This tutorial shows how to use the Section Effect in Magix Movie Studio and Video Pro X to crop images and video clips. It explains the difference between cropping with the Section effect and zooming using the Size/Position effect. Movie Studio 2024 Platinum was used but everything is the same in all versions up to 2025, with the exception of the Size/Position effect in older versions that was changed in 2022 and Video Pro X 13.
- 0:51 What is Cropping
- 3:03 Section Effect - Details
- 8:27 Image with Resolution Higher Than Project
- 11:32 Section with Portrait Mode Video
- 17:47 Example
You should be familiar with using the View/Animation - Size/Position/Rotation Effects. If not, click this link here.