MAGIX Video Pro X4 is a video editing solution geared towards the unique requirements of ambitious and professional users. 

The multi-award-winning editing suite features an unrivaled range of powerful tools for detailed video and audio editing. Improved layout and performance guarantee an effective workflow. Innovative functions and the accumulation of years of expert experience in the field of software development guarantee professional results in perfect sound and vision.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Innovative timeline withoptimized object design

• Hybrid Video Engine with Intel® Quick-Sync-Video, CUDA and OpenCL

• Hardware support for Blackmagic Intensity/DeckLink

• Extended format support for ProRes, MVC and DnxHD

• Dynamic timelapse function with frame interpolation

• 3rd party plug-ins by Red Giant, Digieffects and NewBlueFX
  

IMPORT
Improved codec and subformat compatibility with full support for:

• Apple ProRes

• DnxHD

• additional QuickTime codecs and H.264/MPEG-2 based subformats
  

Optimized import wizard for removable media (P2, CF etc.):

• Various performance optimizations

• Optical media will display only if it's an AVCHD disc

• Find folder is a preset if no camcorder is found
  

• Scanning can be interrupted by pressing ESC

• Thumbnails from AVCHD special folder are opened as large icons only during viewing

• Optimized color display for improved recognition of individual recording sessions in large directories

• Recordings on the camera can be deleted manually

• New status info for camcorder disk capacity

PERFORMANCE
On average up to 3 times faster AVCHD export compared to previous version thanks to Hybrid Video Engine with full support for the following technologies:

• NVIDIA® CUDA™

• AMD® OpenCL

• Intel® Quick-Sync-Video

Improved preview rendering with automatic recognition of critical areas

Drastically accelerated program processes:

• Noticeably accelerated program start

• Accelerated loading of projects and recording dialogs

• Accelerated closing of program settings after changes and accelerated initiation of export processes in large projects

• Shorter reaction time of the timeline play marker when "Image size and position" effects section is open

• Faster image generation in Media Pool for large media directories

Prezise thumbnail depiction in timeline objects

• Optimized background processing: results in faster program reaction on marker movements, rewinds and editing operations on AVCHD material

• Optimized image stabilization for multicore CPUs: Up to 11-times faster on Intel®compared to the previous version

• Multicore optimization for image sharpness and feathering effects

• Use of expanded memory on 64-bit systems for GOP and bitmap caching

• Calculation of dynamic object effects on GPU with activated anti-flicker effect

• Video effect rendering on GPU (incl. special read back for NVIDIA® systems)

• Calculation of standard transition on GPU

• Navigation with keyboard and external controllers such as Contour shuttle is more fluid

• Improved performance when working with large DV-AVI files

EDITING

• Full screen effect editing for more precise effect control

• Dynamic speed ramps for video clips

• Frame interpolation for drastically smoother slow motions

• Improvements to the travel route animation:

• Fully redesigned program layout with improved usability

• Detailed optimizations: waypoints, points of interest and much more

• New animated vehicles and objects

• Multicore optimized new blur effect

• Direct effect editing in the timeline for multi-object selections

• Improved integration of Xara Designer Pro

• Transfer current video frame directly into Xara Designer Pro: perfect for rotoscoping,

• Creating custom masks, tracking and creating overlay vector graphics

• Addtional Menu structure in the object context menu and the effects menu

STEREO3D SUPPORT

• Import function for MVC files, e. g. for Sony TD-10 and JVC TD-1

• Export function for Multistream-AVCHD-Dateien (MVC)

• Improved Perspectical Correction in the Stereo3D alignment
  

• Configurable output for line-by-line interpolation

• New output modes "over/under" in order to take advantage of full resolution of devices with lineby-line interpolation

• Export for lens array images (lenticular, or "wiggle" images)
  

• Detailed improvements to the algorythm for anaglyph Stereo3D exports with perfectly natural skin tones

• Improved compatibility for MPO subformats and import performance

IMPROVED USABILITY

• Fully redesigned timeline and objects

• New object design with precise visualisation

• Combined video and audio objects to display video and audio material on the same track

• Revised track headers with separate controls for mute/visibility and volume/transparency
  

• Individually controllable track height

• One click function to remove and restore video soundtrack

• Zoomable thumbnails in the media pool

• Easier adjustable program layout with new cursor and larger area to grab and scale windows

• Direct preview function for project content in the media pool

• Metadata of AVCHD recordings and EXIF information can now be displayed in the objekt settings
  

• Program settings for FullHD video

• New presets for movie settings and export processes with 24p material.

EXPORT & DISC AUTHORING

• Revised burning options: with optimized usability

• More information displayed on export with smart rendering: for exact comaptibility analysis

• Direct upload functionality to the MAGIX Video cloud

HARDWARE
Full support for Blackmagic Design hardware:

• Compatible with: Intensity Pro, Intensity Shuttle

• Real-time preview with hardware acceleration on external control monitors