The transition applied slides to the left. When an overlay transition is used that is normal because you move the second clip to the left which shortens the total duration of two videos so you see both video at the same time during the transition.

You can also set the transition behavior to cross or overlap in Preferences so you don’t have to click Modify on each and every transition to change it.

Here is a short tutorial on transitions that shows the difference between the crossfade and the overlap, as well as other elements.
--JIm

Quote The transition applied slides to the left. When an overlay transition is used that is normal because you move the second clip to the left which shortens the total duration of two videos so you see both video at the same time during the transition.

You can also set the transition behavior to cross or overlap in Preferences so you don’t have to click Modify on each and every transition to change it.

Tomasc I'm glad you mentioned this. I knew about setting the preferences and did so when I first started using Power Director. However, I thought I had selected Cross versus Lap, and found the other selected instead. Thank you for the help. Complexity is primarily an illusion. It disappears with Knowledge.

Quote Here is a short tutorial on transitions that shows the difference between the crossfade and the overlap, as well as other elements.
--JIm

JimIowa thank you for your input. I've been helped a great deal by watching Sharper Turtle videos and appreciate them very much. I obviously missed the one you mentioned here and will take care of that as soon as I finish this note to you. Thanks for the help. Complexity is primarily an illusion. It disappears with Knowledge.

Glad you've been helped. If you encounter any issues not in the tutorials, let me know.

Here is a link to a clilckable PDF listing of the current ones for PowerDirector.

--Jim

Quote Glad you've been helped. If you encounter any issues not in the tutorials, let me know.

Here is a link to a clilckable PDF listing of the current ones for PowerDirector.

--Jim

Thank you for the PDF list of videos. I had begun making a list of your tutorials a few weeks ago and collecting the videos. This list will be a great help to get the knowledge I need to learn Power Director. My background is 25 years of using Adobe Premiere Pro, and this is a bit of a change. Now I just need a few weeks of free time to watch them all. Which I will do.

Finally figured out how to do, what Premiere Pro users call "a Walk By." It's where a tree, or pole, or truck. or anything which goes from the bottom of the screen all the way to the top is used in a transition. The scene behind the moving object is different than what was in front of it. Haven't seen a tutorial of that yet, but managed to figure it out with some help from this forum. Complexity is primarily an illusion. It disappears with Knowledge.

Sounds like you are growing exponentially in your understanding of PowerDirector. Thanks for the word on the "walk by" transition as well.

--Jim