Whats special about the MGI VideoWave SE Plus for Buz?
The version of MGI VideoWave included with the Buz is a specially crippled OEM version for Iomega. As far as I could tell, the “added limitations” are not documented anywhere on the box or in the Buz manual. The biggest missing feature is the MGI “video animation” effect. While the tutorial explains in detail how to superimpose one video clip on another and animate them, this feature is greyed-out on VideoWave SE. Only the most basic video transitions are possible. VideoWave SE has a really crippled text generation tool. No transparancy at all and no text in motion. Indeed, most of the text controls are inactive. Only the most bland and basic title generation is possible. The Buz does not support the “Print to Video” menu option in VideoWave, although the functionality is there. To output to video, simply render the entire production using the MJPEG codec, select it for preview, and play it. While the video on the computer screen may be a little jerky, the composite (NTSC/PAL) video ou
