Video Edit Magic for Windows

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Download.com staffMarch 24, 2016

Though it lacks the features of big-name programs such as Adobe Premiere, Video Magic is admirably simple and suitable for basic home use. Once you've captured media from a DV camera, a DVD camcorder, or another source, you just drop the video and audio files onto Video Magic's time-line-based interface to start editing. The program provides a healthy number of transitions and effects, such as fades, wipes, and even a picture-in-picture tool. It's a snap to slap together video files and add dissolves, narration, and background music. When you're done, Video Magic can output your movie to any of the major video formats, including AVI, MPEG, and WMV. The program now includes a tool for splitting clips into multiple segments, but we didn't find it all that easy to use. Also, the program lacks a dedicated trimming tool, making it difficult to fine-tune transitions. Overall, Video Magic is best suited for novices who want to get their feet wet before moving on to more full-featured packages.

What’s new in version 4.47

Version 4.47 added Windows 7 support.

Video Edit Magic for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: June 29, 2011

Latest update: March 24, 2016

Version: 4.47

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows NT
Windows 2003
Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Windows 98
Windows 7
Windows ME

Additional Requirements: None

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User Reviews

2.4/5

41 User Votes

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brainoutJuly 10, 2012
Pros
Except for the cons below, pretty much everything you'd want, this program provides. I've not yet made a video with it, to test for the complaint about crashes. Salient pros: 1. Allows fullscreen Preview Window, needed for high-resolution Screen Recorder videos. 2. Uses Pixelan special effects and transitions. Very intuitive Text Title editor. 3. Allows add-ons, and Editor auto-detected my Pixelan, when it installed. Their help tells you how to get more, and one of the addons is probably on your machine, for Windows Movie Maker: their Fun pack. But I don't see it having detected that, on my machine. 4. VERY CLEAR HELP. Best I've seen in all vid products I've tested, are the Deskshare help files in both Recorder and Editor. Really good tips on usage. 5. Conversion options are limited but good ones, with clear explanations of how to configure them.
Cons
1. Resolution in fullscreen Preview Window mode is awful, unlike the Screen Recorder Pro (latter is EXCELLENT), for a 1280 x 1024 video. No optionsl resolution setting. Preview Window is not floating, else. 2. Only basic text positioning and formatting for shadow and outline; no animation. 3. No addon for animated text is shown. They could make money if they provided animation as addon. The window the addon uses a tree structure at left, which wastes space. This window should be made floating. 5. They only allow PCM for audio, even if Xvid conversion, and even when the original video you're editing, uses MP3. This is bad, as it forces a video to have a larger size than needed. Since an Xvid configuration includes an audio setting, they should at least allow a pass-through of that setting. 6. Menu Icons are way too big; you can't position icons on the same line as the Menu text, which wastes space.
Summary
I matched the #s for pros and cons to each other in the above listing, since the company makes both Editor and Screen Recorder products. Apparently the programmers for the Recorder Pro are not the same as for the Editor, what a pity. The latter needs the former's skills. I mean, if you make Screen Recording Software, then the guys making the Editor Software need to be on the same page. But are not, so whatever you made using the Screen Recorder, shows up badly, in the Editor. I emailed Deskshare about this, in order to decide if I'll buy the program. Will report back if I get a good reply.
too many crashes
MrTwoSticksFebruary 27, 2012
Pros
The software can put together a video... very slowly.
Cons
Had not evaluated program long enough before purchasing. Using program I had to remember to "save" my work as often as possible. Example: using or trying to use the 'pan-zoom' feature always caused a crash. Frustrated, I looked about and began trying Sony's Vegas Movie studio HD 11. So sorry I had spent $$ on VEMagic. Movie studio: few or no crashes; much easier for newbie to use. Much preferable to VEnon-Magic.
Summary
Dying from neglect
reng2005July 27, 2010
Pros
Good feature set; easy to use; flexible and versatile
Cons
Somewhat overpriced; poor support; buggy; stuck in development limbo
Summary
The program tends to crash for no apparent reason, so save often. The watermark feature has a longstanding bug (cannot change opacity). Video Edit Magic has been stuck at Version 4.47 for over 2 years (since before May, 2008). Have they completely stopped development? With so many outstanding bugs? I say, stay away from any program that is stuck in development limbo.
Would be good if
cyndigerlJune 11, 2010
Pros
I liked the software's capabilities and learned it fast.
Cons
Would be good if could import MPEG-4 files, which it doesn't seem to want to do. It accepted MOV files fine and was able to do test editing with it.
Summary
If you want to edit MPEG-4 files, forget this software.
its very good
squll03February 2, 2010
Pros
its complete,... friendly user,... best effects and features for a video editor,... very good
Cons
its too expensive,...XD! i' ll try to buy when ill have a job,...xD
Summary
its good cause unlike any other video editing software it has many features,..
Won't work with my Canon avi files
caffeinebumpJanuary 26, 2010
Pros
Looks like it is well supported
Cons
Doesn't work with avi files from a Canon camera
Summary
The program choked on the avi files from my Canon camera. The help file said to update my codecs, but I am already running the most up-to-date ones. The support forum suggested using Windows Media Player to open the file, since WMP will automatically find the right codecs. But WMP had no problem with the, and did not need to find any new codecs to play it. I tried to find out which codecs I need by opening File -> Properties in WMP, but none are listed. Looks like I am out of luck.
Video Edit Magic gave an error message and crashed.
AnthonyStargateJuly 27, 2009
Pros
There's nothing to like here.
Cons
It's all a con when the program doesn't work.
Summary
As soon as Video Edit Magic opened, it gave me an error message that read - Run time error, with a long winded number. And it said - The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
Did not work
laszlokoczyJune 13, 2009
Pros
Appears to offer a wide range of functions.
Cons
I tried 1 and it did not work. I wanted to cut an AVI, to this end it re-encoded it so that I could never play it again.
Summary
VideoEditMaster seems more limited, but it works.
Ok features, buggs a lot
EriwibJanuary 11, 2009
Pros
Quite easy to use, straight forward, not too fancy
Cons
Heaps of buggs. Files needs to be converted to be properly used. Whole thing shuts down from time to time, so be sure to save a lot.
Summary
It makes me mad, i have to restart the program all the time, heaps of bugs
very hard work
captaincolin7November 27, 2008
Pros
finished movie is good
Cons
takes a lot of effort to make simple clips
Summary
very over worked ,poor user features just hasent got any polish about it

Developer’s Description

Create and edit movies using your video, audio, and photos.