
The standard edition is surprisingly capable, with 64-bit operation, support for 4K content, and lots of effects. Those are official list prices, but they're often discounted online. Magix's video editing software is available at three levels: the standard Movie Edit Pro ($69.99 list), Plus ($99.99), and Premium ($129.99, the version reviewed here). (Only Plus and Premium levels.) Extend the base program's titling and effect capabilities with over 200 titles and 250 effect templates. You can use any of these with the aforementioned title animations. Casual fonts that look like handwriting and minimalist modern fonts have been added. The program now has 30 fonts for your titles. These capture the viewer's attention with fly-ins and zooms and more. Most consumer video software offers preset title animations. These prefab modules give your home videos a professionally produced look-at least at the start and finish. The redesigned stock material lets you show where you went with map animations. Let's face it, many of our home projects are vacation-related. The program already offered decent stabilization, but the feature has been updated.

In most video projects, you'll end up with blank areas in your timeline Movie Edit Pro can now remove all the gaps with a single click.

Since Magix lets you include more than one movie in a project, this menu choice offers options for adding, removing, or merging the included movies. See your edits reflected as you make them in the timeline with the new Split & Trim tools. It also promises smoother playback of complex projects.

Magix even named the new underlying software the Infusion Engine, claiming it can speed some actions up by a factor of 8.6.
