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See if the attached pds using PD18 sample files is at all what you are describing and maybe gives you some ideas. It's unclear to me if you want your left and right alternating clips to fade in and take up full screen or just stay scaled on left or right side. The sample pds has both.
Jeff
Thats what I'm looking for. A great start. Thx
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You can give a link to an example video to show users here what you want.
Unfortunately I dont have an example to give.
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Hi,
I have over 100, 20-25 second video clips I would like to have popped up on the screen alternating between left and right. So the first will fade in on the left and start. Toward the end the second will fade in on the right and begin playing when the first is done. Then the first will fade out and the third fade in. And so on.
I will show an ongoing video in the background. I know how to do chroma key but not the alternating popups. I would appreciate being pointed in the right direction.
I have Powerdirector 18.
thx
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Hi, I have 15-20 video clips that I want to split into segments and then use the segments to create my video.....there might be 30-35 segemnts when I'm done.
Once I take a clip and put it in the timeline and split it...say into 3 segments, is there a way of saving the 3 segments back into the media content area so I can use the segments later?
If I leave all the segments in the timeline it becomes a mess.
I have PD13.
thx
Yes, you can do this.
Split your clips as you want. Then with them next to each other on the timeline go to the top of the timeline scrubber and you will see little yellow/orange triangles - click on the left one and drag it to the start of your first clip. Now drag the right hand one to the end of you clips (your clips should now be highlighted in yellow/orange). Then click on "Produce Range" just above the timeline. This will take you to the PRODUCE page - set this up as you wish and then click start. When you go back to the edit page your saved clips will be automatically placed in the Media Room for you to use when you want. You can now remove the original clips from th timeline.
I hope this helps you
Robert
Unfortunately the clip segments are random till the last stage when I organize them. Also I would be rinterim-rendering the segments which I would rather not do till the final product.
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Hi, I have 15-20 video clips that I want to split into segments and then use the segments to create my video.....there might be 30-35 segemnts when I'm done.
Once I take a clip and put it in the timeline and split it...say into 3 segments, is there a way of saving the 3 segments back into the media content area so I can use the segments later?
If I leave all the segments in the timeline it becomes a mess.
I have PD13.
thx
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Thanks Tony, the final video is too long to split and deal with...unfortunately. Perhaps someone else might have a solution or has hacked the xml files in the directory.
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Hi, I finally got around to using thr Chromokey technique and it works really well....thx
A related question, for the Frozen Space slideshow template, what controls the duration of the show....can it be speeded up?
thx
So I have read how to produce a video from the slideshow and then slow it down...easy enough. What I would really like to do is change the parameters of the Frozen Space style so that the moving around of the pictures is sped up while the display of each picture stays the same....this would speed up the duration. Theres lots of description on changing the background of this style by going into the directory, but not on changing the durations. Has anyone hacked any of the other files in this directory?
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Hi, I finally got around to using thr Chromokey technique and it works really well....thx
A related question, for the Frozen Space slideshow template, what controls the duration of the show....can it be speeded up?
thx
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Tony's solution is based on Chromakey. Are there any other ways of doing this?
thx
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Hi Tony, I am a PDTools subscriber. Where do I look in PDTools. Your examples are what I'm looking for.
thx
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Hi, I have PD 13. Is it possible to use something like a postcard style with a video clip running as background rather than a solid background. Just need to know where to start.
thx....
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...the quality is almost as good as Blu-ray.....
I think its the same quality. In the past I have created a set of Bluray files on my harddrive then written them to a DVD disc. On my Bluray player the disc played as AVCHD.
cheers.....
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You could break the original video up into sections where each section would be between your adjustments to the camera to re-centre the moon. Then use Magic Motion to track the moon in each section. Use a quick fade between sections.
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Here's a thread from a while ago...it helped me...
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/18577.page#96213
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I ran a little PD9 Processing benchmark and monitored my system. Its a 4 minute video with 3 H.264 videos in and one H.264 out...all 1080x1920i. I ran it twice, once using all the GPU selections turned on and once without any GPU selections. These are averages after PD9 had got up to speed. System idol numbers are also listed.
I can't figure out how to do a table here so the results are in the attached file.... 
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I talked to a store where I've bought computers in the past (I currently have a Dell) and the guy there said utilization doesn't affect the MTBF of the processor.
I also did some searching around the Intel site and it looks like heat can affect MTBF so if you don't have adequate cooling then that can cause pre mature failure. Processors also have the ability to shut themselves down pretty quick if they get too hot.
WRT efficient programming, PD9 utilizes all cores so I would say thats efficient. Its well document the resources necessary to render HD....
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My computer is an I7 with 8 gb of ram. If I'm rendering HD material and not using the GPU, then all processors run between 90 and 100 %. If I use the GPU then they run at a much much lower rate. The higher the % the faster the fan(s) run. This can take some time if the project is large. I've used other video editing software that behaves the same.
So I think this is normal for rendering HD but I've never heard running at 100% for long periods of time is harmfull to the computer. Is there any proof anywhere?
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Just to throw my 2 cents in here.
This error is the only real problem I've been having with PD9. I run on an I7 with 8 gigs and lots of available disc space. I've completed a few projects and have created HD discs with and w/o menus, w/o problems.
The problem is when I create DVDs with menus....then I get this error. I always write the files to disc first to check them, and use other software to burn a disc. I would get this error at the end of the Final Output phase. All files would be created except the menu VOB which would be 0.
I originally found that PD9 ran better if I turned off all GPU processing in the Tools Panel. When it came to creating discs, I disabled the Hardware Encoder on the Final Output Panel.
I played around with DVDs with menus with very short projects and accidentally found that if I enabled the Hardware Encoder on the Final Output Panel then the Create Disc (in my case files on the hard drive) phase would complete...no ec003.... error.
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Okay, so the answer seems to be Yes. Download the full trial and they will work together.
Another question, what does this
"H.264 encode only on Windows 7 OS or specifc hardware "
mean....from the trial restrictions page?
thx
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I have PD 9 and am happy with the product. I'm interested in trying out PD 10 but don't want to lose PD 9 during the 30 day free period. So I has thinking I would try the full PD 10 version for 30 days and then remove it and either stay with PD 9 or upgrade tp PD 10 at that time. I understand if I download the upgrade version of PD 10 then I lose PD 9.
So can this be done?
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