MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX is the kind of software you need to edit video files. It fully supports HDVs, AVCHDs, and there are plenty of output options to choose from.
You should pay attention during the installation process. Since MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX is an ad-supported application, it offers to install the MAGIX Ask Toolbar, make Ask your browser default search provider and set Ask.com as your homepage.
When you initiate the program, you can start a new project or watch the online intro video. The program pops up notifications in some cases, whether to say you should adjust the movie and video monitor settings to the imported file, or that some file formats cannot be read (even some AVIs).
You can apply video effects (brightness, contrast, color, artistic filters, distortion, sharpness), movement effects (size and position, section, camera and zoom, rotation and mirror, 3D distortion), audio effects (amplifier, distortion, echo, reverb, stereo splitter), or design elements (picture-in-picture, collages, color swatch, backgrounds, image objects, intros and outros). Plus, you can create presets and install plugins for additional effects.
Furthermore, you can customize the title (standard, movement, rotation, font, combination, captions) or ad fades (standard, spatial fades, movement, shapes and objects), create chapter markers, as well as use an audio mixer, a master audio effects rack, and an audio and video compilator.
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX comes with Dynamic Slow Motion, a feature that allows video clips to be slowed down by up to four times, while using additional frames (created via interpolation) to create a smooth motion.
Once you have finished a masterpiece, burn it or export it (as video file, media player, to a device or online).
Some of the issues we have seen in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX relate to image quality: the software does not correctly display some videos, although the audio track works perfectly. Plus, effects take slightly longer than usual to be applied to the video, and sometimes they even cause it to freeze or significantly slow down.
In addition, the program uses a massive amount of system resources, and it is not easy to navigate through, although the user guide is very helpful. Nevertheless, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX is a decent tool for editing movies.
Here are some key features of "MAGIX Movie Edit Pro":
Performance:
- On average up to 3 times faster AVCHD export compared to previous version thanks to NVIDIA CUDA and AMD OpenCL support
- Noticeably accelerated program start
- Accelerated project loading
- Accelerated loading of recording dialogs
- Accelerated closing of program settings after making changes as well as accelerated export start in large projects
- Shorter reaction time of the timeline play marker when "Image size and position" effects section is open
- Faster image generation in Media Pool for large media directories
- More precise miniature display in timeline objects
- Optimized background processing, enabling faster program reaction such as marker movement, rewinding and editing operations on AVCHD clips.
- Optimized image stabilization for multicore PCs - up to 10 times faster on Intel Core i7 systems compared to the previous version
- Multicore optimization for image sharpness and feathering effects
- Use of expanded memory on 64-bit systems for GOP and bitmap caching
- Calculation of dynamic object effects on GPU with activated anti-flicker effect
- Video effect rendering on GPU (incl. special read back for NVIDIA systems)
- Calculation of standard transition on GPU
- Navigation with keyboard and external controllers such as Contour shuttle is more fluid
- Preview rendering with automatic recognition of critical areas (only in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Plus/Premium)
Stereo3D (only in MAGIX Movie Edit pro MX Plus / Premium):
- File import from new 3D camcorder models Sony TD-10 and JVC TD-1
- Configurable output for line-by-line interpolation
- New output modes "over / under" in order to take advantage of full resolution of devices with line-by-line interpolation
- Export for lens array images (lenticular, or "wiggle" images)
- Perspective correction in stereo 3D alignment
New functions:
- Professional movie templates for quick trailers (only in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Plus / Premium)
- MX functionality for faster media and project exchange
- Dynamic speed sequences within one video clip with synchronized pitch sequences
- Intermediate image calculation for noticeably smoother slow motion playback
- Miniature display in Media Pool with zoom
- New categories for crossfades with improved display and preview
- Direct effect editing in the timeline for multiple object selection
- Redesigned export assistant with simplified operation and new export options
- Redesigned burn selection with simplified operation
- Simple interface layout adjustments with a new cursor and a large, sensitive area for manipulation
- Direct display of project contents in the Media Pool
- Program presets for FullHD video
- New presets for movie settings and export of 24p material
- New, multicore-optimized blur effect
- Individually adjustable track width
- Metadata display from AVCHD recordings and EXIF information from photos in object properties
- Various minor improvements in the program interface, content display, etc.
Improvements in the travel route module (only in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Plus / Premium):
- Redesigned interface for easier use
- Minute handling improvements, including.waypoints and points of interest
- New animated vehicles and objects
- Program presets for FullHD video
- Additional information during export with smart rendering for an exact compatibility analysis
Optimization of AVCHD imports:
- Performance optimizations
- Optical media will display only if it's an AVCHD disc
- Find folder is a preset if no AVCHD camcorder is found
- Scanning can be interrupted by pressing ESC
- Thumbnails from AVCHD special folder are opened as large icons only during viewing
- Optimized color display for improved recognition of individual recording sessions in large directories
- Recordings on the camera can be deleted manually
- New status info for camcorder disk capacity
Content:
- 28 new backgrounds: animations loops and static templates
- 35 new disc menus (20 in MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX)
- 4 new title templates
- 4 new transitions
- 15 new fonts
- 12 new effect transitions (only in MAGIX Movie Edit pro MX Plus / Premium)
- 15 movie templates (only in MAGIX Movie Edit pro MX Plus / Premium)