Movie Maker Manual

Manual
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Foreword
What to do with all your favorite movies? What to do with
that VHS cassette collection, or all of that camcorder and
DV camera footage?
Well, what about putting them through your computer and
coming up with crystal clear CDs and DVDs! At the very
least, it’s the perfect way to guarantee safe, top quality stor-
age of your video material, because digital data carriers
possess high picture and tone quality while enabling com-
puter editing.
With MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3, you can restore
your movies and burn all of them in excellent quality onto
VCD, SVCD, DVD or Mini DVD.
This manual explains how it’s done. First of all, you will be
introduced to the program and its capabilities. Then, there
follows a tutorial which will run you through the most im-
portant functions step-by-step. Finally, the basic modes of
operating the program are contained in an overview.
The printed manual has been conceived as a quick start
guide. A more comprehensive document is copied onto
your hard-drive during installation. This electronic manual
describes in detail all of the options dialogs, menus and
program interfaces. It even offers a short overview of top-
ics related to blank CDs, Video CDs, Super Video CDs and
DVDs.
If you would like to have a program reference on hand,
you’ll find an index at the end of the electronic manual
listing all aspects of the program alphabetically. Simply click
on an entry in the index, and you’ll be led to the appropri-
ate description within the manual.
Your MAGIX team wish you tons of fun with your MAGIX
Movie Maker® deLuxe 3.
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Table of Contents
Foreword 3
Support 7
MAGIX on the Internet 8
System Requirements 9
Introduction 10
What is “MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3”? 10
How does MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 work? 10
Features 11
Tutorial 14
How do I get a VHS feature film (or other analog material)
onto CD or DVD? 14
How do I get a DV movie onto CD or DVD? 15
How do I combine and edit several movies before burning
them professionally? 16
Editing Overview 22
Three steps – three screens 22
Disk projects, movies and scenes 22
Import & Capture screen 25
Edit Movie screen 27
Make Disk screen 31
Memory 32
Import & Capture screen 34

Functionality 34
Video screen and transport control 34
Filmboxes 35
Import Video 35
Record Video 36
Digital capturing (DV capturing) 37
Video capturings from analog sources 39
Audio recording 42
Edit Movie screen 45

Functionality 45
Storyboard mode and Timeline mode 45
Video screen & Transport control 46
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Table of Contents
Media Pool 47
Film overview 49
Selecting background music 49
Media Library 50
“Text”: Subtitles and credits 50
“Edit Movie” flip menu 51
Scissors 52
Menu Tools (Buttons in Timeline Mode) 52
Make Disc screen 54

Funcionality 54
Selection Menu 54
Animated Selection Menus (only for DVD and Mini-DVD) 57
Remote control 58
Burn Disc 58
Memory 60
Split up disc project onto several data carriers. 61
Storyboard Mode 63
What is the Storyboard Mode? 63
Scenes 63
Scene Recognition 64
Transitions 65
Timeline Mode 66
What is the Timeline Mode? 66
Timeline 66
Tracks 66
Zooming 66
Grid 67
Objects 67
Object handles 67
Trimming or Fine-tuning videos 68
Effects 71
Selecting effects 71
Video cleaning 71
Master Effects (File Menu) 74
Scene Recognition 77
More Video Effects 77
Audio Cleaning 77
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Menu File 83
New Project 83
Project > Load 83
Project > Save 83
Project > Save as 83
Project > Erase 83
Movie > New 83
Movie > Load 84
Movie > Load backup movie 84
Movie > Save 84
Movie > Save as 84
Movie > Create backup copy 84
Movie > Write backup copy to disc 84
Movie > Remove 85
Movie > Erase 85
Film > Restore backup project 85
Export DivX 85
Export Movie > Video as AVI 85
Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI 85
Export Movie > Video as MPEG Video 85
Export Movie > Video as MAGIX Video 86
Export Movie > Windows Media Export 86
Export Movie > Real Media Export 86
Export Movie > Single frame as BMP 87
Full screen playback 87
Settings 88
Master Effects 89
End 89
Menu Help 90
Contents 90
Show tutorial video 90
About MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 90
Online registration 90
Keyboard Shortcuts 91
Appendix: Video and Data media 93
Index 98
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Support
If you experience any problems with your software, please
get in touch with our support team:
Support website: http://support.magix.net
This website will lead you to the MAGIX user service page,
which, among other things, contains the following free
offers:
– FAQs (frequently asked questions) and general tricks and
tips. In most cases you’ll find the solution to your prob-
lem here. If not, use the Email support form.
– E-mail support form: Via the special form you inform
our support staff about your system. This information
is used to solve your problems quickly and competently.
Simply fill out and send with a mouse-click!
– Support forum: You are not alone. Perhaps other users
had a similar problem and can help you solve yours. Our
support staff is also a regular contributor.
– Download section: Updates, improvements and patches
are likewise offered free of charge via download. Many
problems you may experience are well-known to us, and
can be solved by downloading the latest patch. Besides
patches, there are also wizards for checking and opti-
mizing your system.
– Links: In the links list you will find the contact addresses
of all the most important hardware manufacturers.
You can also reach our support team either by telephone

or by fax. Please have the following information at hand:
– Program version
– Configuration details (operating system, processor,
memory, hard drive...)
– Soundcard configuration (type, driver)
– Information regarding other audio software installed
UK
Phone: +44 (0)20 89608244
Email: uksupport@magix.com
SWEDEN
Phone: +46 8-445 50 55
(Monday to Friday: 17.00-20.00)
Info: info@magix.net
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Support
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FINLAND
Phone: +31 75 750 1126
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17.00)
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MAGIX on the Internet

Visit our website at:
www.magix.com
Here you’ll find details and offers regarding all MAGIX

products. Plus:
– ”MAGIX.TV”, ”MAGIX web radio” and ”MAGIX web
publishing area”: New entertainment and direct online
publishing
– Competitions
– Online shop with regular special offers
– Events and news
– plus much more that you should take a look at...
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System Requirements
General
– Hard-drive storage for program data files 300 MB (mini-
mum), for video data a minimum of 1 GB free (5 GB
recommended)
– SVGA graphic card with a minimum of 4 MB RAM,
minimal resolution of 800x600 with 16-bit high color
– 16-bit soundcard, CD-ROM drive
– Microsoft®-compatible mouse
– Microsoft® Windows® 98, 98 SE / ME / 2000 / XP
For analog recording capturing and output (e.g.

via VCR)
– Pentium II 400 MHz and higher,
– memory 128 MB,
– video for Windows-compatible video card, or DirectShow-
compatible video card, TV card or graphic card with video
input
For digital recording capturing and output (e.g.

via DV camcorder)
– Pentium II 400 MHz and higher,
– memory 64 MB (128 MB recommended)
– Hard-drive with a minimum data transfer rate of 4 MB/s
– OHCI-compatible IEEE-1394 DV capture card (FireWire)
with Microsoft® DirectX8a-compatible drive
Burning movies
– Creation of Video CDs (VCD) and Super Video CDs
(SVCD) with SCSI or IDE CD-R(W) recorder. DVDs with
DVD burner (DVD-R(W), DVD+R(W)).
Playing Video Disc

– Playing Video CDs (VCD) and Super Video CDs (SVCD)
on TV with a compatible DVD player. On PC via CD-
ROM/RW drive as well as DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W)
drives. DVDs on TV with compatible DVD player (DVD-
R(W), DVD+R(W)). On PC via Windows-compatible
DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) drives.
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Introduction
What is “MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3”?
MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 transfers your movies
onto CD or DVD. It doesn’t matter whether they are from
a video recorder or from a digicam – they can all be re-
corded in the computer, have their picture and sound qual-
ity refreshed and then get burned onto either CD or DVD,
or both.
Movies can be automatically divided into ”chapters” or
scenes. Alternatively, you can combine separate chapters
into a film.
A variety of editing tools can take care of weak colors,
unfocussed pictures, unwanted background noise or
muffled dialog. Titles, credits, subtitles, commentaries and
background music can all be added in perfect sync with
the picture. All editing is calculated in real-time during play-
back without altering the original recorded material, which
remains untouched on the hard-drive. You can proceed to
cut, edit and experiment with the material without worry
for the safety of your digital material!
Once you are happy with the look and sound of your movie,
you can burn it directly onto Video CD, Super Video CD,
DVD or Mini DVD. You can even combine several movies,
or by using the selection menu, ensure the appropriate CD
or DVD interactivity.
How does MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3

work?
It works by following 3 easy steps:
1: Record & import. Digital videos from a digicam or ana-
log film from a VHS recorder are loaded via the Capture
function. Video data files are imported directly. Each time
you capture or import video files, you must decide
whether the material is to be used as part of an existing
movie or as a movie in its own right. You could choose,
for example, to store several videos from your last vaca-
tion as one vacation movie.
2: Restore & edit. All of the “scenes” in a movie can easily

be arranged with the mouse into the correct sequence
on the Storyboard. For more extensive re-arrangement,
you have the Timeline Mode at your disposal. Here, the
picture and sound tracks are separated and displayed in
the “timeline”. This mode is particularly suitable for
working separately on either the picture or the sound,
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as it contains plenty of picture and sound editing tools
that will help you bring out the best in your material.
3: Menu Design & Burning. Once you’re happy with the

way your movie looks and sounds, you can burn it onto
Video CD, Super Video CD, DVD or Mini DVD with a
keystroke. The Selection menu is automatically trans-
ferred onto the blank disk. You can also complete it with
the help of a variety of layout and title templates. When
you finally insert the CD or DVD in your player, the se-
lection menu is displayed for you to choose from all the
movies and scenes on the disk you have burned.
Features
Recording
MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 supports a wide range of
analog and digital source types: DV video recorders, VHS
recorders, digicams, TV cards, graphic cards, USB cam-
eras…
All capturing cards that are compatible with Video for Win-
dows or DirectShow can be used for analog recording. DV
recordings require OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 host adapt-
ers (Firewire or iLink).
Importing Files
MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 can import the follow-
ing file formats:
Video: AVI, DV-AVI (Types 1 and 2), DivX, Windows Me-

dia, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, Quicktime Movie, MAGIX Video
(MXV) as well as DVD VOB Streams (if they are decoded
and saved on your hard disk). You can also import bitmap
graphics (BMP, JPEG).
Audio: The following formats are supported for

soundtracks: Wave, MP3, WMA and audio CDs.
Text files in RTF format: You can enter lengthier edited

texts such as credits and then save them in the universal
.rtf text format. Such texts create a text object when loaded
into MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3.
Storyboard-Mode / Timeline mode

All of your movie’s scenes are listed one after the other in
the Storyboard mode, and are represented in a preview pic-
ture. You can choose from 10 different types of blend for
stringing your scenes together.
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The Timeline mode displays your film chronologically. The
movie is as long as the representative “object” in the track.
You have 4 tracks with which to arrange film sequences,
scenes or stills for your movie. The Timeline mode offers
everything you need for extensive editing of your film ma-
terial.
Video/Audio Cleaning
Every film and every video can be optimized for image qual-
ity, color improvement (RGB, saturation), sharpness (sharp
and soft drawing), brightness control (brightness, contrast)
and pushed through an anti-flicker filter (De-Interlace).
The sound quality of every movie and every video can also
be optimized. Reverb and delay bring spatial sound to your
soundtrack. The equalizer allows you to manipulate the fre-
quency spectrum – perfect for cleaning-up muffled dialog.
The compressor is a dynamic volume control that can lend
the overall sound a deeper, richer quality. The StereoFX
processor justifies the position of the sound in the stereo
panorama, while the denoiser and dehisser are professional
noise reduction tools that do what they say.
Title Generator
The title generator allows you to create your own titles and
title templates. They can then be positioned within the pic-
ture, or even act as moving text – ideal for credit rolling.
Disk Selection Menus

A menu is automatically applied to all movies and chapters
(scenes). Numerous layout templates are included. You can
choose either the complete layout, or a combination – such
as background pictures, fonts, frames and composition.
Burning CDs & DVDs

At the end of your project you can burn a Video CD, Super
Video CD, DVD or Mini DVD that can be played on any
suitable device. Beforehand, the movies are automatically
compressed (as MPEG 1 or 2). Using the virtual remote
control, you can check the state of the DVD you are about
to burn prior to the encoding.
Animated DVD menus with background music

DVD menus can be fitted with videos, which are played
back in infinite loops while the menu is displayed on the
screen. Background sounds or images in various formats
can also be integrated into the menu.
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Full TV picture size
This option ensures that the image size is adapted to fit the
real television picture (anti cropping). Without adjustment,
the television would otherwise crop the image borders.
Re-edit mode
The films, including the corresponding project data, can
be archived in an additional folder and also stored on the
(S)VCD or DVD. In this way you can edit or change your
work at any time.
Automatic disc splitting

Longer film sequences that do not fit onto one CD can au-
tomatically be split up onto several CD’s.
Automatic Burn
Now you can record and burn your movies directly to CD
without having to take intermediate steps.
Timer
Helps your computer become a video recorder. So long as
you have a TV card and WDM driver, you can automati-
cally record any TV channel at any time.
Project Backups
Even large projects can be burned directly to CD-ROM.
Infinite loop mode

A real party gag: You can record a video in infinite loop
mode and play it back in an endless cycle. For all those
moments you don’t want to end: aquarium visit, train ride,
fun in the water, mishaps...
Additional new functions

New 3D transitions and video effects for perfect record-
ings. The film overview mode enables rapid sorting of all
the individual frames. The latest Microsoft® Windows®
Media 9 and Real HelixTM file formats are supported.
Enhanced Functions
Title generator, Video Cleaning, Anti-Flicker filter, Batch
Capturing.
MAGIX Media Manager silver

MAGIX Media Manager silver is a universal playback pro-
gram supporting most photo, audio and video formats and
can also be used as an Internet radio receiver. It can be
opened separately from the MAGIX program group. 13
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If you want to start burning immediately, you’re in the right
place! Here you’ll find a quick, on-the-fly guide to getting
your first movie onto CD or DVD.
Tip: Be sure to check out the video tutorial for a visual

explanation of all the important functions. You can call it up
after the initial program start-up. Thereafter it can always be
accessed via the Help menu.
How do I get a VHS feature film (or other

analog material) onto CD or DVD?
1. Connection
Connect the video output of the source (e.g. your VHS re-
corder or camcorder) to the video input of your PC and the
audio output of the source to your soundcard’s line input.
Because the available device configurations can vary so
much, you’ll have to determine exactly which cable(s) you
need for your own equipment. If in doubt, refer to your
recorder, videocard or graphic card user manuals.
Tip: Many VHS recorders have RCA outputs: two for the ste-
reo sound track, and one for the picture. In such a case, you’ll
require a cable with 3 RCA jacks at each end.
Most soundcard inputs are latched 1/8” mini-stereo phono jacks.
You will then require a stereo RCA/mini stereo jack adapter to
connect the VHS recorder audio output to the soundcard’s ste-
reo input.
2. Program Start-up and Recording

– Start MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3. You will now
find yourself at “Import & Capture-Screen”.
– Click on “Capture Video” and select “Video Capture”.
– In the Video Capture-Dialog, select the correct video and
audio capture devices in case you have several installed
on your PC. A video preview window is displayed im-
Import & Capture-screen mediately.
– Name the recording appropriately so as to be able to find
it later.
– You can now select the desired video quality. The de-
fault setting is the highest quality that your PC system is
capable of.
– Now start the recording by pressing the “Record” but-
ton – end it by pressing “Stop”. Be aware of the “Drop
Frames” notice. If, for example, more than 10 dropped
14 frames per minute occur, the quality of your video will
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be compromised, and your computer may be overbur-
dened.
– End the video recording dialog with “OK” You can now
view your recording using the film bar in the lower third
of your screen.
– To check the recording, start the playback by pressing
the space key.
Capture Video-dialog
3. Burning CDs or DVDs
– Go to the Make Disk-screen. In the upper right hand
corner, click on “3. Make Disk”.
– In the middle you will see a preview of the selection menu
that will appear when you later insert the burnt CD or
DVD in a player. The name of the movie you have re-
corded appears.
– Insert a blank disk in your burner and click on the large
“Burn Disk” button. Select the appropriate device and
file format (DVD, Mini-DVD, Video CD or Super Video- Make Disc-screen
CD).
– Press the red button to start the burning process.
The procedure described is the fastest way to get analog material

onto CD or DVD.
With the “Direct Burn” function in the recording dialog, you
can burn lengthy disc projects directly to disc in one: You can
start recording in the evening and have the finished CD or DVD.
the following morning
Before burning, however, you can edit your movie, divide it
into scenes, combine it with other movies, and design your own
Selection menu. For more details, please read the chapter “How
do I combine and edit several movies before burning them
professionally?” Burn Disk-dialog
How do I get a DV movie onto CD or DVD?

1. Connection and Recording
Your PC requires hardware for a DV camcorder or DV in-
terface (also known as Firewire or iLink). You will also re-
quire Microsoft “DirectX8a” or higher installed on your
PC.
– Connect the (turned-off) camcorder to the PCs Firewire
card.
– Switch the camcorder to the “Video recorder” or “Play-
back” operating mode.
– Click on “Capture Video” in the Import & Capture screen
and select „DV Capturing“.
– Check to see if a DV camera drive has been selected.
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– Using the remote control buttons, you can head for the
appropriate place on the camcorder tape: For optimal
control, you can shuttle forward, backwards and start
playback.
– Start recording by pressing the “Record” button. Keep
an eye on the available hard-drive space. IMPORTANT
NOTE: DV recordings require approx. 220 MB of drive
space per minute of video!
– Cease recording when done with the “Stop” button and
exit the recording dialog.
– You can now see your recording in the film bar below.
For a playback, simply press the space key.
2. Burning CDs or DVDs

– Go to the Make Disk-screen. In the upper right hand
corner, click on “3. Make Disk”.
– In the middle you will see a preview of the selection menu
Make Disc-screen that will appear when you later insert the burnt CD or
DVD in a player. The name of the movie you have re-
corded appears.
– Insert a blank disk in your burner and click on the large
“Burn Disk” button. Select the appropriate device and
file format (DVD, Mini DVD, Video CD or Super Video-
CD).
– Press the red button to start the burning process.
The procedure described is the fastest way to get analog material

onto CD or DVD. Before burning, however, you can edit your
movie, divide it into scenes, combine it with other movies, and
Burn Disk-dialog design your own Selection menu. For more details, please read
the chapter “How do I combine and edit several movies before
burning them professionally?”
How do I combine and edit several movies

before burning them professionally?
1. Recording or importing movies
Load all the movies you want to include on the disk one
after the other. If in doubt, follow the advice regarding video
and DV recording. You can also import video files from
your computer drive. Simply select “Import Video” on the
Import & Capture screen.
The first film loaded can be viewed in the Filmbox preview
window. It is situated in the film bar at the bottom of the
Import & Capture-screen screen.
You must decide with each new piece of footage whether
the material is to be used as part of an existing movie or as
a movie in its own right. You could choose, for example, to
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If you want to add a scene to an existing movie, select the
appropriate Filmbox in the film bar below.
If on the other hand you load a complete movie, a separate
Filmbox appears.
It’s important to make a distinction between a “Movie” and
a “Scene” on the disk because of the selection menu that
you will want to use later. All “Movies” appear immedi-
ately in the menu, while each movie’s “Scenes” appear in a
secondary “sub menu”.
2. Editing movies
MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 offers a wide range of
editing options for both picture and sound. For example:
Text Volume FX
Volume control: The overall soundtrack volume can be
modified on the Import & Capture screen from the loud-
speaker symbol on the Filmbox
Adding a title and other text: Every film can be fur-

nished with titles, subtitles and credits. It’s simple. Click
on the “Text” symbol, enter your text in the editor, and
select an “effect”, a “design”, or a “movement” (such as
“downwards”) from the “Template” menu. Title Editor
Erasing blocks of ads or other unwanted footage:

Select the movie from which you wish to remove a block of
ads and switch to the Edit Movie screen.
Now you need to cut the block of ads. Immediately above

the scene bar you will see two markers (“S” and “E” – rep-
resenting Start and End) which denote the play range. To
relocate the markers, simply drag & drop. Use the space
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There are several methods for cutting:

– Click the FX button and select the “scene recognition”
option in the effects menu. This activates an automatic
search within a movie for distinctive optical features.
Each scene found can then be cut or passed over.
– Or you can cut out blocks of ads “by hand”. Set the S-
marker at the start of a block of ads, click the scissor
button, and select the “cut out scene” option in the Cut-
ting menu. Finally, set the E-marker at the end of the
block and repeat.
Szene recognition
Once the ad block has been cut out, it appears as a separate
scene in the Storyboard. Now it can be erased from the
footage via the delete key.
Transitions: The buttons for blending scenes are on the

Storyboard. The area in between is then played in a con-
tinuous loop. Now you can apply one of the blends avail-
Transitions able to merge the two scenes and view the result on the
video screen.
Adding a soundtrack: You can also add audio record-

ings (from your stereo system or from a microphone for
example) to footage via the “Capture Video” dialog. You
must first connect the sound source to your soundcard in-
put. You can either start the recording in the Import & Cap-
ture screen (via “Capture Video) or directly in the Edit Movie
screen (via the Record button on the transport controller).
From the Import & Capture screen, you can select and play
the movie to which you want to add sound. The range be-
tween the S and E markers will be played during the re-
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cording – perfect for adding commentaries to individual
scenes.
The following chapter (“Overview of operating methods”)

contains more details regarding audio connection.
Improving picture or sound quality: Click the “FX”

symbol on the Filmbox and select “Video Cleaning” for the
appropriate film track. In the editor, you can alter “Color”,
“Brightness” and “Contrast”. Unwanted background noise
on the soundtrack can be minimized by selecting “Audio
Cleaning” and then “Denoiser”. Video Cleaning FX
Editing in timeline mode: The Timeline mode displays

your movies and scenes chronologically. The movie is as
long as the representative “object” in the track. The easiest
way to call up this mode is by using the Tab key (alterna-
tively, you can select the option in the Tools menu).
Audio Cleaning FX

scenes or stills for your movie.
– the first track is for pictures
– the second track just below the first is for sound
– the third track is for the title or for other text ( obtained
using the “Text” button in Storyboard mode).
– the fourth track is for additional audio or visual material
– in fact, anything you want to add to the scenes. Image
files can also be loaded. Simply use the file manager
above and to the right. All files can be placed in the track
by drag & drop.
”Objects” in Timeline mode can be relocated on the tracks.

They can be shortened in length by using the object handles
in their lower corners. By moving the mouse to one of the
bottom corners of the object, the mouse pointer becomes a
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length. By additionally pressing the ”Expert” button, simi-
lar handles at the top of the object allow you to create blends,
both in and out.
Storyboard mode effects can be called up from the context
menu (right mouse-click the object).
For extremely precise cutting in the Timeline mode, the
zoom function is indispensable. Simply zoom in with the
Ctrl + scroll-down arrow key, or zoom out using Ctrl + scroll
up arrow key.
3. Designing the Selection menu and burning

Once you’re happy with the way your movie looks and
sounds, switch to the Make Disk screen in order to burn
your movie onto disk.
The Selection menu is particularly useful when you are
working with several movies divided into separate scenes
(chapters), as the need for a clear navigational overview
becomes paramount.
In the middle of the Make Disk screen you can preview the
Selection menu. All movies appear as the uppermost en-
tries, with scenes appearing as subordinate entries.
The structure of the Selection menu is displayed by acti-

vating the ”Navigation” button. You can switch off unnec-
essary scenes by deactivating the appropriate checkbox
”tick”. Of course, only the menu entry is deleted – the scene
itself remains untouched as part of the movie.
In order to divide a movie into meaningful chapters, you
must divide it’s scenes sensibly in the Edit Movie-screen.
If you want to change the existing scene organization, it’s
best to switch back to the Import & Capture screen and
then select the movie that you want to reorganize. Then go
to the Edit Movie-screen from where you can re-cut scenes
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Once you are happy with the way the movie and chapters
are organized, you can move on to designing the layout of
the Selection menu.
At the bottom of the screen is a whole row of menu tem-
plates from which to choose. Use the scroll bar to view them
all.
– If you want to select a complete template, choose “Full

Templates” and then double-click the template of your
choice.
– You can also choose to combine elements of different
templates. For example, you may wish to use the font
from one template, and the background from another.
Easy. Simply select ”Font” and double-click the template
containing the font you wish to use. Then select ”Back-
ground” and double-click the applicable template. The
preview in the middle of the screen displays the result
immediately.
– By double-clicking the preview picture or an entry in the
menu, you will open an editor in which you can change
the name of a movie or a chapter – or even select a new
preview.
Now that you’ve sorted out the organization of all your

movies and chapters, and your selection menu looks great,
there’s only the matter of burning to deal with. With the
virtual remote control, you can test the state of the disk on
which the movie is to be burned in order to make sure that
everything will look as planned.
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Editing Overview
This chapter provides a general overview of how best to
work with MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3.
Three steps – three screens

MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 offers three separate
screens for the three most important operations:
– Select the “Import & Capture“ screen in order to cap-
ture a new movie or to load a movie from the hard-drive
. In the bottom third of the screen, all current movies
involved in the disk project are displayed.
– Select the “Edit Movie“ screen in order to edit the movie.
Here you can switch between the Storyboard mode and
the Timeline mode.
– Select the “Make Disk” screen in order to burn your
project onto CD or DVD. Here you can determine the
layout of the Selection menu and test the state of the
disk with the virtual remote control.
Disk projects, movies and scenes

In MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3, one works with “disk
projects”, “movies” and “scenes”. For quick, intuitive han-
dling, it’s important to clarify the difference between all
three terms and to become familiar with the hierarchy in
which they must be organized.
Disk project
A disk project includes everything that you want to accom-
modate on your CD or DVD. Usually, that will be one or
more movies (including the appropriate menu structures).
Disk projects can be saved on the hard-drive as a ”DIP”
file and can later be re-loaded in order to edit movies fur-
ther.
Movie
Every “movie” can be divided up into as many “scenes” as
you wish. Imagine if you will that the “movie” is a box in
which there are several rolls of film. A film box. You can
put the whole film box onto CD or DVD. But before con-
verting it, you can also open the film box and take some of
the rolls out and edit them. That’s why the “movie” symbol
in MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 looks like film rolls
within a “film box”. The “disk project” would therefore be
an even larger box in which there may be several film boxes
– all of which would be burned onto disk together.
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Every “movie” can be saved on the hard-drive as an MVD
file. Such files contain scenes, effects settings, cutting mark-
ers, sound material – basically, the whole movie. The title
of the disk project is automatically positioned in the upper-
most part of the Selection menu hierarchy, which is also
burned onto disk.
Scene
A “scene” is a freely-definable range (a sequence, an epi-
sode, a passage, a take) within a movie. As mentioned above,
you can picture it as a roll of film within a larger film box.
If a movie is not divided into scenes, in theory it is made
up of just one scene. In such a case, the Filmbox contains
just “one film roll”. The breakdown of a movie into scenes
is performed either automatically through scene recogni-
tion, or manually through cutting “by hand”. A movie’s
scenes land automatically in the Selection menu as a sec-
ondary “sub menu” entry.
In a nutshell: “disk projects” contain “movies”, “movies” contain

“scenes”. Movies and scenes within a disk project appear later
as menu entries on the CD or DVD.
Practical examples
– Load a movie into the “Import & Capture” screen, switch
to the “Make Disk” Screen, and burn the movie directly
onto CD or DVD – without having to make any distinc-
tions between disk projects, movies or scenes.
– Capture a movie and activate scene recognition. Every
scene eventually lands in the Selection menu. In this
example, you can still ignore the distinction between disk
projects, movies or scenes.
– You edit advertising blocks out of your movie in the Edit
Movie screen, edit the sound and pictures, and then burn
the “cleaned-up” movie onto CD or DVD.
– You load several movies into a disk project. Each movie
lands automatically as an entry in the upper section of
the Selection menu, and each scene appears as a sec-
ondary “sub menu” entry under the appropriate film.
You thus get a two-tiered Selection menu that can later
be accessed by a video CD player or DVD player, as well
as acting as a tool for organizing individual scenes (or
chapters).
– Rather than a movie divided into scenes, you load a se-
ries of scenes that will eventually constitute your own
movie.
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A new movie? Or a new scene?

Every one of your recordings and every imported video file
can be used as either a “movie” or as a “scene”. If for ex-
ample you want to edit out blocks of ads from a TV movie
recording, first load the movie and then divide it into scenes
(either automatically or “by hand”). In this manner, you
can isolate the block of ads and delete them with a mouse-
click + the Del key. You can also do it all the other way
around. For example, load all those short “takes” from your
recent vacation and combine them into a complete vaca-
tion movie.
With MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 you can proceed in
both directions:
– load the complete film (and if necessary, divide it into
separate scenes)
– load individual scenes to be combined as a complete
movie in and of itself.
You will therefore be asked whether you want an imported

video file (such as an AVI file) to be added as a scene to an
existing (or soon-to-exist) movie, or as a movie in its own
right.
Episodes, and other complex cases.

Sometimes you may wish to burn parts of your favorite TV
series onto disk. Each episode can be classified as either a
movie or as a scene. It makes sense here to consider how
the hierarchy of the eventual CD or DVD should be orga-
nized.
If you want to change the organization at a later stage, you
can divide a movie into several shorter movies in the Edit
Movie screen. Or the other way around – several short
movies can be loaded into a new movie as “scenes” by us-
ing the Import & Capture screen.
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Import & Capture screen
The Import & Capture screen opens upon starting the pro-
gram. You can get started immediately with an analog or
digital recording (“Capture Video”) or open a video file from
the hard-drive .
Filmboxes
Imported movies are, so to speak, loaded into Filmboxes
equipped with a preview window. All of a current disk
project’s Filmboxes are displayed in the bottom third of
the Import & Capture screen.
When you open a new disk project, a new, empty Filmbox
awaits the loading in of the first movie.
When you load several movies one after the other into a
disk project, you must decide each time whether a new
Filmbox needs be created, or whether the new movie is to
constitute a “scene” in an existing Filmbox.
When you load a new movie as a “scene”, it does not ap-
pear at the bottom of the Import & Capture screen. It is
simply stored in the Filmbox with the other scenes. You
will be able to see it only when you switch to the Edit Movie
screen.
When you load a new movie as a “movie” in its own right,
a new Filmbox containing the movie will appear next to
the existing Filmbox.
In this fashion, you can load a whole series of movies and
scenes, deciding as you proceed which existing Filmbox
they should be organized into or whether a new Filmbox
needs to be created.
Every Filmbox offers three buttons:
Text: The text button opens the Title Editor from which
you can enter text (e.g. for subtitles or credits) in any num-
ber of fonts or colors. The text can be made to scroll (per-
fect for rolling credits) or be furnished with effects, designs
or other forms of movement.
Loudspeaker symbol: The movie soundtrack can be modi-

fied ( or even muted) from the loudspeaker symbol.
FX: You can select any number of effects for sound and
picture editing in the FX menu.
“Import video”
This button opens the Import dialog in order to load vid-
eos from the hard-drive or other data media.
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Editing Overview
You can import videos into every MAGIX Movie Maker®
deLuxe 3 disk project in the following file formats: AVI,
DV-AVI (Types 1 and 2), Windows Media, MPEG 1, MPEG
2, Quicktime Movie, MAGIX Video (MXV) as well as DVD
VOB Streams (if they are decoded and saved on your hard
disk). You can also import bitmap graphics (BMP, JPEG).
The following file formats for the soundtrack are supported:
Wave, MP3, WMA and Audio CDs.
“Record Video”
This button opens the recording dialog from which you
can select to make either “DV capture” (e.g. with Mini DV
camcorders or DV video recorders), “video capture” ( e.g.
with VHS recorders, USB cameras, TV, video or graphic
cards with video inputs), or pure “audio capture” (for add-
ing a soundtrack).
A file is written to your hard-drive with every recording.
Make sure that there’s enough space available on your hard-
drive !
DV Capture: The recording dialog for DV recording is

opened (logically enough) by pressing the “DV recording”
button in the “Capture Video” dialog.
To record digitally, the digital output of the Mini DV
camcorder or DV video recorder must be connected to the
DV interface of the PC (remember to leave it switched off).
You must also have Microsoft’s ”DirectX8a” (or higher)
installed.
Now switch your camcorder to “video recorder” or “play-
back” (according to your particular device) and open the
DV recording dialog. Check the DV recording dialog to see
that a DV camera drive is available. By using the “remote
control” buttons, you can control the positioning on the
camcorder tape.
Start recording via the “Record” button, making sure that
you have enough space available on your hard-drive
(approx. 220 MB per minute of video is usually required).
To cease recording, press the “Stop” button.
Video Capture: To call up the recording dialog for all other

types of video recordings. Press the “video recording” but-
ton.
For an analog video recording, the video output of the
source device (such as a VHS recorder or a camcorder) must
be connected to the video input of your PC, and the source
audio output to your soundcard’s line input. If your PC’s
videocard has audio ports, you should use these for audio
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If your hardware has been installed correctly, you can use
all the additional settings in the ”video recording” dialog
(e.g. configure the drive for the videocard and soundcard,
or determine the quality of the video to be recorded). Com-
mence recording with the ”Start” button, press ”Stop” to
cease recording.
audio Capture: An audio recording is neither a scene nor

a movie. It is used for adding a soundtrack to a movie and
is stored in the Filmbox along with scenes. Before an au-
dio recording, you should select the Filmbox to which the
soundtrack is to be added.
Then the source of the audio material must be connected
to the soundcard input. Again, there are several possibili-
ties that depend primarily upon the type of equipment you
possess.
– If you want to record material from a stereo system, you
can use the line-out or AUX out jacks on the back of
your amplifier or tape deck. This entails connecting them
to the soundcard input (usually red in color).
– If your amplifier has no separate output (other than for
the speakers), you can use the connection intended for
headphones for your recordings. In most cases, you will
need a cable with two mini-stereo jacks.
– When recording from vinyl records, you should not con-
nect the record player’s output directly with the
soundcard, because the phono signal must be pre-am-
plified. A more suitable method would be to use the head-
phone connection or an external pre-amp.
– Microphones can be plugged straight into your
soundcard’s line-in if there is no dedicated microphone
input.
– Audio CD tracks can be imported directly using the file
manager in the ”Edit Movie” screen.
While recording, the selected movie plays so that you can

see what you are commentating about.
You may also record directly in the Edit Movie screen. The
”Record Video” dialog has a list of recording types that can
be called up using the right hand button in the transport
control. Only the range between the S and E markers are
played in the Edit Movie screen – perfect for adding com-
mentaries to individual scenes!
Edit Movie screen

No surprises here. This screen is for editing movies.
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into your disk project, select the movie you wish to edit
from the “Import & Capture” screen, and then switch back
to the Edit Movie screen to edit your selection.
Storyboard Mode
The Storyboard mode helps in visualizing movies. All
scenes are presented in a series of previews. If a movie has
not been divided into scenes, it simply constitutes a lengthy
“scene”. In this case, you must first divide the movie into
shorter scenes if you want to regroup, edit or delete them.
Scenes in the Edit Movie screen are presented in a similar
fashion to those in the Import & Capture screen, whereby
three buttons (“FX”, “Text” and the loudspeaker symbol –
all of which carry out the same functions as those on the
Filmboxes) refer to the individual scenes.
Dividing movies into scenes: Activate the FX button and

select the “Scene recognition” option. In the dialog you can
choose to carry out automatic scene recognition or to scan
a movie for particular scenes. You can also choose the Scis-
sor menu (see below).
Play: The range between the S and E markers above the

storyboard is always played. Both markers can be relocated
with the mouse (or with a left or right mouse-click). To
start or stop playing, use the space key. You can of course
also use the transport control beneath the video screen.
Play cursor: The play cursor shows which scene is cur-

rently being played. It is a red vertical line that runs from
left to right over the scene. It runs rapidly, independent of
scene length.
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Editing Overview
Transitions: You can also select the type of blend you
would like to connect scenes. Simply activate the large but-
ton between scenes and select a blend of your choice.
menus: Besides the two main menus (“File” and “Help”),

the FX menu, and the menu for blends, there are three
further special menus:
– Beneath the video screen you can use the “Edit Movie”
flip menu to switch back and forth between movies
within a disk project (so long as you do not want to switch
back to the Import & Capture screen in order to edit a
different movie).
– The “Scissor” button (situated next to the Play functions)
offers a variety of cutting options. Unnecessary footage
(such as blocks of ads or the first few seconds of a “take”)
can be cut out by using this menu. It is important at this
point to make a distinction between “Cut Scene” and
“Divide Movie”: “Cut Scene” dissects a scene, thereby
increasing the number of scenes by one. “Divide Movie”
splits a movie into two self-standing movies that then
appear as two separate Filmboxes in the Import & Cap-
ture screen.
– The “Tools” button conceals a further series of com-
mands. By clicking the Timeline button, a number of
Tool menu commands appear as buttons on the main
screen.
Media Pool / Media library: By using the Media Pool,

you gain quick access to additional music for your
soundtrack. The Media Library that comes with it has a
large selection of songs, noises, effects and much more
material that can be used to furnish your movies. Simply
insert the program CD in the drive and click on the “CD-
ROM” button. Then open the “Audio” and “Video” direc-
tories and click on the files listed. For each file selected
there is a preview. When you have found something that
you can use, pull it onto the scene by drag & drop.
Timeline-Mode
The easiest way to call up this mode is by using the Tab key
(alternatively, you can select the option in the Tools menu).
The Timeline mode displays your movies and scenes chro-
nologically. The movie is as long as the representative “ob-
ject” in the track. In contrast to Storyboard mode, the speed
of the play cursor does not alter while Play is activated. You
also have direct access to a huge collection of media files
that can be employed in your movie.
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Editing Overview
Tracks: You have 4 tracks with which to arrange film se-

quences, scenes or stills for your movie.
– the first track is for movies. Bitmap files can also be
loaded.
– the track below is for the soundtrack
using the “Text” button in Storyboard mode).
Picture track – the fourth track is for additional audio material – in fact,
Soundtrack anything you want to add to the scenes. Simply use the
Titles MediaPool. All files can be placed in the track by drag &
Audio drop.
Objects: Sound and picture tracks are represented as sepa-

rate objects on the tracks.
Sound material is represented as a wave display — if there’s
something to see, there’s something to hear. The picture
tracks appear as frames. All objects can be individually cut,
have effects added and be arranged in any way along the
track. When playing, objects are automatically mixed to-
gether.
Zoom: Simply zoom in with the Ctrl + scroll-down arrow

key, or zoom out using Ctrl + scroll-up arrow key. A right
mouse-click on the S marker opens a context menu from
which you can choose the appropriate zoom factor. You
can also use the scroll bar (beneath the 4th track) to zoom.
Context menus: Offering the same effects as in Storyboard

mode, the context menu opens with a right mouse-click on
an object.
Cutting and fading objects: All objects can be short-

ened by using the object handles below. By moving the
mouse to one of the bottom corners of the object, the mouse
pointer becomes a stretching symbol with which you can
modify the object’s length.
By additionally pressing the “Expert” button, similar
handles at the top of the object allow you to create fades,
Handles both in and out. The handle in the middle of the upper part
of the object allows you to modify the volume of audio ob-
jects, and the brightness of video objects.
MediaPool: The MediaPool works like Windows Explorer.

You can search through the directories on your computer
and drag new video and audio files onto the 4th track. This
track has been conceived as an “Arranger” upon which you
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Make Disk screen
Select this screen to burn your movies onto CD or DVD.
All movies that are displayed as Filmboxes in the Import &

Capture screen are burned onto disk. If they don’t all fit
onto the disk, you must switch back to the Import & Cap-
ture screen and delete a movie or two. Simply click on the
Filmbox and click the Del key.
Selection menu
preview: In the middle of the screen you will see a preview
of the Selection menu. This menu also appears when you
insert the disk to be burned into the player.
Navigation: When you click on “Navigation” you will see

the structure of the menu.
– All movies from the Import & Capture screen are listed
as primary entries
– All scenes from the Edit Movie screen are listed as sec-
ondary entries to the right of the movie entries. If you
deactivate the red “tick”, the scene entry in the menu is
also deactivated.
Menu entries and previews: A double-click on the pre-

view window or on a menu entry opens the editor, where
you can alter the name of a movie or chapter, or select a
preview. You can also scroll through a movie or a movie
chapter (scene) in order to find a suitable preview.
Layout: At the bottom of the screen is a whole row of menu

layout templates from which to choose. Use the scroll bar
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– If you want to select a complete template, choose Layout

and then double-click the layout of your choice.
templates. For example, you may wish to use the text
format from one template, and the background from
another. Easy. Simply select “Text” and double-click the
template containing the text you wish to use. Then se-
lect “Background” and double-click the applicable tem-
plate. The preview in the middle of the screen displays
the result immediately.
Remote Control
The virtual remote control is an important tool for check-
ing the state of the disk to be burned. If you insert the CD
or DVD with your disk project into the player, it controls
the preview picture just as a “real” remote control manipu-
lates the picture on a TV monitor.
Burn Disk
This button opens the burning dialog from which you can
select your burner, the file format, and the encoding con-
figuration. Video CDs use MPEG-1, Super Video CDs and
DVDs use MPEG-2.
Note: This process requires time! The coding process for long
movies can take up to 8 hours depending on how fast your
computer processes.
Memory
VCD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 70 minutes
SVCD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 30-40 minutes
DVD (approx. 4,7 GB) approx. 2 hours
Mini DVD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 20 minutes
It is particularly difficult to attribute reliable specifications

when employing the MPEG 2 encoder (for SVCDs, DVDs
and Mini DVDs – and in DVD file formatted CD-ROMs).
When the ”variable bit rate” of the MPEG 2 encoder is ac-
tivated, variable encoding takes place dependent upon im-
32 age movement. Then the required memory is dependent
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upon the footage. An action movie requires more memory
than a single location theatre piece.
If you can’t fit your disk project onto a blank disc, you must
divide the project into several parts.
A full length feature film for example can be burned onto 3
SVCDs, made up of 3 disk projects (start, middle, and end).
More information regarding MPEG compression and

formatting can be found in the ”Appendix: Video and data
media” chapter of the PDF manual.
Dividing a movie into parts

– Switch to the Edit Movie screen, place the S marker where
you want to divide the movie, and select the “Separate
Movie” option in the scissors menu.
– All scenes behind the S marker are removed from the
excessive movie and created as a new movie. Both mov-
ies can be accessed via the ”movies” flip menu. Store
both separately on the hard disk (option: ”Save movie”).
– Remove one of the two movies from the disk project
(menu option: ”Remove movie”).
– Switch to the Make Disc screen and burn the first movie
onto CD or DVD.
– Create a new disk project (button: ”New”), switch to the
Import & Record screen and load the second movie.
– Switch to the Make Disc screen and burn the second
movie onto CD or DVD.
Testing variable encoder configurations

If you want to know how much memory you require for
different encoder configurations, you should carry out a
few test runs before burning.
So as not to waste any blank discs with test runs, choose
the ”with prior simulation” option.
Then submit a short (say 5 minute) disk project for burn-
ing simulation configured in a variety of ways.
Check the MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 files you’ve created on the
hard-drive after each simulation to see how large they are.
You should now be able to calculate the memory your disk
project requires, not forgetting to provide a small buffer
zone for the selection menu!
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Functionality
The Import & Capture screen opens upon starting the pro-
gram. You can get started immediately with an analog or
digital recording (“Capture video”) or open a video file from
the hard-drive.
Movies are loaded into the lower third of the screen. When
you open a new disk project, a new, empty “Filmbox” is
created. Your first movie lands in this filmbox, and you
can see it in the preview window.
If you want to load several movies in the disk project one
after the other, you can decide whether each one should be
loaded into a new filmbox, or whether it should become a
scene in an existing filmbox. All footage can be designated
as one or the other.
This decision plays an important role when you design your
selection menu at a later stage. Movies are entered (and
appear) in the primary level of the menu, while scenes are
entered in a secondary level and appear only when you call
up the movie to which it belongs.
Every movie loaded appears in its own filmbox in the lower
third of the screen. If you load a movie as a “scene”, it is
automatically placed in the appropriate filmbox. In this case,
you see the newly loaded scenes first when you switch to
the “Edit Movie” screen.
Video screen and transport control

For more details regarding video screen configuration, please
read the “Edit Movie screen” chapter. Both of these screens have
34 the same functionality.
Filmboxes
Imported and captured movies are, so to speak, loaded into
Filmboxes which are equipped with a preview window. All
of a current disk project’s Filmboxes are displayed in the
bottom third of the Import & Capture screen.
When you open a new disk project, a new, empty Filmbox
awaits the loading in of the first movie.
When you load several movies one after the other into a
disk project, you must decide each time whether a new
Filmbox needs be created, or whether the new movie is to
constitute a “scene” in an existing Filmbox.
When you load a new movie as a “scene”, it does not ap-
pear at the bottom of the Import & Capture screen. It is
simply stored in the Filmbox with the other scenes. You
will be able to see it only when you switch to the Edit Movie
screen.
When you load a new movie as a “movie” in its own right,
a new Filmbox containing the movie will appear next to
the existing Filmbox.
In this fashion, you can load a whole series of movies and
scenes, deciding as you proceed into which existing Film-
box they should be organized or whether a new Filmbox
need be created.
Every Filmbox offers three buttons:
ber of fonts or colors. The text can be made to scroll (per-
For more details regarding dialog options, please read the

applicable section of the “Edit Movie screen” chapter.

fied (or even muted) via the loudspeaker symbol.
image editing in the FX menu.
For more details, please read the “Effects” chapter.
Import Video
You can import videos into every MAGIX Movie Maker®
deLuxe 3 disk project in the following file formats: AVI,
DV-AVI (Types 1 and 2), DivX, Windows Media, MPEG 1,
MPEG 2, Quicktime Movie, MAGIX Video (MXV) as well 35
as DVD VOB Streams (if they are decoded and saved on
your hard disk). You can also import bitmap graphics (BMP,
JPEG).
Record Video
When you activate this button, a recording dialog opens
from where you can select one of three recording types:
– DV capturing
– all other types of video capturing
– audio recordings from analog sources
VHS movies and other analog material is loaded via the

Video Capturing option.
You need to connect your video recorder (or other analog
device) to your PCs capture card or the USB interface.
DV devices are coupled to a IEEE 1394 connector.
Afetrwards you should switch to VTR mode and activate
the DV capturing option.
Additional material for the sound track can be also be re-
corded from various sources (e.g. microphone or stereo
system) through “audio capturing”. Simply connect your
soundcard’s input to the outputs of the sound source. Au-
dio CDs however are loaded, not through audio recording,
but rather by drag & drop in the Media Pool within the Edit
Movie screen. Audio CD ripping is carried out automati-
cally.
The following sections describe in detail the aspects of each

recording method you need to take into consideration.
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Digital capturing (DV capturing)
To capture digitally, the digital output of the Mini DV
camcorder or DV video recorder must be connected to the
DV interface of the PC, yet switched off. You must also
have Microsoft’s “DirectX8a” (or higher) installed
Now switch your camcorder to “video recorder” or “play-
back” (according to your particular device) and open the
DV capturing dialog.
“DV capturing” dialog

Driver: This is where the driver for your DV device is dis-
played. When Audio Recording is deactivated, only video
without sound is recorded.
title: Here you can name the audio file about to be re-
corded, as well as designating a directory to which it should
be saved.
Automatic scene recognition: You can use this option

to divide your DV recordings into scenes. The material is
scanned for changes in brightness and makes a cut at the
appropriate position. DV recordings also provide data as to
the positions where the recording device was turned on or
off (“time stamps”).
Start device automatically: Starts the DV recorder or

DV camera automatically when the Recording button is
pressed. This function does not, however, apply to all digi-
tal cards or video devices
Preview: On the preview monitor you can see a preview of

your video. You can also determine whether you want a
preview with Only Video, Only Audio, or a complete pre-
view with both sound and picture.
Original size: This option allows you to preview the video

in the original size. To return to the dialog, use the Escape
key.
Remote control: Digital camcorders can be controlled

remotely. This function does not, however, apply to all di-
gital cards or video devices. The buttons cannot be acti-
vated if your hardware does not support remote control.
Automatic recording: Here the start and end points can

be set for the recording. In this way you can search all of
the possible recordings on a video tape and list them for 37
planned recordings. This is then processed in sequence
when the recording starts (via the red button). It therefore
does not have to record each scene individually. Simply
specify the recording times, the computer works out the
remainder.
Photo!: The photo button can be used to create a freeze

image straight from the preview monitor. The images are
stored at the requested resolution as BMP files in the re-
cording directory.
Record: Starts the recording process. If the recording list

contains planned recordings, it will be processed step by
step (“batch capturing).
Stop: stops the recording process.
Recording statistics: Displays various data regarding

your recordings.
Note: Keep an eye on the available hard-drive space. DV re-

cordings require approx. 220 MB per minute of video!
DV Logging
DV logging is also possible. This occurs without compro-
mising the safety of the (possibly very large) DV-AVI and
audio files, because MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 stores
this material on the DV tape and automatically re-reads
the missing files once the project is renewed.
Capturing from DV recorders or cameras

– Connect the (turned off) camcorder to the PCs Firewire
card.
– Switch the camcorder to the “Video recorder” or “Play-
back” operating mode.
– Click on “Capture Video” in the Import & Capture screen
and select „DV Capturing“.
– Check to see if a DV camera drive has been selected.
– Name the recording appropriately.
– Via the remote control buttons, you can head for the
appropriate place on the camcorder tape: For optimal
control, you can reel forward, backwards and start play-
back.
– Start recording by pressing the “Capture” button. Keep
an eye on the available hard-drive space. DV capturings
require approx. 220 MB per minute of video!
– Cease recording via the “Stop” button and exit the re-
38 cording dialog.
– You can now see your recording in the film bar below.
For a playback, simply press the space key.
Video capturings from analog sources

Analog devices
MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 can be used with all USB
cams, graphic cards, videocards, or videocards that are com-
patible with Video for Windows or DirectShow
Capturing from video recorders or camcorders

Camcorders with USB ports are connected to the computer
by a USB interface. Video recorders or other devices are
connected to the video input of the videocard, TV card or
graphic card. If your card also possesses audio ports, these
should be used for recording and playing back sound so
that the image and sound do not diverge during a lengthy
video.
To capture from analog sources:
– Start MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3. You will now
find yourself at “Import & Capture-Screen”.
– Click on “Capture Video” and select “Capture video”.
– In the Video Capture-Dialog, select the correct videocard
and audiocard drive in case you have several installed
on your PC. A video preview window is displayed im-
mediately.
it later.
– You can now select the desired video quality with the
fader. The default setting is the highest quality that your
PC system is capable of.
– Now start the recording by pressing the “Capture” but-
ton – end it by pressing “Stop”. Be aware of the “Drop
Frames” notice. If, for example, more than 10 drop
frames per minute occur, the quality of your video will
be compromised, and your computer may be overbur-
dened.
– End the video recording dialog with “OK” You can now
view your recording via the film bar in the lower third of
your screen.
– To check the recording, start the playback by pressing
the space key.
“Capture Video” dialog

Video/Audio drives: Here you can set the videocard or
soundcard for the recording. In almost all cases, the driver
software that comes with the hardware must be installed.
Make sure that the drive is compatible with the operating
system. It is often the case that the drive is compatible with 39
Win9x but doesn’t run on Win 2000. Appropriate drives
can usually be found on the manufacturer’s website.
Name: Name the recording appropriately so as to be able

to find it later.
Recording Quality: Here you can determine the quality

of your recording. The higher the quality, the more hard-
drive space is required. Be aware of the “Drop Frames”
notice. If, for example, more than 10 drop frames per
minute occur, the quality of your video will be compro-
mised, and your computer may be overburdened.
You can select from a variety of predefined quality levels
from the list box. Your choice depends upon the eventual
use of the material and the capacity of your computer.
You can define more precise bit rates for the presets with a
fader. Simply press “Reset” to return to the preset record-
ing quality.
Recording control: Here you’ll find the red Record but-

ton and the Stop button for commencing and ceasing the
recording.
Recording data: Statistical information such as the re-

cording time, available space on the hard-drive, the recorded
frames, and the “dropped” frames. Dropped frames are
frames that have been left out due to the computer being
too slow for the selected image format and being unable to
accept all of the frames received.
Timer: Here you can set a recording time, so that your

40 computer becomes a fully-functional video recorder.
Photo!: The photo button can be used to create a freeze

image straight from the preview monitor. The images are
stored at the requested resolution as BMP files in the re-
cording directory.
Direct burning: With this option you can record and burn
in one. Simply select the format you want to burn in (V-
CD, SV-CD, DVD or Mini-DVD), put a suitable blank CD
into the recorder and activate the recording.
After recording, you are switched automatically to the Make
Disk screen where the burn dialog is opened and burning
commences.
Tip: This function is particularly suitable for burning lengthy

disc projects directly to disc in one: You can start recording in
the evening and have the finished CD or DVD. the following
morning
advanced: opens the configuration dialog of the video drive

(see below). You don’t usually need to open this dialog. If
your videocard supports several sources, for example when
the card possesses a remote control (ATI All-in-Wonder,
Terratec TV Value...), or several inputs (S-VHS, Compos-
ite...), this is the place to select the correct recording source.
Advanced configurations (Video Capturing dialog)

Several different configurations for the video recording
drive can be defined here.
So-called “property sheets” are made available by the
videocard drives. The features specific to each drive varies
considerably. The MAGIX team have only a limited influ-
ence upon the behaviour of your drive! If you have a prob-
lem, contact the manufacturer of your videocard for a drive
update.
Input: Engages the videocard’s so-called “crossbar“, which

determines from which video and audio input will be re-
corded. The crossbar has precedence in the video captur-
ing module. It passes the input signal on to the capturing
module.
In the “Output” field you can adjust the”Video” or “Audio
decoder in”, because the crossbar should pass their output
signals on to the decoder.
In the “Input” field, select the signal source which will be
used by the videocard to capture for this input. If you have
a problem, try out the different configurations until the
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Composite In = the normal video input
SVHS In= SVHS input (special cable)
Tuner In =TV Signal of the integrated tuner
Video decoder configuration: Should your picture only

appear in black & white, or flickers, it may be because the
video standard is incorrectly configured. In mainland Eu-
rope, PAL_B is used. .In the USA, NTSC is used.
Video ProcAmp: Color, brightness and contrast are fine-

tined here. It is not recommended that you alter the
manufacturer’s settings.
image format: Do not alter! The capturing format is set in

the “Recording quality” option in the video recording dia-
log.
TV channel selection: This option is only available when

a TV tuner is integrated into your videocard. Should your
TV software not support recording, you may select the TV
tuner as an input, and use MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe
3 as a video recorder for the television programs on your
PC. Then you can select the tuner’s TV channel without
saving or designating it. It is therefore much easier to use
the TV software card belonging for recording TV for the
computer and then to import it into MAGIX Movie Maker®
deLuxe 3.
Audio recording
Songs, noises or instrumentals can be easily recorded in
MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 via the recording func-
tion.
Connecting the source for recording

Then the source of the audio material must be connected
to the soundcard input. Again, there are several possibili-
ties that depend primarily upon the type of equipment you
possess.
If you want to record material from a stereo system, you
can use the line-out or AUX out jacks on the back of your
amplifier or tape deck. This entails connecting them to the
soundcard input (usually red in color).
If your amplifier has no separate output (other than for the
speakers), you can use the connection intended for head-
phones for your recordings. In most cases, you will need a
cable with two mini-stereo jacks. This type of connection
has the advantage of being able to set the headphone input
42 signal level with a separate volume. As headphone connec-
tions generally are not the best, it is advised that you use,
when possible, the line outputs.
When recording cassettes from a tape deck, you can con-
nect the tape deck’s line outs directly to the soundcard in-
put.
When recording from vinyl records, you should not con-
nect the record player’s output directly with the soundcard,
because the phono signal must be pre-amplified. A more
suitable method would be to use the headphone connec-
tion or an external pre-amp.
Adjusting the signal level

For the best sound quality when recording digitally, ad-
justment of the signal level via the soundcard is also.
When the recording source is connected to the soundcard,
the Record button opens the recording dialog and starts
the recording source.
If the adjustment is so high that distortion occurs, the in-
coming signal must be reduced. If you have connected the
source via an amplifier or tape deck output to the soundcard,
you can only reduce the signal level in your soundcard’s
mixer interface. You can call it up in the recording dialog
by activating “Level adjustment”.
If you reduce input sensitivity by using the fader, you also
reduce simultaneously the resolution with which the ana-
log signal is digitized. These automatic controllers should
therefore be adjusted to as loud a level as possible!
The yardstick for the optimal level is naturally the loudest
part of the material. This should be adjusted to the maxi-
mum.
“Audio” recording dialog

Audio drive: Here you must select the soundcard for the
recording.
Name: Here you can name the audio file about to be re-
corded, as well as designating a directory to which it should
be saved.
Playback during the recording: This option is particu-

larly useful for commentaries. When activated, the selected
movie (or scene, if you are recording in the Edit Movie
screen) will be played during recording, allowing for greater
orientation.
advanced: opens a window in which you can select one of

three special functions:
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– By selecting the “Normalize after recording” option, the

material is set to the maximum volume after recording.
For the best results, you should try to set the source
material as loud as possible without distorting it. To as-
sist you in this, use the peak meter display in the record-
ing dialog.
– “Mono” activates a mono recording, which will reduce
the required hard-drive space by half.
– “Real-time sample rate adjustment” automatically
matches the sample rate of a new file to be recorded
with the sample rate of the sound track of the movie
currently selected.
Recording quality: Here you can set the sound quality

of the recording. In the preset menu, you can choose from
medium wave, FM or CD quality.
Record: This button starts the actual recording
Stop: This button terminates the recording process.
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Edit Movie screen
Functionality
Select the Edit Movie screen in order to edit individual
movies.
If you have several movies loaded into your disk project,
for a better overview it’s best to select the movie from the
“Import & Edit” screen and then switch back to the “Edit
Movie” screen.
But you can also switch to another disk project movie in
the “Edit Movie” screen. Simply use the “Edit Movie” flip
menu.
Storyboard mode and Timeline mode

The Edit Movie screen operates in either one of two modi:
Storyboard mode or timeline mode. You can switch between
the two by using the Tab key.
Storyboard mode
In Storyboard mode, all scenes are listed as a series. Each
scene is represented by a preview image on the storyboard.
You can choose from 10 blends with which to merge your
scenes.
Timeline mode
The Timeline mode displays your movies and scenes chro-
nologically. The movie is as long as the representative “ob-
ject” in the track. You have 4 tracks with which to arrange
film sequences, scenes or stills for your movie. Timeline
mode offers everything you need to undertake comprehen-
sive editing. 45
Edit Movie screen
For more details regarding both modi, please read the applicable
chapter.
Video screen & Transport control
The transport control plays your movies and is to be found

in the lower part of the video screen.
Quick start: This button quickly sets the start marker to

the start of your movie.
Rewind: This button rewinds the movie.
Stop: Stops the playback.
Play/Pause: The Play button in the middle starts an end-

less loop of the movie: The range between the start and
end markers is looped, so to speak. A second click on “Play”
activates the pause function.
Fast Forward: This button advances the movie.
record: The Edit Movie screen can also calls up the video
recording dialog from the Import & Capture screen. Here
you can decide if a new scene or a new sound should be
placed where the S marker is positioned.
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Edit Movie screen
For more details regarding recording alternatives, please tread
the “Import & Capture screen” chapter.
Position: The position fader to the right of the transport

buttons can be used to rewind or fast forward.
S and E Marker
The range between the S (Start) and E (End) markers above
the first track are played.
Both markers can be moved with the mouse. They can be
pulled into position via drag & drop, or with a mouse click:
A left mouse click in the timeline sets the S marker, a right
mouse click, the E marker.
The cursor is a vertical line which moves from left to the
S- and E-Markers
right over the tracks during playback to indicate the cur-
rent playing position.
Media Pool
Functionality
The MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 Media Pool oper-
ates in a similar fashion to Windows Explorer. It serves to
control and load a variety of multimedia file types, be they
video files, bitmaps or audio files.
Tip: The most effective way to use the Media Poll is in Timeline
mode. Please read the “Timeline mode” chapter for more details.
Displays
You can choose between three types of display (lists, de-
tails or large symbols) by accessing the Media Pool context
menu with a right mouse click.
By choosing large symbols, every video and image file is
represented in a preview frame in the file list. This offers a
better overview, although loading the file list will require
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Edit Movie screen
Preview Function
There is a preview function for all files. A simple click on
the audio files starts a pre-listening function via the
soundcard. Videos and graphics are displayed on the video
screen.
Erasing, copying and relocating files

All files in the file list can be selected, erased, or relocated
to another directory via drag & drop in the same manner
as in Windows Explorer.
The choices relating to these functions are accessed via a
right mouse click to call up the context menu.
Media Pool buttons

CD-ROM: This button activates the CD-ROM drive. All
usable files are displayed. Audio CD tracks can also be
loaded directly from the CD-ROM drive.
My recordings: This button opens the “My Audio Video”

directory that is created automatically upon installing the
program. All recordings are saved here (so long as no other
path is designated in the recording dialog).
My Projects: This button opens the directory for the disk

projects
Effects: This directory contains all of the effects configu-

rations. By clicking on an effect, a short preview with ex-
planatory scenes illustrates the effect. If you want to use
the effect, drag & drop it into the photo. In order to switch
off all effects for a photo, select “No effect” (you can also
select “Turn off video effects” from the FX menu).
Further directories: Further directories can be added

as buttons. Simply click on the selected directory in the
context menu and choose the “Link directory” command.
A new button will appear beneath the last button.
Tip: The buttons can be called up with the “1, 2, 3…” keys so that
you can switch between directories via keystroke.
Loading audio, video and bitmaps

When you want to use audio, video or bitmap files for your
movie, drag them (while holding down the mouse key) onto
the storyboard or onto the track in Timeline mode. You
can also load them with a double click, whereby video and
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Edit Movie screen
graphic files will be placed at the end of the scene, titles
and sound files at the S marker position.
The files land on the designated tracks: Videos and stills
on track one, text objects (titles) on track three, additional
sound files on track four.
The following formats can be imported into your movie:
Video: AVI, DV-AVI (Types 1 and 2), DivX, Windows Me-
dia, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, Quicktime Movie, MAGIX Video
(MXV) as well as DVD VOB Streams (if they are decoded
and saved on your hard disk). You can also import bitmap
graphics (BMP, JPEG).
Audio: The following formats are supported for

soundtracks: Wave, MP3, WMA and audio CDs.
Text files in RTF format: You can enter lengthier edited

texts such as credits and then save them in the universal
.rtf text format. Such texts create a text object when loaded
into MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3.
Film overview
This option can be used to show an overview of all scenes
used in your film. If the scenes do not all fit onto your
monitor, you can use the zoom function (50%) to reduce
the display size.
Use the CTRL key to select several scenes simultaneously.

Selected scenes can be moved or deleted from the project.
The “Video cleaning” option can be opened and set by
double-clicking a scene.
Selecting background music

By activating the button with a loudspeaker and notes, you
are presented with a variety of suitable background music
for the soundtrack. The button calls up all of the songs
included in the audio directory of the program CD.
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Edit Movie screen
Insert the program CD into the drive, press the button and
select a song. The selected song is then added to the sound
track of the applicable scene.
Media Library
How do I use the media library?
The media library offers your disk project a large selection
of license-free music and video files that are listed in an
easy-to-follow structure on your program CD.
To search the media library for the right sounds and im-
ages, simply insert the program CD in the drive and click
on the “CD-ROM” button.
Then open the “Audio” and “Video” directories and click
on the files listed. For each file selected there is a preview.
When you have found something that you can use, pull it
onto the scene bar via drag & drop (or into the 4th track in
timeline mode).
Videos
The videos included are on the program CD in the “Video”
directory in which you will find:
– Gimmicks, articles, surprises for (almost) every eventu-
ality.
– Videos with credits, subtitles and other text items.
– and much more that you should take a look at.
Audio
The audio content is to be found on the program CD in the
“Audio” directory. It includes:
– MP3-Songs in different styles
– Natural sounds: Oceanic sounds, forest, rain, cityscape,
bells, pets, children’s voices...
– Effects sounds: Popping corks, squeaky wheels…
– Mini jingles + fanfares: Acoustic signals for optical fire-
works!
– and much more that you should listen to.
“Text”: Subtitles and credits

By activating the Text button in either the Filmbox or scene,
you open a title editor. Here you can enter text for subtitles
or credits. The text can be in any color or font. So that cred-
its can scroll, for example, you can choose from a variety of
movements, effects and designs in the template menu.
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Edit Movie screen
– Write the text for your video subtitles in the title editor.
– Enter the type of font, color, size etc. of your text. If you
want to format individual words or letters, mark them
with the mouse and select a different format.
– You can select effects and dynamic animation from the
“Templates” flip menu (such as downwards scrolling
text).
– To organize your text in the video screen, use the scrollbar
to the left and above the text window. You can position
the text vertically or horizontally. If you have selected
moving text, this position determines the starting posi-
tion. A double click on the scrollbar re-centers the title.
– Please note while setting movement to text that the start-
ing position of the title is generally outside of the video
window. You can, however, always change the starting
position.
– Under “Title length” you can determine the amount of
time a title is displayed.
– The “Video Test” button allows you to preview the title
in the video monitor, together with the movie or scene.
– Close the title editor by clicking the “OK” button.
“Edit Movie” flip menu

If you don’t want to keep switching to the Import & Cap-
ture screen to edit a different movie within a disk project,
use the “Edit Movie” flip menu beneath the video screen.
By pressing the “New” button, you create a new, empty

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Edit Movie screen
Scissors
Cutting up a scene
This command cuts a scene where the S marker is posi-
tioned.
Key: t
Delete Scene start

tioned, and deletes all material that preceeds the start posi-
tion simultaneously.
Key: Ctrl + t
Delete Scene end

tioned, and deletes all material that follows the start posi-
tion simultaneously.
Key: Shift + z
Divide Film
This command splits a movie where the S marker is posi-
tioned into two self-standing movies that then appear as
two separate Filmboxes in the Import & Capture screen.
Key: Alt + t
Menu Tools (Buttons in Timeline Mode)

The “Tools” button conceals a further series of commands.
By clicking the Timeline button, a number of Tool menu
commands appear as buttons on the main screen.
Undo
When editing footage, you can take back the previous edit-
ing step. This makes it easier to experiment. Simply press
“Undo” to arrive at the previous status.
Key: Ctrl + z
Restore
This command redoes an undo!
Key: Ctrl + y
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Edit Movie screen
Cut Out
This command deletes the selected scene and copies it onto
the clipboard. From there, it can be inserted into any other
movie with the “Add” tool.
Key: Shift + Del
Copy
This command copies the selected scene (or the selected
object in Timeline mode) onto the clipboard. From there,
it can be inserted into any other movie with the “Add” tool.
Key: Shift + add
Insert
This command inserts the material copied onto the clip-
board where the S marker is positioned.
Key: Ctrl + Add
Erase
This command erases the selected scene (or the selected
object in Timeline mode).
Key: Del
Storyboard mode / Timeline mode

This command switches between both editing modes in
the Edit Movie screen.
Key: Tab
Optimize time-slot display

The S and E markers are set at the start and end of a movie
so that all scenes can be viewed. In Timeline mode, the
zoom factor is set to 100% so that all objects can be viewed.
Key: shift + b
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Make Disc screen
Funcionality
Select this screen in order to burn your movie together with
the selection menu onto CD or DVD.
All movies that are represented as filmboxes in the Import
& Capture screen are burned to disc. If they don’t all fit
onto the disk, you must switch back to the Import & Cap-
ture screen and delete a movie or two. Simply click on the
Filmbox and click the Del key.
Selection Menu
MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 can supply your movie

with a graphic selection menu. It is also burned onto the
disc and appears when you insert the disc into your player.
You can then preview your movies or scenes as you would
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Make Disc screen
Preview
In the middle of the screen you will see a preview of the
Selection menu. This menu also appears when you insert
the disk to be burned into the player. The numbers refer to
the number keys of your remote control (be it real or vir-
tual).
Menu modi
Mode 1: No menus. Movies are burned one after the other
onto disc. The first movie is played automatically when the
disc is inserted into the player. Use the skip buttons on the
remote control to jump to the previous or next movie. As
there’s no menu burned onto the disc, there’s also no menu
preview.
Mode 2: Movie menu only (preset): After inserting the disc,

a menu appears from which you can choose a movie on
the disc by using the remote control. The selected movie
starts immediately. If you fail to select a movie, the first
movie on the disc starts automatically.
Mode 3: Movie menus and Scene menus. In addition to

the movie menus, there is a scene menu for each movie.
Select a movie and switch to the applicable scene menu.
Now you can select individual scenes via the remote con-
trol.
Navigation
When you click on “Navigation” you will see the structure
of the menu. The disc menu has a maximum of two levels.
Movie menu: All movies from the Import & Capture screen
are listed as primary entries. This menu level is the movie
menu
Scene menu: All scenes from the Edit Movie screen are
listed as secondary entries to the right of the movies to
which they belong. This menu level is the scene menu,
and is only available in menu mode 3. If you deactivate the
red “tick”, the scene entry in the menu is also deactivated.
Menu entries and previews

A double click on the preview window or on a menu entry
opens the editor from where you can alter the name of a
movie or chapter, or select a preview. You can also scroll
through a movie or a movie chapter (scene) in order to find
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Make Disc screen
a suitable preview. By activating “Use other graphics”, you
can load your own bitmaps for your menu images.
Operations at the end of the film: Here you can specify

how the disc reacts at the end of the film. You can let the
film playback come to an end, be forwarded to the disc or
scene menu or play back the film in infinite loop mode.
Playback in infinite loop mode (“aquarium on TV”):

Every film can also be stored on CD as a loop. This means
that the film is played back in an infinite loop until a differ-
ent film is selected via remote control. In this way you can
turn your TV into an aquarium, a train ride or anything
else you wish to see in an endless cycle.
Layout
At the bottom of the screen is a whole row of menu layout
templates from which to choose. Use the scroll bar to view
them all.
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Make Disc screen
– If you want to select a complete template, choose Layout

and then double click the layout of your choice.
templates. For example, you may wish to use the text
format from one template, and the background from
another. Easy. Simply select “Text” and double click the
template containing the text you wish to use. Then se-
lect “Background” and double click the applicable tem-
plate. The preview in the middle of the screen displays
the result immediately.
Animated Selection Menus (only for DVD and

Mini-DVD)
DVD menus can be enriched with audio-visual animation.
The background videos are played back in an infinite loop
during on-screen menu display. Background sounds or
images in various formats can also be integrated into the
menu. Please note that the animation can only be used for
DVDs and Mini-DVDs, not for CD formats.
Extended DVD menu: Use this button to enable/disable

the animated menus in the video monitor of the Make Disc
screen and the extended DVD menu templates in the tem-
plate list.
Image/Video/Sound: These buttons in the preview moni-

tor enable the loading and utilisation of image, video and
audio files as menu background animation. In the Disc
Simulator, click “play” to start animation playback.
Intro: This button in the preview monitor enables load-

ing videos for use as DVD or Mini-DVD intro. The follow-
ing formats are supported: AVI, MPG, MXV, VOB. The
intro is played back as soon as the DVD is placed into the
player. The DVD menu then appears.
Extended DVD layouts: Animated DVD menus are also

found in the menu templates, i.e. menus with added sounds
and/or films.
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Make Disc screen
Remote control
The virtual remote control is an important tool for check-
ing the state of the disk to be burned. If you insert the CD
or DVD with your disk project into the player, it controls
the preview image just as a “real” remote control controls
the picture on a TV monitor.
Now you can also navigate the DVD menus using the cur-
sor and OK keys. Enabled buttons are highlighted.
Number keys: The number keys select the applicable en-

try in the menu. Within a movie menu, the playback is
started, while the disc menu switches to the applicable
movie menu.
Play: In the disc menu, the menu of the first film is

switched. In the movie menu, the playback starts with the
first scene.
Disc menu: Switches to the first page of the disc menu –

in effect, back to where you started.
Sub menu: Switches to the scene menu (if available) of the

film currently being played back.
Burn Disc
This button opens the burning process. In the burning dia-
log you can select your burner and the file format. Then
the whole project is rendered as a file so that the actual
burning process can begin.
Burning dialog
The burning dialog is opened by the large “Burn Disk”
button.
Burning follows 3 simple steps:
1. burner and burning speed configuration: If you
have several burners installed, select a device from the
appropriate selection menu.
2. select file format: You can burn DVDs, Mini DVDs,

Video CDs and Super Video CDs. If necessary, you can
modify the bit rate or encoding quality via the “Encoder”
button. Preset values conform to current file formats.
Note: MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 supports DVD -R,

DVD+R, DVD +RW, DVD -RW, but not DVD-RAM! For
more details regarding DVD formats, please read the chapter “
58 Appendix: Video and data media”.
Make Disc screen
3. Start the burning process/video encoding: You can

simulate a burning test if you are unclear as to the burn-
ing speed or the required hard-drive space. Simply click
on “with prior simulation”. The “Start” button will then
start the simulation and/or the burning process.
The disk project is encoded every time you burn or carry
out a simulation (for VCDs with MPEG 1, for S-VCD,
DVD and Mini-DVD with MPEG 2). You can choose a
directory in the hard-drive in which to save the MPEG
file. Please note that the MPEG file will not be erased
after burning takes place.
This process requires time! The coding process for long movies
can take up to 8 hours.
Add project backup

This option can be used for writing mixed-mode CDs, for
which you can, apart from the chosen video format, also
add your own project data, i.e. all individual images plus
project settings (e.g. effects), in a separate CD-ROM sec-
tion on the data carrier. “Mixed mode” describes a CD which
stores different standards simultaneously, e.g. a video CD
section and a CD-ROM section.
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Make Disc screen
You can then load the disc project from the completed disc
in order to perform re-editing and create a modified ver-
sion.
In this case, the film files and the disc project are adapted
in such a way that, when the completed CD is opened, the
encoded MPEG video is accessed instead of the raw mate-
rial. This saves storage space on the CD, as the video files
do not need to be stored twice on the disc. Image files used
for films and menus, the text for the titles, as well as uti-
lized audio files are saved as raw material, reducing the
storage capacity of the disc by the corresponding amount
of storage space.
Encoder settings
Use the “Encoder” button to open a selection dialog for
setting the MPEG encoder properties (memory require-
ments, quality and duration of MPEG conversion).
Click the “Advanced” button to open the “Advanced Set-
tings” dialog. Here you can fine-tune the LIGOS encoder
settings.
Also read the comprehensive instructions in the help menu (F1

key)!
Memory
VCD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 70 minutes
SVCD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 30-40 minutes
DVD (approx. 4,7 GB) approx. 2 hours
Mini DVD (approx. 700 MB) approx. 20 minutes
It is particularly difficult to attribute reliable specifications

when employing the MPEG 2 encoder (for SVCDs, DVDs
and Mini DVDs – and in DVD file formatted CD-ROMs).
When the “variable bit rate” of the MPEG 2 encoder is ac-
tivated, variable encoding takes place dependent upon im-
age movement. Then the required memory is dependent
upon the footage. An action movie requires more memory
than a single location theatre piece.
If you can’t fit your disk project onto a blank disc, you must
divide the project into several parts.
A full length feature film for example can be burned onto 3
SVCDs, made up of 3 disk projects (start, middle, and end).
More information regarding MPEG compression and

formatting can be found in the “Appendix: Video and data
media” chapter.
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Make Disc screen
Testing variable encoder configurations
If you want to know how much memory you require for
different encoder configurations, you should carry out a
few test runs before burning.
So as not to waste any blank discs with test runs, choose
the “with prior simulation” option.
Then submit a short (say 5 minute) disk project for burn-
ing simulation configured in a variety of ways.
Check the MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 files you’ve created on the
hard-drive after each simulation to see how large they are.
You should now be able to calculate the memory your disk
project requires, not forgetting to provide a small buffer
zone for the selection menu!
Split up disc project onto several data carriers.

Automatic
If the disc project requires more storage space than is avail-
able on a single CD or DVD, you will be asked, before the
writing process begins, whether the disc project is to be
split up onto several data carriers. Simply confirm this dia-
log by clicking “yes”. The disc project is then automatically
subdivided into separate disc projects, which are then stored
to the data carriers in consecutive order. This procedure is
most convenient for you, as everything is carried out auto-
matically and all you still need to do is insert your data
carriers.
Manual operation
Case scenario 1: If several films do not fit onto a single data
carrier.
In this case, return to the import & record screen and de-
lete as many films from the disc project as necessary until
the remaining films all fit. The other films can then be
stored in the next step as part of a new disc project.
Case scenario 2: If a film is too long and does not completely fit
onto a data carrier.
In this case you need to split up the film into two or more
parts, which are then each stored separately on a data car-
rier.
– Switch to the “Edit movie” screen, place the S marker on
the position where you would like to split up the film
and select the “Split object” option in the scissors menu.
– All sections behind the S marker are removed from the
excessively long movie and are treated as a separate film.
Both films can be accessed via the films flip menu. Store
both separately onto your hard disc (“Save movie” menu
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Make Disc screen
– Remove one of the two films (e.g. “Part 2”) from the disc
project (“Remove film” menu option).
– Switch to the “Make disc“ screen and write the first film
(“Part 1”) onto CD or DVD.
– Create a new disc project (“New” button), switch to the
“Import & record” screen and load the second film
(“Part 2”).
– Switch to the “Make disc” screen and write the second
film (“Part 2”) onto CD or DVD.
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Storyboard Mode
What is the Storyboard Mode?

The Storyboard mode is the preset view of the Edit Movie
screen. This view offers the most clarity and the simplest
handling. The Timeline mode alternative is for more ex-
tensive editing and scene arrangements. You can switch
between the two modes by using the tab key.
In the Storyboard mode, all the scenes of your movie are
listed one after the other. Each scene is represented by a
preview display on the Storyboard.
You can play scenes, relocate them via drag & drop, and
design blends with pre-prepared effects. Unnecessary se-
quences (e.g. the block of ads during a TV feature film or
the first few seconds of your own footage.) can be cut out
and removed with a click on the scissor button.
Scenes
If a film has not yet been divided into scenes, it is essen-
tially one long scene. If this is the case, you must divide it
into smaller scenes if you want to edit, regroup or com-
pletely remove scenes.
Each scene can be relocated on the scene bar by drag &
drop.
The scenes in the Edit Movie Storyboard mode are displayed
in a similar fashion to movies in the Import & Capture
screen, and also offers the three buttons (FX., Text. and
the loudspeaker symbol). These buttons have the same
functions as those on the Filmboxes, but in this case only
relate to the individual scenes.
ber of fonts or colors. The text can be made to scroll (per- 63
Storyboard Mode
For more details regarding dialog options, please read the

applicable section of the “Edit Movie screen” chapter.

fied (or even muted) via the loudspeaker symbol.
image editing in the FX menu.
For more details, please read the “Effects” chapter.
Rotate images (only for image files): If an image is on

its side or upside down, click on the rotate button. This
rotates the image by 90 degrees. You can check the result
directly on your video screen.
Scene Recognition
Click on the FX button on the Filmbox (in the Import &
Capture screen) or on the scene in the Edit Movie screen
and select “Scene Recognition” from the menu.
The scene recognition analyzes the film for scene transi-

tions, scanning drastic changes in the brightness and color
distribution within the picture.
Automatically created digital video device “time stamps”
(points in time at which the device was switched on and
off) are likewise recognized as scenes..
The analysis of the image material must only be made once
for each recording; the results are stored together with the
video file. During renewed execution of scene recognition
with the same video material, the scene transitions found
64 are displayed immediately. If you are still not happy with
Storyboard Mode
your scene partitioning, you can easily repeat and correct
where necessary.
Automatic
At each scene transition found, cuts are made without prior
confirmation.
Manual
At each point you are asked whether you really want to cut.
The preview always displays the end of the previous scene
and the beginning of the new scene. This option is useful,
for example, if photo flashlight has been filmed. This causes
precipitous brightness modification to occur, although it
concerns a related scene.
Separate at this point: Select this option when the two

pictures in the display vary considerably.
Next scene: With this option you skip a point without cut-
ting. If the pictures do not differ, the scene was probably
identified incorrectly. You can of course also skip scene
transitions deliberately in order to treat several scenes as a
unit. This facilitates the organization of the menu, since a
menu entry is generally produced for each scene.
Automatically cut all further scenes: This ends the

manual scene recognition. All further points recognized
automatically create a new scene.
Tip: You can use also the cut menu for cutting scenes. Place the
s-marker where a cut, and select the “Cut scene” command.
Transitions
Additionally you can blend scenes. Simply click on the large
button between the scenes and select a blend.
The menu contains various transition types. The upper
section contains the crossfade and blackburst options; these
basically correspond to object fade-in/fade-out or
changeover functions in timeline mode.
The other options are optical effect fades. Each of these
(3Dblend, 3Dswing…Zoom) is available in different variants.
Once you have made your selection, click the fade button
again to reach the “Settings” option at the bottom of the
menu, which opens the fading effect settings dialog.
The fade features in the lower part of the menu, which is
divided into sub menus, are so-called alpha fades, where
the fade is controlled by a black/white video. The duration
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Timeline Mode
What is the Timeline Mode?

The Timeline mode is a mode in the Edit Movie” screen.
You can switch between Timeline mode and Storyboard
mode by using the Tab key. The Timeline mode displays
your film chronologically. The movie is as long as the rep-
resentative “object” in the track.
The Timeline mode offers everything you need for extensi-
ve editing of your film material: Adding a soundtrack, pro-
fessional editing, precise blends, etc.
Timeline
The time lapse of a movie is represented by the horizontal
tracks. To organize this progression, there is a timeline
above the first track whose unit of measurement is the
millisecond. The range between the S and E markers in
the timeline is played in a loop.
Tracks
scenes or stills for your movie.
– the first track is for movies or bitmaps.
– the track below is for the soundtrack
via the “Text” button in Storyboard mode).
Picture track – the fourth track is for additional audio material – in fact,
Soundtrack anything you want to add to the scenes. Simply use the
Titles MediaPool. All files can be placed in the track via drag &
Audio drop.
Zooming
Keyboard shortcuts
Simply zoom in with the Ctrl + scroll down arrow key, or
zoom out using Ctrl + scroll up arrow key. You can also
66 use the scroll bar (beneath the 4th track) to zoom.
Timeline Mode
Zoom menu
A right mouse click on the S marker opens a context menu
from which you can choose the appropriate zoom factor
Zoom shot-capable slider

With the slider, the visible window can be adjusted on the
horizontal time axis.
You can tell by the size of the slider which part of the entire
scene arrangement is being represented. In the overall view,
the zoom slider fills out the whole of the bar. With a double
click, the overall view can be obtained on the slider. Slider
If you lead the mouse to the edge of the slider, the cursor
transforms into a stretch symbol, with which the slider can
be grabbed and compressed or even pulled apart. This
makes zooming in and out quick and flexible.
Certain zoom shot levels can be selected (via a right click
on the slider) in the context menu. Here you can also jump
to certain positions in the arrangement.
Grid
The grid makes sure that the object “engages” in the right
position. Two objects that follow one another are automati-
cally aligned even if they are in different tracks.
This prevents both overlapping or unwanted gaps.
Objects
Sound and image tracks are represented as separate ob-
jects on the tracks. Sound material is represented as a wave
display — if there’s something to see, there’s something to
hear. The image tracks appear as frames.
Offering the same effects as in Storyboard mode, the con-
text menu opens with a right mouse click on an object.
Small objects such as audio loops can be duplicated easily.
Once you have selected the object, activate the copy com-
mand and then the insert command.
Even quicker is to simultaneously hold down the Ctrl key
and click on the object you wish to copy. This produces a
copy that you can now pull straight into position.
Object handles
All objects can be shortened by using the object handles
below. By moving the mouse to one of the bottom corners
of the object, the mouse pointer becomes a stretching sym-
bol with which you can modify the object’s length.
Similar handles at the top of the object allow you to create
fades, both in and out. The handle in the middle of the
upper part of the object allows you to modify the volume of
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The brightness/volume handle in the middle of the upper
part of the object allows you to modify the volume of audio
and MIDI objects, and the brightness of video and bitmap
objects. Simply pull the handle up or down.
If there are several objects playing parallel to each other,
the volume or brightness of each object can be set indi-
vidually.
Trimming or Fine-tuning videos

You can call up two trimming editors, a cut trimmer and
an object trimmer, from the Window menu or from the
context menus of video or image objects.
Both trimmers fine-tune objects on the tracks. The object
trimmer positions the individual object and its handle pre-
cisely within a frame. The cut trimmer configures cross-
fades or hard cuts in the same manner. Both trimmers are
tools for precise cutting.
Working method
The trimmers perform the tasks as object handles and shift-
ing of objects on the tracks, only more precisely. . The
video material is movable within the object, without having
to move the object itself. Consider that an Object repre-
sents an instruction to play: The object specifies which
material is to be played and when. If you shift the playback
starting point, the object moves too. If you move the mate-
rial within the object, the object remains in its place within
the arrangement, but the playback order of the content with
the object has been moved or rearranged.
General advice for operating both trim editors

Play functions: The trim window contains its own play
functions that allow the object to be played individually or
in relation to the arrangement.
– The right play button plays the arrangement normally.
Note: Replays can sometimes appear shaky because the
processor may be over-worked and some frames may be
left out.
– The middle play button plays the arrangement “frame
by frame”, which means no frames are left out, but that
the replay may be slower.
– The left play button renders material before playing. This
method ensures a smoother playback.
The start marker in the timeline is reset when the rewind

and fast-forward functions are activated, allowing for com-
plete control of transitions between two videos.
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Increments: A click on the +/- buttons in both trim edi-
tors sets the handle or the material within an object exactly
into a frame. With the Ctrl key you can increase the frame
rate ( 5 frames/sec per mouse-click).
Trimmer for individual objects

A schematic display of the selected object and its handles
can be found in the center of the trimming window.
Fade In/Out: This button adjusts the upper handles of an

object.
Object contents: This moves the video material about to

be played without changing the length of the object.
Position: Moves the object on the track.
First Frame / End Fade-In: Switches the left monitor be-

tween the first frame of the object and the end of the tran-
sition.
Start Fade-Out / last Frame: switches the right monitor

between the start of the transition and the last frame of the
object.
Left/Right -/+ buttons: Adjusts the lower object handles.
Next (previous) Object/cut: The buttons below and to

the right skip to the next/previous object and/or cut in the
arranger. These buttons make it easy to move and trim
objects in the arrangement without having to leave the trim-
mer.
Cut Trimmer
Lefft -/+ button (1): This button moves the last frame of
the first object while adjusting the second. The length of
the transition remains unchanged. The display (in illus-
tration 4) indicates the relative change in comparison with
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9 4 5 10
6 3
2 7
1
11 11
Position (2): Moves the second object, altering the length

of the transition. This corresponds to shifting an object in
the arranger
Object contents (3): This moves the movie “underneath”

the second object without changing the length of the ob-
ject and the transition.
Cross-fade (4): changes the transition’s length between

both objects. The objects remain of equal length. The length
can be numerically entered.
Middle -/+-button (5): Shifts the existing transition. Both

objects remain in their positions, only the transition’s cen-
ter point moves.
Transition (6): displays the type of transition. A mouse-

click opens a pop-up window from which you can select a
transition.
Right -/+ button (7): Move the first frame of the second
object. The first object and the transition remain un-
changed, only the length of the second object changes.
Start Fade-Out / last Frame (9): switches the left moni-

tor between the start of the transition and the last frame of
the object.
First Frame / End Fade-In (10): switches the right moni-

tor between the first frame of the following object and the
end of the transition.
Next (previous) cut (11): These buttons skip to the next/

previous cut in the arranger. These buttons make it easy to
move and trim cuts in the arrangement without having to
leave the trimmer.
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Effects
Selecting effects
Effects for the whole of a movie
Effects for the whole of a movie are selected in the Import
& Capture screen by pressing the FX button on the film-
box. Video cleaning, scene recognition and audio cleaning
are available.
For more details regarding “scene recognition”, please read the

“Storyboard Mode”chapter.
Effects for individual scenes

Effects for individual scenes are selected in the Edit Movie
screen. Effects
If you want to add an effect to either a scene in Storyboard
mode or an image object in Timeline mode, you have au-
dio cleaning, horizontal/vertical reflection, horizontal/ver-
tical symmetry, kaleidoscope and color shifting (on three
levels) at your disposal.
While in Timeline mode, effects are selected via the con-
text menu (right mouse click on an object).
Video cleaning
This option opens an editor for correcting video material
discrepancies.
If this option is called up from the Import & Capture screen,

the settings affect the whole movie. If it is called up from
the Edit Movie screen, the settings only affect the selected
scene.
Select the cleaning function you desire from the upper part
of the dialog: Brightness & Contrast. Sharpness, Color or
De-interlace.
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The position fader allows you to see how the selected set-
ting works for a particular part of a movie or scene.
Presets: You can try out the suitability of a number of pre-

sets in the preset menu.
Automatic setting: This button usually offers you a good

effect setting. Simply select an image with the fader and
click on “Automatic setting”. The optimum cleaning set-
ting will then be applied to the whole scene (or to the whole
movie if the function has been called up from the Import
& Capture screen).
All effects off: Switches all the effects off, allowing you
to compare the original and edited material.
Apply to all scenes: Applies the selected cleaning settings

to every scene of the selected movie.
Practical example
We’ll assume that you want to remove an overexposed pas-
sage from your video that spoils an otherwise perfect re-
cording.
1. In Timeline mode, turn the passage that you want to
correct into an object in and of itself. To do this, place
the S marker at the beginning and then at the end of the
passage, each time clicking the scissor button („Cut
scene“, shortcut: t).
2. Select the object you want to correct and click on “Video
Cleaning” in the effects menu.
3. Modify the brightness until the image is exposed cor-
rectly (and if necessary, the contrast too) before exiting
the editor by clicking on “OK”.
Brightness
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Effects
The faders increase or decrease image brightness and con-
trast. By selecting “Brightness” in the preset list, you can
choose from a number of standard curves or edit only the
darkest, mid-range, or brightest parts of the image.
Sharpness
The fader allows you to regulate the level of image sharp-
ness.
The “Fine Tuning” option allows you to determine the level
of focus for particular surfaces or borders.
Color
You can increase or reduce the color portions of images

with the “hue” fader. A newly developed algorithm makes
the change in color as natural a as possible. With some
experimenting, you can achieve some amazing results –
such as turning summer images into autumnal pictures,
or creating funky Pop Art...
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Color: A selection of colors to add to images.
Hue: Increases or reduces the color portions of an image.
Red/Green/Blue: Changes the color portion mix.
De-Interlace
This option serves to open an editor for performing vari-
ous adjustments for the TV picture. Apart from the inter-
lace and anti-flicker filter, you can also adapt the photo show
to the actual scale of the television frame. A special algo-
rithm ensures an optimal ratio between image size and
image borders (anti cropping).
Interpolation for interlace source material: Select

this option to remove ridge structures from the (video)
image. If you, for instance, extract freeze frames from a
video, these ridge structures appear in image sections show-
ing movement.
Anti-flicker filter: Select this option for freeze frames

with very fine structures and high contrast. You can use it
to remove the flickering on your TV screen during play-
back.
Border cropping - offset: Select this option if the edges

are cropped during playback on your television. In this case
the values of the master effect setting are used (see below).
Master Effects (File Menu)

In this dialog you can specify the global effect settings for a
film, meaning the parameters that affect all scenes con-
tained in the film.
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Brightness/color area
Selective brightness (gamma): “Gamma” determines the

mean grey scale which can be calculated from the various
color ranges. In the pre-sets menu you can select which
color ranges are to be used. Use the slide control to adjust
the brightness.
Color space adjustment: This option is used to handle

colors that are too intensive, contravene the TV standards
and cannot be properly displayed on a TV screen.
Full TV picture size

This option ensures that the image size is adapted to fit the
real television picture (anti cropping). Without adjustment,
the television might otherwise crop the image borders.
The four image margins can be proportionally adjusted by
means of the four input fields. Here it is important to find
the optimal balance between distortion, reduction, bar for-
mation and image cropping:
– If the same value is entered for every margin, the image
size is reduced proportionally. In this case no distortions
will occur, but there will be bars along the edges.
– If different values are entered for the 4 fields, the image
size is reduced unproportionally. This causes image dis-
tortion.
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Effects
On (for photos!): This option enables the input values

for the four image borders to be applied to the respective
photos in reduced form. The result can immediately be
viewed on the preview monitor.
Fade in TV display area in the preview monitor: This

option displays the image borders of the television as lines
in the preview monitor. The four image borders of the TV
display area can be set by means of the 4 input fields. Here,
it is of course necessary to know the actual size of the TV
picture. To determine it, proceed as follows:
Determining the visible TV frame size

To determine the picture properties of your television as
well as optimal image size editor settings, you should per-
form a test run.
– Load the “Visible TV picture.mvm” film from the “my
projects > visible TV picture” folder.
– Play back the film and read the instructions on the video
screen.
– Copy the film to CD or DVD.
– Place the data carrier into your player and play back the
film. Compare the TV picture to the picture displayed
on your video screen by MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe
3.
– You can determine the proportional value of the borders
cropped by the television by means of the 4 measure-
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Effects
– Enter the values in the “Full TV size” editor.
– Now the image size is optimized to your TV picture.
Please note that, depending on device settings and data
carrier type, the cropping values may deviate.
Scene Recognition
Please read the “Storyboard Mode” chapter for details.
More Video Effects

Horizontal reflection
The video is mirrored sideways – everything that was on
the left is now on the right (and vice versa).
Vertical reflection
The video is now upside down.
Horizontal symmetry
This effect folds the left side of the video onto the right.
The video now looks as though it were folded together.
Vertical Symmetry
This effect folds the upper half of the video onto the lower
half.
Kaleidoscope
Makes the video look as though it were being viewed
through a kaleidoscope.
Color distortion 1/2/3

These three effects distort the true colors so that yellow
becomes red, red becomes blue, and so on.
Reset video Effects

Not actually an effect, this option restores everything to its
original state before the effects were employed.
Audio Cleaning
This option opens an editor for correcting audio material
discrepancies.
If this option is called up from the Import & Capture screen,
the settings affect the whole movie. If it is called up from
the Edit Movie screen, the settings only affect the selected
scene.
Select the cleaning function you desire from the upper part
of the dialog:
– The equalizer allows you to manipulate the frequency
spectrum – perfect for cleaning up muffled dialog.
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– The compressor is a dynamic volume control that can
lend the overall sound a deeper, richer quality.
– The StereoFX processor justifies the position of the
sound in the stereo panorama.
– The denoiser and dehisser are professional noise reduc-
tion tools that do exactly what their titles say they do.
Presets: You can try out the suitability of a number of pre-

sets in the preset menu.
Automatic setting: This button usually offers you a good

effect setting for the material selected.
temporarily deactivate All effects: Switches all the ef-

fects off.
Apply to all scenes: Applies the selected cleaning settings

of all effects to every scene of the selected movie.
Noise Reduction: Denoiser

The denoiser is especially useful to clear long-lasting dis-
turbing noise, for example: humming of the main connec-
tion, hissing, noises from sound charts, disturbance noise
from ground circuits, interferences from audio-equipment
with high-mic outputs (record-player), impact noise or the
rumbling of records.
The denoiser requires a noise sample. Some of the typical

sounds are at your disposal.
Set the degree to which the noise should be reduced with
the fader. It is often better to reduce interference signals
by 3-6 dB rather than as much as is possible so as to keep
the sound “natural”.
Another possibility is to create a noise sample yourself. You
78 need a short sample from the sound track in which only
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the background noise can be heard. Then switch to the
denoiser dialog with the “Advanced” button.
Step 1: Select noise sample

You have two possibilities:
Pick out typical background noise: You can select and

use a number of typical background noises from the flip
menu. Select one and listen to it via the “Play” button. If it
is similar to the background noise in your sound track, go
ahead and use it (see “Step 2: Removing background
noise”).
Extracting a new noise sample from a sound track:

You can also pick out a short passage (from the existing
sound track) in which you can hear the background noise
Automatic search: Searches especially quiet passages in

which background noise most probably resides.
Previous / play / next: This button allows you to play all

of the passages found for easy comparison.
Save as: Once found, you can save noise samples on the
hard-drive. It then appears as an entry in the “Typical back-
ground noises” flip menu to be used in other projects.
There’s no need to save it if you only want to use it once, in
which case switch to “Remove background noise”.
Step 2: Remove background noise

Noise level: The level of the noise reduction function
should be set as precisely as possible. Low settings result
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tion of the hissing produces artefacts and should be avoided.
High settings produce dull results – useful signals (e.g.
the blow of a wind instrument) which are similar to hiss-
ing are also filtered away. It’s worth your time to seek out
the best setting.
Reducer: Here you can set the balance between the origi-
nal signal and the signal with depressed interference. It is
often better to reduce interference signals by 3-6 dB rather
than as much as is possible so as to keep the sound “natu-
ral”. With buzzing, it’s best to apply complete removal.
Noise Reduction: Dehisser
The Dehisser eliminates regular “white” noise, typically

produced by analogue tape recordings, microphones pre-
amplifiers or transformers.
Noise reduction can be regulated in decibels with the fa-
der. It is often better to reduce interference signals by 3-6
dB rather than as much as is possible so as to keep the
sound “natural”.
Equalizer
The 10-track equalizer divides the frequency spectrum into
10 areas (tracks) and supplies them with separated volume
controls, which allows you to achieve many impressive ef-
fects, from the simple rising of the bass, to total sound
transformation. If you raise the low frequencies too much
throughout the whole level, it can cause distortions.
Fader: The volume of each of the 10 frequency bands can

be set separately with the 10 volume controls.
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Link frequency bands: The frequency fields can be

bundled together flexibly in order to avoid artificial-sound-
ing overemphasis in individual frequency fields.
Compressor
The compressor is essentially an automated dynamic vol-

ume control. Tune dynamics are limited, loud passages stay
loud, low passages become louder. Compression is often
used to make the material more powerful, particularly for
bass recordings and vocals, but also as master effects in
the mixer for adding to the overall sound.
Ratio: Regulates compressor ratios.
Function: Defines the compressor’s mode of operation

depending upon the sound material.
Stereo FX
With the Stereo-FX processor you can treat the alignment
of the audio material in the stereo balance. If the stereo
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sion of the stereo base-width can often provide a better trans-
parency.
Bandwidth Control: Here you can adjust the band-width

between mono (on the extreme left), unchanged base-width
(centre) and maximum band-width (“wide”, on the extre-
me right).
Reducing the band-width can produce the raising of the
level. In extreme cases – when the left and the right chan-
nels include identical material and the band-width control
is pushed to the extreme left on “mono” – the result can be
a level rising to 3 decibels.
Raising the band-width (values of 100) diminishes the
mono compatibility.
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Menu File
New Project
Creates a new disk project. You can also call up this func-
tion with the “New” button in the Edit Movie screen.
Key: Alt + Ctrl + n
Project > Load

Loads a previously saved disk project. Make sure that you
have the movies that belong to the project available! All
sounds and videos to be used are retrieved via the path given
when the last “save” was made to the disk project.
You can also call up this function with the “Load” button
in the Edit Movie screen.
Key: Alt + Ctrl + o
Project > Save

The current disk project is saved under its own name. If a
name is not given, a dialog opens for you to enter a name
and a file path.
You can also call up this function with the “Save” button in
the Edit Movie screen.
Key: Alt + Ctrl + s
Project > Save as

Opens a dialog for you to enter a name for the disk project
and a file path to where it should be saved.
Key: Alt + Shift + s
Project > Erase

Erases the disk project (including all movies, videos and
audio files used) from your hard-drive.
Note of warning: If you have used the same files for other movies,
you should remember to make a backup copy.
Key: Alt + Shift + o
Movie > New

Creates a new movie (as well as a new filmbox) for your
recording and imported files. You can also call up this func-
tion with the “New” button in the Edit Movie screen.
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Menu File
Key: Ctrl + n
Movie > Load

Loads a movie into your disk project.
Make sure that you have the scenes that belong to the project
available! All sounds and videos to be used are retrieved via
the path given when the last “save” was made to the movie.
Key: Alt + Ctrl + o
Movie > Load backup movie

Use this option to load an automatically created film backup.
These automatic backups have the MV_ (underscore) file
extension. This option can be quite useful in emergen-
cies, e.g. if you have inadvertently saved the file during
editing, but wish to return to the previous version of the
film.
Key: Ctrl + Shift + o
Movie > Save

The current movie is saved under its own name. If a name
is not given, a dialog opens for you to enter a name and a
file path.
Key: Alt + Ctrl + s
Movie > Save as

Opens a dialog for you to enter a name for the movie and a
file path to where it should be saved.
Key: Alt + Shift + s
Movie > Create backup copy

This menu item can be used to store a film arrangement,
including all multimedia data used, in a directory. The “Save
as“ command, however, only saves references to media files
used, not the files themselves.
A dialog displays, where you can define the path and name
for storing the arrangement.
Key: Alt + Shift + e
Movie > Write backup copy to disc

This option allows you to burn the arrangement together
with all the associated files onto a CD-R or DVD. A writer
must be connected to the system and a blank CD or DVD
84 inserted in the drive.
Menu File
Key: Alt + Shift + r
Movie > Remove

Removes the current movie from the disk project. It re-
mains however on the hard-drive and can always be called
up again.
Key: Shift + o
Movie > Erase

Erases a movie (including all video and audio files used)
from your hard-drive.
Note of warning: If you have used the same files for other movies,
you should remember to make a backup copy.
Key: Shift + i
Film > Restore backup project

This option can be used to load a film that was stored in re-
edit mode to (S) Video CD or DVD as project backup. For
more info about the re-edit mode, please read the chapter
“Make disc screen”!
Key: Alt + Ctrl + r
Export DivX
DivX is a free version of the mpeg 4 codec with a very good
performance. You can store a whole movie on a single Cd
in good quality.
There are 5 quality levels available (home theatre, high qual-
ity, average quality, portable quality and web quality).
Export Movie > Video as AVI

When you export as an AVI video file, you can set and
configure the compression codec as well as the size and
frame rate of the AVI- video to be created.
Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI

Exports the arrangement in the DV coded AVI format (PAL
or NTSC).
Export Movie > Video as MPEG Video

MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 is equipped with the high
performance Ligos GoMotio-encoder. In the MPEG export
dialog you can fine-tune the options for the MPEG encoder.
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Menu File
Tip: Also when burning (s)video CDs or DVDs, standardized
MPEG 1/2 files are produced. Many DVD players however also
process (S)VCDs with non-standardized i.e. higher bit rates.
Here’s an area for experiments! Simply export your movie over
the file menu as an MPEG and burn your disc afterwards. When
burning, MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 notices the fact
that the MPEG file is already present and uses it instead of
using a new standardized MPEG file. For producing
standardized MPEGs for CDs/DVDs, you should use the Make
Disc screen!
For more details, read the “MPEG compression“ appendix on
the help pages (F1 key)
Export Movie > Video as MAGIX Video

MAGIX Videos are stored in MXV format, which requires
less memory than normal AVIs but gives a similar quality.
Export Movie > Windows Media Export

This is the Internet format from Microsoft. It makes the
continuous playback of audio or video files through the
Internet possible. However, for this format you will need
to use a suitable codec that prevents file rates from getting
to high for an on-line playback.
Export Movie > Real Media Export

This is a format specifically optimized for Internet pur-
poses. It reaches a very high compression rate, and the
sound quality is noticeably lower. However, this format is
very useful if audio on-line has to be played through the
Internet (Streaming Audio). After selecting the file name
you can choose the bit range of the transferring speed (Mo-
dem, ISDN etc.). This should still play audio files without
interruption.
Audio settings/video settings: Here you can select pre-

setting for the quality of the audio or video material. With
the ‘enhance’ button you can open an additional dialog for
the compression. In the enhanced video options you can
select the number of frames per second (‘fps’) – the lower
this value, the less data is transferred and the worse the
quality of the image.
Clip information: Here you can enter information re-

garding the author, name of the video, etc., which is dis-
played during playing on the real player.
Clip meta information: Here you can enter keywords

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Menu File
page, search engines with the aid of these keywords can
find it.
Video preprocessing: Here, the field ‘2-pass encoding’ is

of particular interest. With its help it is possible to achieve
a better quality by compressing audio and video separate
from each other. Apart from that, it is possible to select
different filters.
Video size: Here you can set different video sizes between
160x120 and 720x576 pixel.
Target groups: Here you select at which bandwidth the

video is to be created, i.e. on which data line it can be played
(‘streamed’) in real-time. The setting you select here may
possibly restrict the other selection possibilities, as a file
for a 28k-modem cannot be generated in high quality.
Multirate file (real server): The streaming of videos

requires a server application that must have been installed
on the server from which the video is to be played
(‘streamed’) in real-time. If this application does not exist,
only a download is possible. ‘Real server’ is a server appli-
cation which makes it possible to stream videos in real video
format.
If you activate this option, you can create a multirate file
that basically contains several videos of different band
widths. It is thus possible to select several ‘target groups’.
Export Movie > Single frame as BMP

Exports the image, which is at the current Start-marker and
which is displayed on the video screen, as BMP file.
Full screen playback

With this option in the file menu you can play the disk
project in full screen mode (e.g. in order to rerecord from a
digital camera or video recorder simultaneously).
Problems can arise however if the computer is overbur-
dened by real-time editing of video effects or fading. A
quicker computer in this case would be an advantage!
When first called up, the program asks after the interface
mode (resolution and depth of color). These settings re-
main unless changed in the “Full screen playback settings”
option (key: p).The larger the resolution, the greater the
burden upon the computer. Seek a good compromise be-
tween image quality and problem-free playbacks.
Key: Ctrl + h 87
Menu File
Settings
Audio device: Determines which soundcard the wave au-
dio object returns. Important if you have several soundcards
installed.
Wave / direct sound: Here you should select “Direct

Sound”, which is a component of DirectX (which is installed
automatically when you install MAGIX Movie Maker®
deLuxe 3. If at some stage DirectX is not installed in your
system, you can reinstall it from the “Add On” directory on
the MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 program disc.
Multi-track audio Buffer/Pre-listen audio Buffer:

Here you can determine the size of the buffer for playing
audio material or for listening to Media Pool files.
Path for temporary files: Here you can set the path for
the directory in which MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3
saves temporary files as well as recorded files.
File export: Here you can enter the path for export files.
Auto scroll: Scrolls the interface display automatically,

as long as the cursor is to the extreme right of the interface
during playback in the Edit Movie screen – a useful tool
particularly for editing lengthy disk projects.
Note: Scrolling demands greater calculation of your computer,

which can lead to overburdening your computer. If this is the
case, deactivate the auto scroll.
Project Options: For specifying the preset display time

for photos or entering a name for the project.
Maximum image/line ratio of 1: n (“n” represents the

numerical value of the ratio): Portrait images will ap-
pear with black edges when they are rotated by 90°. To
limit this effect, it is possible to enter the maximum bor-
der ratio of the displayed image here.
If a rotated image exceeds the maximum value, the image
will zoom in until the maximum ratio has been reached,
causing the upper and lower borders of the respective im-
age to be cropped.
Recording file path: Here you can determine in which

directory your recorded material is to be saved to.
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Menu File
Full screen: Offers a range of resolutions from which to
choose for playing videos. They are dependent upon the
monitor and graphic card installed. The bit resolution deals
with the depth of color: the higher the bit rate, the more
precise the colors displayed.
Key: p
Master Effects
Please read the corresponding section in the chapter “Effects”!
End
Closes MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3.
Key: Alt + F4
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Menu Help
Contents
Issue this command, to display the main help screen. From
here you can jump to help on certain commands or read
through instructions step-by-step.
Key: F1
Show tutorial video

Play the attached tutorial video.
About MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3

Here you will find information regarding the copyright and
the version number of MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3.
Online registration
Here you can register online. Here are just some of your
advantages as a MAGIX networker:
– great prices for network card collectors
– new sounds for downloads
– special promotions for networkers
– demo software before the official release date
– exchange experiences and chat
– service offers such as automatic system checks and the
customer support hotline
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Keyboard Shortcuts
File organisation
New Project Alt + Ctrl + n
Load Project Alt + Ctrl + o
Save Project Alt + Ctrl + s
Save Project as… Alt + Shift + s
Delete Project Alt + Shift + o
Restore backup project Alt + Ctrl + r
New Movie Ctrl + n
Load Movie Ctrl + o
Load backup film Ctrl + Shift + o
Save Movie Ctrl + s
Save Movie as… Shift + s
Delete Movie Shift + o
Remove Movie Shift + i
Create backup copy Alt + Shift + e
Write backup copy to disc Alt + Ctrl + r
Export film as AVI Alt + a
Export film as DV-AVI Alt + b
Export film as MPEG Alt + c
Export film as Quicktime movie Alt + e
Export film as Windows Media Alt + f
Export film as Real Media Alt + g
Single frame as BMP file Alt + m
Capturing
Audio capturing r
Analog Video capturing Ctrl + r
DV capturing Shift + r
Tools
Cut out Shift + del
Copy Shift + Insert
Add Ctrl + Insert
Back Ctrl + Z
Undo Ctrl + Y
Erase Del
Cut
Cut scene T
Remove Scene start Ctrl + T
Remove Scene end Shift + T
Divide Movie Alt + T
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Effects
Video cleaning Shift + X
Scene Recognition Shift + Z
Audio cleaning Shift + W
Title Editor Alt + Shift + T
Undo Video effects Shift + C
Master effects m
Design
Storyboard/Timeline mode
switch Tab
Zoom In Ctrl + Page Up
Zoom Out Ctrl + Page Down
Optimize Timeline Shift + B
Zoom 1 Frame Ctrl + 1
Zoom 5 Frames Ctrl + 2
Zoom 1 sec Ctrl + 3
Zoom 10 sec Ctrl + 4
Zoom 1 min Ctrl + 5
Zoom 10 min Ctrl + 6
Zoom range from Start-
to End marker Ctrl + 7
Zoom complete film Ctrl + 8
Playback and Play cursor positioning

Start / Stop playback Space bar, Page Up
Pause (stop playback), Escape, Page Down, 0
Start marker to start Pos1
End marker to end End+
1 frame left arrow left
1 frame right arrow right
5 frames left Ctrl + arrow left
5 frames right Ctrl + arrow right
Full screen playback Ctrl + H
Media Pool
Directory 0..9
Erase File Del
Copy File Ctrl + C
Add File Ctrl + V
Re-name File Alt + R
New directory Ctrl + P
Link Directory Ctrl + Q
General
Options P
92 Help F1
Appendix: Video and Data media
Editing video on the PC
Digital video processing with the PC is comparable to au-
dio processing. The analog medium that is video must first
be digitized before it can be processed in the computer.
It functions quite similar to recording via a soundcard: The
signal flow is measured in very short, regular intervals. The
values resulting from it can then be processed by the com-
puter. The accuracy of each individual measurement re-
sults in the resolution, the frequency of the measurements
results in the frame rate. The more precise and frequent
the signal is measured, the more higher the quality of the
digitized video – but also the demands upon the capture
performance and the required storage space. The Windows
standard format for video files is AVI (audio and video In-
terleaved).
The digitization of the video adopts either the camera or
the graphic card, a TV card (e.g. Miro PCTV) or a video
card (e.g. Fast AV Master). However, video handling makes
much higher demands upon the hardware if good image
quality is required. In order to be able to reasonably pro-
cess video files on today’s PCs, they must be compressed
— contrary to digital audio, with which compression is used
only for saving storage space.
MPEG Compression
MPEG means “Moving Picture Experts Group”, and de-
fines a working group which cooperates with the Interna-
tional Standards Organization (ISO) as well as the interna-
tional Electro Technical Commission (ETC) in order to
develop standards for video and audio coding.
Generally, the graphic data rate of the digital video stan-
dard is 167 megabit per second, which, when not com-
pressed, requires a far higher storage capacity than a DVD
can offer. A one-sided DVD 5 with 4.7 GB storage capacity
is enough for 4 Minutes. For this reason, the available pic-
torial material must be effectively compressed — a func-
tion which is achieved with the MPEG procedure.
This procedure is based on the simple fact that up to 96 %
of digital video data consists of repetition and can be com-
pressed without visible degradation of the pictorial quality.
Each MPEG compression is, however, a data reduction and
as such connected with information loss. If the video con-
sists of very extensive details, or if the content changes very
fast, the picture may blur (dependent on the strength of
the compression and the quality of the encoder). 93
Errors can also result from so-called compression artifacts,
such as small color defects or images that are too dark.
With average compression rates under 3 megabit per se-
cond, it is probable that you will notice the reduced quality.
With rates around 6 megabit per second, the degradation
in quality becomes almost invisible.
Specification (RedBook, WhiteBook...)

In order to coordinate and match CD file structure with
CD drives, the different types of CD were standardized by
the industry. The names for it resulted simply from the
color of the books in which the standards were written.
Besides the Red Book for audio CDs, there’s the Yellow
Book for CD-ROMs and the White Book for video CDs.
Video CD (VCD)
Video CDs are specific CD-ROMs on which videos in cer-
tain forms are stored. The compression takes place over
the MPEG-1 codec. VCDs can be played on either a video
Cd player attached to a television, or directly on the CD-
ROM drive on the computer. Most DVD players can play
VCDs.
Resolution: On a VCD, movies with a maximum resolu-

tion of 352 x 288 pixels (PAL) or 352 x 240 (NTSC) with 25
pictures per second can be played. The resolution of a VHS
cassette offers for instance 300 x 360 pixels. More impor-
tant than the resolution is the use of a good MPEG 1 en-
coder. Since a video images constantly change, errors can-
not always be perceived by the viewer.
Hard-drive capacity: A VCD can save about 70 minutes

of video. A typical motion picture must therefore be stored
on two VCDs. In order to get as much video data on a nor-
mal CD as possible, one must forego correction informa-
tion on VCD/SVCD formats within the individual sectors
(sub-ranges) of a CD. You can therefore fit 720 MB of video
data on a 650 MB blank CD. Due to improved burning and
scanning technology, it is now possible to burn up to 985
MB video data on a 99min blank CD.
Encoder setting: Normally the video CD data is played at

a data rate of 1150 Kbits video and 224 Kbits audio. By an
increase of the video bit rate of up to 3000Kbits, you can
get the same resolution and audio bit rate with increased
quality. Those with 1150Kbits of movement artifact disap-
pear almost completely with approx. 2000Kbits — with
94 the picture appearing a little less sharp.
This presupposes however that the player can also play such
a bit rate. That many DVD players can handle an increased
data rate is due to well written player software.
Experiment with higher data rates: if you do not need the
full run-time of the VCD, you can improve the quality of
the video!
Super Video CD (SVCD)

The Super Video CD (SVCD) is a technological advance-
ment of the video CD. SVCDs are also like VCD-specified
CD-ROMs, which are played either with an S Video CD
player (which is connected to the television), or directly with
the CD-ROM drive of the computer. Many DVD Player can
also play SVCDs. Owing to MPEG 2 and the increase of
the data transfer rate, you can hardly tell apart videos from
videos in DVD quality.
Resolution: With SVCDs, the better MPEG 2 encoder is

used in a standardized resolution of 480 x 576 (PAL). The
MPEG 2 format offers a maximum resolution of up to 720
x 576 points, and improved compression methods which
through high data rates are characterized by excellent im-
age definition and homogeneity.
Hard-drive capacity: An average 90 minute movie must

be spread across 3 CDs. On one SVCD you can get about
30 minutes of good quality film.
Encoder setting: Compared to the VCD with 1,3, the data

transfer rate is doubled to 2.6 Mbit/s.
With the MPEG 2 format, the so-called variable bit rate
(VBR) is introduced. In contrast to the constant bit rate
(CBR) of the MPEG 1 encoders, this encoder has the possi-
bility of using more bits for movement-intensive sections,
as well as to save bits if picture content remains the same.
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)

Quality
The exceptional color quality, image definition and con-
trast of the DVD are all well-known.
With a resolution of 720 x 576 (PAL) and coded with MPEG
2, 25 pictures per second obtains very good results. The
quantity of data is approx. 5 times as much as with VCD.
DVD size
DVDs look similar to CDs.. The only visible difference is
on double-sided DVDs which have no label. Otherwise both
formats share the same dimensions. 95
– Diameter: 12 cm, like a normal CD (additionally there
are still DVDs with only 8 cm diameters.)
– Thickness: 1.2 mm, likewise like a normal CD.
DVD media (overview)

The DVD does not differ outwardly from a conventional
CD-ROM. Higher memory density (up to 17 gigabytes as
opposed to 650-780 megabytes) results from the fact that
information is stored more densely (double capacity) and
that up to four layers can be specified. In order to be able to
read the information, a special laser with modified wave-
length is necessary. Therefore DVDs cannot be read with
conventional CD-ROM drives.
Writable data carrier formats

The recordable DVD market is split for the time being into
three types: DVD-RAM, DVD +RW. and DVD-RW.
DVD-R: Once-only writable medium. The DVD-R can be

specified with the file structures of DVD Video, DVD Au-
dio or DVD-ROM.
DVD+RW: With +RW drives, re-recordable DVDs should

be created which can be read by almost any commercial
DVD-ROM or DVD player. The companies involved are
mainly Philips, Sony, Hewlett Packard (as well as Ricoh,
Yamaha and Mitsubishi).
DVD-RW: Writable and erasable DVD technology which is

promoted by Pioneer and Sharp. This format was devel-
oped by the Pioneer company and should be compatible
with existing DVD players.
DVD-RAM: Due to the small storage capacity and incom-

patibility with DVD players, setting on this standard is not
recommended.
Note: MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3 supports DVD -R,

DVD+R, DVD +RW, DVD -RW, but not DVD-RAM!
Blank discs: Single-side recordable blanks with a capacity

of 4.7 Gbyte and a run-time of approx. 2 hours serve as
storage media for all DVD burning formats at present.
Copy Protection
Macrovision (APS): The film industry could claim that
96 even DVD-ROM drives and decoder or diagram cards with
composite outputs or s-video outputs must support the ana-
log copy protection (APS) of macrovision. Only some older
DVD Player do not possess APS.
With APS, additional signals are added to a DVD’s stored
graphic data by a DVD player or the decoder card. The data
are almost unchanged. These supplementary signals dis-
turb the synchronization and the automatic recording regu-
lation of most video recorders, therefore preventing the
recording of the video. They are not noticeable on the tele-
vision or the monitor however.
Content Scrambling System (CSS): CSS prevents sav-

ing and duplication of DVD video tracks onto the hard-
drive.
The VOB streams of DVDs without CSS can otherwise (like
other video files) be loaded via the Import Video button
Mini-DVD
The Mini DVD is nothing but the DVD data format burned
onto a CD ROM. Thus MPEG 2 encoder and all other speci-
fications of the DVD data format are used: only the data
carriers are different. Because the CD-ROM can only save
about a sixth of the quantity of data a DVD can hold, the
capacity of a Mini DVD is accordingly limited to approx.
20 minutes of film.
Mini DVDs are particularly suitable for playing on the com-
puter. With stand-alone devices, it must be tested on an
individual basis as to whether the device can handle the
DVD format on a CD-ROM.
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Index
A
About MAGIX Movie Maker 90
Adding a soundtrack 18
Adding a title and other text 17
Adjusting the signal level 43
Advanced 41, 43
Advanced configurations in the Video Capturing dia 41
All effects off 72
Analog devices 39
Animated Selection Menus (only for DVD and Mini-DV 57
Appendix: Video and Data media 93
Apply to all scenes 72, 78
Audio 50
Audio Capture 27
Audio Cleaning 77
Audio device 88
Audio drive 43
Audio recording 42
“Audio” recording dialog 43
Audio settings/video settings 86
Auto scroll 88
Automatic 65
Automatic search 79
Automatic settin 72
Automatic setting 78
Automatically cut all further scenes 65
B
Bandwidth Control 82
Blank discs 96
Borders 48
Brenn-Automation 13
Brightness & Contrast 72
Burn Disk 32, 58
Burner and burning speed configuration 58
Burning CDs & DVDs 12
Burning CDs or DVDs 15, 16
Burning dialog 58
Button 69, 70
Buttons 69
C
“Capture Video” 26
“Capture Video” dialog 39
Capturing from DV recorders or cameras 38
Capturing from video recorders or camcorders 39
Clip information 86
Clip meta information 86
98
Index
Color distortion 1/2/3 77
Colors 73
Compressor 81
Connecting the source for recording 42
Connection 14, 15
Content Scrambling System (CSS 97
Contents 90
Context menus 30
Copy 53
Copy Protection 96
Cross-fade 70
Cut Out 53
Cut Trimmer 69
Cutting and fading objects 30
Cutting up a scene 52
D
Delete Scene end 52
Delete Scene start 52
Digital capturing (DV capturing) 37
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) 95
Direkt brennen 41
Disc menu 58
Disk project 22
Disk Selection Menus 12
Displays 47
Divide Film 52
Dividing a movie into parts 33
Dividing movies into scenes 28
DivX 85
DV Capture 26
“DV capturing” dialog 37
DV devices 37
DV Logging 38
DVD 96
DVD media (overview) 96
DVD size 95
DVD-R 96
DVD-RAM 96
DVD-RW 96
E
“Edit Movie” flip menu 51
Edit Movie screen 27, 45
Editing in timeline mode 19
Editing movies 17
Editing Overview 22
Editing video on the PC 93
Effects 71
Effects for individual scenes 71
Effects for the whole of a movie 71
Encoder setting 94, 95
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Index
End 89
Episodes, and other complex cases. 24
Equalizer 80
Erase 53
Erasing blocks of ads or other unwanted footage 17
Erasing, copying and relocating files 48
Erweiterte Funktionen 13
Export DivX 85
Export Movie > Real Media Export 86
Export Movie > Single frame as BMP (JPEG) 87
Export Movie > Video as AVI 85
Export Movie > Video as DV-AVI 85
Export Movie > Video as MAGIX Video 86
Export Movie > Video as MPEG Video 85
Export Movie > Windows Media Export 86
Extracting a new noise sample from a sound track 79
F
Fade In/Out 69
Fader 80
Fast Forward 46
Features 11
File export 88
Film > Restore backup project 85
Film overview 49
Filmboxes 25, 35
First Frame / End Fade-In 69
Foreword 3
Full screen 89
Full screen playback 87
Funcionality 54
Function 81
Functionality 34, 45
Further directories 48
FX 25, 35, 64
G
General advice for operating both trim editors 68
Grid 67
H
Hard-drive capacity 94, 95
Horizontal reflection 77
Horizontal symmetry 77
How do I use the media library? 50
I
Image format 42
Import & Capture screen 25, 34
Import Video 35
“Import video” 25
Importing Files 11
100 Improving picture or sound quality 19
Index
Increments 69
Input 41
Insert 53
Introduction 10
K
Kaleidoscope 77
Keyboard Shortcuts 66, 91
L
Layout 31, 56
Left/Right -/ 69
Link frequency bands 80
Loading audio, video and bitmaps 48
Loudspeaker symbol 25, 35, 64
M
Macrovision (APS) 96
MAGIX on the Internet 8
Make Disc screen 31, 54
Manual 65
Master Effects 89
Master Effects (File Menu) 74
Media Library 29, 50
Media Pool 47
Media Pool buttons 48
MediaPool 30
Memory 32, 60
Menu Design & Burning 11
Menu entries and previews 31, 55
Menu File 83
Menu Help 90
Menu modi 55
Menu Tools (Buttons in Timeline Mode) 52
Menus 29
Middle -/ 70
Mini-DVD 97
Mode 1 55
Mode 2 55
Mode 3 55
More Video Effects 77
Movie 22
Movie > Create backup copy 84
Movie > Erase 85
Movie > Load 84
Movie > New 83
Movie > Remove 85
Movie > Save 84
Movie > Save as 84
Movie > Write backup copy to disc 84
Movie menu 55
MPEG Compression 93
Multi-track audio Buffer/Pre-listen audio Buffer 88 101
Index
Multirate file (real server) 87
My Projects 48
My recordings 48
N
Name 40, 43
Navigation 31, 55
Next (previous) cut (11) 70
Next (previous) Object/cut 69
Next scene 65
Noise level 79
Noise Reduction: Dehisser 80
Noise Reduction: Denoiser 78
Number keys 58
O
Object contents 69, 70
Objects 30, 67
Online registration 90
Optimize time-slot display 53
P
Path for temporary files 88
Pick out typical background noise 79
Play 28, 58
Play cursor 28
Play functions 68
Play/Pause 46
Playback during the recording 43
Position 47, 69, 70
Practical examples 23
Presets 72, 78
Preview 31, 55
Preview Function 48
Previous / play / next 79
Program Start-up 14
Project > Erase 83
Project > Load 83
Project > New 83
Project > Save 83
Project > Save as 83
Projekt-Backups 13
Q
Quality 95
Quick start 46
R
Ratio 81
Record 44, 46
Record & import. 10
Record Video 36
102 Recording control 40
Index
Recording data 40
Recording file path 88
Recording Quality 40
Recording quality 44
Reducer 80
Remote Control 32
Remote control 58
Reset video Effects 77
Resolution 94, 95
Restore 52
Restore & edit. 10
Rewind 46
Right -/ 70
RW 96
S
S and E Marker 47
Save as 79
Scene 23
Scene menu 55
Scene Recognition 64, 77
Scenes 63
Scissors 52
Select file format 58
Selecting background music 49
Selecting effects 71
Selection Menu 54
Selection menu 31
Separate at this point 65
Settings 88
Sharpness 73
Show tutorial video 90
Specification (RedBook, WhiteBook...) 94
Split up disc project onto several data carriers. 61
Start Fade-Out / last Frame 69, 70
Start the burning process/video encoding 59
Stereo FX 81
Stop 44, 46
Storyboard Mode 11, 45, 63
Storyboard Mode/Timeline Mode 45, 53
Super Video CD (SVCD) 95
Support 7
System Requirements 9
T
Target groups 87
Temporarily deactivate All effects 78
Testing variable encoder configurations 33, 61
Text 25, 35, 63
“Text”: Subtitles and credits 50
Three steps – three screens 22
Timeline 66
Timeline-Mode 29, 45, 66 103
Index
Timer 13, 40
Title Generator 12
Tracks 30, 66
Transition 70
Transitions 18, 29, 65
Transport control 46
Trimmer for individual objects 69
Tutorial 14
TV channel selection 42
U
Undo 52
V
Vertical reflection 77
Vertical Symmetry 77
Video Capture 26
Video capturings from analog sources 39
Video CD (VCD) 94
Video Cleaning 71
Video decoder configuration 42
Video preprocessing 87
Video ProcAmp 42
Video screen 46
Video size 87
Video/Audio drives 39
Videos 50
Volume control 17
W
Wave / direct sound 88
What is MAGIX Movie Maker? 10
What is the Storyboard Mode? 63
What is the Timeline Mode? 66
Working method 68
Writable data carrier formats 96
Z
Zoom 30
Zoom menu 67
Zoom shot-capable slider 67
Zooming 66
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Import & Capture screen 34

Edit Movie screen 45

Make Disc screen 54

You can also reach our support team either by telephone

MAGIX on the Internet

Here you’ll find details and offers regarding all MAGIX

For analog recording capturing and output (e.g.

For digital recording capturing and output (e.g.

Playing Video Disc

How does MAGIX Movie Maker® deLuxe 3

2: Restore & edit. All of the “scenes” in a movie can easily

3: Menu Design & Burning. Once you’re happy with the

Video: AVI, DV-AVI (Types 1 and 2), DivX, Windows Me-

Audio: The following formats are supported for

Text files in RTF format: You can enter lengthier edited

Storyboard-Mode / Timeline mode

Disk Selection Menus

Burning CDs & DVDs

Animated DVD menus with background music

Automatic disc splitting

Infinite loop mode

Additional new functions

MAGIX Media Manager silver

Tip: Be sure to check out the video tutorial for a visual

How do I get a VHS feature film (or other

2. Program Start-up and Recording

The procedure described is the fastest way to get analog material

How do I get a DV movie onto CD or DVD?

2. Burning CDs or DVDs

The procedure described is the fastest way to get analog material

How do I combine and edit several movies

Adding a title and other text: Every film can be fur-

Erasing blocks of ads or other unwanted footage:

Now you need to cut the block of ads. Immediately above

There are several methods for cutting:

Transitions: The buttons for blending scenes are on the

Adding a soundtrack: You can also add audio record-

The following chapter (“Overview of operating methods”)

Improving picture or sound quality: Click the “FX”

Editing in timeline mode: The Timeline mode displays

You have 4 tracks with which to arrange film sequences,

”Objects” in Timeline mode can be relocated on the tracks.

3. Designing the Selection menu and burning

The structure of the Selection menu is displayed by acti-

– If you want to select a complete template, choose “Full

Now that you’ve sorted out the organization of all your

Three steps – three screens

Disk projects, movies and scenes

In a nutshell: “disk projects” contain “movies”, “movies” contain

A new movie? Or a new scene?

You will therefore be asked whether you want an imported

Episodes, and other complex cases.

Loudspeaker symbol: The movie soundtrack can be modi-

DV Capture: The recording dialog for DV recording is

Video Capture: To call up the recording dialog for all other

audio Capture: An audio recording is neither a scene nor

While recording, the selected movie plays so that you can

Edit Movie screen

Dividing movies into scenes: Activate the FX button and

Play: The range between the S and E markers above the

Play cursor: The play cursor shows which scene is cur-

menus: Besides the two main menus (“File” and “Help”),