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johnebaker wrote on 10/28/2011, 5:23 AM

Hi

Which version were you able to close a project in?

Not all windows programs allow multiple 'project' windows open, in particular video editing software.

I have had MEP  versions 11,14,15,16,17 and now MX, also  Pinnacle Studio versions 8 - 10 and Sony Vegas Pro 9 and none of these, as far as I can remember, enable you to work on more than one project at a time. 

John

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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

terrypin wrote on 10/31/2011, 8:33 AM

Hi,

This business of 'projects' and 'movies' can be quite confusing.

As John says, there can only be one project open at any time. But (as I'm sure you know!) it can contain several entities that Magix calls 'movies'. (To me, these are 'sub-projects'. A 'movie' to me is what I end up with after all my efforts, effectively synonymous with 'video'.)

So when you say you want to close a project, do you mean you want to close the project or do you want to close one of its movies?

Closing MEP is obviously one sure way of closing the project! More usefully, File > New Project (or Ctrl + N) closes the existing project and opens a fresh one, so maybe that's what you're after?

To close a movie, you use File > Manage movies > Remove from project or Ctrl + F4, the familiar Windows hotkey for closing child windows:


Note that File > Manage movies > File > Manage movies >  New is potentially misleading, as it doesn't open 'a new movie' which its name implies (that's done by File > Manage movies > Import) , it opens a new project's movies.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK. PC: i7 6700K, 4.0 GHz, 32GB with Win 10 pro. Used many earlier versions of MEPP, currently mainly MEPP 2016 & 2017 (Using scores of macro scripts to add functionality, tailored to these versions.)