Magix Movie Studio Review

8.3/10 (Expert Score)
Product is rated as #8 in category Video Editors
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Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite – A Powerful and Easy-to-Use Video Editing Tool

With iconic brands like ACID Pro, Sequoia, SOUND FORGE, and VEGAS PRO, among others, under its belt, Magix delivers the world’s foremost software applications for audio and video creation. The Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite is the latest in line among the company’s numerous innovative products and it has changed how we view and use video editing software applications. Combining intuitive architecture with functional features, the Movie Studio 2024 Suite seamlessly integrates with daily life to help users unlock the full potential of their creativity.

Pros&Cons

Pros&Cons | Check All Positive and Negative Sides

Positive
  • 360° video editing
  • Ample effects and transitions
  • Advanced color correction
  • Multicam editing
  • Intelligent search feature
Negatives
  • Available only for Windows
  • Slow rendering

Features table

Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite Features Table

TransitionsTick icon
Motion EffectsTick icon
TitlesTick icon
Chroma KeyTick icon
TimelineTick icon
Split ScenesTick icon
Trim ScenesTick icon
ZoomTick icon
3D EditingTick icon
Enhance Image ColorTick icon
Drag & Drop Video ClipsTick icon
Analog Video CaptureTick icon
Video StabilizerTick icon
Trim Audio FilesTick icon
Mix Audio TracksTick icon
Youtube UploadTick icon
Supported Video Export FormatAVCHD, (DV-) AVI, DVD, HEVC, MJPEG, MKV, MOV, MPEG-2/4, MXV, VOB, WMV(HD), among others
Create DVD DiscsTick icon
Create Blu Ray DiscsTick icon
Supported Operating SystemsWindows 10 and 11 (64-bit)
Websitehttps://www.magix.com

Features overview

Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite Features Overview

1

Transitions

Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite offers an extensive collection of visual effects and transitions, including 175 transitions, 73 animations, 490 title templates, and 15 dynamic titles. Effect transitions, blur effects, HDR effects, effect masks, and fisheye corrections are among the several other video editing features that Movie Studio offers. An intelligent search feature paired with a filtering tool enables users to quickly find and access their favourite tools, effects, and transitions. I loved using the search feature to quickly navigate the UI thanks to relevant suggestions and intuitive filtering.

2

Motion Effects

Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite lets users add drama, suspense, and tension to their video projects through high-quality motion effects, innovative animations, and keyframe editing. A wide range of title animations coupled with flexible rotation points for the animations helps beginners achieve impressive results for social media content. The dynamic slow-motion effects were among the best effects I have used in a video editing application.

3

Chroma Key

Advanced chroma key effects further help Movie Studio to stand out amongst the stiff competition in the video editing market. Multicam editing for 4 cameras, flexible track handling, and preview rendering, among other features, were interesting additions to an application already brimming with features. Though such features may seem a bit too much at first glance, these features drastically improve your video editing features and allow you to create professional quality videos with minimal effort.

4

Timeline

Movie Studio Suite’s new high-speed timeline was a treat to use as you can imagine. Even under rigorous testing conditions involving several hours of intensive editing with multiple clips, the Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite timeline was highly responsive and worked seamlessly without lagging. Not many top video editing programs, let alone Movie Studio’s nearest competitors, can offer such a fast and smooth timeline without making it look like a gimmick.

5

Enhance Image Color

Take advantage of Movie Studio’s advanced color correction features to create stunning videos with vibrant colors. I was able to define track and object colors using the color palette, something I was not able to do with other video editing programs. Some of the other color enhancement features that Movie Studio offers include one-way color correction, 16-bit color processing, secondary color correction, and a color picker in the title editor.

6

Video Stabilizer

Magix Movie Studio Suite offers professional-level image and video stabilization tools that even include effective 360-degree stabilization. However, the stabilization tools are buried in the Media options making them slightly harder to find for beginners and amateur users. I would love to see these useful stabilization tools more easily available, preferably via a right-click from the timeline.

7

Audio Editing

While the Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite may not be your first choice of application to edit audio, the program offers just enough audio editing features to help you create projects with great sound. Some of the audio editing features that I found useful are multichannel sound, automatic loudness adjustment, music editor 3.0, and improved audio scrubbing in the timeline.

8

Supported Formats

Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite supports a wide range of export video formats, including but not limited to AVCHD, (DV-) AVI, DVD, HEVC, MJPEG, MKV, MOV, MPEG-2/4, MXV, VOB, and WMV (HD). The application also includes an advanced menu design for DVD and Blu-Ray Disc, batch export for chapters, and AVCHD smart rendering. I was able to easily export my video projects to my smartphone and tablet as well as upload the videos to YouTube and Vimeo. Movie Studio Suite also supports 360° video export as a file or to YouTube.

Search Trends and Competitors

Google Trends is a website that analyzes the relative interest in different search terms within a region over a specific period. I used Google Trends to study the interest in keywords like “Magix Movie Studio”, “AVS Video Editor”, and “Corel VideoStudio” over the past 12 months in the USA.

Magix Vegas Movie Studio 2023 Suite search trends

According to the Google Trends graph, the interest in “Magix Movie Studio” was mostly consistent through the past 12 months with predictable peaks and troughs. Interest in the software was moderate throughout the whole year and peaked around September 2022 most likely due to the release of the latest version of the product this year. Interest in the product waned thereafter and even dropped to the lowest point a couple of times.

vegas movie studio 2023 vs AVS Video Editor vs Corel VideoStudio search trends comparison

On comparing “Magix Movie Studio” with “AVS Video Editor” and “Corel VideoStudio”, Google Trends offered mixed results. Unsurprisingly, “Magix Movie Studio” recorded higher average search interest than “AVS Video Editor” thanks to the release of a new version in 2022 and more advanced features than its competitor. However, the average interest in “Corel VideoStudio” was a bit higher than that in “Magix Movie Studio” due to Corel’s longer presence in the video editing software market.

Reviews & Ratings

Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite Ratings & User Reviews

Reviews from real users on social media platforms, tech forums, and consumer review sites enable us to understand the usefulness or the lack thereof of a product or service. I could not find any recent reviews or comments about Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media sites. However, several reviews on tech forums suggested that the product is efficient and performs well albeit with a few minor inconveniences that are unlikely to bother advanced users.

Moving on to consumer review sites like Trustpilot and SiteJabber, I was further let down by the lack of user reviews of the Magix Movie Studio on such sites. All I could find were a little over 500 reviews of Magix on Trustpilot and those reviews did not reflect well on the company. Several users complained about the company’s abysmal customer service, poor software experience, expensive prices, and buggy programs. Nonetheless, there were a few reviews in favor of Magix’s video and audio editing applications with some users praising the company for its advanced software applications.

Overall, Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite is still a relatively new product and user reviews of the product were hard to come by on social media platforms or consumer review sites.

Conclusion

Conclusion

Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite is one of the most efficient and feature-rich video editing applications I have used in a long time. Capable of transforming mundane video clips into high-quality footage or movies with the help of an impressive arsenal of effects and transitions, the Magix Movie Studio 2024 Suite is an ideal choice for beginners and professionals alike. While the pricing of the product and its occasional slow rendering speeds may deter some users, it’s worth taking a gamble with the Magix Movie Studio Suite if only for its editing capabilities and the ease with which it enables users to churn out movie-quality videos.

8.3 Total Score
Good!

Features
8.5
Video Rendering Speed
7
Extra Tools
8
Support
9
Price
9
PROS
  • Professional-level editing features
  • Automatic shot match
CONS
  • UI is not as intuitive as competitors
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