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Magix Movie Edit Pro 11
Magix
http://www.magix.com$45.00 - $50.00
By Jan Ozer
Magix Movie Edit Pro (MEP) 11 has a great range of special effects and processes quickly, but the editor's often cryptic interface will frustrate most casual users. If you're seeking to push the creative envelope and have lots of patience, give it a spin. If you're an occasional user looking to quickly produce an attractive DVD, you'll be happier with Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0
MEP has more effects than Elements, and its color correction and brightness controls proved more effective. The product's image stabilization feature, which Elements doesn't offer, also worked well. New features that are currently unavailable in Elements include scene detection for imported video, a feature that lets you display onscreen the date you shot your footage (when did Junior take his first steps?), and the option to add cartoon-like overlays that add a comic touch.
MEP also proved faster, encoding our 4 minute 30 second (4:30) test file into MPEG-2 video in 9:15 compared with 10:30 for Elements, on a dual 3.0-GHz Xeon Dell Precision workstation. You should anticipate a similar difference in performance on both slower and faster machines.
Magix
http://www.magix.com$45.00 - $50.00
By Jan Ozer
Magix Movie Edit Pro (MEP) 11 has a great range of special effects and processes quickly, but the editor's often cryptic interface will frustrate most casual users. If you're seeking to push the creative envelope and have lots of patience, give it a spin. If you're an occasional user looking to quickly produce an attractive DVD, you'll be happier with Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0
MEP has more effects than Elements, and its color correction and brightness controls proved more effective. The product's image stabilization feature, which Elements doesn't offer, also worked well. New features that are currently unavailable in Elements include scene detection for imported video, a feature that lets you display onscreen the date you shot your footage (when did Junior take his first steps?), and the option to add cartoon-like overlays that add a comic touch.
MEP also proved faster, encoding our 4 minute 30 second (4:30) test file into MPEG-2 video in 9:15 compared with 10:30 for Elements, on a dual 3.0-GHz Xeon Dell Precision workstation. You should anticipate a similar difference in performance on both slower and faster machines.
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