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Presently, when I let PD do its anti-shake thing, it works well. However, I would like to change the technique. Instead of stretching and shrinking objects on the screen to produce the stabilization, I would like it to simply reduce the resolution of the output. Like use a smaller window. Everything in the window should remain stable.
It should be possible. Are there any flaws in my thinking? The stretching and shrinking is OK, but can create a strange effect sometimes. Especially when used rotationally.
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Just got that warning about importing a 30FPS video into a project set for 29.97FPS. I have a suspicion that this video is actually 30FPS too. Its from my older Canon P&S camera. The camera itself does say 30FPS. I guess its digital so they figured there was no need for the 29.97 FPS. And in fact, I plan to show this on a digital projector and don't need 29.97 either.
So now I need to figure out how to change my project properties. I think PD needs to redesign a bit. Project properties should be separate from general PD preferences. Its not clear which setting is for my current project and which are just default settings for any new projects created.
Anyway, does the project really have an FPS setting, or is this just a general warning at the oddity of a 30.00FPS file!? I'm, pretty sure I get to pick the FPS at render time.
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Wow! Those tutorials are great. Yes, PD is in a class of its own with the slide shows. Nice to find a new use for an old tool 
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If you had to create a video slide show, what software would you use? Would it be PD?
I have tried Microsoft Photostory 3 and think its pretty good for what I need. Except it does not export at respectable resolutions. Plus, it makes all the pictures fill the screen. Some of my pictures are small and should not be zoomed to maximum screen size. In addition, what it did export I found to be much blurrier than its preview.
Also Microsoft's 'new' Windows Live Photo Gallery is basically only live. No individual transitions or anything. Its a massive step back from Photostory.
I have done videos in PD so I know it has all the transitions I'd like, plus it has sound or whatever else I think I need. Im pretty sure I could do it. Just wondering if there is anything I have overlooked!?
Thanks for your help.
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you can email files that big if your email provider allows it. You can find an email service that suits your needs.
some people host their videos on Youtube or Vimeo. I think vimeo has a payment model but its more catered to selling the video itself I think.
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SSD drives are mainly for people that build say, a home theater PC from Linux. You can make it startup really fast as you would expect any other electronic device. You don't wait 8seconds for your DVD player to start. At least you shouldn't.
I don't see the point either in using these drives for the normal windows OS. My windows starts in about 2 seconds from sleep mode. SSD really is not going to dent that.
Can't you tell PD where to put its temp files and scratch space?
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If I have 4 tracks of audio in PCM format, will I be able to encode them into a surround format like dolby using AudioDirector? Can I do this with just PowerDirector, or is this a feature exclusively of AudioDirector?
Nevermind! Looks like this has been asked and answered. Yes, though it takes some jumping through hoops. And if it takes hoops to do it in AD, then likely its not happening in PD. At least I found out before I purchased so I know which version of PD to buy.
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Conversion between 25 and 30 won't be flawless.
PD should let you edit where you like but it should warn you. Without explanation, 30 and 60 are basically the same. Both are NTSC. Set your PD to NTSC.
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Jeremy, its complicated.
Different countries have different frame rates for their analog TV. Generally tied to AC or Mains frequency. North America uses ~60 fps, Europe uses around 50 fps.
Looks like your phone is shooting for NA(NTSC) but your PD is set for Europe (PAL).
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Hmm. I have PD on my extra drive. Whatever works.
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My main drive is nothing special. Programs start fast enough. But I have RAID for my render and temp space for PD. Yes the HD has the lowest rating in windows.
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ROFL! I'm like, how'd he know my name? He's in Michigan!? Oh! 
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I noticed the fastest WD drive has a transfer rate around 1.6Gb/s. They can transfer at 6Gb/s from the cache but the biggest cache is only 64MB. For the jumbo DV files anything over 1.6 shouldn't matter I don't think.
Thatsd the velociraptor too. The other was like 1.1 GB/s.
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Well I'm used to pd9. Haven't rendered with 11 yet. And I'm patient about my renders.
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It just occurred to me that with video files over 10GB, at 3Gb/s it would take over 24s to read.
HD already made me get bigger drives. I think my CPU is good but I'll bite the bullet at get a new mb. DDR3 is so much cheaper than DDR 2 that its better to get a new mb+ram...
Thanks for the tips.
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Which part is hard on the computer? Where will I see the slowdown!? I have 3Gb/s controller. 4GB RAM. Athlon II x4 645. Win7 64.
Radeon HD5670 512MB.
7200rpm WD RAID array for speed.
Need to redo my drives though. Server needs to grow.
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So do we need fast raid striped sets anymore? Is this just for capturing but not needed for production and development?
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I solved this issue. It plagues PD9 as well. I had to fall back to version Catalyst version 11 drivers. Version 12 or 13 drivers cause PD to not start if I am using dual monitors. That is, I have one built in graphics card, and one secondary graphics card. If I disable the built in one, PD would start.
Downgrading to the v11 drivers allows PD to work with both graphics cards active.
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As far as I know, PD will 'deinterlace' the PF24 doing a reverse telecine. That is what I read on the forum anyway. Have not tested yet. But once done effectively you have a pure 24p video. Which is why PF24 is not so bad. The main advantage of 24p over PF24 is I believe filesize. 24p should be significantly smaller.
Whether it does this or not may be based on the format of your PD project. Again, I'm not 100%. My PD is in the dog house right now for refusing to run with 2 video cards installed >
I also forgot to add
24p typical shutter speed 1/48
30p typical shutter speed 1/60
60i typical shutter speed 1/60
So there is another difference though one can control ones own shutter speed if so desired. I think the faster shutter makes video more harsh and the slower shutter makes it more buttery
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24p is 23.976 frames per second
30p is 29.97 frames per second
60i is 59.94 fields per second. Each field is 1/2 a frame giving a final frame rate of 29.97 frames per second just like 30p.
PF30 and PF24 are shot in their respective frame rates but stored in a 60i format. So they will all say 29.97fps since that is the speed of 60i.
30p will look slower than 60i since it will capture less motion. In a way 60i is double the frame rate but 1/2 the frame resolution of 30p. I think any progressive mode will look better than interlaced when it is paused.
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