That's why I wanted to know if Video Pro X might be able to do this. I wouldn't take that chance with MEP.

Hi Kami

I have modified my reply to include VPX - the answer is the - not recommended.

HTH

John EB

Thanks John.

I just remembered, I asked about Video Pro X because it has the newest Mercalli 4. I could use that.

Hi,

...How much is the annual upgrade?...

It costs about £300 to buy or upgrade annually.

Hi,

...How much is the annual upgrade?...

It costs about £300 to buy or upgrade annually.

Are you sure? It cost me £150 to upgrade from VPX7 a few weeks ago, I can't imagine it will cost £300 annually to continue upgrading 😲

Roger

Just to add that £300 is the full purchase price, but if you are already an existing Magix user it will cost a lot less. I noticed Summer that this is your first post so welcome to the forum 🙂

Are you a first time Magix user?

Roger

I've been using MEP for over 10 years. The popup I got in MEP was a special offer for under $100, and it said the annual updates would be at a discount. It's that update discount I was asking about.

I've been using MEP for over 10 years. The popup I got in MEP was a special offer for under $100, and it said the annual updates would be at a discount. It's that update discount I was asking about.

Hi Kami,

Not sure if your post referred to my previous one, which was actually in reply to Summer_220.

If your post was referring to your previous questions about exporting while working on another project, that was already answered by JB immediately after your first post.

Roger

Hi Kami,

You can assume that the annual renewal will be half of the cost of a new version. In my case, it was 250$ CA, half of the current published price of 500$ CA. The plug-in for Hitfilm and New Blue Essentials 3 and 4 came with the renewal.

I have a list of approx. differences between MEP and VPX if you want to know what they are. I tried posting it but the formatting requires fixing so I will make a pdf if you want to know what the differences are.

John CB

Hi Kami,

You can assume that the annual renewal will be half of the cost of a new version. In my case, it was 250$ CA, half of the current published price of 500$ CA. The plug-in for Hitfilm and New Blue Essentials 3 and 4 came with the renewal.

I have a list of approx. differences between MEP and VPX if you want to know what they are. I tried posting it but the formatting requires fixing so I will make a pdf if you want to know what the differences are.

John CB

Thanks, John. This is just what I wanted to know. If it's not a problem, I'd like to see the comparison, although it's the Mercalli 4 that might make it worthwhile for me. Thanks much.

Hi Kami,

Not sure if your post referred to my previous one, which was actually in reply to Summer_220.

If your post was referring to your previous questions about exporting while working on another project, that was already answered by JB immediately after your first post.

Roger

I was also asking about the upgrade price, so I thought your reply might be for me, too.

 

I was also asking about the upgrade price, so I thought your reply might be for me, too.

Aah! That makes sense, but I have only been on VPX for a few weeks, so don't yet know what future annual update renewals will cost. As has been suggested though it will probably about 50% of the full new buy price.

Regarding Mercalli 4, I have it on both VPX7 and VPX and my wife and I agree that it seems a lot smoother in VPX

Roger

Regarding Mercalli 4, I have it on both VPX7 and VPX and my wife and I agree that it seems a lot smoother in VPX

Roger

Are those different versions or different otherwise? (There's a big gap between base and 7.)

 

Are those different versions or different otherwise? (There's a big gap between base and 7.)

As far as I can see its the same version but just runs better in VPX

Roger

@Kami_1

Are those different versions or different otherwise? (There's a big gap between base and 7.)

I think you may be misunderstanding current Magix' naming policy!

All the versions of VPX from the original (X1) to X7 were numbered consecutively as they were released (as upgrades). With the coming of the "new" policy on upgrades/updates (VPX8 was the first to be, theoretically, following the path of continuous updates without releasing any "new" version - it was "officially" called simply VPX) the current version and, presumably, all future versions, are simply following suit. Only a check in the programme under Help>About can now show which version is actually installed!

HTH

Jeff

Gotcha Jeff, thanks!

 

Thanks, John. This is just what I wanted to know. If it's not a problem, I'd like to see the comparison, although it's the Mercalli 4 that might make it worthwhile for me. Thanks much.

@Kami_1

Here is a listing of most of the features of VPX that I can think of that are over and above MEP Plus/Premium:

1. Two monitors - source and preview
2. Source monitors has other purposes - comparison images, measuring instruments
3. Measuring instruments: VectorScope, Waveform monitor, RGB parade, Histogram
4. Project folder
5. Additional buttons on tracks, main ones to mute video and audio separately (MEP mutes both)
6. Audio - moving audio object to less than a frame
7. Effects - under Brightness/Contrast - Colour curves - RGB for brightness/contrast and individual color curves Red, Green Blue
8. Insert LUT - now under Object Properties, Video tab
9. Effects - under Color correction - 3 colour wheels - the "Highs", "Mids" and "Shadows" ranges can be adjusted individually
10. Multi-cam - 9 tracks
11. Multi-language capability - meaning when you burn a DVD you can select the language of the sound track if you created different language audio tracks
12. DVD creation - import and export PSD format giving you wide latitude for changing the screens, buttons, etc. for DVD burning
13. Export to EDL for exchange with programs like Samplitude
14. Movie objects (nested sequences) Movies can be used in other movies as individual objects. These objects keep the action close at hand and can be used as many times as needed within the project.
15. EDL transfer to DAWs - Audio files can be directly transferred to DAWs such as MAGIX Samplitude using EDL transfer, and you can individually bounce all audio tracks to hard disk.
16. Loudness normalization according to EBU R128 Complete broadcast capability: Video Pro X offers loudness normalization for professional audio products in accordance with the new international EBU R128 guidelines.
17. Supports all standard video formats, including AVCHD (Progressive), NXCAM, ProRes, XAVC S, XDCAM or HEVC/H.265 and also professional formats such as AVC-Intra and DVCPRO. The open Timeline in this video editing program allows for easy import and editing of different formats without the need to convert them beforehand.
18. Native ProRes support Video Pro X now fully supports ProRes video codecs for Apple. Directly integrate ProRes files into your Windows system.
19. Precise color grading with 16-bit deep color
20. 10-bit/12-bit support for professional formats
21. Multiple layouts of the windows accessible by using F9 (default layout), and custom layouts F10, F11, F12. I have various layouts and quickly change from one to the other this way. It seems that this has migrated to MEP2018.
22. Direct access to Xara 3DMaker (I was never able to get this to open in MEP, works great in VPX).

I may have missed a few, especially with the most recent patch containing some new features. You can dig into some of the details of VPX on the Magix.com site.

John CB

One I would add to John's pretty comprehensive list is Colour Matching.

If you are using different cameras to shoot similar scenes, you can select the one that gives you the colour that you want, then get the programme to match the clips from the other camera to it. Very useful if you shoot multi camera.

Roger

@RogerGunkel

Hi,

Magix added Shot Match into MEP2018 Plus/Premium. However, I prefer this in VPX as there are two monitors, so you can see both clips at the same time.

John CB

Thanks John! These are the features which I'd find very useful, in addition to Mercalli 4:

Effects - under Brightness/Contrast - Colour curves - RGB for brightness/contrast and individual color curves Red, Green Blue

Effects - under Color correction - 3 colour wheels - the "Highs", "Mids" and "Shadows" ranges can be adjusted individually

I'm curious about this one, not sure what you mean by "mute" video:

"Additional buttons on tracks, main ones to mute video and audio separately (MEP mutes both)"

In MEP, I can black out the video separately from the audio, and vice versa.

I'm also wondering if VPX is more stable that MEP. I still have the occasional freeze/hang with MEP.

Kami

@RogerGunkel

Hi,

Magix added Shot Match into MEP2018 Plus/Premium. However, I prefer this in VPX as there are two monitors, so you can see both clips at the same time.

John CB

I checked that out that feature, like when the lighting and color quickly change while recording, but couldn't figure out how to use it correctly.

Kami