PowerDirector 12 beta patch v2923

Dafydd B

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May 28, 2014 04:26

CyberLink.

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PowerDirector 12 beta patch v2923
Release Date: 2014-May-28
Release Note:

Updates:
1. Resolves issue that video and audio become unlinked after loading a project that previously had its video speed changed and clips trimmed.
2. Improves preview performance for PiP Designer under Windows 8.1 with an NVIDIA 700 series graphics card platform.
3. Fixes the Fill Shadow function in the Title Designer.

Download link: Please go to http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/39179.page#202196 for more information on the latest patch released.

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Previous beta information:
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38836.page
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38762.page
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38672.page
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38600.page
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38494.page
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/38382.page#197675

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Papido france

Newbie Joined: Apr 25, 2014 09:04 Messages: 37 Offline

May 28, 2014 05:09

Hello ,

This time, "Mytitles" of the V11 have been preserved Win7 64bits Pro OEM - i7-3820 3.6 GHz - GeForce GTX 660
337.88
CM msi x79agd45 plus -- PD12 --

My videos on Vimeo :
http://vimeo.com/papido/videos

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

May 28, 2014 11:46

Quote: Hello ,

This time, "Mytitles" of the V11 have been preserved

Thanks Papido france, for the update, good to know everything is now ok.
Dafydd

BobAbbott1618

Newbie Joined: Feb 22, 2014 16:31 Messages: 28 Offline

May 28, 2014 11:53

Is this for 12 or 11? Pablo is on 11 isn't he? PD user since 10...now on Director Suite 3

BobAbbott1618

Newbie Joined: Feb 22, 2014 16:31 Messages: 28 Offline

May 28, 2014 12:42

Just did the update so disregard my previous post...
Performance of PIP has greatly improved for me..I have to say I see no noticeable lag in any of it now..opens quickly...closes and reopens fine...all effects seem to respond immediately..

I am running win 8.1 with the NVIDIA 760M card and the latest updated video driver.

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PD user since 10...now on Director Suite 3

Kyle 40

Contributor Location: Cumbria Joined: Sep 06, 2013 14:14 Messages: 467 Offline

May 28, 2014 12:55

Thanks for the link, Dafydds I've just downloaded the patch.

I've checked the Display Program version for PD12 info and it shows 12.0.2817.0 Is this correct ?

For some reason I'm experiencing dreadful screen refresh problems and a very stuttery timeline

Cheers

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I just want to edit and make pictures, walk my dog and go fishing.

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

May 28, 2014 13:06

Dafydd, this is really great!

1. Resolves issue that video and audio become unlinked after loading a project that previously had its video speed changed and clips trimmed. This is completely fixed!

3. Fixes the Fill Shadow function in the Title Designer. This is fixed and the shadow length settings are retained, so Font Shadow now works perfectly!

2. Improves preview performance for PiP Designer under Windows 8.1 with an NVIDIA 700 series graphics card platform. I think this is an improvement, but I want to do a little more testing. See UPDATE below

In a single project, I have some variations in the time it takes for the window to open and for the content to appear. With some clips I have the PiP window (and the content) appear in < 1 second; in others it takes about 1 second for the window to appear and another second or two for the content, but only with 60p clips!

With 30p clips, the PiP window with content is always ready in < 1 second.

If there are any keyframes, power tools, fixes/enhancements, FX, etc., it can take as long as 6 seconds for the window content to be ready (with both 30p and 60p clips), but maybe that's to be expected

Let me test this with the previous version and with the HD4600 instead of the GTX 780 and I'll post an update on whether my system is more responsive with the new patch.

UPDATE: I am now officially happy with the resolution of Item 2!

Testing the PiP window response time on the same project with v2915 shows that previously it would take 4-6 seconds for the PiP Designer window to appear and be ready to edit, even with 30p clips. On clips with keyframes, FX, etc. it took 1 sec for the window to appear but as long as 9 seconds for the content to show up.

With 2923 the window and content opens in 1sec for plain clips and in 5-6 sec for keyframes, etc. so 2923 is definitely a major improvement!

It FINALLY feels like the biggest issues that have been dogging us for all these months are actually getting resolved.

Thank you Davydd and all the other members who've helped to document, confirm and report these problems, and a big thanks to CL for listening to us and then finding and fixing the problems

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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

May 28, 2014 13:10

Quote: Thanks for the link, Dafydds I've just downloaded the patch.

I've checked the Display Program version for PD12 info and it shows 12.0.2817.0 Is this correct ?

Cheers

No, PD12 should always show the version that you just downloaded.

Try renaming your existing 2817 patch to anything else (e.g. add/remove/change a letter) and run the downloader patch from this thread again. If you still end up with 2817, PM me for a fix.

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Kyle 40

Contributor Location: Cumbria Joined: Sep 06, 2013 14:14 Messages: 467 Offline

May 28, 2014 13:18

Quote:

Quote: Thanks for the link, Dafydds I've just downloaded the patch.

I've checked the Display Program version for PD12 info and it shows 12.0.2817.0 Is this correct ?

Cheers

No, PD12 should always show the version that you just downloaded.

Try renaming your existing 2817 patch to anything else (e.g. add/remove/change a letter) and run the downloader patch from this thread again. If you still end up with 2817, PM me for a fix.

Will do I just want to edit and make pictures, walk my dog and go fishing.

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

May 28, 2014 15:18

See the update to my first post!

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BobAbbott1618

Newbie Joined: Feb 22, 2014 16:31 Messages: 28 Offline

May 28, 2014 15:21

I take it your happy... ..so am I. PD user since 10...now on Director Suite 3

1Nina

Senior Contributor Location: Norway, 50km southwest of Oslo Joined: Oct 08, 2008 04:12 Messages: 1070 Offline

May 28, 2014 16:19

Just tried out the PiP (Modify) window having installed this patch- hoping to finally see some
improvements. And I did! There are improvements!
From what I can see from the little testing I have so far had time to do, I have to be satisfied
with the 1 sec of black before content shows up - in and out of PiP.
Hitting “play” in PiP, now it plays to (hit) the last keyframe, but moving back to start, the
scrubber ( in PiP) does still not move to (hit) the first keyframe, it has to be moved there manually.
But, the content seems to be moving back to start along with the scrubber!
Improvement!

It looks like I will be able to edit with PD again.
Oh - happy day!

Just something.
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Kyle 40

Contributor Location: Cumbria Joined: Sep 06, 2013 14:14 Messages: 467 Offline

May 28, 2014 16:25

I'm pleased to say that thanks to optodata I now have v2923 on my system. It's a bit late in the day for me to try it out beyond the launching stage ( just under 2 sec ! )

so a BIG thank you to everyone for their help! I just want to edit and make pictures, walk my dog and go fishing.

BobAbbott1618

Newbie Joined: Feb 22, 2014 16:31 Messages: 28 Offline

May 28, 2014 20:11

I would have never attempted this before the PIP was fixed....

http://youtu.be/fqqm7hBIvyk PD user since 10...now on Director Suite 3

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

May 28, 2014 20:24

Quote: I would have never attempted this before the PIP was fixed....

http://youtu.be/fqqm7hBIvyk

BobAbbott1618

Newbie Joined: Feb 22, 2014 16:31 Messages: 28 Offline

May 28, 2014 20:33

Quote:

Quote: I would have never attempted this before the PIP was fixed....

http://youtu.be/fqqm7hBIvyk

Excellent! I think this patch may release a huge flood of pent-up creativity

Thanks..got some more playing around I want to do with this. Thinking about have all 4 videos disappear into the lens flare.... PD user since 10...now on Director Suite 3

Kyle 40

Contributor Location: Cumbria Joined: Sep 06, 2013 14:14 Messages: 467 Offline

May 29, 2014 03:16

Quote: I would have never attempted this before the PIP was fixed....

http://youtu.be/fqqm7hBIvyk

Brilliant, some more fishing videos are always very welcome.
Tight Lines

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I just want to edit and make pictures, walk my dog and go fishing.

o0spyder0o

Newbie Location: Aus Joined: Mar 18, 2014 08:44 Messages: 47 Offline

May 29, 2014 07:23

Glad to add that I have experienced a big change in the Pixelan menu opening up. Around the 2 second mark now.
Hopefully with the bugs getting ironed out we'll see some further improvements/new features added before the next release.
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Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Jun 18, 2014 04:14

Please see the latest patch post: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/39179.page