Messages posted by thealtkey

Quote: I know what you are saying, but if you click on the top of the timeline instead of on the timeline itself, it will stay in movie mode. If you click on a clip, it will switch to clip, but if you click on a blank space in the timeline it should switch back to movie mode.

That's doesn't solve your problem, but it does make it a little easier to work with.

It does help me understand what the heck is going on though, so thank you for that.

It just gets tiring having to keep switching between clip and movie mode all the time. It would be a HUGE help if it just stayed in whichever mode you had selected, or at least if we had an option to change the default behavior. I just can't see the logic in how clicking the precision time scale on top of the timeline would select an entire clip.

Ah well, at least there's the PG UP and PG DN keys. I guess I'll just try to get more comfortable using those for now, among other keyboard shortcuts.

Meh, sorry for ranting. I really do like this program a lot, which is why its few small hangups frustrate me so much.

Just out of curiosity, is preview/UI performance any better in the full (Deluxe) version than in the trial?

Thanks for listening to my mania.

Hi. I'm currently using the trial version of PowerDirector 9, and I have a few thoughts I'd like to share.

If I click on or inside a video clip on the timeline, go ahead and select the clip for preview. That's cool.

However, if I click a specific point in the timeline, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE I WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO STARTING FROM THAT POINT. OTHERWISE, I WOULD HAVE SELECTED A CLIP.

Furthermore, when the preview is playing and I click another point on the timeline, PLEASE DO NOT STOP PLAYING THE VIDEO, THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED YOU TO DO.

I'm just sayin'.

Look, I think this is a great program overall, but the devil is in the details, and I'm finding it pretty hard to justify spending the money on a video production app that doesn't make me feel very productive.

Any usability tips, feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.