Quote: If I can't figure out how to crop these videos in PD 11, I want to know where I can purchase PowerDirector 7?

How about you give us some details on what you want to do.

Powerdirector 11 is far more advanced that Powerdirector 7 which is no longer available anywhere, Not on Ebay or Amazon.

Part D gives ideas how to explain, Parts E&F have suggestions how to screen capture and note the screen captures.
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/29701.page

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There is more than one way to crop a video. PD 11 can do the job. You just have to tell us what exactly you are wanting to do.

Post links to examples if possible.

Quote: If I can't figure out how to crop these videos in PD 11, I want to know where I can purchase PowerDirector 7?

There are a lot of tutorials that cover this. What, in particular are you having problems with.

If your heart is set on V7, look for it on e-bay. Buy unopened box only - not open boxed version, not download. As above, I see V5 and V9 but not V7 on e-bay.

Have you changed your computer since V7? Are you sure it is compatible with what you have now?

Minimum Requirements here: http://www.cyberlink.com/support/product-faq-content.do?id=5868&prodId=4&prodVerId=490

Thank you both for the replies.

Carl and Steve, I made a post here regarding my crop video problems, which I think I found a solution too, if you can't recommend another better way.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/39360.page

Carl, as I explained in that post, PD7 had a extremely simplistic, yet powerful way to crop 16:9 video to 4:3.

You would right click on aspect ratio and the option is given to "crop to 4:3" click-render-complete. PD11, while more advanced in it's features, makes it more difficult to crop a video, or so it seems anyway.

Steve, yeah that's going to be a tough find I think.

I have an old laptop that came with a preview version of PD7 on it. I always fear the inevitable will happen, and that old laptop doesn't power on anymore.

Quote: Thank you both for the replies.

Carl and Steve, I made a post here regarding my crop video problems, which I think I found a solution too, if you can't recommend another better way.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/39360.page

Carl, as I explained in that post, PD7 had a extremely simplistic, yet powerful way to crop 16:9 video to 4:3.

You would right click on aspect ratio and the option is given to "crop to 4:3" click-render-complete. PD11, while more advanced in it's features, makes it more difficult to crop a video, or so it seems anyway.

PD 11 can do what You want I think.

Attached is a picture outlining the steps.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

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Quote: Thank you both for the replies.

Carl and Steve, I made a post here regarding my crop video problems, which I think I found a solution too, if you can't recommend another better way.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/39360.page

Carl, as I explained in that post, PD7 had a extremely simplistic, yet powerful way to crop 16:9 video to 4:3.

You would right click on aspect ratio and the option is given to "crop to 4:3" click-render-complete. PD11, while more advanced in it's features, makes it more difficult to crop a video, or so it seems anyway.

PD 11 can do what You want I think.

Attached is a picture outlining the steps.

Hi, thanks for your help. I tried that just now, but unfortunately it doesn't stretch it enough. The black side bars are still visible. I guess I will just have to do it manually in the modify section.

Quote: Hi, thanks for your help. I tried that just now, but unfortunately it doesn't stretch it enough. The black side bars are still visible. I guess I will just have to do it manually in the modify section.

What is you Project aspect ratio?

Are you using a 16:9 project and want to stretch a 4:3 image to fill the whole 16:9 screen.

If so while in a 16:9 project you can stretch a 4:3 to fill the screen.



Powerdirector 11 stretch modes are dependent on the project aspect. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Sometimes you have to move the clip off center in the preview, stretch it, then center it again, __________________________________
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I personally would wonder why you wish to crop 16:9 down to 4:3 at all. As a general rule, LCD or plasma flat-screen TV sets are in the 16:9 aspect ratio, whether they have digital-only tuning, or incorporate optional analogue tuning, or analogue on its own and require a set-top-box to receive the digital services. There are few, if any flat-screen sets with 4:3 aspect ratio(in the old terminology, "Academy") screens. Are you intending viewing your DVD on older cathode-ray-tube sets? I see so many of these older sets being tossed on the rubbish-heap of late, when, because they have A/V connections, are still useful, if not for viewing broadcast TV, at least for checking content of VHS or Betamax(or even analogue Video-8 or Hi-8 camera) tapes before copying same to computer via capture card for transferring to DVD, in which case, they're already 4:3. But in cropping 16:9 to 4:3, you're squeezing the image horizontally while stretching it vertically, not a good look at all It would make W.C. Fields or Edgar Buchannan look like they've been on a severe diet!