how do i lighten portions of a video in power director 10

yvonned

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Jun 30, 2020 14:04

this is the version that came with avermedia dvdexmaker 7

PepsiMan

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Jun 30, 2020 16:56

LE version that you have can't; however, you can use Fix/Enhance - Color Adjustment.

Video Adjustment is for a Full version which it'll brighten and darken the areas that are needed automatically.

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yvonned

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Jun 30, 2020 17:07

Quote LE version that you have can't; however, you can use Fix/Enhance - Color Adjustment.

Video Adjustment is for a Full version which it'll brighten and darken the areas that are needed automatically.

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how do i select only the portion I want to adjust?

PepsiMan

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Jun 30, 2020 18:04

you can't. k.
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optodata's method will work... and BarrytheCrab will show you how to on transferring vhs tape to PowerDirector...

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tomasc

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Jun 30, 2020 19:38

Place the cursor at the beginning of the clip on the timeline and do a split where you want the correction to begin. Move the cursor to the end of where you want to correction to end and do a split. You hnow have a center portion of the clip that you highlight and click on Fix/Enhance to do your color or brighness/darkness correction.

optodata

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Jun 30, 2020 21:46

yvonned, I don't think any of the people trying to help here know what you're referring to by "portions" of the video.

Do you mean a scene where all the frames are too dark, or sections where some parts of the screen are too dark? tomasc answered for whole frames but it's more complicated if you want to only brighten certain areas of frames and I don't think a limited edition version will have the right tools.

Look for Gamma in the FX room as that's a quick way to compress/expand the dynamic range of a frame. You might also want to try using a mask and overlay two copies of the same clip to brighten just certain sections of the frame.

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yvonned

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Jul 01, 2020 03:12

Quote you can't. k.
p.s.
optodata's method will work... and BarrytheCrab will show you how to on transferring vhs tape to PowerDirector...

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who is barry the crab and how is he going to show me

PepsiMan

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Jul 01, 2020 04:28

for capturing process we'll reference your 'powerdirector - capture from vhs' thread. there Barry will assist you.

here's some previous posts...
H8 video import
SONY HandyCam Model# DRC-TRV22 Interface Problem with PowerDirector 9
Capture VHS home videos - Copyright Error

for me, i used panni with HDD and dual vhs-HDD vcr.

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