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Hi Josh,
I re-read what you said about the playback speed:
"I do not see a feature that allows me to control the playback speed while I'm adding the keyframes in this window. "
I misunderstood this, thought you were talking about adjusting the final output video speed. I believe the way it is designed is that users would pause the video when adding and adjusting the keyframes. You can use the previous frame/next frame buttons to pick the exact moment you want to add the keyframe. You can also click and drag each keyframe when it is paused to put it in the exact position you want.
David
Hello David,
Yes, you got it right this time about my meaning, this was what I meant also about the volume, not of the final output volume, but just the volume while you edit.
I am aware of the methods you listed above, and I used them in the project you see in the video, however they are sufficient only in theory, and not in practice.
I'll tell you why.
The bigest reason is that if you have tried editing large size videos in high resoloution, or preform complicated opperations with even standard HD video you will see that the program struggles to play back the video correctly and smoothly.
(This is even the case when you scale down the preview output and lower settings)
You can see, even in my video that the video does NOT play back smoothly and the audio is out of sync (sometimes it's severely out of sync)
For this reason it makes it nearly impractical to scrub back and forth like you would expect (and you suggest above) to make accureate precise edits, that will output the way you want after rendering.
When making edits in this mode, you want to effect the "flow" of the video.
This is dependent on context, what comes before and after, to design the "feel" of the entire video.
You simply cannot do this with choppy playback, and it results in much trial and error and unecessary re-edits that makes the program a pain to use.
(seriously, this is more painful than it needs to be, which is why other NLE's include this feature)
I hope I have illustrated this sufficiently, we really, really , really need a way to play back the video slowly and smoothly in order to make quality adjustments. Also a speed up function would be somewhat helpful when you do not wish to watch long clips in real time when making these type of edits.
Reason 2)
Related to the first reason slow replay is needed is due to computer speed.
I am using a very powerful PC 32GB or RAM (yest 32GB!) with fast SSD, CPU, and Graphics cards.
And the program runs into trouble playing back smootly for me!
Many of your customers are on tablets and laptops, the performance will get much, much worse.
A "slow down" rendering feature will give slower hardware time to render intense video clips, and make it usable when it is just frustraiting in full speed.
Like I said, other Non-Linear Editors use this feature for good reason, I was actually surprised that power director did not have it.
I tried to convey this idea in my post on the Wish List forum, hopefully it was clear enough for them to understand my request.
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