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Aspect Ratio Changes Automatically on a project
CPH54a [Avatar]
Newbie Location: Sheffield, England Joined: Jan 17, 2011 09:15 Messages: 15 Offline
[Post New] Aug 25, 2017 18:33
I am using PD 14 and previously used PD 9 so have been a used for a number of years. In my surrect project I have a problem with changing aspect ratios.

I have PD set to 16:9 aspect ratio on home page. I am making slide presentations of scanned 35mm slides. The project is set to 16:9 ratio. I import the images place them on the time line, adjust the shape proportionally to the TV aspect limits and save the file. Everything is good. When I re-open the file despite the home page setting still being 16:9 and the project working page also being set to 16:9 on importation the aspect ratio on the working page changes to 4:3 and all the images adjust. If I now change the aspect ratio back to 16:9 the images will need major adjustment and if I use " set clip attributes " to reset the images to 16:9 they are out of proportion to the 35mm image sizing. How can I save the original working 16:9 image so that it re-opens still at 16:9 with the images as I have adjusted them. David
The Shadowman
Senior Contributor Location: UK Joined: Dec 15, 2014 13:06 Messages: 1831 Offline
[Post New] Aug 26, 2017 13:37
Quote I am using PD 14 and previously used PD 9 so have been a used for a number of years. In my surrect project I have a problem with changing aspect ratios.

I have PD set to 16:9 aspect ratio on home page. I am making slide presentations of scanned 35mm slides. The project is set to 16:9 ratio. I import the images place them on the time line, adjust the shape proportionally to the TV aspect limits and save the file. Everything is good. When I re-open the file despite the home page setting still being 16:9 and the project working page also being set to 16:9 on importation the aspect ratio on the working page changes to 4:3 and all the images adjust. If I now change the aspect ratio back to 16:9 the images will need major adjustment and if I use " set clip attributes " to reset the images to 16:9 they are out of proportion to the 35mm image sizing. How can I save the original working 16:9 image so that it re-opens still at 16:9 with the images as I have adjusted them.


David

Not sure what's going on here, but the source of the scanned images may be the problem. Are you able to transfer the images to a folder on your hard drive before you edit. Load them to your timeline and use "crop image" to make a clip as you want it. Then highlight the first clip, right click, and select copy keyframe attributes. Now highlight the rest of the images, right click, and select paste keyframe attributes. These images should now be the PowerDirector 14 Cropped images folder.

So start your project again and load the images from the cropped Images folder and they should be as you made them. Each time you open your project, PD will take the images from the same folder, so they SHOULD maintain their format.

I hope this works for you

EDIT: If you have previously cropped the images they may already be in the Cropped Image folder. Have a look, if they are, load them from there and skip the above

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Aug 26. 2017 14:05

Panny TM10, GH2, GH4,
CPH54a [Avatar]
Newbie Location: Sheffield, England Joined: Jan 17, 2011 09:15 Messages: 15 Offline
[Post New] Aug 26, 2017 18:28
Thanks for your advice. I will open up PD and follow your advice tomorrow. I will let you know the results.

David David
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