How to place a title slide before video in beginning of video

Dave

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Apr 02, 2009 10:35

How do you place a title slide before ANY video? It only allows me to place the title slide merged with the video.

Dafydd B

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

Apr 02, 2009 10:49

Ah Dave,

This is a question raised on the forum a number of times. Always use the search capability of the forum and you'll often find an answer.

Place a color board at the start of the video track - a black or any colour you like. Stretch it to what you need and then add the Title.

Have a look here:
PD7 - image/tip guide resource for video editors
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/3522.page

PD7 - VIDEO guide resource for video editors
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/3523.page

Dafydd

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-Jim-

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Apr 04, 2009 19:41

Dafydd,

Thanks.

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Regards,

Jim

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-Jim-

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Apr 04, 2009 19:42

Dafydd,

Is there a simple way to not have this slide become the first chapter (like move the first chapter point further along after it's created)?

I read something about having to create a separate intro video sequence that gets pasted onto the front just prior to making the DVD. That seems a bit too involved.

Thanks for the assist.

Regards,

Jim

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OCZ 448 Gig SSD (for OS and related Video Editing Programs)
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LG's HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 Blu ray Burner
Samsung SH-S223F 16x DVD Burner
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Dafydd B

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

Apr 05, 2009 02:37

In PD7 the first chapter sets by default at the beginning of the video - no actual workaround for that. BUT... always a but... you can set the thumbnail that appears in the DVD menu for the chapters so you don't have a black screen start.

Also there is an option to use a video clip as the first movie, this is set when creating the DVD menu. It's not too involved because it can be a video you've specifically created as the intro movie. For example it could be a resume of what's to come in simple one second flash display. Once rendered this intro movie just needs you to call upon it to add to your DVD.

Video Editing should really be done in small batches of video and then brought back in to carry out the final match up - not in one huge hit.

Does that help?

Dafydd

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-Jim-

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Apr 05, 2009 18:22

Dafydd,

Thanks for the sad news

=> I was afraid of that.

I guess I'll have to get used to carving a Project into chunks and then this won't be an issue. Regards,

Jim

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LG's HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 Blu ray Burner
Samsung SH-S223F 16x DVD Burner
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