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I don't understand how you can be refused. You are not using the software for commercial purposes in the sense of the term. You are creating something yourself, using a piece of software designed for that purpose in exactly the same way I have been using CAD software for more than thirty years. What you create is yours. It's your copyright and has nothing to do with the software that you have paid for in order to create a video anymore than me using the software I have paid for to create designs for my clients. I have never paid for or been asked for extra sums in order to do this. Anymore than the machines and tools I use to make those designs. This software is merely a tool built for the purpose of editing and creating your video. To use as you see fit.
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I recently did it this way. It's time consuming but worked.
I scrolled along the time line to predetermined time slots and split the video into the requisite number of segments.
Then I selected each one in turn and saved them to my temporary folder as title 01-02 etc.
Then I opened each one as a separate project edited to my hearts content.
Then placed the first one on the timeline scrolled to the end and inserted no 2 and so on until I had them all in place.
Then ran a few checks to make sure all was well. Saved the project.
I had to split the whole into three Chapters in order to fit it to DVDs.
It actually seems to have taken longer to explain now than it did to do the project.
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I Made the mistake of editing with the preview and timeline not running in real time and this muted my audio for some time until I read the manual and discovered this is normal. Are you editing in real time?
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Thanks a bunch Longedge I'll make some time to study this and hopefully make it work.
Best regards
Pete
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Thanhks to Barry for his reply but, I am not sure if this would have been Hyjacking the post'
So, as I am not a techy is it possible to explain in simple terms how I can add some if not all the attributes of Audacity into PD13 particularly Audio Director as I tend to use that rather than the Wave Editor. Please bare in mind I'm not a computer specialist
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I use audacity every time because it has far more capabilities than either editor attached to PD13.
It simply means you extract the audio into audacity do all the editing you want.
Export it as a wav file into the file folder you are using with PD then import it into the media library and then drag it onto the timeline. Bingo!
I also find it much better for recording Voice overs etc. exporting and importing in the same way.
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Hi AIS Thanks for that link
Like you I'm learning that this game aint as simple as I'd thought.
Pete
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Thank you guys.
Am I right in thinking that I shall have to do 'a Produce' when I have finished this project I am working on.
It will be quite large and combines video footage with slides with quite a lot of zooming and motion plus several tracks of music and a voice over.
Not too sure yet exactly how many chapters probably five and something like twenty scenes.
There will also be a first play video at the start.
Should keep me busy for several months.
Thanks for your help
Pete
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This post raises some interesting issues for people like myself who are not only new to PD13 but, are absolutely new to video editing in any program.
For some time now I've been simply going straight to Create DVD and burning a 2D DVD. I have not the least idea what format I'm using nor if I should use a different one. I have pondered the Produce option but, having read all I can find in the PD User's Guide. (Which I have downloaded and read from cover to cover, an amazing admission from one who never reads manuals) I cannot see exactly why I need to produce?
To date my videos have been simple editing of old videos and burning DVDs to play in a standard player to TV. I did once try rendering a whole series of clips on the timeline, but, could not for the life of me see any difference when played back.
Please, Is there anyone who is prepared to explain the different formats, which is the best to use and just exactly what does Produce or Render achieve.
My next project is a very complicated production utilizing a lot of slides with fades, zooms and motion, and large sections of video thrown in for good measure. Plus several chapters and scenes using menus. I really would appreciate any help.
Pete
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Sorry didn't intend to. Just shows how new I am to forums as well PD
Pete
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This post raises some interesting issues for people like myself who are not only new to PD13 but, are absolutely new to video editing in any program.
For some time now I've been simply going straight to Create DVD and burning a 2D DVD. I have not the least idea what format I'm using nor if I should use a different one.
I have pondered the Produce option but, having read all I can find in the PD User's Guide. (Which I have downloaded and read from cover to cover, an amazing admission from one who never reads manuals) I cannot see exactly why I need to produce? To date my videos have been simple editing of old videos and burning DVDs to play in a standard player to TV.
I did once try rendering a whole series of clips on the timeline, but, could not for the life of me see any difference when played back.
Please, Is there anyone who is prepared to explain the different formats, which is the best to use and just exactly what does Produce or Render achieve.
My next project is a very complicated production utilizing a lot of slides with fades, zooms and motion, and large sections of video thrown in for good measure. Plus several chapters and scenes using menus.
I really would appreciate any help.
Pete
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Brilliant Barry Thanks. That has actually answered a number of questions. Like why do I always see two folders but never really know which one I need to open.
Thanks for your time and trouble.
Great Forum by the way. Even though I'm not used to forums. Until now that is.
All the best
Pete
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Hi Barry
Sorry to bother you but, I have no idea what a DVD/BR folder is. Could you please explain, but, in simple language please. I'm only a chippy.
Pete
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Thank you guys so much!
I've been wrestling with this one for weeks. Mainly when I am using zoom followed by a fade transition. Problem solved.
Once again thanks.
Pete
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Couldn't agree more!!
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If you want crashes try the 'Holy Grail' Final Cut Pro ten.
Anyone out there who says Macs never crash has never pushed them hard enough. Before trying PD13 I tried both iMovie and Final Cut Pro iMovie crashed a few times but could not do half the things I need and Final Cut Pro took days to even get it to launch. I used OX 10 Yosemite. Apples forum is filled with similar woes. So don't be too hard on PD13. Actually I love it even though I've only had it a few months.
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Thanks Carl.
A great example of how not to do it. I wrote this in word with nice indents and paragraphs etc. Spaces and everything. But try a copy and paste and just look what happens. Hope you were able to read it.
Thanks again
Pete
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I’m sorry if my little car joke ‘backfired’ (if you’ll pardon the pun) I was merely trying to take the load off of what was becoming a very heavy topic. This my considered reply and I make no apologies for it’s length. Although I am no Techy I have owned and used a computer since 79 or 80 starting with a Commodore Pet.As far as I can I will try to explain in simple terms why computers crash. More analogies I’m afraid. They are basically a collection of circuits and switches, and in the sense I intend here no more complex than your house circuits. Each time you press a key or click the mouse you switch something and usually something else off.If this, then that. Is how it was once explained to me.But you have to understand one fundamental thing “computers are incredibly stupid” If you were to write a series of blissfully simple instructions but, forgot a comma or maybe a full stop and gave them to an idiot, he would almost certainly understand and follow them. However try that with even the most sophisticated Mainframe and it’ll stop dead. Now when you tell a program (PD 13 for example) to do a certain thing ‘turn a light on, let’s say. It has not the least idea why you want to turn the light on, it just does it. Unless you accidentally tell it to do something else, that is. So stop expecting the program to know what you want it to do if you don’t give it the correct instructions! Now for an analogy: We all know that video editing is very computer challenging as is 3D CAD rendering (something I know from my business) If anything is going to crash a system they will.So, imagine your simple electrical circuit at home. I have my dimension saw running at 15KW 415V my thicknesser at 12KW 425V my radial arm saw running at 5KW 415V my vacuum press running at 3KW 240V. I go over to my bench and turn on my Glue pot (a tiny 120W 240V) and bang I trip the disjoncteur. A workshop crash.The disjoncteur is my safety device. I have no wish to set fire to my workshop by overloading the circuits.A computer crashes for exactly the same reason. You do something that could cause it to damage its bits. Burn out the Motherboard for example, and that’s it, no computer. So the nice people at Microsoft build in disjoncteurs to prevent this. A pain in the arse maybe, but a hell of a lot less hassle and money destroying your computer.So next time it crashes stop and thank them for their consideration, and look long and hard at what you did to cause it. It’ll be either you telling it to do something it is not designed to do or you told it in the wrong way.Happy computing.Pete the Wood
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Hi guys (I'm a Newbie)
I am trying to create a motion intro to a video as follows I have an image of clockworks into which I want to drop an image of a spanner and create some sparks at the point where it lands. I then wish the title to fade into the image and after a few seconds fade to the start of the video. One, how do I create the spanner image without a background and two, how do I do the rest. Any help at all would be most appreciated.
Pete the wood
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