Messages posted by RickCowan

Thanks Carl. The thing is, PowerDirector automatically places them on the timeline with no gap and treats them as a single unit. It applies a fade in to the first slide and a fade out to the final slide but nothing to all the slides in between.

I frequently create videos that require many slides to be inserted as overlays. Each of these images is to fade in and fade out. My problem is that when I select them all and drag them to the timeline, PowerDirector automatically places them right next to each other with no gap. I would like to be able to drag them all to the timeline at the same time and click the feature that automatically applies fade effects to all images in the timeline. Unfortunately, because PowerDirector places them in a group only the first and last image receive the fade in/fade out effect.

Currently I have 40 slides to drag to the timeline. What I would like is for there to be a gap between each of them so that the auto fade in/ fade out feature will apply both fade in and fade out to each slide individually.

Any ideas? Right now I have to click every slide and drag it away from it's neighbour and then apply the auto fade.

Cranston, you and Clint Eastwood have an equal propensity of neglecting the point at hand in favour of leading others on a tour of your meandering stream of consciousness.

Here is my first attempt at using the suggestions above http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGsJ_no6kLM

Now Cranston, with the permission of the man in the empty chair next to me, I will look at the video you suggested.

Rick

Ok, what are you using to record the screen??

I'm not looking for anything specific. I was just thinking that if I make a youtube video to accompany an audio message, it would be nice to have something moving on the screen. If PD had some sort of built in feature it would have been a simple solution.

I'm making a slideshow for YouTube that only has audio. Are there any plug-ins or effects out there that can create an animation which responds to the audio levels?

Like this (but not this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS7Yq7OQRqA

Thanks Hal,

Since I don't know anything about key frames, I'm sure this tutorial is exactly what I need

Hello,

I have a video of me teaching (I'm a Pastor). I was thinking about having the video of me shrink to the top left part of the screen when I read scripture and having the verses appear on the right. I split the video of me teaching and resized part of it to the top left of the screen.. but how do I transition nicely between one and the other? I would like it to smoothly appear as if it is simply shrinking to the top left and then enlarging to fullscreen again when the scripture is done being read.

I appreciate any help!

This is a very helpful forum!

This is what I have decided to do.. and it works well.

1. Edit my sermon notes so that only the scripture references remain
2. Save edited notes as a text file
3. Import this text file into Powerpoint (conveniently enough, PP treats each new paragraph as a new slide)
4. Apply a Master Slide with preset formatting - basic white font with shadow
5. Change setup to Widescreen
6. View slideshow and take a screenshot of each slide. I downloaded a screenshot utility that automatically saves and names your screenshots however you wish. I did try saving each slide as a JPG from within Powerpoint, but the quality is poor. There is a way to increase the quality but it involves editing the registry. I tried it.. it works, but still not good enough. I will further explore this option later.

Screenshot Utility: http://getgreenshot.org/
Article regarding changing save quality in PP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827745

Originally I stated that everything would be so much easier with word wrap but with the setup above, I think I'm doing less work with more automation. I don't have to cut and paste every passage!

Update: I'm playing with taking screenshots in Powerpoint. It seems to be working well. Thanks for the idea. (Would still prefer word wrap though

Hi Tony,

I appreciate your time and attention to my problem here.

The videos that I am producing are not simply for Youtube but also for TV. They are shot on an HD camera so ideally the background images would be the appropriate resolution and dimensions for HDTV. The problem with a screenshot is that it will only give you an image at the current resolution of your computer screen.

The screenshot idea is probably the closest to a solution.. but the best would still be the simple addition of "Word Wrap" in PD!!

Thanks again!

Thanks for the feedback,

Here is an example of what I'm doing.. wait a few seconds and see the verses fade in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCGPfspPvs#t=10m26s

I think the conclusion I'm coming to is that there is no "easy" way to do what I want to do. Pasting from a PDF will work, but still.. the margins of the PDF will be different from the margins in PD, so I would have to adjust all the line breaks manually anyway.

This is a real shame because adding a "Wrap Text" option seems like it would be so simple.. and so time saving. PD already has options for justifying text and other simple word processing features so one would think wrapping text would not be a big deal. I like PD so far.. but if there is another quality program out there that also wraps text, I'll have to consider moving over to that one.

I am under the impression that the Title Designer is the only way to add text over the whole screen. Is there another way?

Please tell me there is a way to automatically wrap text in the Title Designer!

I am a Pastor and the videos in question are sermons. When I read a Bible verse, I would like it to show on the screen. It is a pain to paste the verses in then have to manually break every line.

What I HAVE been doing:

Open MS Word
Adjust Margin to coincide with TV friendly margins in PD
Paste verse into Word.
Save as Plain text
Open .txt file (line breaks are saved from word)
Copy 9 lines of text (since only 9 will fit in TV friendly area)
Paste into title in PD.

Sound convoluted enough for you?!! I would very much appreciate some input on a better way to do this.

Thank you!