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Thanks for the information. I'd say if you have to do that, it's an issue; certainly more of an issue than simply putting the video on Vimeo.
The incident that really ticked me off was when my uncle died last year. In the hours after he passed, I spent much of the night putting together a video tribute so it would be up and available for our large extended family to watch in the morning. I was really pleased with how it turned out---only to have YouTube put its ad on the video and totally destroy the mood. Yes, you can click and get rid of the ad. But by then, it has become an unwanted distraction.
I hurried up and posted it on Vimeo (which I should have done in the first place), and the family really liked it.
I just wish there were a simple way to, once and for all, get YouTube to understand that I am a SmartSound customer and just leave me alone.
Kevin
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Hi, Neil. YouTube will sometimes hassle you for using music like Classical Gas. At minimum, you can get a popup ad on your video, which can ruin the mood for viewers. Heck, YouTube will sometimes do that even to SmartSound tracks.
If you ever decide that you'd like to be able to share videos over the internet, I would suggest a Vimeo account. There's less of that BS there.
Kevin
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I'm not seeing anything too bad there. Barry made a number of very good general observations about the factors that come into play. You'd be surprised how sometimes it's a matter of finding the right combination of equipment, settings on the camera, settings in the NLE, technique, etc.
For example, there are numerous options in the Produce section, such as a drop-down menu with various settings of MP4. Play around with things like that.
Kevin
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I can view the video now, Ronnie, but would you care to tell me what I'm supposed to be seeing?
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Works well. Thanks.
Kevin
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When I try to watch the video, it's listed as private and will not play.
Kevin
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There's got to be a better way for SmartSound to handle this other than telling us that maybe we should use Vimeo.
Kevin
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Well, now you're just making me blush.
Seriously, that's some nice work, as usual.
Kevin
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If you're trying to understand the quirks in this program, you'll end up in a padded cell. But we still love it, don't we?
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Tony, I hope nothing I wrote was coming across as confrontational or in any way criticizing how you do things. I'd bet good money that people could watch my editing and question half the things I do. (They'd probably be right.)
I was sincerely trying to figure out if there are advantages to the custom path. Actually, one minor one I found is that it gives you the little green rotation dot in the middle of the screen, whereas in my suggestion the dot is too high to see and you have to drag the clip down.
Speaking of that dot, that is actually how I was rotating the picture. When you do it that way (going the custom path route), the image plays at 45 degrees from the start. Doing it your way, the image starts upright and immediately begins its rotation. In both cases, it is not what we wanted. But the difference is interesting.
Again, there was and is absolutely no disrespect intended. I admire all that you contribute here, and you have forgotten more about editing than I'll ever know.
Kevin
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Hi, Tony. So, if I'm understanding you right, you selected the custom path, rather than skip that step as I did, because you like to be consistent about walking the viewer through the Motion tab step. Got it.
My follow-up would be, is there a situation where the custom path is advantageous? While we're at it, what is the point of there being a custom path, since all it means is that we keyframe the position, scale, etc., as we would by avoiding the Motion tab altogether?
In fact, messing around just now, I find a little oddity that comes up when going through the Motion tab and custom path. Line up two pictures as you did in the Custom Transition Reveal video, overlapping. Click on the first picture and go to PiP Designer. Skip the Motion tab step. Set the keyframes for scale, rotation, and motion. Now slide to the end of the clip and rotate the image 45 degrees to the right, shrink it to half size or less, and move it up and out of view to the upper right. It makes for a nice little transition.
Now, exit the PiP Designer without saving, then go back in and, this time, select the custom path, then follow my steps for scale, rotation, and motion. Tell me if this happens to you: When I play the clip within PiP Designer, it is rotated from the very beginning.
Kevin
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Have you contacted CyberLink? This is just a user forum, with no official company presence, so we wouldn't be in a position to answer this legal inquiry.
Try this:
https://membership.cyberlink.com/support/customer-services.do
Good luck getting answers, and maybe you could come back and let us know what CyberLink tells you.
Kevin
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Thanks for the Toots. They are always appreciated.
One question: On the Custom Transition Reveal video, what was the purpose of going to the Motion tab and selecting one? I simply created the keyframe at the appropriate spot, then went to the end keyframe and moved the first image up and out of view. Am I missing some benefit of the additional steps? Thanks.
Kevin
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Happy New Year from the midwestern U.S.
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I wonder if this is the problem:
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/41154.page
Also, try version 2048 if you don't have it already. It might address this issue.
Kevin
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Glad it worked out. Some people (not you, clearly) are intimidated by keyframes and seem hesitant to mess around with them even when it is explained to them that it is the way to do what they want to do. They are a very useful tool.
Kevin
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I see you're calling this solved now. What did you end up doing?
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Another option: Take a lengthy shot of just the building, then take the shot of the person walking toward it. (The camera must not be moved at all during the entire process. Seriously, not one millimeter.)
Place the first shot on track one, and the walking shot on track two. Click on the track two clip, then Modify.
Under the properties tab, make sure Opacity is at 100%.
Next, (still in the Modify window/PiP Designer) under the image, you see a number of adjustments that can be made. (Opacity, Scale, Rotation, etc.) You want to create a keyframe on the Opacity line at the very beginning. This makes your image start out fully visible, as you want. You create the keyframe by clicking on the white diamond. You'll see a red diamond appear at the beginning. That's your keyframe.
Now (still in PiP Designer) move the slider all the way to the end. If there isn't already a keyframe at the end, make one.
Go back to the place under the Properties tab where you set the opacity percentage and make it zero.
The next step is determining where you want the vanishing to begin. (You're still in PiP Designer for this.) Move the slider to the appropriate place. Click the Opacity diamond to create a keyframe there. Right click on the newly created red diamond, and choose Duplicate Previous Keyframe. This is now the very last spot that your person will be at 100% visibility. He will begin vanishing at that point.
If you want him completely gone before the end of the clip, drag the slider to the spot you'd like him invisible, then create a keyframe there. Right click on the new red diamond and choose Duplicate Next Keyframe. This makes him as invisible as he will be at the very end.
You can preview it by clicking the play button, still in the PiP Designer. If you like it, click Save.
The above might look complicated, but if you actually do it you'll see it's very easy. If you haven't already shot your footage, you can still try what I described, just to see how simple it really is. Just put an image on track one, then a PIP object on track two. (They should be the same length.)
Kevin
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I agree with Carl. I kept waiting for a real bad flicker and it never came.
Even if you could find an effect or other tweak that would minimize or eliminate it, you would want to apply it to the screen only, and that would be a keyframing challenge, to say the least.
I wouldn't worry about it. It looks fine.
Kevin
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As I recall from a past thread--and maybe my memory is not accurate--CyberLink used to tell people that commercial use was okay. It makes me wonder if they paid the licensing fees before and now they don't.
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