Camera/Zoom shot key framing greyed out

Kraznet wrote on 5/4/2023, 8:41 AM

Hi there,

I used to be able to use key framing to zoom in and out from the effects menu Camera/Zoom shot but the key framing timeline is greyed out. This was a major part of my workflow. Is this deliberate or is it a bug? I'm using the latest version of Pro X14.

Regards,
Kraznet

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browj2 wrote on 5/4/2023, 8:57 AM

@Kraznet

Hi,

No bug. You have to click on something to turn on the effect, like a direction or Zoom (from/to section). Then the effect will turn on in the bottom window.

Another way is to first go to Size/Position/Rotation, click on Apply effect, then go to CZS and the effect will be at the bottom.

John CB

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Kraznet wrote on 5/4/2023, 9:13 AM

@browj2 Thanks for your prompt help much appreciated. I'm not sure why they changed it but at least it is still there.

Kraznet

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browj2 wrote on 5/4/2023, 9:23 AM

@Kraznet

Hi,

I think that it changed with the new Size/Position/Rotation and having to hit Apply Effect to turn it on, similar to most, if not all, OFX. Thus, CZS needed some way to apply the SPR effect to kick off the effect.

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AAProds wrote on 5/4/2023, 9:33 AM

@Kraznet @browj2

It might not be a bug but it is very annoying. Since there is no "Apply" button, the keyframe control panel should activate immediately, like it used to in previous versions. Unintended consequence of not thinking revisions through, methinks.

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12

browj2 wrote on 5/4/2023, 9:44 AM

@AAProds

Hi Al,

Unintended consequence of not thinking revisions through, methinks.

Yes. Magix should add Apply Effect to CZS if SPR has not been activated for the object. It is not obvious what has to be done. And, we still have the motion tracking problem - no keyframes. There are probably a few other issues, like maybe with the template effects.

John CB

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Kraznet wrote on 5/4/2023, 10:54 AM

The removal of the colour pre-sets in the text colour picker is annoying as well. Samplitude still has it.

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Kraznet wrote on 6/9/2023, 5:15 AM

@AAProds

Hi Al,

Unintended consequence of not thinking revisions through, methinks.

Yes. Magix should add Apply Effect to CZS if SPR has not been activated for the object. It is not obvious what has to be done. And, we still have the motion tracking problem - no keyframes. There are probably a few other issues, like maybe with the template effects.

John CB

Magix have really messed up regarding adding keyframes for camera/zoom/shot. It used to work perfectly fine and keyframes were always active. Now I need to go to size/position/rotation in order to activate them and then go back to camera/zoom/shot. But the problem is if you need to split the video object the chances are the key frames will be greyed out again and you have to go back up to size/position/rotation in order for them to become active again! It's a complete work flow killer. They've made a simple task completely awkward. I made a video showing the problem.

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browj2 wrote on 6/9/2023, 6:01 AM

@Kraznet

Hi Martin,

In CZS, nothing happens until you do something. The dashed rectangle is waiting in the Preview Monitor for you to do something. As soon as you do, you get SPR in the keyframe area and a keyframe. Also, clicking on a direction arrow or From or To will add SPR to the keyframe area.

After you split the clip, SPR is still showing in the keyframe area when you're in CZS. Just click on the SPR in the keyframe area and it will be active. No need to actually go to SPR to Apply Effect.

John CB

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Kraznet wrote on 6/9/2023, 6:14 AM

Hi John,

Thanks for your help that makes a lot more sense. Much appreciated !!

Martin

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AAProds wrote on 6/9/2023, 6:17 AM

@browj2

John, yes, you can click the SPR KF block, but you shouldn't have to. It's not that way in MEP 2021.

What benefit is there with the new system?

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12

Former user wrote on 6/9/2023, 6:17 AM

@Kraznet Hi, I agree that the keyframes controls should be already available but I think you're over complicating it a bit,

You're going to C/Z to zoom or something like that, so click on one of the boxes, that will add keyframes & then click on the SPR that is at the head of the keyframe timeline, the keyframe controls then become active.

If you do go to a different clip/event then back to the orig with C/Z yes they are greyed out but any alteration of the selection in the preview monitor auto creates a new keyframe & it's not hard to just click on SPR at the head of the keyframes if you want to delete or cop one ..

I filmed this in MMS because VPX playback is 💩 when screen recording with Vegas capture or Nvidia Geforce but for some reason MMS is fine 🤷‍♂️

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AAProds wrote on 6/9/2023, 7:35 AM

@Former user

Gid, I'll ask you the same question: What benefit is there with the new system?

this clicking of the SPR keyframe block is an extra step and a nuisance. If htere isn't a good reason, it must be a bug (especially considering the problems we've had Section and CZS since Magix merged rotation into Size and position. Call me cynical but I think it's either a balls-up or someone who doesn't use the feature decided it wasn't necessary.

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12

Former user wrote on 6/9/2023, 8:12 AM

@AAProds I don't know, maybe it's a bug, maybe it's just an oversight, right hand not talking to the left, or maybe it's an accidentally introduced bug that the minimal spending on staff has meant it hasn't been resolved, It's easier to look forward than go back & fix small things, 🤷‍♂️

browj2 wrote on 6/9/2023, 9:39 AM

@AAProds

Hi Al,

When clicking away from the CZS effect and losing focus on SPR in the keyframe area, as soon as one clicks on CZS again, SPR should light up automatically, as you say, just like it does when clicking back onto the SPR effect.

It's probably an oversight, lost in the changes to SPR.

I think that we should raise this with Magix.

John CB

John C.B.

VideoPro X(16); Movie Studio 2024 Platinum; MM2025 Premium Edition; Samplitude Pro X8 Suite; see About me for more.

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Notebook - Microsoft Surface Pro 4, i5-6300U, 8 GB RAM, 256 SSD, W10 Pro 20H2.

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Kraznet wrote on 4/2/2024, 9:41 AM

To reactivate an old subject I've been trying to do key framing for zooming and it's a nightmare. If anyone thinks this new method is logical that you're a better man than I. The add keyframe and copy and paste buttons are sometimes active and other times they are greyed out depending on what object you have selected. This used to work perfectly until they changed things. It's really messed up my workflow and slowed things down 🙁.

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AAProds wrote on 4/2/2024, 6:50 PM

@Kraznet

Yes, it's a mess. Essentially, you need to activate SizePositionRotation on the object first, then the keyframe panel for CZS will be available. Secondly, when you export, de-select any objects that you've applied the CZS to. If they are highlighted, CZS is ignored.

Magix is aware of this bug.

The implementation of the new SPR effect has been a shambles.

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12