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Hi Tony
Well, its onwards and upwards while the old brain can still absorb a few things still, I seem to have a vertical learning curve!
So, success at last! Armed with the above snapshots, I could see what should be happening but wasn't. The manual said, but I may have missed the important part, that I should drag the transition onto the join of two clips (words to that effect) but I didn't see anything about expanding the timeline. So, all I was getting was the 'open hand', nothing else, but expanding the timeline 'enabled' the views you show above (or similar). So simple really, but if it didn't say that in the manual then maybe it should have! I'm quite happy to say that I may well have missed it so it would be nice to know if something about expanding the timeline before adding transitions was in the manual.
As I used to write technical manuals many years ago I was expecting to be told what to do in a 'noddy guide' way, because everyone learns at a different pace so the more explanation given, the easier it is for tyros like me!
Thanks again Tony, for your help. Sadly, it may not be the last time I need help though. ;(
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Hi Tony
Thanks for the 'hand' response, at least I now know what should be showing. I tried the space between clips out of desperation!
Thanks also for the clips although they didn't help with the transitions. No matter what I do, the transitions just do not 'take'. Should they show up on the timeline if I expand it? If so, there is no sign of any. If they are meant to show, are they like a thumbnail or what? I'm getting so frustrated with this as I can't progress at all!
Does a clip need to be selected first before dragging a transition, although I have tried that with no success.
Thank you for your patience, it isn't easy when I'm getting on for 80!
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I'm obviously doing something wrong here. I select a transition and drag it to the join between two clips. I also tried making a gap between clips, but whatever I do all I see is the transition working in the preview window but when I play over the end of one clip into the next clip the transition doesn't appear.
When I drag the transtion, I get the 'open hand' symbol. Is that correct? I've also been looking everywhere for the list of symbols ans what they mean but without success. Can someone please point me towards them?
Still very much a newb here but making some progress, just want to get deeper into PD. I don't find the tutorials particularly helpful though!
Thank you.
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Hi, and thanks for fast response.
Sorry, where are the startup settings?
Loading last project
Autoload last project, Autosave Project
Yes, I removed PD7 (installed by HP when I bought the
laptop) using Revo Uninstaller. Revo also removed PD9,
hence the re-install!
In this project, all mpeg2 clips.
I notice in Services that there are two Richvideo entries.
One in X86 Program Files (must be left over from PD7
removal), that was set to Auto and I have now disabled it,
and another entry in Program Files (64 bit). That is set to
Auto but stopped, but when I try to start it I get a
message to say it cannot start Richvideo64, error2.
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Whenever I start PD9 I get a message asking if I want To launch RichVideo and that it is not installed on my system. Should it
have been installed with the program, or is this normal behaviour? If I say No to Launch, PD9 won't start up. If I do Launch,
everything seems fine.
Just wondering, as I assumed it would launch automatically.
Thanks.
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Nina
What build of PDR9 do you have?
Did you instal over PDR, or remove the previous version?
I find all this very odd and time wasting!
But at least I no longer get the ads.
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I did try that change (Hosts file), but that didn't stop the ads.
Blocking PDR9 in Norton has stopped the ads but I assume I
won't get automatic updates. That's OK. I can check
manually anyway, which is what I did to get the update to 2930.
At least I'm not irritated by these pop-ups any more!
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OK. More testing.
Remove LAN cable - no internet. Ads stopped.
Went into Norton IS. found four PDR references. Blocked all of them. No ads.
Turned back on one at a time - found that PDR9.exe is the one that stopped the ads!
I needed to close PDR each time and restart it for the changes in Norton to be seen.
Someone here had already suggested this but I must have turned off the wrong PDR (I also have PDR 7 in my x86 folder). So yes, it can be done and Cyberlink are somewhat economical with the truth?
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I took this up with Cyberlink and this is their response:
"I understand your concern related with CyberLink PowerDirector 9 Ultra and you want to stop the advertisements.
In regards to your issue, I regret to inform you that these advertisements cannot be removed as the software is designed in the same way."
Presumably, 'built-in' .
So how come some people are able to stop the ads?
I did wonder that installing the purchased copy of PD9 over the trial version may have led to this problem, but short of removing everything and doing a clean install I'm at a loss. I did also discover that there was an update to version 2930, which I installed. I wonder if all the ads come from that, or they were in my puchased copy to start with. I can't remember what that build number was.
I would not have purchased had I known ads would be splattered over everything I did with PD9!
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I'm confused now! Others are saying that they have blocked this content and now they no longer get the ads. But you are saying they are built into PD9 and don't arrive via the internet. I notice also that the ads show in Preferences and Burning as well as Producing.
Sorry, but I'm lost!
In any case, I think it is wrong for Cyberlink to do this. I don't see even Microsoft doing the same when someone is working on a spreadsheet whatever.
I can ignore this stuff if I have to but I'm annoyed that it is there at all.
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Thanks for all the replies. Surely Cyberlink could play users videos or even tutorials if they thought we needed to be entertained while waiting for rendering to finish, rather than trying to sell us what we have already bought?
Anyway, I tried the Host file fix, that didn't work. I then told Norton to block PD9 and that failed also.
I guess I will just have to turn my laptop round so I can't see the screen!
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I have bought and paid for Power Director 9 64 bit Win 7 Home.
When I am 'producing' a file prior to burning a DVD I am getting continual advertising, exhorting me to buy PD9, which I already have!
How do I stop this rubbish? It is distracting and annoying. I might expect it in a trial version but not a fully paid version.
Is there ANY way to turn it off?
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Doh!
Of course, right click on photo in timeline, select edit in Photonow. Same as Wave editor.
Can you tell I'm a newbie with PD?!
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I've just installed PD9 Ultra 64 and I'm looking for Photonow. Is it integral with PD9 only I can't find how to access it. It looks like it installed as I can see it on my C: drive but how do I get to it?
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I realise now that I omitted some crucial information.
When my recorded clips showed as NTSC when I assumed they would be PAL, I had the Lumix camera set to record MPEG2 clips which I had thought was a PAL function.
Then, when I said I had seen that PD would convert the file to PAL I had been recording the clips using AVCHD Lite on the camera which shows as 50fps.
Because my Sony DVD recorder won't play AVCHD I then needed to burn to a DVD-Video disk for the Sony to play it.
Apologies for omissions, newbie you see!
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Making progress I think. Although I still cannot see how I can change the camera settings to PAL from NTSC (I'm waiting to hear from Panasonic) I followed advice here and discovered that Power Director will, after importing NTSC clips, allow me to convert the edited output to PAL which will give me what I wanted.
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Here is the video clip, properties say 30fps which I take it is NTSC?
I bought the camera in the UK and I assumed (!) that it would be a PAL format, or at least selectable.
Thanks for assistance!
Windows7 HP 64 bit
HP Pavilion DV6-2113SA
4GB RAM
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I'm using the trial version of PD9 De Luxe v 9.0.0.2701. If I record a few short video clips on my PanasonicLumix TZ10 then import the clips into Power Director a message comes up 'The clips you dragged to the workspace contain one or more video clips with a NTSC format'. It offers to convert the clips with some loss of quality.
I'm reasonably sure that the camera is set to PAL in the Video Out setop options. What am I doing wrong please?
Thank you.
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The thing was, I tried Corel Video Studio and Pinnacle Video Spin and they both detected the media on the card and imported it, yet Power Director can't. That was what I meant about standardization!
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It would be nice if there was some sort of 'standardization' of camera behaviour!
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