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Dear Community,

Work on the new forum is coming along nicely. Here's a sneak peek at the basic structure:

Level 1: Main forums have sub forums

Level 2: Sub forums have topics

Level 3: Topics contain entries

Level 4: Entries are the smallest unit (like answers)

Keep up to date on what's new!

Kind regards,

The editorial team

Dear Community,

among other things we are currently developing a concept which will give our Community Users more say in the prioritization of new features.
In fact we will be asking for their own ideas. We are trying to make it so that in the future people can have more influence on the community.
Exact dates and dates are still unknown.

Kind regards,

Katy

Dear Community,

We are going to appoint hosts for the new forums, who will have administrative rights in our community. Here's how it works:

The scope of the rights will be attached to the tree structure in the forum meaning that rights can be assigned for the entire forum (all areas) or selected areas of a forum (for example MAGIX products only). If you have selected rights, for example, entries in the Q&A section can only be moved in this area.

Presenters automatically have write permission in software updates.

If two presenters want to edit the same entry at the same time, the second presenter will receive a message saying "This entry is currently being edited - you will be able to make changes in 15 minutes" and a 15-minute lock-out period will come into effect. If changes are not saved within this time, the entry (unedited) is made available for further editing.

Be sure to keep posted on what's to come!

Kind regards,

the editorial team

Dear MAGIX.info members and visitors,

As you can see, MAGIX.info has gone through a house cleaning and beautification process. The MAGIX team here is striving to bring you the best design possible to allow your experience online to be well received. So, we hope that you enjoy the new look.

As with any remodeling process, problems may occur; the remodel is still underway and new changes will still be implemented as-well-as fixing our inevitable mistakes. In the coming weeks we hope to carry out further improvements and as always would love to have your feedback of what you like, what you don’t and anything else we could do to make the MAGIX.info site truly something you enjoy.

The overall use of the site remains the same, this is a place for you, the user of multimedia software, photographers, videographers, musicians, and designers to come together to share ideas, and support each other as well as showcase your works. There are a lot of great things going on and the MAGIX team is looking to improve things even more.

Dear MAGIX.info members and visitors,

I would like to welcome everyone to the MAGIX.info page. If you are new, this is a page where you can come together with users like yourself from varied fields of music, video, photography and graphic design as-well-as users sharing technology information on Windows and other PC platform hardware and software. You can ask and answer questions if you have the ability, you can upload and share your creative works for others to see and enjoy. You receive feedback and acknowledgement from users around the globe.. it is a beautiful thing.

For our returning members, we would like to say “thank you” for making MAGIX.info a recurring stop. We love to see user interacting with other users, sharing ideas, advice, and insight to their ever expanding corner of the multimedia world.

This world gets a little closer with each post and MAGIX.info is committed to bringing users together with this shared insight to all things multimedia. Each month brings in new ideas, and users with a renewed sense of purpose.

Perhaps you have found yourself at a multimedia project crossroad, maybe you have just not quite figured out how to use a certain feature... Here is your forum. A site with a dedicated purpose to assist you with your project needs. So come share your knowledge and ask your questions.

Again, welcome to your MAGIX.info – The Multimedia Community

Your MAGIX.info team

Dear MAGIX.info members and visitors,

It is nice to have a strong community of like minded users willing to discuss what they do and how they do it; to help the aspiring by sharing their creation as-well-as their knowledge. MAGIX.info is not only a great knowledge resource page, but also a strong community that reaches well beyond any one border.

It is very pleasing to see images and videos from users around the globe, reminding us how our world is connected by multimedia. Equally, listing to the music that others have created and shared in the “Show & Discuss” area can really be inspiring.

Have you something to share?

Why not show this global community what you can create and discuss how you did it and perhaps where you want to take it next. We will be looking for you…

To share your media, just login to MAGIX.info and click on “Show & Discuss”, use the quick access toolbox on the right side of the screen to “Upload Media” and choose the type of media you want to share: image, music, or video. This loads a step-by-step dialog allowing you to upload your media, adding a description as-well-as other information you might want to share with us.

Let’s bring our multimedia world together!

Your MAGIX.info team

Dear magix.info visitor and member,

Spring hasn't just arrived outside, but its effects are also visible in our community.

For one thing, the "Questions & Answers" area and "Show & Discuss" have been upgraded with a convenient zoom function. If a question or answer contains an image (e.g. photo or screenshot), then a click on it is enough to open an enlarged display. This image enlargement also works in the detailed view for photos under "Show & Discuss".

We've also optimized our video player. The new export functions that may be accessed via the new info button (below left in player) make it easier to forward or link a video or embed it in other websites.

Have fun trying it out!

Kind regards,
The magix.info team

Dear Community visitors and members,

Since our last blog entry, a lot has happened, and now it's the right time to inform you again about news and upcoming projects.

For starters, we're pleased with the constantly growing number of members and the lively participation, since this makes the community even more exciting. We would also like to congratulate our first two Platinum status members (awarded at 2,000 points). We're especially thankful for the passionate and faithful engagement of these two members, "geschi“ (over 3,250 points) and "ThaiArne“ (over 2,250 points).

Since magix.info lives from its visitors and members, we would like to continue to include you all in the further development and improvement of the community. The current questionnaire box on the main page is intended to give you the option to vote on different issues. You will be able to express your opinion concerning other issues via this function in the future as well.

At the moment, we are working on designing the start page to be more useful and entertaining, and we are going to be expanding the entire community to include French, Spanish, and Italian languages. We are also preparing a documentary film competition that is set to take place soon here at magix.info. We'll keep you informed about all of these events, of course.

But that still isn't everything! Many areas will be revised and expanded in the coming months; for example, you can look forward to a new video player, an improved messaging system, and other optimizations. As soon as these innovations are available, we'll inform you via the blog.

Kind regards
The magix.info team

Dear community members,

Many of you have probably already noticed, that several new functions have been available on magix.info for around two weeks now that enhance the overall usability.

At this point, we would like to officially introduce these changes and explain them.

magix.info goes international!

Until recently, you were only able to view community content according to the site language you selected. This feature has been altered slightly to make more content available for your enjoyment.

In the areas “Questions & Answers“, “Show & Discuss“, “Knowledge & Workshops“, and “Groups“, you can now use a simple menu to select which content should be displayed according to the different languages.

This functions independently, so you can ask English-speaking users questions but view media from any available language.

Simply activate the country for which you would like to browse media and then click “Display selection“.

The best part:
The community has certainly realised by now which languages they prefer in which areas, and users only need to select a language once – this selection will remain active the next time they log in.

I'm an expert!

Magix.info has allowed you to distinguish yourself as an “Expert“ for some time already. This makes it possible for other users to recognise that you are available as a pro for valuable advice in certain areas.

Until now, experts could only select from the existing categories in the “Questions & Answers“ area.

In order to enable more specific selection, you can now add more detailed information to the individual categories!

Simply click on “My overview“ in the upper area of the page and press the “Edit profile“ button in the upper right (below the blue navigation bar).

In the “Special skills“ area, describe your specialties in more detail with the text box.

This extra information will be displayed on your profile page.

“Visit me at my website!“

Many of the community's users don't only use the community page, but also have an online album, a website, or a blog with MAGIX.

So why not indicate this on your profile page?

Open “Edit profile“ to find “About me“ directly next to the “Special skills“ tab.

You can mention this other information here for it to be displayed on magix.info.

Of course, we've also improved numerous other functions, and there shouldn't be any more problems with the media players on magix.info.

Kind regards

The magix.info team

Dear members,

The winner of the workshop contest has finally been selected!

The winner is “Funatyc“ and his workshop “Mixing and mastering basics for beginners“.

Congratulations!

But that's not all:

Since the decision was very difficult, we've decided to reward the second and third place winners for their high-quality contributions, too.

Second place goes to our member “Legoander“ and his great video “How to fly – Using the bluescreen technique“.

And finally, the workshop “Creating and using box effects“ by “Robert-graunke“ also made it onto the winners' podium in third place.

We congratulate all participants for getting involved and thank you for your great entries.

What happens now?

In the next few days, the three entries mentioned above will receive an email from the magix.info editors informing them about the next steps required to collect their prizes.

The first place winner, “Funatyc“ also receives a bonus of 150 user points and is now a “Tutor“ on magix.info.

The magix.info team

Dear members,

The workshop contest is now over. Thank you to all participants for the many interesting submissions.

What happens now?

Within the next days, the editors will select the best workshop that has been submitted.

The winner will receive a message from the editors, and then they will have a choice of prizes.The prize that the winner selects will be sent to them by mail.

Furthermore, the winner will be elevated to “Tutor“ status on magix.info. This rank not only entitles the member to publish multimedia workshops without initial vetting, but it also distinguishes him or her from other members!

The winner will also receive a bonus of 150 user points!

Thank you for participating and for all of the wonderful, interesting workshops you submitted to us!

The magix.info team

Dear magix.info fans,

We have something in common – our passion for multimedia and our dedication to photography, movies, and music.

Everyone is a specialist in something. Some of us turn snapshots into elegant images, some of us write fantastic songs. Maybe others still aren't quite exactly experts and are just having fun with their hobby, but would like to develop their skills further.

We would like to offer magix.info as a platform for the passion we have in common and for the collective knowledge of our members. For this reason, we are holding a workshop contest.

From 15.09.2008 to 01.11.2008, everyone is challenged to develop a workshop for his or her own special topic or hobby.

Every workshop that is published during this time will be entered automatically into the contest. *

It doesn't matter whether you write about photos, movies, or music or whether you create a video or write it out in a PDF.

The winners can expect prizes valued at 1,000 euros and the distinguished title of "Tutor" on magix.info.

Among others, you may choose from:

- Samplitude 10

After the contest, the magix.info team will select the top ten of the published workshops.

The three winners out of these ten will be elected by the magix.info communitie and be announced in the next newsletter with a short introduction.

It's worth taking part. Have fun and good luck!

* Terms and conditions of participation

• 1.
  Participants must be 18 or older
• 2.
  Workshops which violate our general terms and conditions or the community rules will be deleted and disqualified from participation
• 3.
  Entries without any contents or that are irrelevant will also be deleted and disqualified from participation
• 4.
  Legal recourse is excluded

…that's a good way to describe the update we published on October 1st!

Besides remedying a number of errors, it also contains several new functions and adjustments, including several user requests!

Media and workshops on the profile page!

Finally, members are able to view a clearly laid-out overview of all of the media that a magix.info member has published directly on their profile page. Just open a member's profile page. Besides the already familiar profile information and the guestbook, there are now two more tabs:

The "Media" tab (pictured) let's view all of the member's media, and if you are interested in a particular form of medium, i.e. photos, videos, or songs, then that's no problem: Just select the formats that you are interested in from the menu.

The "Workshops" area also displays the workshops that a member has published on magix.info.

Where are my groups?

By the third or fourth group you join, maybe it won't be so easy to remember exactly what those groups are actually called. Now we have a solution to that problem, too: The "My community" area in your overview (just click "My overview“ via the quick access buttons) provides all of the groups that you are a member of listed neatly for you.

New sorting!

Besides the detailed member search that has been available for quite some time, you can now list members according to some new criteria.

Sort members according to "Most points" to find the most active members, show members with the most workshops, or use the new function for viewing the media on a member's page and sort according to "Most media".

Groups can also be sorted according to "Activity" now, so if you want to find the groups that are the most active in terms of discussion and presentations, then this option makes it easy!

More media!

Many members have been annoyed by the fact that only nine media items could be displayed per page.

Starting immediately, the option is available for you to specify how many pieces are shown at a time.

Just scroll to the bottom of the page of any media list, and below the page selector (just like for questions) you will see the “View“ option. Use this option to specify how many items you would like to display at once on a single page.

Browsing made easy!

A small but powerful new addition to top things off: If you enjoy browsing in the media area and have always wanted to be able to preview media by opening a new window or browser tab, well, that's now a reality. From the overview page, just open as many items in new browser tabs/windows as you like. This way you won't need to click the 'back' button in your browser a million times to get back to the original page anymore.

Of course, that's not all. There are still numerous smaller changes, especially in the “Profile“, “Groups“, and “Show & Discuss“ areas, but we just don't have enough space here to list each and every one of them...

Have fun at magix.info!

The magix.info editors

Dear magix.info friends & members,