Welcome to the AA (Alwyn) Productions Movie Edit Pro resource website! MEP is a video editing program. For the price, you simply cannot beat the feature set. When you work out what you are doing, the ease of use is very good. Past versions have had their problems, but the program is now mature and robust enough to do the job extremely well, especially for the price. MEP does have it's "uniqueness", and the Help file and manual leave a little to be desired, but that just adds to the fun! The latest version of MEP is MEP 16 and 16 Plus. A brief list of features and version differences are here. I always suggest getting the Plus version of MEP, and if you can contain your enthusiasm, get the DVD version. For changes to MEP 16+, have a look at this Magix webpage. I am currently using MEP 16 PLUS, but most of the stuff on this site applies, more or less, to all versions of MEP. There has been a major interface change with MEP 15 and 16, so you may find that some features look different compared to earlier versions. Got an old version (MEP 14 or earlier) and can't decide whether to update? My advice is to do it! MEP 15 and 16 have a lot of changes that will take a bit of time to get on top of, but all in all they are way better programs. Also on the market is Magix Video Pro X, a more up-market video editor. Check out details of this program here. Acomparison between MEP 16+ and Video Pro X 2 is here. Why this website? As I got into video editing with MEP, I realised that it really is a black art, with so much to learn. CODECS, DVDs, MPEGs, Capture, devices, the list just goes on and on. I spent a huge amount of time just trying to work things out and how to do things, and so I decided that I would publish some of the things I have learnt to help newbies progress faster through the maze that is video editing, in particular MEP. I have had a great time using MEP and wanted to share information to help others along the way. Quite a lot of stuff here has come from other users of MEP, mainly from the MEP forum and I thank them for their input. Where possible, I have acknowledged them. I'm even happy enough with MEP now that I have put some "buy it" links throughout the site. I strongly suggest you try it first, but if you're happy, by all means come back here and make your purchase. I am unable to provide personalised support for MEP. Please post on the forum or contact MAGIX Support if you have a problem with MEP that you can't resolve. I hope you find the site helpful.

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MOVIE EDIT PRO Version History

Video Deluxe:     The name of the German and original English version, came out around 2002.

MEP 2004 and 2005:   Program renamed to Movie Edit Pro and released to the worldwide market in 2003. My first version, after reading a one-column article in an English video magazine. I've been hooked ever since. I had a brief dalliance with Vegas but came scooting back to MEP in quick time. Premiere Pro was so slow on my then-new computer I gave up on the first day.

MEP 10 (Red Box):    Released into the US market, many users have lots of problems with memory and burning errors to name a couple. I had no problem with it using PAL and DV-AVI as source material. Steer clear of this version.

MEP 10 PLUS (Blue box):    Released into the UK market, very nice program. Big improvement on MEP 10, 2005, 2004. A couple of major bugs which have workarounds (eg DV-AVI export). Handles most MPEGs and VOBs OK.

MEP 11 (red box):    Released into the USA market. Redesigned interface with new colours. Seems to be OK. Has more features than MEP 10 PLUS.

MEP 11 PLUS (blue box):    Released into the UK market, has the Keyframe Animator and other features which MEP 11 doesn't have. Overall a nice program (apart from the yukky interface colours), it includes the new Main Concept MPEG encoder (previously, MEP used the Ligos encoder). It also loads more slowly than MEP 10 used to; it is more resource-hungry.

MEP 12 (red box):    Released to the US market in early 2007.

MEP 14 and 14 Plus:    Released to the market in Feb 2008.

Magix Video Pro X: Released to the USA and UK markets in November 2008, it has more features than Movie Edit Pro but is more expensive. Details here.

MEP 15 and 15 Plus: Released to the market at the end of March 2009. Feature lists here.

MEP 16 and 16 Plus: Released at the end of Feb 2010. Feature lists here. Differences between MEP 15 + and MEP 16 + here.

E Versions

Previous e-versions of MEP have been cripple-ware: some features didn't work until you bought the program. Magix has advised that's changed with MEP14 E-version, with the only missing components being "extra" bonus programs and items such as the full range of DVD templates.

Magix has this on it's website about the e-version of MEP 14:

The e-version does not contain the following extra tools, but they can be downloaded:
MAGIX Photo Manager
MAGIX MUFIN MusicFinder Base

The demo project, the electronic manual (PDF), the tutorial video, and the Task Assistant's Help videos are not contained in the e-version. Nevertheless, a detailed program Help is available. On purchase you will receive an email containing a download link, which can be used to download the electronic manual (PDF) separately.
Additional fade series, decorative elements, Soundtrack Maker styles, advanced DVD menu templates and MovieMaker Styles can be downloaded for free from within the program via the "Help" menu. Real Helix™ is not supported and WindowsMediaAddOns are not contained in the download version.

The same applies to MEP 15. The e-version is the bare-bones program with a few templates and effects; but there are over 1.2gb of free downloads after you register it, including many DVD templates, effects, plugins, sounds for the soundtrack maker function and more.

SITE TUTORIALS

Some of the tutorials on this site are published as standalone files in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. It's easier for me to format guides with graphics that way. More importantly, it means you can print them out and follow them through while working on your computer. You will therefore need to have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer. (If you don't have Adobe Reader, download it from Adobe). Unless I forget, I will put a black change bar alongside any text change when I update any of the PDF documents.

To print any of the PDF files on this site, click on the document link to invoke the Adobe Reader, then click the Adobe Reader Print icon.

To save the file, right click on the link and then click either Save Link As... or Save Target As...

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