The funny lines I was complaining about were a virtual 'water mark' in a demo filter, they don't warn you about that, I thought it was a codec going crazy but it's just a water mark on a trial filter.
I've now also been kindly pointed in the direction of the in-house, full size Vegas preview window. BUT, I need to fine-edit one or two clips with filters which don't exist in Serif but do in Vegas, so I just wanted to keep the project in a similar format as possible.Īlso, Windows can't play the default Vegas renders, but now I can watch them using the Vegas avi option. So why AVI? Well, I am currently editing in Serif MoviePlus and 'best' render gets you an AVI file - I don't know what's in it, but it's pixel-dense (I guess) and comes out well uploaded onto the Internet. I do know that H.264 is one of the best codecs around.
There was once a product called 'Squeeze' which I almost acquired, some years ago, with a vast range of compressions that told you exactly which codec you were using. I go for avi because that's what software always tells me I'm creating, avi - the software never tells you what's in the avi. It doesn't tell you it's a drop-down menu, that's why I couldn't get to that option. Yes, I found the avi option on the drop-down menu. Maybe I will try those Magix Forums, but not for 2017 I'm guessing. IF ever I do master it, then I'll pay for their PRO-version for 4K -when I upgrade Camcorder.
Their Basic prog is free and I can upgrade my OS to 64bit also free and without the Win10 Update agro. I'm considering using LightWorks, with Linux OS.
These backgrounds are permanently in Media-Bins under "Starter 2017.vf" so all that good stuff is how I like it. This sets the text off, far stronger than "Outline" -or the "Shadow" features. When I display A Title, I create a semi-transparent background ( using a Stills program ), of the approximate size needed, as Pan/crop is so very disengaging, IMHO. V13 was "too-soon" - but the Scene-matching feature was almost worth the Upgrade. Then SMS12 (as previous versions), has terrible Text handling, on a par with 1st Generation WPs - and New Blue just never fitted my learning time-scale - so I don't bother with it. Using software should be engaging not a potential Divorce. I have a 40" TV which is very sharp, but I don't want my nose against it. you do need excellent eyesight to read the tiny print. Spectral Layers was almost doing it for me, but just like the Show Me How tutorials. Oddly SoundForge Studio can't do ( but Sony wasn't really interested ).
Movie Studio 12 by contrast is (was) excellent and handled most things well indeed I also used it for Audio- when mixing multi-tracks. Audacity isn't exactly friendly, but at least it's free and has a spectrum feature, which I don't use either. Also their silver Audio program wasn't as clever as they led me to believe, with a dreadful interface. To be honest I've never fancied dealing with Magix after some earlier issues with their Video-Editor Plus and SD/HD confusion.