The most exciting way to experience pictures and videos on TV
The award-crowned bestseller creates widescreen cinematic TV events
full of effects from your photos and videos!
Ideal for beginners!
With 1-click automations you can create
slideshows with cinema-ready
effects, virtual camera movements and individually selected background
music. Experience your slideshows on TV, on your PC or on your own
album page on the web.
NEW!
Better appearance with individual user interface in
two color choices.
The program interface adjusts to every screen format
(e.g. laptop).
Automatic panorama functions for impressive
photomontages, and much more.
3:2 formats (for example from SLR camera or a scan)
now show up filling the screen automatically
depending on the format of the slideshow either 4:3 or
16:9.
Experience your DVD project complete with a menu as
interactive, high resolution slideshow in your own
MAGIX Online Album.
Design easily and quickly using great ideas and amazing templates
With MAGIX
Xtreme PhotoStory on CD & DVD 7 your photos and
videos will become TV events full of effects as if on their own – ready for
the marquee and in wide screen format.
The 28-time award winner simply offers more!
Experience the unfathomed ways to present photos – fantastic camera
movements and zooms, fades, animations and music, which fit to every
occasion. In the shortest space of time create personal masterpieces and
show your most beautiful photo memories on TV or on your PC and on
the web!
1. Select photos & videos
Import your photos and videos from digital cameras, mobiles, memory cards, CDs & DVDs and all other
sources – with just one click.
2. Add effects & music
Completely automatically or individually – it's your choice! With useful assistants your photos will be
transformed into an experience ready for the big screen.
3. The result: Memories full of life!
Enjoy the show together with the family, friends and neighbors. You can experience your memories on
TV using a DVD player or on the big screen. With automatic, adjustable DVD menus – excitement
guaranteed!
Design individually
The new reworked Media Pool makes creating
individual slideshows easier than ever. Using
selected decorations, camera movements
focusing on the details and zooms your photos &
videos will be even more full of life.
Media
Fades
Titles
Effects
Movements
The right style for very occasion:
MAGIX MovieShow Maker
Present your most beautiful photo memories in
unusual slideshow styles! You will find temples
with anything from silent movie to music video,
which, in combination with your photos will help
you create a slideshow in no time at all. Included
in the templates are fades, effects, decorations,
sounds and background music, which will help
transform your photos into a movie.
Animated decorative elements
In the Internet you can find countless animated graphics that you can now use as deco elements for
your photos. The size, position and color can be adjusted according to your wishes just like with any
other decoration element in our giant Media Pool.
Looking good in any format
Whether horizontal or portrait, your photos fit
perfectly into the image flow and will receive the
background color and decorations of your choice
to avoid black bars.
NEW: Automatic panorama functions
Exciting all around: Up to six individual photos can
be automatically combined into a great panoramic
image. The software takes care of exposure and
corrects any lens and perspective distortions. The
panorama tool can be used for any other photo
montage in order to create exciting widescreen
images.
During viewing, a virtual camera movement glides
over your widescreen images, so that you can
view the photo in detail as a screen-filling
impression.
Easily optimize sound and image
You can optimize every photo and every sound
recording. The image optimization ranges from
quick optimizations, for example brightness and
contrast, to color substitution for creating moody
pictures in all shades of color.
Spoken commentary can be noticeably improved
through stereo and room simulation effects.
Declicker and Dehisser help remove clicks and
noises from voiceovers.
The right sound for every mood:
MAGIX Soundtrack Maker
Without music, your effect-filled slideshow is only
half-finished. Music gives the slideshow that
oomph – a real movie needs a soundtrack! With
the MAGIX Soundtrack Maker you can dub your
pictures thematically with various emotions within
one musical genre. Individual sections of the
slideshow will be differently accented: from
mysterious to happy, completely as you wish.
NEW: With MAGIX Screenshare it is now possible
to communicate with other users live over the
Internet using the contents of your own screen.
Experience what it means for two PCs to interact,
to see, to show and create together. With MAGIX
Screenshare you can connect online with selected
users* to easily offer and receive help with
software.
*Can be used with the guest module by PC users
without MAGIX software. Free download at
www.magix.com
NEW: Interactive online presentation
A slideshow can also be presented in a free
MAGIX Online Album. The upload takes place
directly from within the program. Countless new
Flash templates result in even more appealing
website designs. In addition, you can now create
mixed media albums, where both photos and
videos can be placed and viewed.
Unique: Upload the interactive start menu of your
disc project and several slideshows to the Internet:
the 1:1 image of a DVD on the web – for worldwide
connection to friends and family.
Every slideshow as Flash
TM
video
Flash
TM
videos offer small file size and optimal quality for the web, and or this reason are the state-of-
the-art in the Internet. To let you embed every slideshow as a Flash
TM
video on an HTML page MAGIX
Online Album has an export function for its Flash
TM
video player. Perfect for quickly embedding a video
in your personal websites or Internet portals.
NEW:
magix.info – Multimedia
Knowledge Community
Exchange tips and tricks with other users! Ask
questions at any time and get the information a
flash – professionals and experienced users
answer your questions. Show and discuss together
with other MAGIX users around the world. In
addition: Online-Workshops, buyer's advice and
more worth knowing about MAGIX products.
Additional functions
• NEW! Intuitive user interface: two color alternatives with a clear beginner mode
• NEW! Automatic panorama functions for creative photo montages
• NEW! Work in fullscreen in any format: also on widescreen laptops
• NEW! Better flowing and noticeably faster fullscreen preview
• NEW! 3:2 formats (e.g. from SLR cameras or Scans) are now automatically displayed fullscreen
without black bars, 4:3 or 16:9, depending on the slideshow format.
• Title editor with endless possibilities: position, movement, design, 3D effects,
NEW! fine font appearance
• Import and export of MPEG4** videos for multimedia players
• Comprehensive file import and export
• Animations & "magnetic" objects: decorative elements automatically follow movements
• Sound and image optimization, non-destructive editing
• Timeline mode for detailed arrangements with all sounds and titles
• Bonus! MAGIX Photo Manager 2008, Mufin MusicFinder
Perfectly connected: Product and Online Services from MAGIX
Every MAGIX Product offers and easy direct connection to the
multimedia online world:
• Present photos, videos and music direct in your Online
Album or in the worldwide Internet communities.
• Find countless professional templates & contents for
supplementing your own projects in the online media
catalog
• In just a few steps create your individual website in
professional Flash
®
design – with photos, videos, music &
impressive animations.
• Order brilliant, low-priced prints to be quickly sent to your
doorstep.
Experience these and additional online services at
www.mygoya.com
User interface
All functions in overview
Import & Record
The improved program performance on PCs with Dual Core processors is exciting! The hardware
acceleration ensures for free-flowing smooth fullscreen playback even with processor-heavy image
effects like transitions, cropped image views, position switches, etc.
Load photos and videos from digital
cameras
Also for 16:9 photos from modern wide-angle cameras
Import images from cell phones, photo
CD/DVDs, memory cards, etc.
Also supports Kodak
®
photo CD (PCD) and external drives via
USB 1&2, serial interface and much more.
Scan in without paper prints
Direct scanner port (TWAIN
®
compatible)
Record voiceovers Record your voice via a microphone in sync to the images
Automatic format adjustment
NEW! Automatically shows images in 3:2 format without black
bars (4:3 or 16:9). Ideal for digital SLR cameras and scanned-
in pictures.
Optimize & Improve
Whoever owns a widescreen laptop can now enjoy MAGIX Software even more: The program optimally
fills out every widescreen TFT& display optimally, for example 16:10. No space is left unused.
1-click image optimization
Auto exposure/color, selective brightness, focus,
brightness/contrast, white balance, color shade, red eye
correction, crop, transform
Fine adjustment for photos & videos
Precise image size, position, angle and reflection
Automatic warning for image
quality
Guarantees the best resolution for every target medium(e.g.
TV)
Sound optimization
Prepare background music and spoken commentary: stereo
widening, equalizer, noise removal and much more.
Top quality for TV, PC, projector
100 % true colors, fullscreen without edge cutting and flickering, etc.
Intuitive user interface
NEW! Stylish design (2 color alternatives), beginner mode,
screen-filling even on widescreen laptops
Non-destructive editing
Practical & secure: original files stay unchanged.
Arrange & Create
Slideshows with subtitles and short descriptions make your projects more exciting and make them more
fun. If you enjoy writing, you can come up with witty titles and texts, especially since the font resolution
has been noticeably improved.
Overview, Storyboard, Timeline
Sort, turn around, arrange and dub all photos
Automatic MovieShow Maker
10 styles for great slideshows with rhythmic image transitions, etc.
Media Pool
Easily load, optimize and subtitle photos, videos and music
and add effects (camera movements, zoom, fades)
Decorations
60 elements and animations incl. sound (speech bubbles,
comics, frames, etc.)
Panorama automatization
NEW! Realistic panorama images and creative photo
montages incl. exposure recognition
Refine your upright photos
Avoid black bars: your own backgrounds, colors and creative
effects
1-click animations
Liven up individual photos: Lens, color effects and much more.
Crossfade effects
60 templates: Picture-in-picture, 3D power effects, etc.
Video effects & camera movements
25 templates for special effects, zooms and panorama pans
Title generator
IMPROVED! Ultra-sharp texts with 30 templates (for example,
flowing opening/closing credits, subtitles)
MAGIX Soundtrack Maker
Creates individual background music with mood changes that fit
to your scenes (happy, suspensful, cool, etc.)
Thematic background music
Included in the program: Background music in various genres,
fitting songs for celebrations and parties
Faster performance
NEW! Improved performance for smooth fullscreen viewing
using hardware acceleration
Burn & Present
The Burn Assistant brings your project directly to a DVD. Many format settings for your slideshow will
be automatically set, encoder settings are pre-defined and lead you to the best possible results – for
high quality images and smooth movements in any resolution .
Interactive DVD menus
(4:3 and 16:9)
40 individual adjustable templates with intros, backgrounds
(video/music), animations, and much more, incl. real-time
preview
Menus from your own motifs
5 templates for DVD menus from motifs out of your slideshow
(3D animations, flowing intro transitions and much more)
Burn slideshows for TV
Burn wizard for all disc types (DVD, (S)VCD, miniDVD etc.)
Photo CD/DVD-ROMs
Immortalizes photo archives with included PC playback
software on the disc
Universal file burn module
For copying your slideshow discs, project backups, etc.
Double layer DVDs
For more, longer slideshows per disc
Present DVD image online
NEW! Interactively present mixed media albums (photos,
videos, music) with a selection menu just like with a DVD
MAGIX Screenshare
NEW! Show screen contents to others on their PC via the
Internet. Ideal for personal communication and reciprocal help.
MAGIX Community
NEW! Exchange knowledge with users with similar interests
File support and conversion
Photo: Imporst/exports JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, PSD and much more / imports from Kodak
®
Photo CD (PCD)
/ use animated Internet graphics as decorative elements (animated GIF import)
Video: Imports MOV / imports/exports AVI, WMV 9, MPEG 1&2** and much more. / exports Real
Helix
TM
(RealVideo & RealAudio) / import and export of MPEG-4** videos
Audio: Imports camera sound, non-copy-protected CD titles, MP3, OGG, WAV and much more / audio recording
Alls video, image and music files can be used license-free according to the license agreement (see
program installation).
** MPEG-2 codec can be used immediately after free activation.
MPEG-4 codec only after fee-based activation
System requirements
For Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 I XP I Vista™
Computer:
PC with Intel
®
or AMD
®
Athlon
®
processor 700 MHz or higher
Min. 512 MB RAM
Min. free hard disk space 500 MB for program files, 1 GB for video files (5 GB recommended), during
burning of (s)VCD additional 700 MB (for DVD min. 4.7 GB recommended)
Graphics card: With 4 MB RAM, min. resolution 1024 x 768 with 16-bit high-color.
16-bit sound card, CD-ROM drive, Microsoft
®
compatible mouse
3D power effects with OpenGL / DirectX9 support and Windows Media Player
TM
7.0 or higher
Min. 32 MB XVGA memory card for 3D power effects, 64 MB recommended in HD slideshows
Burning of CDs with SCSI or IDE-CD-R(W) burners, DVDs with DVD-/+R(W) burners.
MAGIX Online Services with Internet connection and Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
TM
version 6.0 or
higher.
* 28-time award winner refers to award wins for the following versions of MAGIX PhotoStory on CD &
DVD: 6.5, 6, 5.5, 5, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, 2.5, 2.0. Award wins from other countries refer to country-specific
versions. More information at
www.magix.com.
* Most-sold photo software Refers to the number of retail software products sold in Europe. MAGIX
PhotoStory on CD&DVD is in 1st place in the photo software segment according to monthly analysis by
Media Control Germany (PC/CD-ROM non-games Germany according to VUD criteria); GfK charts
Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy; Chart Track UK. Period: January 2007 to January 2008.
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