★ PowerDirector Tutorials from PDtoots ★

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PowerDirector Tutorials from PDtoots

PDtoots has built a library of tutorials on a range of PowerDirector topics. These tutorials are made by a growing number of forum members and housed at our PDtoots channel. Many of them are not specific to any particular version of PD, so we're posting this list in each of the PD forums.

We've recently incorporated a PDtoots QuickTips channel, for little tips & techniques that aren't full blown tutorials. They're listed at the bottom of this catalogue.For your easy reference, here is the current stock of toots and quick tips. Just click & you're there.

General & Workflow
PowerDirector Basics
Project Management I
Project Management II
Hardware Acceleration & Fast Video Rendering
First Project I
First Project II
Combine 2 Separate PDS Files
Image Durations
Color Board Basics
Custom WMV Profiles
Custom WMV Profiles (variation)

Techniques
MultiCam Designer - A Different Way
MultiCam Customising Tip
Stopping the Clock
Convert Video to Motion Object
Custom Motion Templates Sampler
Image Sequences
Creating Custom Motion Backgrounds
Chroma Keyed Pointer
TV Remote Control
Chroma Key Technique
Clock Display
Overlays with Chroma Key
PowerDirector 12 - New Features

Text & Titles
Scrolling Images with Text
LONG Scrolling Text (Vertical)
Multiple Text Color Changing Effect
Multiple/Independent Lines of Text
Title Bars
Creating a Lower Third
Pause Scrolling Credits
Title & Text Tips
Manipulating Titles
Text Zoom
Text Effects
Typed Titles
Multi Titles
Text FX Plus
Modify Title Template

Video Crop
Fast Zooms
Using Video Crop
Keyframes & Speed
Cropping & Keyframes
Zoom Control
Video Crop - Basic Trim

PiP Designer
Freeform Tool
Christmas Keyframes - Rotation Control
Making & Using Frames
PIP Motion & Key Frame Basics
Keyframes & Speed
Panoramas
PD11 PiP Designer Interface
Watermarks
Rotation Control
Rotating Motion Objects
Text in PiP
Roll & Bounce
Arrow Motion

Magic Motion
Moving Pictures
Panoramas
Scrolling Background
Zoom & Rotate
Reverse Magic Motion

Slideshows
Custom Slide Show I
Custom Slide Show II
Using & Customising Slideshows
Camera View Custom
Modify 3D Templates
3D Frames & Backgrounds
Slideshow Speed (Slowdown)
Camera View, Magic Movie, and Magic Style Tips

Effects
Flash & Flare Effects
NewBlue Effects Sampler
Creating a Censor Blur
Effect & Mask
Color Saturation Fade
Highlighting - PD8
Highlighting - PD10
Effects Basics

Transitions
Freeform Transition Effect
Transitions
Making a Custom Transition
Picture & Frames Transition
Transition Repeat

Masks
Word Mask Effect
Word Mask Effect - pre-PD11
Animated Map Mask Tip
Color Popping I
Color Popping II
Color Popping III
Split Screen

3D-Like
3D Image Cube
Six 3D Image Cubes
3D Like Images

Discs & Menus

Custom Menus
Mixed Mode Discs & Power2Go
Video in Frame - Menu Template
Multi-Level Menus
Music in Menus
Menu Making
Disc Making

Graphics
Video & Animated Gif
Rotating Logo Globes
Making Frames
See Through (transparent .png images)

DirectorZone
DirectorZone Downloads

SmartSound
Magic Music - SmartSound

QuickTips

Embed Forum Images

Slideshow - Foreign Captions
PDR Pack Project
Making Masks & Overlays
Masks or Overlay?
Split Screens & Overlays
Rotation Keyframes
PDR Custom Profile
Colour Board Shutters
PDR Slideshow Creator
Drawing Shapes for Overlays
Custom Resolutions & Media Players
Slideshow from Template & YouTube Upload
Menu from Scratch
Using Graphics & Effects
Creating an Image Cycle
Chapters & Menu Structure
Custom Transitions Reveal
Custom Transitions

Happy Editing - The PDtoots team

List updated 5 September 2015

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PDtoots

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Sep 24, 2013 18:59

PD12 Users -

A new tutorial has been posted on the PDtoots channel.

This one's about making and using frames in video production

PDtoots subscribers have access to a giveaway pack of prepared frames, ready to use.

Happy Editing - The PDtoots Team

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Oct 05, 2013 06:35

Fellow PD users -

Here’s a new tutorial created by vn800rider (Adrian), that shows a workaround allowing PD12 users to use MultiCam Designer to automatically sync up a four camera shoot.

Instead of the four cam shoot being mixed to a single track in PD12’s main interface, this workaround allows PD12 users to populate the four cam auto-synced results, to four separate tracks in the main interface.

Happy editing from the PDtoots team

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poicpi

Newbie Location: Cyprus Joined: Nov 13, 2011 15:06 Messages: 12 Offline

Oct 05, 2013 07:32

Hi,
Any advice for the AVCHD videos,m2ts 1980 full HD..It is supposed to have activate codecs for them..?They are playing with a green color in my trial version of powerdirector12 ultimate.They do working on the Richvideo screen(before insert the video).
I have windows 7 64 bit.
On my lapstop I have download version of Magix movie edit premium and it plays these videos formats,the same with powerdvd10.
Thank you for any help..

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BarryTheCrab

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Oct 06, 2013 08:50

poicpi,
it appears your question/issue has nothing at all to do with this PDTooTs thread.
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CubbyHouseFilms

Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline

Oct 12, 2013 19:02

Hi

Great page set up

Does anyone know of a tutorial on the new Theme Designer in PD12?

I'm still trying to get my head around it

Any help appreciated.

Happy editing

*****EDIT*****

FOUND ONE - Cheers Adrian

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Happing editing

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PDtoots

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Oct 14, 2013 15:01

Fellow PD users -

Forum member and PDtoots founder, Cranston, has done it again... pushing PD to its limits and going boldly where no man has been...

The latest tutorial posted on PDtoots shows how to create a freeform transition effect using PiP Designer. PD12 users have the advantage of being able to copy & paste keyframes to repeat the transition, but the same effect can also be achieved in PD10 & 11.

Happy Editing - The PDtoots team

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James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Oct 15, 2013 11:47

Hi,
Just watched the tutorial...and Cranston has done a great job again...Now all I have to do is apply yhe
method without messing it up...
Great Job Cranston
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Cranston

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Aug 17, 2007 02:26 Messages: 1667 Offline

Oct 15, 2013 16:51

Thanks James1.

If you use the two templates, then all the work is done. You just need to remember to first set the Images duration in Preferences to 1 second, and make sure that your stacked Splits are 1 second long.
Then simply drag the 2 templates to end of your project somewhere, and copy / paste attributes to “your” splits.
When you’re done copy / pasting, delete the templates from your timelines.

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SoCalDude

Member Location: Sunny Southern California Joined: Aug 12, 2013 20:48 Messages: 60 Offline

Oct 26, 2013 03:39

Thanks to PDToots for the "MultiCam Customising Tip" video. Because of this video, I could take video from two cameras and create an inset picture-in-a-picture synchronized video with little effort. Check it out...

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Oct 28, 2013 02:21

Fellow PD Users -

There's a new tutorial posted on our PDtoots channel that applies to ALL versions of PowerDirector.

The tutorial - made by Adrian (vn800rider) demonstrates how to shoot, create, and use a custom Chroma Key hand/finger pointer. It also contains some useful tips on disciplining your finger

There's a set of sample "pointer" clips available in the video description.

Cheers - The PDtoots Team

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Nov 09, 2013 14:42

Members -

Nina, forum Senior Contributor, has assembled a collection of inventive ideas for Creating Custom Motion Backgrounds and has posted a tutorial on our PDtoots channel.

This toot provides some creative approaches and plenty of "how to", and might even spark some artistic flair in the rest of us.

Thank you for your work & creativity, Nina!

Happy Editing from the PDtoots team

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PDtoots

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Nov 27, 2013 11:10

Hi everyone,

Forum member "1Nina" has just uploaded a new 2 part tutorial to the PDtoots channel, on the subject on customizing Camera View, Magic Movie, and Magic Style projects, by creating layered motion Backgrounds using Cyberlink Photo, Color, and PowerDirector tips.

Some very elegant examples are shown. So if you get a chance, check out Nina's very creative 2 part Custom Slideshow/Video tutorials and tips.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrRc23bVguc
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1bhLteoSKY

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Dec 18, 2013 15:11

"To Modify or to Keyframe?" THAT is the question.

The latest tutorial on the PDtoots channel - Christmas Keyframes - is less about Christmas and more about controlling rotation with keyframes. Even though it looks a bit festive & light-hearted, there can be a bit of work involved.

The question of keyframing rotation comes up occasionally...
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/31096.page
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/21827.page

Other related toots are...
Rotation Control
Rotating Motion Objects

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PDtoots

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Jan 15, 2014 22:50

Here's a tutorial about using the FREEFORM tool in PD's PiP Designer. It can be used for basic reshaping of videos & images, or (when keyframes are set) to create motion.

Attached to this toot is a packed project download (for PD12 only), so you can see exactly how the keyframes have been set. Use it however you wish - if you wish. There's a download link in the video description.

Happy freeforming from the PDtoots team

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Jan 24, 2014 01:26

Here's a little QuickToot in response to the question at http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/31791.page

The processes shown in the tutorial apply to time lapse photos, animation & video frames. In PD there are two ways to go about it - using the Time-Lapse slideshow template & setting durations in the timeline. Different methods with the same result.

Happy Editing - the PDtoots team

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Feb 14, 2014 14:24

Our latest toot is a response to one of our subscribers who was having trouble with formatting and applying long scrolling text. The question comes up often, because PD's Title Designer window is a bit shackled when it comes to this particular issue.

Carl312 has posted on this previously (including a video).

The limitation of having no Select All & not being able to scroll (to select) beyond the visible window makes it very awkward.

Essentially, the more that can be done to process the text outside PD the better. Really, the best advice about using very long scrolling text in PD is "Don't". Shorter sections are much easier to work with & won't cripple your PD/PC.

There's a step by step guide attached.

Happy Editing - The PDtoots team

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Feb 15, 2014 09:16

Quote: Our latest toot is a response to one of our subscribers who was having trouble with formatting and applying long scrolling text. The question comes up often, because PD's Title Designer window is a bit shackled when it comes to this particular issue.

Noooo .. don't do it! You have been warned.

At around 5:00 into the video that was pure gold ! I actually burst out laughing.

To be fair PD 12 is much stabler with the latest patch.. but still if you try the above then all bets are off.

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Feb 22, 2014 14:24

Guys & Gals -

The latest little toot on PDtoots is a Back to Basics (non-definitive) guide to some terminology that seems to cause confusion with less experienced PD users.

You read "Hey - hang on - I saved it & now PD can't import its own file. Where's my video?" In some NLEs "saving" does equate to "producing", so the confusion is understandable.

Anyway - it really is very basic so if you've been around PD for a while it may not do much for you!

Cheers from the PDtoots team

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Mar 06, 2014 04:27

The latest quicktoot on PDtoots channel shows different ways of achieving a fast zoom, based on a question posed here - https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/37865.page#194768

It's not so clear in the tutorial because a very short sample clip was used, but using the frame advance buttons to move the timeline marker can give you greater accuracy for setting precise (fast) zooms and other motion.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1pvHUK7rNQ[/youtube]

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