Videos Play Properly from Media Library, But Squish when put into Timeline

Forum Index » PowerDirector (previous versions)

12oyceX

Newbie Joined: Sep 23, 2015 11:42 Messages: 1 Offline

Solved by

Sep 23, 2015 11:49

When I am taking video from my phone and attempting to put it into my timeline, they automatically squish by adding black bars to the top and bottom although they play perfectly while in the media library. Sometimes, when inputting them into my timeline they start by appearing normal, but once I add any edit, like adding in a title, they will squish once again. What is happening here? I have tried changing aspect ratio of my project, but this still occurs.


Filename	Screenshot 2015-09-23 11.38.25.png	Download
Description	Normal clip
Filesize	455 Kbytes
Downloaded:	33 time(s)


Filename	Screenshot 2015-09-23 11.38.33.png	Download
Description	Squished
Filesize	437 Kbytes
Downloaded:	36 time(s)

Anja the Dane

Contributor Location: Denmark (North of Copenhagen) Joined: Mar 03, 2011 15:02 Messages: 347 Offline

Sep 23, 2015 16:20

hi,
This is because PD is working with aspect ratio 16: 9 and / or 4: 3, and your image is portrait (maybe 9:16) If you take pictures with your phone horizontally rather than vertically, it will certainly fit when you put it into the timeline .

With portrait pictures he can put more images next to each other, like in the attachment.

Or you can choose to show part of the picture (in relation to the aspect ratio you selected in Preferences) eg with Magic Motion.

Cheers, Anja


Filename	side by side 2.jpg	Download
Description	two portrait images
Filesize	102 Kbytes
Downloaded:	25 time(s)

PDR 14.0.4207.0 / Windows 10 64-bit / Asus / Intel i7-4790 3.60 GHz / 16GB RAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / DirectX 12

Cyberlink.com uses analytical cookies and other tracking technologies to offer you the best possible user experience. By using our website, you acknowledge and agree to our cookie policy. For more information on cookies or changing your cookies settings, read CyberLink’s Cookie Policy.