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There's another method for retaining an approximation of a video/image's original attribute I learned recently:
1) Take note of the objects attributes. (E.g. a video clip say 700x320)
2) Take note on the resolution you want to produce your video with. (Say 1920x1080)
3) Put it on the timeline and go 'Keyframes' - 'Clip attributes'. You'll be looking at the H and W scales.
4) Bring in your calculator and divide the with and height attributes to get 2 factor numbers (700/1920 and 320/1080 gives 0.365... and 0.293...)
5) Make sure you're at the beginning of the clip timeline and insert the factors in the W and H scale boxes. W being 'with' and H 'height you obviously want the factor from 700/1920 in W and 320/1080 in H. Make sure you're plotting in the numbers for the keyframe at the end of the clip as well.
Why it works: The W and H correspond to a scale where the number '1.000' signifies the whole with/height in the previewer, '0.500' would be half and so on. If you're planning on making a 1920x1080 video with the 700x320 video within it with it's original attributes for whatever reason, you want to make sure the 700x320 video stays correct in relation to the 1920x1080 final product. Say your final product is a 1280x768 video then you would do the same steps as above and get a bigger factor number. On your preview screen the object would look bigger than the factor from 1920x1080 but it's attributes is retained when you produce your video.
Why would you do this: In projects where you use videos with different resolutions that demand they be viewed in it's original attributes to look their best, then you could use this method. However because the factors cannot be calculated beyond the third decimal (trust me it matters) then there's no guarantee you will get the perfect result. To get that you would have to use the first method described in the post.
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Hi!
Just made a post about some feature I'd love to see with the editor:
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/37864.page
And while the post may come off as somewhat mean spirited, I'd love nothing more than to see this implemented into a program that in all other ways imo is complete. cheers
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I've been using PowerDirector for some time now and while the program is effective and all, there's this one thing that has frustrated me immensely since day 1.
When inserting pictures and videos into a timeline the program automatically resizes the object for you. Which is fine. However if you intended for the object be at it's original size, you're in for trouble. There are no features anywhere that helps you to set the object to it's original size and I'm baffled that a program I've now spent some $200 on can't get this done.
To circumvent this issue I've had to edit *all* objects beforehand, e.g. adding sizeable borders to them so that when they are inserted into the timeline they will retain their original size. Imagine you want to add something as small as a 25x25 icon to your video and you need it to be just that size in the timeline or else it gets slightly distorted: You open the picture in say, Paint, change the properties to say 25x1080 (if you inted to make a 1920x1080 video), color the rest of the field one color or make it transparent, save as new image, insert into timeline and chroma key. And of course hope the chroma doesn't distort the image.
Now this may sound as a solution but why would it need to be? For example I've used PowerDirector 11 & 12 to make these videos for youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueosN-JFqG0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRmYac3n52U
And while the results were satisfying I dare not tell you how many hours were spent on making videos and images retain their original size. Some of my future projects depends heavily on this to look sharp to the pixel and can only do that sufficiently this way. Now I haven't involved myself alot in the cyberlink community forum, really not at all but when I realized how mind boggly easy it would be for a program of powerdirectors magnitude to have this feature available (even calling it a feature sounds off to be honest), I went on google and searched to see if I was actually just missing the elephant in the room. I found this thread now about 3 years old: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/15824.page;jsessionid=5540287C2350F91485C3A68BCE961D39
This poor OP fellow asks about the same issue and cannot understand why the program won't allow him to insert his pictures with their original attributes. After 1 day a senior member comes in with a reply that makes no sense at all and the OP takes his good time to politely explain thoroughly what the problem was. After a week the OP seems to be about giving up when another senior member 'twincitybulldog' has a go at it but for some reason I cannot fathom misses the entire point and the OP again has to explain the issue. Finally, 2 weeks later a "newbie" 'avibodha' replies with a suggestion that works - which is the method I described above and a senior member concludes the thread with that a solution was found.
Now. If I made this post oblivious to that there is currently such feature to this effect that I've somehow completely missed then I'm more than happy to remove this post in an instant and happily be on my way. If not however, then I in all humbleness must ask how a top dollar premium video editing program can be dependent on a graphics painting program dating back to windows 3.1 to keep videos and images retain it's original attributes.
Thanks for reading,
Jonas
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Hi, first time posting here. Hope I made it to the right forum. I've sendt a ticket to the support but I'm curious as to how frequent this issue may be with other users.
I've encountered a strange error. When I drag this videoclip over to the editing board I get the following message:
'TV Format Conflict - The framerate of the file you imported (29,97FPS) does not match with current project framerate setting (29,97FPS), so the quality may be degraded' ...and so on
And funny enough the quality is severely degraded. I've tried to change the project framerate but nothing changed. The aspect ratio is also the same. What could be the problem?
Here is the properties of the video I imported:
FILE:
Filetype: AVI
File size: 358,46MB
VIDEO:
Type: H.264 AVC
Original duration: 00;14;17;12
Bitrate: 3,27 Mbps
Resolution: 1920x1080
Framerate: 29.97FPS
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Frame type: Progressive
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