PD Ultra Build 8.00.2220 -- Most Fix / Enhance FX don't work; neither does split screen preview

lingyai

Newbie Joined: Nov 14, 2009 12:30 Messages: 10 Offline

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Nov 15, 2009 17:57

Last week I paid for a download version of PD Ultra, Build 8.00.2220.

One of the main things which sold me was the promised Video Enhancement -- you know, the TrueTheater technology which is advertised as a leading feature.

Well, after testing on a variety of less-than-optimal clips in various formats (AVI, MPEG, WMV) I am pretty sure the following do not work:

FIXES:

--Lighting Adjustment (whther Extreme Backlight is checked or not)
-- Stabilizer
-- Video Denoise

ENHANCEMENTS

-- Video Enhancement

When I say they don't work, I mean that when I move the slider to any position, I see no change whatsoever in the display when the clip is playing , whether working on single or dual monitor mode; there is also no change in the rendered movie. Whereas I DO see changes when I move the sliders for the Color Adjustment and White Balance.

I also don't see a split screen preview when I check that option.

Shame -- this company video showing all these features in action got me excited enough to buy the prgram:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prCpr-SRZ7g

Does anyone know whether these can be made to work?

I am running Windows XP SP3 with an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 ghz CPU and 2 GB of RAM.

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Cap'n Kevin

Senior Contributor Location: Chebeague Island, Maine Joined: Dec 26, 2008 20:22 Messages: 2011 Offline

Nov 15, 2009 19:04

lingyai,

Hey we meet again!! Nice to see you. I know exactly what you are talking about, the same thing happened to me when I upgraded to the most recent build.

Some of the enhancements were not visibly working and the SPLIT SCREEN when enabling Stabilization wasn't turning either.

I followed the instructions in this link and was back in good order after I reinstalled PD8 Build 2220. I hope you will be too. Follow the instructions in PART C of the link.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page

Good Luck and let us know how you make out.

Kevin

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lingyai

Newbie Joined: Nov 14, 2009 12:30 Messages: 10 Offline

Nov 15, 2009 19:20

Thanks Kevin. It's a bit late over here but I will try this tomorrow. Although I'm a nit nervous about editing my registry -- I'm a total newbie when it comes to that. Provided I follow the directions to a T, could anything go wrong which couuld damage my system? It seem like a strange thing for a company to ask its customers to do...

Cap'n Kevin

Senior Contributor Location: Chebeague Island, Maine Joined: Dec 26, 2008 20:22 Messages: 2011 Offline

Nov 15, 2009 19:29

It was very simple to do:

You could try just uninstalling and reinstalling first then if that doesn't work then edit the registry, then do another uninstall reinstall. I am not that savvy with computers either, but I followed the steps and had good results.

Good Luck,

Kevin

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Xerox

Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Aug 09, 2009 01:36 Messages: 446 Offline

Nov 15, 2009 20:20

See the last three posts on page 3 of the following thread:

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/8466.page

I give easy steps that will show you how to work around this problem.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Online

Nov 15, 2009 20:25

Hi lingyai -

Nothing can go wrong if you follow the instructions Kevin indicated... yes - to a T!

If you really feel unsure, you can use some software that will do all that for you. Some that I've used are:

Revo Uninstaller (freeware) http://www.revouninstaller.com/
Windows Install Cleanup (freeware) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Absolute Uninstaller (freeware) http://www.glarysoft.com/absolute-uninstaller/

Cheers - Tony
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Cap'n Kevin

Senior Contributor Location: Chebeague Island, Maine Joined: Dec 26, 2008 20:22 Messages: 2011 Offline

Nov 15, 2009 20:50

Xerox,

You beat me to it!! very interesting reading.....oh that was a stretch!!

But this appears to be right on the money!!

Kevin

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lingyai

Newbie Joined: Nov 14, 2009 12:30 Messages: 10 Offline

Nov 16, 2009 02:57

Thanks y'all -- will give it a go

lingyai

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Nov 21, 2009 03:37

Which other issues?

lingyai

Newbie Joined: Nov 14, 2009 12:30 Messages: 10 Offline

Nov 21, 2009 09:23

Bummer. I'm beginning to think the only way, perhaps, to prod this company to lose its bugginess is to write some full and frank reviews on Amazon.

Having said that -- and certainly not to indicate any lack of sympathy with your problems -- I don't use it for burning or HD -- so your problems would not affect me. I'm mainly interested in using it for various enhancements / FX on clips, which I then export (as standard definition avi files) for arranging in / burning from a more reliable program (my ancient Premiere Elements 1). So I guess I'm asking, in addition to the two problems you've mentioned, are there any others, of the sort which would effect me?