Hi

. . . . Used to be able to insert keyframes right on the timeline and then pull the handles up and down to fade clips in and out. I think there was a right click option. . . .

I think you are referring to the Volume curve to which you can add nodes and pull them up/down to adjust the volume - as jeff says  they are still there (they are not keyframes). 

Right click the audio track and select Volume curve.  you can add nodes by double cicking the line that appears in the audio and drag them wherever you want to alter the volume.

HTH

John

Keyframes for most effects can be edited directly on the timeline if they have been first created (or at least started) in the usual effects window.

Note that some effects like image size/position have sub categories, eg height and width, with their own curves. If you have multiple effects the curves can be of different colors.

For a simple video fade in and out the handles are still there:

This from MEP 2014. The icons may be different in VPX.

Being picky... The 'Volume curve' is a set of keyframes. Below I adjusted the volume curve as outlined by John and then went to the effects window (color changed for emphasis):

I'd say the 'Volume curve' right click menu option is a very good Magix design choice. As this function is very often used it's handy to have an alternate entry, including a [Ctrl+Shift+V] shortcut key,  rather than than having to open the 'Audio effects' >> 'General' >> 'Volume' keyframe effects window. You can make adjustments with the volume slider, the keyframe diamond icons or directly on the timeline curve -- it's all integrated. Obviously the timeline mode has the benefit of seeing the audio track bumps to help place the changes

Regards,

Carl 

Thanks very much John, Jeff and Carl - screenshots most appreciated. I think I may have gotten a bit confused as its been a while since I edited in VPX. As you say it is actually the same as it used to be. I thought that one could right click onthe track to display keyframes/nodes that could then be dragged up and down. This can be done onthe audio track, but not the video.

However, in Premiere/Premiere Elements this feature is there and you can put keyframes on any track which I think is a bit of a strange omission in Magix - it makes perfect sense and is very easy to do.

What I was trying to do - shot a performance on two cameras and wanted to dissolve betweem them, like you can do on a proper video mixer with a T-bar - just dissolve back and forth between tracks. This can be done to a certain extent with multicam mode, but here we are just cutting back and forth. How do we fade between scenes?

What I ended up doing was to put the main camera on track one and put the other for cutaways on three. I then found where I wanted to insert a part, and cut the section from track three and moved it up onto track two and used the end fade handles so that the clip would fade in on top of one. So track three became a source that I would turn on and off to grab bits off, and then of course turn it off entirely at the end. Seems to me (and maybe to you!) a rather clunky way of doing things though. I just want a fade handle!

I realise of course that as far as the program goes, a section must be taken from the source track and placed on destination for this to happen. So what would be neat is to have a fade option when cutting in multicam mode. Or maybe its there and I have missed it? Its quitre possible.

Hi Carl

. . . . Being picky... The 'Volume curve' is a set of keyframes . . .

No you are not  being picky - I have never noticed the keyframes in the keyframe animation line before for the volume curve - probably because it is an option I use very little.

John

jdloudon,

Leaping to the defense...

You said "...you can put keyframes on any track" which is certainly also true for MEP and VPX. A set of keyframes is associated with an 'object' (video, still image, title, audio) which can be on any track.

Further, "...with multicam mode, but here we are just cutting back and forth. How do we fade between scenes?". I haven't used the multicam feature available on MEP  Plus/Premium, so there may be a special option rather than a manual method. A clip on the timeline can be extended out to its full original length by click dragging on the ends -- the cursor becomes a double vertical bar like ||. If you extend in two direction across the previous jump cut you will have a cross fade:

You might have to move objects to a clear track to make the adjustments and then return them. There is a option to right click on the [A|B] transition icon to pick a transition type, but it moves the right side clip rather than extending its duration.

And John, I'd not noticed the volume curve keyframes either till I started exploring this question!

Regards,

Carl