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Here are 2 screenshots, first (bottom) is what I click on to "Enable Fade In, Fade Out", second screenshot (top) is the results, with the video being faded in and out, but not the audio, which the software used to do both simultaneously.

Thanks for the screenshots. I never even knew that option was there but I just checked PD365 and PD17 and both show the same result - only fading in/out the video. This is from PD17:



Since PD17 and 19/365 only fade the video I'm wondering why PD18 would have done anything different. The typical way to do audio fading would be to use the Constant Power or Constant Gain audio-only transitions or set volume keyframes, but those require more steps that this option.

Quote Thanks for the screenshots. I never even knew that option was there but I just checked PD365 and PD17 and both show the same result - only fading in/out the video. This is from PD17:



Since PD17 and 19/365 only fade the video I'm wondering why PD18 would have done anything different. The typical way to do audio fading would be to use the Constant Power or Constant Gain audio-only transitions or set volume keyframes, but those require more steps that this option.

This is from PD18. When I upgraded to 18 (Full ver., not really an upgrade), the "Fade In-Out" option worked with both the video and audio, I'm thinking that somewhere in the software upgrades, they dropped the option to only video. That's the problem.
I can manually fade in and out audio, but it was just so much more convenient at the same time.

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This is from PD18. When I upgraded to 18 (Full ver., not really an upgrade), the "Fade In-Out" option worked with both the video and audio, I'm thinking that somewhere in the software upgrades, they dropped the option to only video. That's the problem.
I can manually fade in and out audio, but it was just so much more convenient at the same time.

Hello,

I just tested this in PowerDirector 18 with the September 2019 (first release) build 2028 and with the latest build (2725 patch applied), and the behaviour is the same. i.e. fade in/out option was not changed by the patch updates.

I applied the fade using the same method (right clicking and selecting "Edit Video"). I also tried by applying the fade in the PiP Designer, and got the same result.

Please see attached screenshots.

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So, does anyone have an answer as to why this problem exsists? Is it PD software updates or what? It seems that several have looked into it and found the same thing I have, but there's no reason as to why. FYI: I have uninstalled and reinstalled this software and all patches with no change, same problem.

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Hello,

I just tested this in PowerDirector 18 with the September 2019 (first release) build 2028 and with the latest build (2725 patch applied), and the behaviour is the same. i.e. fade in/out option was not changed by the patch updates.

I applied the fade using the same method (right clicking and selecting "Edit Video"). I also tried by applying the fade in the PiP Designer, and got the same result.

Please see attached screenshots.

Cheers
PowerDirector Moderator

Quote So, does anyone have an answer as to why this problem exsists? Is it PD software updates or what? It seems that several have looked into it and found the same thing I have, but there's no reason as to why. FYI: I have uninstalled and reinstalled this software and all patches with no change, same problem.

Hi,
I'm not sure what is going on for you.

As far as I can tell, the menu item Rt Click>Edit Video>Enable Fade-in and Fade-out was first implemented in PDR15, and it has only ever applied a fade in/out to the video component.

I've tested on PDR12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19/365.

Transitions placed between clips will have both a video and an audio fade, and a further audio fade choice can be made between Constant Volume and Constant Gain, as has been mentioned.

Cheers
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