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The video effects are impressive: in addition to gimmicky FX-like lens and color distortions, there are useful settings to let you adjust contrast and color saturation, for when the lighting wasn't quite right. Fine-tune and combine effects in an interface that lets you control exactly how the effects work and how extreme each effect is, so you can be as subtle or over the top as you prefer. You can add titles in a variety of styles very simply, too, again dragging them in from the list. Plus, you can work on your soundtrack in a fully featured mixing desk that lets you change the volume or timing of audio and add preset effects or tweak the sound by hand. The options are laid out logically and you can preview effects before you try them out. Working with some of the fade and transition tools was a bit awkward, however, and we found it easier to use the handles on each clip to manipulate them.
Magix Video deLuxe can capture from a digital or analog camcorder, from TV or VHS, if you have the right capture card in your computer, or even from a Webcam, and you can record back to the camcorder or tape, or save on a CD-ROM. It's easy to export videos as files, and you can e-mail or publish on the Web. You'll need to spend time learning the interface and tools, but Magix Video deLuxe enables you to create impressive videos at a bargain price. --Mary Branscombe, Amazon.co.uk
| PLATFORM: | Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me |
| CATEGORY: | Software |
| MANUFACTURER: | Magix Entertainment |
| TYPE: | Computer software (programs), Graphics, Animation (Animated), Great Deals (Outlet store), Video, Editing |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 639191700002 |
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unsupported program I purchased this program in the hopes of being able to edit some older video material I had, and I have been disappointed to the point of abandonment that I have not been able to get the job done. While the program appears to have all the right editing features, clever transitions, easy "drag and drop" manipulations, and multiple tracks for video and audio sources, I have been unable to import the video material using the ATI Rage Fury Pro capture card on my motherboard. When I attempted to get technical help, I was unable to make any "live" contact using the USA number provided and was referred to an email service from Europe. I did receive a response from Holland and one from Germany as well, but even those technicians were unable to come close to solving the problems. Video processing is an art in evolution and there are many formats and other technical issues to consider. There seems to be a host of compaitbility problems out there and unless you are a real whiz at that stuff and can solve your own problems, this product will disappoint you because of the VERY sketchy support. I ended up getting a G4 powerbook with iMovie out of frustration. I think that PC video editing has a long way to go and that this program does not advance the state of the art.
Easy to use video editing software
I recommend this product to anyone because it's simple to use, inexpensive, useful and you get high quality results. I purchased video deLuxe because my brother owns one and showed me how to use it. We're both using it for the holidays. He emailed me a beautifully edited video of our
Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family and his voice is narrating parts. There's running text with funny comments and background music he picked from his CD collection. It is wonderful what you can do with this program. There are transitions and video effects and editing tools that
help you to turn your home videos into high quality timeless family classics. I will use it for my families Christmas videos this year. You could, for example, send a video greeting via email to everyone in the family - all just with a few clicks. So far I didn't have a problem bringing in video from my video camera. It works great for me!
Buy at your own risk after reading this review
It sounds extreme, but in my opinion, this program is terrible. I got it for $$ and now I am trying to get my money back. In the reviews it sounds very good. I used it on a Window 2000 computer with 768 meg. of memory and an 80 gig hard drive with an AMD 1.3 ghz processor and a NVidia TNT2 32 meg. video card. My regular job is as a Computer Support Specialist and Programmer so I work with - many programs. Here's my experience that supports the poor rating I give the program...
= Right after the installation of the program, it automatically starts up the Video Deluxe program. When it did, immediately it came up with an "Error loading audiovis.dll" message. The program did continue to load. Twice when I subsequently started the program, that error message occurred. What effects it has in using the program I don't know.
= Twice when I exported a movie using QuickTime Movie Export with all default settings except sound set to 11k and Mono, the Video Deluxe froze up the computer an hour into the render. I gave up. (Note - I have 25+ other major software programs on this machine that I've used for a year and they work fine..
= When you are Exporting (rendering), which can take 9 hours like it did to an .AVI file, there is no dialog to Cancel it once it begins. When I did ESC to stop an export, the Video Deluxe froze up and in the Win 2k - Task Manager it said "Program not Responding" and I had to crash the program to stop it.
= The Help in the program is terrible. For instance, when I went to do an Export, a dialog popped up asking if I wanted to export a range or the whole movie. In Help, there is no data at all on how to set a Range. At times the Help came up in German, not English.
= I finally dug up some info that - inferred indirectly - on how to set a Range when I looked in help on info about the "Edit Menu". I used the info to set a Beginning Marker and End Marker per their directions. I even tested the settings by using Zoom to Range between Beginning and End markers, and the program - did - zoom to the range I setup. But then when I used the Edit Menu - Range Extract which Help says will delete everything in the video - except - the range, Video Deluxe did the opposite. It removed the range I wanted to keep instead and kept the rest of the movie.
I could go on about other things that were disappointing in the 3+ hours I wasted on the program (like how their Tutorial video is so distorted when it plays, you cannot even read it's screen examples).
My job is working with software 50-60 hours a week and the 3+ hours I spent repeatedly trying to use this program to perform the simple tasks I purchased it for, were wasted. The program might have been conceived of by a genius, but it was implemented by poor design and bugs.