.psd support for PowerDirector?

davecvideo

Newbie Location: Kitsap, WA Joined: Jan 02, 2012 15:34 Messages: 28 Offline

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Oct 15, 2014 02:00

I was looking at a site that offers drag and drop effects for video and it said it works with .psd files "Rampant Monster Toolkit™ consists of more than 1,500 high resolution Photoshop (.psd) files and is compatible with any Editing or Compositing software that can read .PSD files like Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro 7, FCPX, Sony Vegas, Apple Motion, Nuke, Media 100 and many more."
So...is this too 'high end' for Cyberlink to consider or too pricey for them to buy into for support?
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Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Oct 15, 2014 03:32

Quote: I was looking at a site that offers drag and drop effects for video and it said it works with .psd files "Rampant Monster Toolkit™ consists of more than 1,500 high resolution Photoshop (.psd) files and is compatible with any Editing or Compositing software that can read .PSD files like Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro 7, FCPX, Sony Vegas, Apple Motion, Nuke, Media 100 and many more."
So...is this too 'high end' for Cyberlink to consider or too pricey for them to buy into for support?
DaveC

Hi chivalryproductions,
A very valid point and one I have passed onto CyberLink. For me, importing a psd file caused PDR13 to throw up an error message and then hang and I needed to use the Task manager to extricate myself from the situation. The second time the importation of a psd didn't cause the hang, closed the error message fine.
I used to use psd files a lot, they're layered image files and maybe one of the reasons why PDR doesn't like them (being picky and aiming for simple editing).
Dafydd

o0spyder0o

Newbie Location: Aus Joined: Mar 18, 2014 08:44 Messages: 47 Offline

Oct 15, 2014 07:04

Hi Chivalryproductions

As long as you have a program to save those psd's as png's or other formats which allow transparency you're fine. Those psd's are basically one item cut out so they could have been saved as png's to begin with. I downloaded their sample of the monster toolkit to confirm this.
Now that we have alpha channel support this is even easier.
Yes psd support would have saved one step but the format is a memory hog anyway. Asus P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3 Mainboard : Intel i7 2700k @ 3.6ghz: 12 gb DDR3 Kingston ram:
2TB WD Black HD's: Asus GTX970 4gb ram: Windows 10 Pro 64bit:

davecvideo

Newbie Location: Kitsap, WA Joined: Jan 02, 2012 15:34 Messages: 28 Offline

Oct 18, 2014 03:18

Thanks for the comments. Will wait and see I guess. See the Difference video can make with DaveCVideo!

ynotfish

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

Oct 18, 2014 03:45

Hi chivalryproductions -

A s stated above, a .psd file is a layered image used in PhotoShop. That's why it cannot import into PowerDirector.

If you're familiar with the free Paint.NET, it has a comparable format that retains the image layers (.pdn). PowerDirector won't import those either! Now will any other NLE I've ever used.

The layers are retained so you can continue working with them separately before exporting the final image. That flattens the layers into one.

Cheers - Tony

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