Where did that toolbar go

[Acorn]

David, Video Deluxe Plus is a Magix product.

Did you get it as a filler when you updated a Xara product?
Xara would therefore never have any related Forum.
Steam has a 2020 forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1126560/discussions/.

It is nothing to do with Xara but I am sure some TGer will have an idea.

Acorn

[DBoydNL]

David, Video Deluxe Plus is a Magix product.

Did you get it as a filler when you updated a Xara product?
Xara would therefore never have any related Forum.
Steam has a 2020 forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1126560/discussions/.

It is nothing to do with Xara but I am sure some TGer will have an idea.

Acorn

I purchased Magix Video Deluxe decades ago shortly after I purchased Magix P&GD. I have updated them both, usually as new versions became available.
I am not sure what you mean by "did you get it as a filler when you updated a Xara product?" But probably not. It is one of the program's in Magix line of products. The program clearly states in the upper left corner of the Title Bar: "Magix". As said, I searched with Google and on the Magix home page for a Video Deluxe Forum, but could not find it.

I will try posting my question on Steam. Thanks for giving me the link.

David

[Acorn]

I am not sure what you mean by "did you get it as a filler when you updated a Xara product?"

When updating a Xara graphics product, Magix has the habit of including one or more of its own "unwanted" products to increase the cost to the purchaser so that they are conned into paying for future upgrades. All fine if the products offered are of use to the purchaser (usually not though). Magix offered MVD 2019 in such an offer, hence my application of the word 'filler'. The only product so bundled that was of any widespread graphic use has been XBuilder. Sadly all I got was ASEOPS 11 that I have used all of once!

Acorn

[DBoydNL]

Well now. That's unfortunate. Steam requires me to spend or deposit at least $5 in order to ask questions. So I didn't do that.
I know I have posted somewhere on a Magix forum over the years about problems I encountered with Video Deluxe. Perhaps someone can direct me to where that forum might be, because I cannot find it (any longer)?

David

[Chris M]

I typed magix forum into a search engine, and it returned this page MAGIX Forum - Your place for news, discussing topics or getting help with MAGIX software

It looks like it may be what you're looking for.

[DBoydNL]

Thanks Chris,

I was dumb enough to search for Magix Video Deluxe and that yielded no results by way of a forum. Nor did going directly to the Magix support forum.

Thanks for the hint. I think I have found it now.

David

[handrawn]

Video Deluxe Plus version 20.0.1.73

I don't recognise this from Magix current catalog - do you have a product page; is it what magix now call Video Pro X ?

if you logon to your magix account you should be able to download a manual; reading this may take some time, but so will chasing round the web....

[DBoydNL]

This is what I encountered: no info on Video Deluxe (let alone "Plus") on the Magix website, so no way to find the forum. My version has a Splash screen lists it as "2021". When it opens, I get an offer for version 2023. So the program is definitely still in Magix' offering, but seems to be unfindable when one goes directly to the site or wants the user forum.
As stated, reading a manual to find out how to turn on a toolbar that used to always appear, that no is "missing" is probably not going to work. I don't have a very great opinion of Magix manuals or help files. I knew I had posted on the Video editing software's forum before and got an answer pretty quickly. Who knew it was going to be this difficult. At this point the video project had been finished, rendered and uploaded, with an "iffy" transition from the zoomed section to the rest of the video at that size and position. Offends my perfectionism, but I'll live.

In the mean time, I have finally found the forum, and posted my question there.

David

[handrawn]

cross posted...

[DBoydNL]

Cross posted due to the fact that the Video Deluxe forum (which DOES exist) is not findable. So I asked for help on "the wrong forum".