Moving Line with Ship

JRod9614

Newbie Location: San Antonio, TX Joined: Oct 13, 2013 23:57 Messages: 1 Offline

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Sep 11, 2015 17:29

I purchased PowerDirector because it looks like its easier and faster than Adobe Preimere Elements 11. I just created a lot of MP4's of TV series. I really want to use PowerDirector 13 to Make movies of our Cruises we take twice a year. I normally do Maps with a Line and Ship showing From and to locations. Is there andy way to do what I have done on Adobe and attached to this Topic.

Filename	2009 Carnival Cruise Map Route All 720p 1280x720p.mp4	Download
Description	2009 Carnival Cruise Map Route
Filesize	18017 Kbytes
Downloaded:	152 time(s)

Filename	Tutorial Moving Line with Ship .mp4	Download
Description	Tutorial on Adobe Preimere Elements 11
Filesize	5264 Kbytes
Downloaded:	231 time(s)

J G Rodriguez
San Antonio, TX

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 12, 2015 04:41

Hi JRod9614 -

PowerDirector can animate the object (cruise ship) and draw the route - but in two completely separate operations. These can be overlaid to get what you're after.

Another option is to use a free piece of software called "Route Generator". There are some useful tips *here* It will generate an AVI file or you can use screen capture software to make the video.

Generating the route/path/line in PDR is a messy thing, but are ways to clean that up... involves a few extra steps.

Cheers - Tony
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 12, 2015 05:31

Here's a quick little video - generated in Route Generator & processed in PDR. Simple.

https://youtu.be/ktRP8RBBbc0

Cheers - Tony

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tomasc

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Sep 12, 2015 11:08

I downloaded and installed the map creator 2.0 free edition that was here used in the first post. The data for maps created comes from a really slow server from that company. The map is of course watermarked like in JRod's first video clip. The created 1920x1080 tif will not be saved. Have to do a screenshot and save that.

The map creator studio included will allow to to go through the motion of creating and saving the route. The saved route avi is never created. It is like a demo only. I followed the tutorials from primap.com: http://www.primap.com/Files/en/MapCreatorStudio_Tutorial.pdf and nothing is ever saved.

The screenshots of the watermarked maps are about the only useful thing. If someone can get the free edition to work, then you can use the created video in any video editing software. I do love all those Australian maps in those included samples.

BarryTheCrab

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Sep 12, 2015 12:25

I am 100 MILLION percent a fan of Route Generator, and have placed my own utterly ridiculous icons into the routes with ease. Fun little program, I have a link to it on my website. You'll not do better than RG. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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