Hi TG -

There's no option to remove that label text.

The best thing to do is just expand the timeline so that the label doesn't interfere so much with you viewing the waveform.

Cheers - Tony
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bummer. That sits right in the middle of the audio waveform and seems pretty unnecessary (especially the repeating each time there is a split). I hope Cyberlink has the good sense to change that in a future update. I use Avid Studio, Sony Vegas, and Camtasia quite a bit. None of them do this. Can't believe there's much need for this PowerDirector "feature". I much prefer to use PowerDirector since it does a good job taking advantage of 64-bit architecuture but this issue really slows down the process when doing this particular type of editing.

Hi TG-Digital ,

Yes, you can change the situation.
1. PD10 open
2. Media file in the Media Room (F3)
3. Right click on the file and select Change Alias.
4. Add a short name - no need for the extension to show either.
Example:






The original Media File name outside the program is not changed.
This might help.
Dafydd

I retract my previous statement, made in error.
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I may be wrong here. But since member TG-Digital used the term "overlay", I don’t think that the issue at hand is a matter of simply "changing the Alias of a clip".
I assumed TG-Digital was referring to the overlay that is generated on the timelines, as shown in the attached image.

Changing the Alias doesn’t make that annoying overlay go away. Or at least it doesn’t on my rig, though I wish it did.
But again, I may be misinterpreting TD-Digitals post. So please disregard this reply if I’ve misread the issue.







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Quote: Is there a way to remove the text overlay that appears on the timeline indicating the filename of the track? I find that gets in the way when I'm trying to go thru and edit out verbal clutter (umms, uhh, etc.). Every time I cut something a new text overlay appears at the split. Kind of annoying but I didn't see any option in the preferences to not have that text appear.

The dialogue pop up often appears under, alongside and is a feature of the operating system rather than PD alone.

Alias changing is up to any editor and appears to be the correct change in this instance.

Dafydd

Quote: The dialogue pop up often appears under, alongside and is a feature of the operating system rather than PD alone.

Agreed!
And depending on the number of tracks in play, or other factors, sometimes it appears on top. And as it's an OS function, there's no way to eliminate it from inside PD. Though expanding the timelines can help.
But once again, I may just be setting TG-Digital's thead adrfit here, as my contribution may not be addressing the exact issue that TG-Digtal is inquiring about.


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Thanks for the tips.

What I was referring to was the text that shows constantly on the timeline indicating file names (not the one that pops up if you mouse over). If it didn't repeat itself with every split it wouldn't be a problem, but it does. So I might edit out an "uhh" from the audio, then have another very close to that. However, it gets tedious because right after the first edit (which splits the file on timeline) now the new text of the file name is right over where the next edit is.

I'm running Win 7 Ultimate and changing the alias did not change the text on the timeline. I also went ahead and changed the file name altogether and when prompted at re-opening the project browsed to the newly named file. Even that didn't do the trick. Timeline still "remembers" the previous text even after closing / reopening project.

(NOTE: the change alias option does work if it's done before dragging media to the timeline, so I'll use that in the future. However, in this case since I already had dozens of edits done and didn't want to have to start over, it didn't work for this purpose. Existing media on the timeline does not get changed).

Quote: Thanks for the tips.

Even that didn't change the text on timeline. PowerDirector still "remembers" what it was before and shows that.

Not if you start a new project.

Powerdirector does 'remember' everything done in a project file. But if you start a new project file you start from scratch.

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Quote: The dialogue pop up often appears under, alongside and is a feature of the operating system rather than PD alone.

Dafydd

I'm pretty sure that's not true. It's a PD feature, or a feature of some object that PD is implementing. If it were part of the operating system, it would happen in every program. Jerry Schwartz

I missed off "I believe" ha ha, thanks Jerry. I should not have written it so definitely.
I have raised the matter with RD in the past and was informed "I believe" that it was the OS. I have always found the floating dialogue boxes with info a real pain when carrying out some forms of editing, but on occasions a benefit. One of those love hate relationships.
Dafydd
Edit: Just added a bit more.

A lot of the 'Tool Tips' are from the OS, and they do show in other programs.

Some of the pop up text can be turned off, but some of them, I have no idea how to turn them off.

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Hi all,

Sorry for mis-reading and getting TG-Digital’s issue wrong. But since I’m on a downward spiral here anyway, I might as well (as in Poker parlance), go all in.

Quote: If it were part of the operating system, it would happen in every program.

Jerry,
Isn’t this pop-up/overlay (occurring in My Pictures), the same OS pop-up thing? Can it be turned off so it doesn’t appear in PD10?






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Cranston, Jerry, Carl et al -

As far as I can determine, the only pop-up/tool tips that can be turned on or off are within folders or on the desktop. This has NO impact on tool tips within applications.

Control Panel > Folder Options...



The only other things I'm able to modify are (a) how the tool tips appear & (b) how fast they appear. Again - these only affect folder views & not applications. It would appear that it is, therefore, a function of particular applications, rather than the OS.

Cheers - Tony
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Without getting too technical, those popups are a function of the object library that the programmers used. That can, in turn, depend upon the programming language and even the particular programming environment.

I agree that those popups can get in the way sometimes; but if there is no way to suppress them in the development tools that CyberLink is using, then that's the end of the discussion. Jerry Schwartz

I can tell you for a fact that Cyberlink or their agents programmed what text will appear in tool tips and whether tool tips even appear. Some of the functionality of tool tips is inherited from "Windows" controls, such as text boxes, options, list boxes, etc. The operating system doesn't control it. Gateway DX4380, AMD A8-5500 Quad Core 3.2GHz with ATI Radeon HD 7560D; 16GB RAM; 1 TB SATA 7200 RPM; Windows 8 Pro 64-bit; PDR11, PDVD12.

I don't quite understand the questions and answers.. Point me in the right direction..

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Quote: I don't quite understand the questions and answers.. Point me in the right direction..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rbWantrh3w&feature=youtu.be

Sorry if we've gotten too abstruse.

The bottom line is, when you put your mouse over a clip PD will display some of its properties. That display sometimes gets in the way.

I hope that helps. Jerry Schwartz

Thanks, Now I understand... I get lost from time to time.

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