It’s liberating I guess, but my OCD can’t really handle that yet. Pretty crazy -you can put audio on video layers and put effects like timecode display anywhere you want… kind of like FCPX. Then I noticed you can place anything anywhere. It was a little strange as it zoomed into an arbitrary part of the sequence as opposed to where my edit indicator was on the timeline. To accurately zoom in you will need to use the keyboard shortcuts CTRL + Up Arrow or Down Arrow. Then I loaded up their demo project that I was able to download and zoomed into the sequence using the scroll wheel on my mouse and the bar on the bottom of the timeline. I found them in the help manual, but wouldn’t mind an onscreen keyboard layout/reassignment (me being a picky editor, I know). Immediately, I wanted to check out their keyboard shortcuts since I like to edit with as little clicking as possible. The Plus version adds features that include up to 99 tracks for video and audio, proxy video editing, shot matching, color correcting and some more templates and effects.

The Pro version costs $129.99 while the Standard is around $49, but I was kind of confused by their site, which is running a deal where you get all the Pro benefits when you buy the $49 Standard edition. I am going over Plus, which retails for $99. There are three versions of Movie Edit Pro: Standard, Plus and Pro. Think of a Window’s version of iMovie when you don’t want to jump into FCPX to make a slideshow or family video. Sometimes I just want to use something that is plug-and-play, so maybe that is how Movie Edit Pro Plus can work for you. Immediately upon opening Movie Edit Pro Plus I get the feeling that this isn’t a professional NLE and to be honest, that isn’t a problem. I was sent a copy of Movie Edit Pro Plus, and as I am typing this intro I am downloading around 5GB of additional content and templates to use inside the software. When they contacted me about reviewing their NLE Movie Edit Pro Plus, since I am always interested in the latest gear and software, I said, “sure.” In the middle of 2016, Sony sold its nonlinear editing software Vegas to a 20-year-old German company called Magix.

Magix movie editor