How To Crop a Video in Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus

Sometimes you wanna crop a certain portion of your video shot. Maybe you just don't like the framing or maybe you want to convey the cinematic movie look.

Either way, you can easily crop your video in Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus - a simple video editing software, which, even though is ranked #4, is one of the best tools for the amateur filmmaker who wants professional results (like me).

Switch to The Fastest Video Editor and Get an $80 Coupon for CyberLink PowerDirector

You might think you're up for painful extra spending if you wanna change your current video editing program. Not necessarily true.

The groovy peeps at CyberLink are giving you a solid discount when you switch to their PowerDirector video editor.

Why would you wanna do that?

What Video Editing Software Do You Really Need?

This is an ongoing survey on which I'll use to bring new sponsors to the site.

I usually ask them for a giveaway or a huge discount coupon. Some are very generous and give out 3 serial numbers (license keys) for their programs.

Custom Transitions in CyberLink Power Director - Video Editing Tutorial

If the transitions you have available in your current video editor are not cool enough, you can create your own.

You'll need a green screen for this particular PowerDirector tutorial (ranked No. 1 for enthusiast filmmakers). A blue cloth/screen will work as well. Please note that this is possible with most video editing programs which offer the Chroma Key editing option.

How To Be Creative - 4 Things I Learned about Myself while Shooting and Editing Videos

Any creative process is a journey to self discovery.

Boy, does that sound gay or what!? :-) However, I can't say it's not true.

This is more of a personal post so bear with me for a while. Maybe you can relate. Lemme know in the comments.

So here's how I see myself after a few years of being involved into this short-web-videos thing.

Camtasia Studio 8 Giveaway (for PC or Mac)

Update: This contest has reached its deadline. The winners are Malkhaz Abuladze, Vicki Sprowles, Clive Coultas. Thank you all for entering!
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What's the number one screen recording software?

Camtasia Studio - which works both on a a PC as well as on a Mac.

What do people use it for?

Video Color Correction in Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus

You can use the secondary color correction feature in Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus to edit pictures as well.

I use it when I want to make a certain color more potent (higher saturation) or when I want to make the whole image in black and white except one particular color.