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Neil1234 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 20, 2015 04:39 Messages: 4 Offline
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Hi everybody,



I am new to power director and battling my way through the instruction manual. My question is, I'm trying to add some JPEG pictures to my video however as soon as I do the resolution of the images drops right down and they look terrible on the video. Is anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

e Neil
AlS
Senior Member Location: South Africa Joined: Sep 23, 2014 18:07 Messages: 290 Offline
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Hi Neil1234,

Could be several reasons not knowing the resolution of your pics or your PDR13 settings.

I found watching the tutorials a big help to understand the basics. The manual is more for reference than learning.

Try the PDR13 Tutorials here http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/40227.page

Also other members have put a lot of effort into tutorials - try http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/41501.page

PDR13 is easy to use but also very powerful so these tutorials have been a big help to me - as have the forum members.

Enjoy your editing

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Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
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Quote: Hi everybody,



I am new to power director and battling my way through the instruction manual. My question is, I'm trying to add some JPEG pictures to my video however as soon as I do the resolution of the images drops right down and they look terrible on the video. Is anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

e
Hello, welcome to the forum.

AlS gave you two links to tutorials, which are great for learning. As to adding JPEG image to your video is very easy.

Import the Jpeg images to the Powerdirector library, then you have many choices. you can put them inline with your videos or you can overlay your videos with the Jpeg images. Inline, put video and images on track 1. If you want overlay, put videos on Track 1, Images on Track 2. Track 2 overlays track 1. 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.

Dafydd B [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline
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Edit your images in an Image Editor.
a) to localize the area (exact frame size of the video) you want to display in your video.
b) to convert the image from a jpeg to a png.
Just an opinion.
Dafydd
jcardana
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Quote: ...to add some JPEG pictures to my video however as soon as I do the resolution of the images drops right down and they look terrible on the video...
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Neil1234 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 20, 2015 04:39 Messages: 4 Offline
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Thank you everybody for your great input.

The resolution of the image I'm trying to use is 1800 x 2703. Should this be okay? Neil
ynotfish
Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Online
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Hi Neil -

There's no real reason why an 1800x2703 image (~4.9MP) shouldn't look crisp & clean in your video. As Joe said, you may have your preview resolution set low. You can adjust this under the preview screen...



Attached are snapshots taken in PDR's timeline of two photos cropped (in PhD) to those dimensions. They look fine in preview & in the produced file.

I can't vouch for the quality of the JPG snapshots at all. The original cropped JPGs are about 1.4MB & PDR gave me snaps of 100-200kb. Still, they look OK.

Are you able to attach one of your images for testing? That would help resolve whatever the problem is.

Cheers - Tony
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Neil1234 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 20, 2015 04:39 Messages: 4 Offline
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Thank you everybody for your fantastic feedback.

I have followed instructions you guys gave me and found the error of my ways. I simply dragged and dropped the image like Bevan said and bingo, all is good now.

As they always say, easy when you know how! Neil
Neil1234 [Avatar]
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Does anybody know which effect is used for the first 10 second introduction of this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PupzbUKDtEo Neil
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