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[Solved] Background fill (colour) when using portrait photographs ...
nalab1 [Avatar]
Member Joined: Mar 10, 2013 13:40 Messages: 54 Offline
[Post New] Jan 26, 2015 08:26
Hi,

I am producing a slideshow of photographs from my daughters wedding (16:9 widescreen format) and I wondered if there was a "quick and relatively easy" way to place a coloured background to portrait photographs instead of the black background that appears. I have the project assembled in PowerDirector (V12) together with the various music tracks and do not really want to disturb the layout if at all possible ...

Regards,

Alan

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at Jan 26. 2015 17:20

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PowerDirector 15 ultimate
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
[Post New] Jan 26, 2015 10:35
Quote: Hi,

I am producing a slideshow of photographs from my daughters wedding (16:9 widescreen format) and I wondered if there was a "quick and relatively easy" way to place a coloured background to portrait photographs instead of the black background that appears. I have the project assembled in PowerDirector (V12) together with the various music tracks and do not really want to disturb the layout if at all possible ...

Regards,

Alan

Yes, put your slideshow on track 2 of the timeline. Then in media library click the first drop down and select Color Boards.

Pick your color, drag to track 1 of the timeline, drag the end of the color board to cover the length of time of your video (slideshow) on track 2.

Produce for final output.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Jan 26. 2015 10:37

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.

nalab1 [Avatar]
Member Joined: Mar 10, 2013 13:40 Messages: 54 Offline
[Post New] Jan 26, 2015 12:44
Hi Carl312,

Thank-you for your reply! How do I select the whole track in PowerDirector? As Track 1 is made up of lots of individual pictures plus video and titles etc ... Also, I have some additional stuff on track 2. So do I select these and "shuffle" them down?

For instance -

Stuff on Track 2 goes to Track 3
Stuff on Track 1 goes to Track 2

The colour board goes on Track 1

Regards,

Alan Dell XPS One 2720 Core i7 4790S, 16GB RAM
NVidia GeForce GT 750M 2GB DDR5
2TB Hard Disk
Windows 10
PowerDirector 15 ultimate
nalab1 [Avatar]
Member Joined: Mar 10, 2013 13:40 Messages: 54 Offline
[Post New] Jan 26, 2015 17:19
Hi Carl312,

All sorted now. Thank you for your help!

Regards,

Alan Dell XPS One 2720 Core i7 4790S, 16GB RAM
NVidia GeForce GT 750M 2GB DDR5
2TB Hard Disk
Windows 10
PowerDirector 15 ultimate
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
[Post New] Jan 26, 2015 18:21
Quote: Hi Carl312,

All sorted now. Thank you for your help!

Regards,

Alan

Very good!
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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