I have just paid the update/subscription for my Move Editor 2021 (does this mean every year I will have to pay another 50 - seperate question - sorry). I receviced a coupon for NewBlue Filters 5 Ultimate. I entered the coupon code to active pack And I assume it downloaded it. A box popped up on Windows 10 to activate it? But I didn't have an activation code at that time. Now received the activation code but don't know where to add this. So I am not sure whether I have added this pack and also especially whether I have activated it? Heaven help me when I try to install the proDAD apps x 2 and activate them. I do have all the key/data etc... Saved - honest I do!
Ok I get to the point on the 3 New Blue Effects in MX under Effects and I download them and they shown as downloaded. But then when I restart they want me to download. I have registered/activated with New Blue as far as I know for a Manager comes up entered the KEY not coupon and it now shown as ok. This is a very convuluted process. Have a snapshot JPEG but no insert picture at this point.
Any third party effects have to be registered with the makers of the plugins on their sites where the codes are used in your accounts with them. So you have to open an account (If you don't already have one) with New Blue (or whoever) and register your copy with them there.
You do not have to renew the product each year. You can keep the functioning product you already have. You will not get any of the new plugins but the program will continue to run and can be downloaded from your account again if need be along with an activation code should you need to but you must keep your log in details and passwords to access them so don't lose or delete those emails. Make printed copies if you have to.
1 x 250GB Evo 970 NVMe: drive for C: drive backup 1 x 1TB Sabrent NVMe drive for Operating System / Programs only. 1X WD BLACK 1TB internal SATA 7,200rpm hard drives.1 for internal projects, 1 for Library clips/sounds/music/stills./backup of working projects. 1x500GB SSD current project only drive, 2x WD RED 2TB drives for latest footage storage. Total 21TB of 8 external WD drives for backup.
My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.
But. you also state the activation code won't work which implies you are seeing the newblues. If that is the case, be sure you enter the complete activation code. I say this because I used cut and paste to enter and for some reason the full activation serial number did not paste. I happened to be in contact with NewBlue at the time and they pointed out the incomplete serial number.
The activation code (from the email) is inserted into Help>Activate Content Pack as the initial step. I don't get to the point where I can insert the activation code you're talking about, which seems to be after the content pack has been "activated" and the NB item appears in Extra Effects.
That number in the email is NOT and activation code. That is a coupon code. Follow the steps I showed above. You will not see the activation code until you start the download. For me, the coupon code was useless. BTW: I also tried to activate using the coupon code and of course, it did not work.
In MEP go to the help menu and select activate contents pack. There you put in the coupon code. I believe you will get a message to go to the store to download the contents. It is NOT in the store. Restart MEP and hopefully at this point the 5 steps I mentioned above should work. I am still bothered by the fact you don't have anything in the extra effects .I believe with MEP Pro and MEP Pro Premium there should be a few New Blues. Hopefully, going to the activate contents pack under the help menu will at least get something in the extra effects. With all the misinformation from the Magix email I kept putting in the coupon code each time getting the message to the effect I have been credited with those NewBlues and go to the store to download them. It had nothing to do with the store.
BUT: make sure you save each update for your current version (2021) when they come along; if you have to re-install your current version using the installation file from the Magix website, you will not get any updates/bug fixes for it. You will only get the original (possibly buggy) version of 2021.
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