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Great post PDUser.. especially the last paragraph
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Wait a sec.. what about SmartFit? that does a pretty good job.. I've crammed like 11.5 gigs on a 8.5 gig DVD disc using that.
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Yeah but with all the bugs, PD9 is still the best bang for the buck. Consider the alternatives for Windows. For Mac there is iMovie which I guess is pretty good. The professionals use Final Cut Pro, which I think is Mac again, but I think it's a $1,000 program. Then there is Adobe After Effects, etc.. but it's a $800 program! Then there is PD9 with all its flaws.. but $70.00. I'm not a rich person, so PD9 works perfect for what I need. I've produced tons of movies using the PowerDirector series, and I'm happy with it.
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Yep happens to me too.. essentially the fade transitions go haywire. One time it works.. then the next time I preview it, it goes black, then plays the last 1 sec of the clip (which originally should have went black). Then I'll delete the transition, re-insert it, then it works fine. In production it seems to render the correct transition.. but one time I produced the movie, and it produced the messed up fades! I just chalk it up as an another bug in PD9.
What's really bizarre is track 1. Have you noticed bugs on Track 1? For example, after the first 50 minutes of a movie file, the Track 1 Audio button shuts down the program (at least in mine it does). In other words, I'm working in my movie at, say, 55 minutes. I want to increase the audio on one of my video clips on Track 1, and I'll try to increase it in the audio mixing room, and then it shuts down the program! But before about 55 minutes (or so) it works fine! Another one is copying/pasting video clips and titles on Track 1. It will shift all the other clips from each other on the same track (the audio/video will shift from each other).. but it doesn't do that on track 2! But I think that's a well-known bug.
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Nope it doesn't give better quality. I actually thought it gave worse quality in my opinion. So everybody, you don't need to use those buttons.
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Well I guess I'll just try it then. I'll come back here and write it down if anybody is interested in this.
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But by default, the speed/quality indicator is set to 6. What if it's set to 7? Would it be better quality video then?
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In producing my videos, there are some advanced options available. By default, they aren't checked.. but should I check them?
What is Smoothing?
What is Noise Removal?
And then what is speed/quality indicator?
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The workaround in this scenario is my normal mode of editing. I don't see another option. What's the other option?
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FredB, here is my DxDiag file... it appears I'm using Direct X 11.
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Some of the movies I'm producing lets me check the SVRT box for production, and sometimes the box is grayed out for other movies. What's the rule of thumb usually? For example:
.pds file 1: 1 hour long, lets me check the SVRT box
.pds file 2: 1 hour long, the SVRT box is grayed out.
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What I like to do is place a blank track above Track 1, so that when I need to delete items from the project and not make anything move, I simply drag the unwanted clips up into the blank track and then delete. In other words, if I have an hour movie going, and need to simply shorten a title track half way through, I don't delete anything from my main movie track, because that shifts the main track, but nothing else.. even linking all tracks seems to mess up too. I just move the title track to the blank track, shorten it up, and then move it back down.
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Yep, this problem happens to me too. I have .pds files that I've worked on for 5 months now, and sometimes when I open them, they shut down my program at that magic 80% - for some reason, at 80% it acts different. I keep trying and trying and finally get them to open. Doesn't happen all the time, but it did happen last night.. and after the 6th try, the file finally opened. One time a file never did open, so I had to go to the automatic backup saved files in C drive (where PD saves them automatically) and open it... and that seems to work if everything else fails.
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Even when you produce the movie it does this? Usually when you're using the program there is some lag (mine does a little of this too) because of high-def clips, CPU usage, memory, etc.. but when it's rendered usually it's flawless.
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You switched from Adobe? Like Adobe After Effects and those cool programs? They seem awesome to use, but also like $700.
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I can't seem to get the right volume for my video clips and music in my videos. Some of the music is really loud and my videos soft.. so I turn down the music, and then the music is soft and the videos are right. Sometimes I have to turn up the audio to 100% to my videos which match the music.. but then when it's burned to DVD, the audio is always blaring during playback. I know that when DVD's are burned, they usually play back the audio louder than what is heard during editing.
So is there a general rule usually? For example, have the music at 25, and the video volume at 75? I know it depends on every video and music, but what about general rules to apply.
How do you guys handle it when you edit your videos?
- Jonathan
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Alrighty then.. here's one of my latest works..
http://www.schooltube.com/video/802e449268fbfe635503/Old-Film-Test
This was a section I extracted off my end-of-year DVD for my 5th/6th grade class. I make a DVD-memory every year for my class. I made it using PD 9.
In this one I try out the Old Movie effects.
- J
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Oh wait.. you are using PD 8? You can't unlink clips with that version.. in that case, you have to 'extract audio' from that split clip and mute that split section. Then insert your own audio into a separate audio track.
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You do a series of video splits. At the exact point you want the original audio gone, you split the video at that point. And then you keep going until you are done with the portions where you want silent. Then you do another split. Then you 'unlink' that split portion (with the original audio) and delete the audio. Then you have a hole where the audio is suppose to be.. then you put in your own audio. Does that make sense?
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wait a sec.. what's that? Less than 1 hour makes a difference.. then it will burn? One of my projects I have is 1 hour and 30 minutes. Then how can you fill up a dual-layer DVD then? Because they can hold over 2 hours or more.
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