-AVI, M2TS, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MKV Matroska The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows... , MXV, MJPEG, QuickTime, WMV(HD), VOB |
AVI, DV-AVI, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, QuickTime, WMV(HD) |
| Audio | WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, MIDI, Dolby Digital | WAV, MP3, Dolby Digital |
| Images | JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIF, TGA | JPEG, BMP |
Minimum
- Intel Core 2 duo with 1.83 GHz, AMD Dual-Core with 2.0 GHz
- 1 GB RAM
- 1 GB free hard disk memory and a DVD drive for program installation
- Graphics card with a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768
- Multi-channel sound card recommended for surround sound editing
For AVCHD/HD editing
- Intel Core 2 quad processor with 2.83 GHz (Intel Core i7 recommended)
- 4 GB RAM
- DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card, min. 512 MB graphics card memory
Supported devices
- IEEE1394/DVDVDV is a format for the digital recording and playing back of digital video. The DV codec was launched in 1995 with joint efforts of leading producers of video camcorders....
interface for use with DV/HDV camcorders - USB camcorders (DVD/hard disk/memory card) and webcams
- VfW or DirectShow compatible video, TV or graphics cards with video in o WDM-compatible TV tuner cards, DirectX9 and BDA driver compatible DVB T/S tuner cards
- Blu-ray, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW burners