Magix Movie Edit Pro

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro

Developer(s)	Magix Software GmbH
Initial release	2001
Stable release	2021 / August 30, 2021
Operating system	Windows XP or later
Type	Video editing software
License	Proprietary
Website	MAGIX Movie Edit Pro Site

Movie Edit Pro (also known as Magix Video Deluxe in Europe and sometimes Magix Movie Studio in the United States) is a video editing software developed by Magix for semi-professional and DIY users for Windows PC. It is the best selling video software in Europe, and is most famous for its ease-of-learn and rendering stability. ^[1] The first version was published in 2001. According to the developer, it applied the principles of non-destructiveness and object orientation to a video editing program for the first time. ^{[2] [3]}

The latest versions are Movie Edit Pro 2019, Movie Edit Pro Plus 2019, Movie Edit Pro Premium 2019. ^[4]

The last update was released on December 10, 2018, ^{[5] [6]} which added dynamic title animation and free design colors for tracks and objects in a video.

Features (Version 2019)

Sources: ^{[7] [8]}

Similarities of both Versions

• miniDV, HDV and AVCHD compatible
• 4K support
• storyboard and timeline-oriented editing
• freely adjustable user interface
• Screenshot
• one way color correction
• title editor
• Keyframing
• batch processing
• burn DVD and Blu-ray Disc with animated menus
• AVCHD disc export
• Scrubbing
• Chroma keying
• Upload to YouTube and Vimeo in Full HD

Features (version 2019)

• Dynamic title animation
• Active destination track import
• Intel GPU hardware acceleration
• openFX support
• 64-bit support
• Export to SD cards
• H.264 decoding
• improved Image stabilization
• Xavcs video compatibility
• Chroma keying
• Burn to DVD, AVCHD or Blu-ray disc
• Scrubbing
• 4K support

Differences between both Versions

	Movie Edit 2015	Movie Edit 2015 Plus/Premium
Number of multimedia tracks	32	99
Multicam Editing	No	Yes
Stereo3D workflow	No	Yes
Professional movie templates	No	Yes
Preview rendering	No	Yes
Proxy editing	No	Yes
Dolby Digital	Stereo	Stereo/5.1

Supported file formats

	Import	Export
Video	AVI, DV-AVI, M2TS, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MTS, MXV, MJPEG, QuickTime, WMV(HD), VOB	AVI, DV-AVI, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, QuickTime, WMV(HD)
Audio	WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, MIDI, 5.1 Surround Sound	WAV, MP3, 5.1 Surround Sound (only Plus and Premium version)
Images	JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIF, TGA	JPEG, BMP

System requirements

Sources: ^{[9] [10]}

Minimum

• Processor with 2.0 GHz
• 1 GB RAM
• 2 GB free hard disk memory and a DVD drive for program installation
• Graphics card with a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768
• Internet connection required for activating and validating the program

Recommended

• Quad-core processor with 2.8 GHz
• 4 GB RAM
• Dedicated graphics card with 512 MB memory

Supported devices

• FireWire interface for use with DV/HDV camcorders
• USB camcorders (DVD/hard disk/memory card) and webcams
• Video, TV or graphics card with a video input for digitizing analog sources
• Blu-ray, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW burners

References

1. "Videoaktiv German magazine stability test report".
2. MAGIX company website
3. "Overview table by MAGIX". web.archive.org. March 15, 2011.
4. "Provideocoalition Movie edit pro 2019 version announcement". 22 August 2018.
5. "Movie Studio: Creative Video Editing. Easier than Ever".
6. "Movie Studio: Creative Video Editing. Easier than Ever (from Archive.org)". Archived from the original on 2019-04-17.
7. "Product comparison of Movie Edit Pro 2019 and Movie Edit Pro 2019 Plus/Premium".
8. "Product comparison of Movie Studio 2023 Platinum/Suite (then called Movie Edit Pro)".
9. http://www.magix.com/gb/movie-edit-pro/plus/system-requirements/ System requirements for Movie Edit Pro 2013
10. https://www.magix.com/us/video-editor/movie-studio/specifications/ System requirements for Movie Studio 2023 (then called Movie Edit Pro)