Just 2 cents worth.
I agree with
FredB in principle, and I do understand that the sales and marketing of software is a different animal than other goods and services one purchases. For instance, Ford would not ship the 2011 version of their Mustang, if Ford knew that the windows only went half way down, and then ask each consumer to just be patient for a couple of months till the free upgrade replacement parts reach the dealership. But with software, there’s a different set of rules I guess. Still I’m still puzzled why so many “fundamental” issues reported in PD9 Beta testing, were not addressed before PD9’s final release.
My current pet peeve with PD9 (among many), is that if I place a 25 second image or clip into the timeline, and then open PIP Designer to add some motion using numerous Key Frames, if I now decide to reduce this clips duration to 15 seconds, instead of the Key Frames automatically adjusting and comporting to the new duration, any Key Frames beyond the 15 seconds mark are now lost.
I find it hard to wrap my brain around why in PD9, owing to going… “64 Bit”, this now precludes PD9 from being able to have Key Frames automatically adjust to comport with a duration change, instead of disappearing. If one has applied Key Frames, you now can not go back and change/edit the media’s duration. If you do, much of your work in applying these Key Frames is destroyed.
And this because PD9 is now 64 Bit? Well, perhaps. But probably indirectly.
Though I’m by no means a tech guy, it appears to me that many areas of PD9 were completely re-written. This I assume this was necessary to make it work in the 64 Bit environment. But it also seems that perhaps some bits of minutiae simply fell through the cracks during the re-write of our new PD. And when these fundamental bits were discovered to be awry, as reported in beta testing (two months before PD9’s release), yet seemingly went unaddressed by CL, well… that’s frustrating.
I’m sticking with PD9, as I really like all of the new features. It just takes longer to accomplish many familiar tasks, as workarounds need to be applied to avoid problems like the one described above. So I think it is reasonable to expect that members here will voice their frustration when discovering that many long standing, fundamental, and familiar options in PD, are now either broken, missing, or require 2 to 3 extra steps to accomplish.
But as long as we remain reasonable and respectful in voicing our frustrations, I believe a bit of polite dissonance can be healthy for PD9 and Cyberlink. Especially if it causes CL to consider addressing some of these remaining issues sooner than later.
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