Extension of photo files in timeline makes an empty spaces!?

Andres.R

Senior Member Location: Tartu, Estonia Joined: Dec 31, 2009 02:26 Messages: 263 Offline

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Jul 19, 2014 11:35

Hi,
please look at this and tell me, is it normal, is it some anomaly or...?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zi1o2JJX-g&list=UU23HEFXJfNE-yMKeWgpJTVA

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Kevinv64

Member Location: Upper Midwest Joined: Jun 28, 2012 05:41 Messages: 106 Offline

Jul 19, 2014 13:04

It happens to me when the transition is an overlap, but not when it's a cross.

You can right click in the gap and select "Remove and Move Clips on the Same Track." Of course, you can also adjust your durations before adding transitions.

Or you can switch the transition to a cross before extending the duration of the clip. To change to cross, right click on the transition and select Modify Transition. You'll see the options. Select Cross. Now, adjust the clip's duration. You can then remove the transition without getting the gap.

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borgus1

Senior Contributor Joined: Feb 27, 2013 00:33 Messages: 1318 Offline

Jul 19, 2014 13:34

Overlap does change timeline duration, as opposed to the crossfade mode.

Yet in reconstructing precisely what you demonstrated - in PD 11 - there is no gap left when an effect is removed, in OL or CF mode.

So this appears to either be an anomaly with PD12, or perhaps I have misled myself. Does this behavior occur repeatedly?

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ynotfish

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

Jul 19, 2014 14:00

Hi Andres -

I'd never noticed that, being a "cross" guy...

Like borgus1 said, it seems to be a PD12 anomaly. In PD11, removing the transition after adjusting the image duration leaves no gap. As far as I can see, that's exactly what should happen.

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PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Jul 19, 2014 14:13

Quote: Hi,
please look at this and tell me, is it normal, is it some anomaly or...?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zi1o2JJX-g&list=UU23HEFXJfNE-yMKeWgpJTVA

Here I also have this error, I asked Cyberlink support, since a long time.
So I made a video sample
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_SCBtD-evw
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Andres.R

Senior Member Location: Tartu, Estonia Joined: Dec 31, 2009 02:26 Messages: 263 Offline

Jul 20, 2014 02:43

Thanks guys, lets hope CL will fix it
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