How to turn off Aspect Ratio within Title Designer PD-12

wh7262

Member Location: Carrollton, TX Joined: Apr 25, 2011 10:07 Messages: 96 Offline

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Mar 08, 2014 12:22

After inserting a "Title" into Track 2, I needed to add an image to it as well. Here are my steps for this image:
Clicked on "Modify", it open up "Title Designer"
Within "Title Designer", clicked on the icon representing "Insert Image"
This took me to My Computer type window showing the drives/folders and etc.
Selected the Folder where the image was located, left-click (mouse) to select this image, then clicked on the "Open" button.
I can then move the image around the screen area, resize the image, but this is where the problem comes into play.
I cannot stop it from automatically keeping aspect ratio. I would like to the "Freeform" option applied here.

I do not wish to place it on a separate timeline and select "Modify", just in order just to do a Freeform of the image, a waste of a timeline track.

Why doesn't Title Designer have the same features as found in "Modify":
Opacity
Scale
Rotation
Freeform
3D depth
Fade and etc.

Like having one stop for all.

Thanks,
Bill in Texas

PD-12, PD-14 and PD15 is installed on this iMAC computer under BootCamp, and PD's are running great:
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James1

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

Mar 08, 2014 12:54

Hi,
There is s drop down box under Properties with a "Keep aspect ratio" this is on by default uncheck that then you can resize by the handles (white little boxes) or deform using the little blue boxes.(located just beside the whit boxes (hard to select sometimes)).
Jim Intel i7-2600@3.4Gz Geforce 560ti-1GB Graphic accelerator, windows 7 Premium 12GB memory

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wh7262

Member Location: Carrollton, TX Joined: Apr 25, 2011 10:07 Messages: 96 Offline

Mar 08, 2014 13:44

That is true if the image is on a separate timeline. One can directly change the aspect ratio from within the Preview Pane or by clicking on "Modify" and going into the "PiP Designer" area.

However, I for one cannot perform this option of turning "ON or OFF" the Aspect Ratio on an image from within the "Title Designer". There are no options here. There are no 'Blue dots' to click on and stretch out or squeeze down the corners of the image.

Try this out:
Put a Title on the the timeline.
Click on Modify
Now, from within the Title Designer Pane, add an image.
At this point the image can be moved, resized and rotated, but one cannot stretch out or squeeze down any corners of the image.

Hopes this helps as to what I am trying to say.

Even though I am on an iMAC, the iMac is not causing the issue.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Mar 08. 2014 13:47

Thanks,
Bill in Texas

PD-12, PD-14 and PD15 is installed on this iMAC computer under BootCamp, and PD's are running great:
DxDiag Info:
System Information
------------------
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
System Model: iMac11,2
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4022MB RAM
Page File: 2031MB used, 6010MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 144 DPI (150 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

PD-12 PowerDirector Ultra: 12.0.3403.0

PD-14 PowerDirector Ultra: 14.0.1728.0
SR numbers: VDE14

PD-15 Power Director Ultra
15.0.1725.0

James1

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

Mar 08, 2014 13:57

Hi,
Ok I agree there but if you import your image into a separate track>do your re-sizing deforming you can add the Text in the title track and adjust to the image just mentioned, with the procedure I mentioned.
This is my method and works.
Jim
p.s. It is extra steps but accomplishes the task Intel i7-2600@3.4Gz Geforce 560ti-1GB Graphic accelerator, windows 7 Premium 12GB memory

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wh7262

Member Location: Carrollton, TX Joined: Apr 25, 2011 10:07 Messages: 96 Offline

Mar 08, 2014 14:07

I do agree with you whole heartily on your statement.

It is a pain in the Patootie...

I was hoping that Cyberlink might see this issue and maybe sometime within the next ten years implement it.

Thanks to you sir for your time on this issue, we might have helped someone else out. Who knows?? Thanks,
Bill in Texas

PD-12, PD-14 and PD15 is installed on this iMAC computer under BootCamp, and PD's are running great:
DxDiag Info:
System Information
------------------
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
System Model: iMac11,2
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4022MB RAM
Page File: 2031MB used, 6010MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 144 DPI (150 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

PD-12 PowerDirector Ultra: 12.0.3403.0

PD-14 PowerDirector Ultra: 14.0.1728.0
SR numbers: VDE14

PD-15 Power Director Ultra
15.0.1725.0

ynotfish

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

Mar 08, 2014 16:19

Hi Bill -

Sorry to hear about your patootie!

I understand what you're saying, but it just can't be done within Title Designer.

You could, of course pop your image in a separate track, as Jim suggested - resize & re-proportion it - take a snapshot - THEN import the snapshot into Title Designer... if you felt like taking a few extra steps.

Cheers - Tony
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