Fade Effect on image in reverse...?

holycrip

Newbie Joined: Feb 10, 2011 21:34 Messages: 3 Offline

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Feb 24, 2011 18:10

This may be a silly question, but I think it's a real problem (at least for me).

I apply a Fade transition to an image file on the timeline. Normally, when I place the fade to the left, the fade works as a fade-in, and when I place it on the right it works as a fade-out (pretty intuitive).

Right now I'm dealing with a case where the fade on the left on the image on the timeline is causing a fade-out (so it starts at 0% transparency and works to 100% transparency). This cause my image (used as a lower-third) to suddenly appear, fade out, and then pop back in at the end of the transition duration.

I can't seem to find a way to edit the effect. Now, I think I can get around this with the image by modifying the transparency with keyframes another way, but the Title effect that sits on a level below the image (the text for the lower third) really needs to make use of the fade -- which was an easy way to do it.

Please help!!

Thanks.

James Dotson

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Feb 24, 2011 21:53

Can you post a screenshot of your edit screen? I wasn't able to duplicate the issue. __________________________________
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James1

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Feb 25, 2011 11:19

Hi Holycrip,
The reason for your fades being revrsed is not theem being reversed..when you dropped the fade onto timline if you placed it at the 'left' or beginning of the clip the fade in effect has run its course and the last section of the effect (fade out) is what is displayed.
If you highlight the effect and move it forward on the clip you will see both fade in fade out.
Jim
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lpindar007

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May 02, 2011 23:15

Hi Holycrip,

I came across this post because I just ran into the same problem at the end of a fairly long project using approx 20 fades before I got this same exact problem. There is no "snap to" or moving the fades that does any good. The solution I found was to shut down PowerDirector, restart it, and reopen the project. Then I could place fades and have them work properly like they did the first 20 times. (which is the way they should work intuitively - why would you fade out right at the beginning of a clip??) Hope this post helps the next person who runs into this problem.

Olomoucky

Newbie Joined: Jul 02, 2012 16:09 Messages: 1 Offline

Jul 02, 2012 16:14

This also is the only way I have found to resolve this issue. Is there not a fix yet? Or should I expect to continually have to close and restart PowerDirector in order to temporarily 'fix' the problem?

Quote: Hi Holycrip,

I came across this post because I just ran into the same problem at the end of a fairly long project using approx 20 fades before I got this same exact problem. There is no "snap to" or moving the fades that does any good. The solution I found was to shut down PowerDirector, restart it, and reopen the project. Then I could place fades and have them work properly like they did the first 20 times. (which is the way they should work intuitively - why would you fade out right at the beginning of a clip??) Hope this post helps the next person who runs into this problem.

Mark

Newbie Joined: Mar 19, 2013 23:13 Messages: 1 Offline

Jun 28, 2013 16:49

Same problem. It is June 2013 as I post and I have the latest PowerDirector version. That's a LONG time to have a bug hang around in software.

ynotfish

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

Jun 28, 2013 17:06

Hi Mark, Olomoucky and all -

This intermittent problem has been around for a while & is still with us in PD11. No-one has ever been able to work out why!

One "fix" (re-inserting the same transition) is posted here http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/26944.page#146727

Cheers - Tony

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Fenman

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Jun 29, 2013 04:52

I've also recently (last week) run across this issue. I don't know if this is significant but it seemed to occur when I inserted the transition with the timeline zoomed in and worked ok if I deleted it and zoomed out before re-inserting it. Regards,
Mike

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Pedro369

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Aug 25, 2015 06:20

It's now August 2015 and this bug is still about!? I've recently pourchased PowerDirector 13, and starting to wish I hadn't.

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Pedro369

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Aug 25, 2015 06:33

Yep, that did it. At least the same fix to the 4 1/2 year old bug stills works lol PowerDirector Deluxe 13 OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit
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kleppamaki

Newbie Joined: Feb 21, 2016 06:20 Messages: 1 Offline

Feb 21, 2016 06:29

I just bought PD14 and the bug is still there!! And closing plus restarting still gets around it

Are the PD developers even aware of the problem or are we just complaining to each other here?

CS2014

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Feb 21, 2016 10:00

Report it and they will be.

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Neil.F.1955

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 07, 2012 09:15 Messages: 1303 Offline

Feb 21, 2016 14:06

Hi,

Looking back over the posts on this "Fade In/Out" problem, the 5th anniversary of the original post is this Wednesday, it's clear to me that Cyberlink would've been aware of it since PD10, but have apparently done nothing at all to remedy it, So here we are, 22nd February, 2006(Australian east coast time) and four versions further along and the same problem keeps resurfacing? Tsk, tsk! Shame, Cyberlink, shame! You should've nipped this one in the bud back in 2011!

Neil.

Fenman

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Feb 21, 2016 15:29

Quote: here we are, 22nd February, 2006(Australian east coast time)

I always had a feeling you were living in the past

Regards,
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tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Feb 21, 2016 18:21

Quote: Report it and they will be.

CS

For those with the issue at least one or all of you need to report the issue to Cyberlink Support maybe starting 5 years ago and post what they propose to do to fix it. I can see that this issue might exist for another 5 years before someone get the courage to report it. This is a user forum not monitored by Cyberlink support. Users post here maybe to seek a workaround, maybe complain, maybe don't feel it really is a big issue.

Neil.F.1955

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 07, 2012 09:15 Messages: 1303 Offline

Feb 21, 2016 23:24

Quote:

Quote: here we are, 22nd February, 2006(Australian east coast time)

I always had a feeling you were living in the past

Ooooohhhh, Cheeky, Mike!!! Ha-ha! Oops, Now I know why you said that! Them nasty keyboard gremlins got me again... Ouch! That should've been 2016, not 2006!

This post has a starting date that goes way back to 24th February, 2011 but kleppamaki was the first to post a comment on it this year, so I'm glad I'm not the only one who's "living in the past!"

Cheers!

Neil.

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jcardana

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Feb 22, 2016 16:48

Holycrip...

I didn't see a response from you about this. The workaround I use is simply save the project and then re-open. I've never needed to shutdown and restart PD.

The cause as I have found is by trimming clips that are before the transition, after placing the trans.

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tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Feb 22, 2016 18:43

Quote: Holycrip...
I didn't see a response from you about this.

I would not expect a response from holycrip. He has not answered anyone here in the last 5 years.

Neil.F.1955

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 07, 2012 09:15 Messages: 1303 Offline

Feb 23, 2016 14:27

Hi all!

Three messages from Holycrip and not a peep out of him since! Was he ever there at all? Or was he just a phantom who briefly haunted the Director Zone forum? Ha-ha. As I write, it is 6.26am on 24th February, 2016, five years to the day since Holycrip posted that question which started this thread.

Cheers!

Neil.

ConnieZ

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May 24, 2017 14:13

Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. I experienced the same issue of the "Reverse Fade" and followed the suggestion of restarting the program, and voila! it worked. I have just reported to this issue to CyberLink support via there support portal. I told them that folks have been dealing with it since 2011.