Quote: I'm on PD11 and I want to play around with 4K as I've just bought a 4K TV.

I'm using 1920x1080 images over a 3840x2160 background but when I drop the images in they go to full frame. Can I force them to size automatically relative to the background image that is already there? Hope that's clear and that I'm not missing something that is blindingly obvious.

Is this what you want to do?

If so, resize each track to fit part of the screen. in Clip mode you grab the white dot on the corner of the image.

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.

Quote: Is this what you want to do?

Yes that's the idea and that's what I've been doing and then adding fades, motion etc. but it got tedious having to re-size every image first and anyway it seemed counter-intuitive for every image to automatically expand itself to fill the frame. It occurred to me that images should keep their relative size unless you manually re-size them. It would be nice to be able to be able to select the behaviour that you prefer.

p.s. I could add a little cautionary word about buying 4K TV's by the way in that when manufacturers describe a TV as 4K you need to establish whether it really is - my first one was 4K but only on one of the HDMI inputs *NOT* on ethernet, USB or SD card.

Quote: If so, resize each track to fit part of the screen

p.p.s I can re-size individual items on a particular track but I don't see how to re-size the track

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Quote: Is this what you want to do?

Yes that's the idea and that's what I've been doing and then adding fades, motion etc. but it got tedious having to re-size every image first and anyway it seemed counter-intuitive for every image to automatically expand itself to fill the frame. It occurred to me that images should keep their relative size unless you manually re-size them. It would be nice to be able to be able to select the behaviour that you prefer.

p.s. I could add a little cautionary word about buying 4K TV's by the way in that when manufacturers describe a TV as 4K you need to establish whether it really is - my first one was 4K but only on one of the HDMI inputs *NOT* on ethernet, USB or SD card.

Quote: If so, resize each track to fit part of the screen

p.p.s I can re-size individual items on a particular track but I don't see how to re-size the track

I said Track, but I meant Image.

I normally think of only a single image on the track when resizing into a grid.

I do not know of any way in PD 11 to copy the clip attributes to other images.

Later versions of Powerdirector have "Copy Keyframe" some but not all attributes are copied. Then can be pasted onto other clips.

So I think it is one at a time.

I know nothing about 4K TV at this time, the only thing I know is it is very early in the game. Plus there is not a lot of 4K content yet.
You are correct, it is not 4K as in 4096 x 2304. Actual size is 3840 x 2160.

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.

I think the answer is going to be that you can't do what I was thinking about.

It would be nice to be able to control the "Canvas size" and then drop media onto it without changing their relative size.

Ho hum.....