Power Director TEMPLATES?????

Dpow1911

Newbie Joined: Jun 06, 2014 17:26 Messages: 3 Offline

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Jun 06, 2014 19:08

I have used Video Studio for many years -- in that program, it's possible to insert a pre-designed template into your project with numbered placeholders -- you would then drag and drop photos into each placeholder... each of these photos then has a pre-set series of attributes (the size, motion, transition, special effects, etc.). And, it's even possible to edit many of those effects to customize the look. DOES POWER DIRECTOR HAVE THESE TYPE OF TEMPLATES??? I've been searching & can't find something like that. Is it called something besides templates in PD??? If I use the magic movie creator, I can't edit the effects. Thanks.

BarryTheCrab

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Jun 06, 2014 19:48

Dpow1911,
I'm not sure what version/build of PD you are using, but in PD12, there is a plug-in (from CL) that is THEME DESIGNER.
The trial may not give you the best test-run, but you can see how it works in this tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51TSh4t0TG0&list=PLXdDbjk-FLytADmrek8QwtLIiLxshSeMP

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Anonymous

Jun 07, 2014 03:12

Dpow1911, Which version of Video Studio are you using? Is it Pro X5, by chance? I use this for basic editing and it complements what I do in Power Director. I tend to finish off by adding narration, titles(sometimes) and embedding some background music, using PD7(at the moment, soon to have PD8, PD12 sometime in the future). I also - and always - use Power Director to author the discs(burn to disc, in other words) It's here where Power Director really excels, because I can compile material, up to 2 hours and 20 minutes in composite length, regardless of how big the video MPEG2 file may be in megabytes or even gigabytes. I've found elsewhere(particularly in the Windows Movie Maker, if the file size is too large, it won't fit on the disc, even if the content length is well inside tolerable limits(Windows DVD maker only allows an hour & 50 minutes - not good! And don't get me started on their Movie Maker... Total rubbish!) Give me Power Director for authoring any day!

Dpow1911

Newbie Joined: Jun 06, 2014 17:26 Messages: 3 Offline

Jun 08, 2014 09:46

Thanks for your replies -- sorry, I should have mentioned -- I am using PD 10 Deluxe, and the version of Video Studio I have is X4. I just read about something in Power Director called "Magic Style templates" -- -- maybe new in PD 12??? Could be this is what I'm looking for, but not in my version???
I looked at the You Tube on Theme Designer -- this definitely is what I'm looking for -- only I don't have PD 12 -- is there something similar in PD10???

Anonymous

Jun 11, 2014 00:25

Hi, Dpow1911, I've just now installed PD8 and I'm going to do some experimenting with its effects soon, after I've spent some time on the Net. I can't help re: YouTube as I prefer to put my works on disc, to be viewed by my family. I'm going to be "feeling my way" around PD8 for a while, to see what differences there are between it and PD7. Templates? They're another element of PD8 that I'll be checking out.
Bye for now.