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Try and apply Effects from the effect room like Quake on the title, maybe there are others that work for you.
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No, I dont think the copying of keyframes work like that. It will not look at what has changed compared to original (that is what you want it to do), but it copies all parameters of the object, which includes, dimensions, opacity, place in frame, color etc. etc. THAT is how this copy/paste of keyframes has been implemented. (This isnot fully true btw because some settings do not copy, so I found out in the past).
If you want CL to add the function: copy keyframes of the changed, maybe send them a suggestion using the: rate & suggest option in the file menu....
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Apperently, when the keyframes are saved for a copy, the Width and the Height are included and pasted along.
So the trick copying keyframes (applied for both images and video) only works without deformation when the width and height are the same.
There is as far as I could check, no way to exclude these measures from the copy/paste. So best make sure that the images (or series of images) are of the same measures. Alas.
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It is in the manual:
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/21/win/enu/07_03_00_syncing_by_audio.html?q=by%2Baudio
You get the (two) clips into the timeline, each on their own track.
Then select both tracks. As soon as you do that right above the timeline appears the option to "sync by Audio".
Click that and the clips will be moved such that their audio is in sync.
So you have to make sure that both sources have an audio track. And that these tracks are recorded clearly.
Have fun
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Have your download problems been resolved?
I see that you have a lot going on at the same time, including a pending restart for a windows update? It may be that your system had to do too much at the same time.
I had a download issue once, which was caused by a folder which PD wanted to use which was shielded of by the windows security software.
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My feeling is that it is not the adjacent software installed, but it may be your system setup. If resinstalling PD from scratch does not help, and most other users have no problem, it can be your system.
Did you check the updates of the operating system, Windows I guess? And the drivers?
Forum members are happy to look over your shoulders if you share your DXDiag.txt file here. (After you checked your system for all available updates yourself?)
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The example you point to shows the person on the right, who very likely has NOT been recorded with a webcam, or at least with a separate 'web' cam with higher quality.
That is also what I would recommmend you to do: record the screen with a screen recorder, the CL recorder should do the job, and separately record the person. With a better camera then the ordinary webcam, maybe a photo camera, or the camera of a mobile phone in 9:16 mode and with a tripod?
With PD (maybe multicam, but better place the clips manually, but have the sound tracks in sync first) you should be able to combine the two in the many ways you describe and more..... This would allow you to "play" with the sounds to get the best out of the screen and person.
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And have you tried to switching off SVRT and hardware decoding?
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I guess that it a matter of defining DOABLE.
It is doable to manually convert a script into subtitles for a video.
It is definitly a lot of work, because you need to make sure that the subtitle is:
- starting at the right moment
- ends at the right momnet
- Is not too long to read in the time give
- (and for PD) does not overlap within 2 secs for the adjacent
For a short video this is all doable, even if you manually type-in the text.
For a long video it is hardly doable, look at:
- convert the script into a flat text file
- prepare the lines such that they fit the screen
- and give this file the right "format" that can be understood by PD, like
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00:00:00,0 --> 00:00:02,0
text a
2
00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,200
text b
You can also try using a subtitle editor. Like: https://www.nikse.dk/
And there are some video to subtitle services and software. Try to browse for these.
When done you may want to check your subtitles, whether they are in sync. Moving the subtitles around in PD is doable. But it will take time....
Maybe that will make the process a bit lighter. But for a long video manually, doable??
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Looking at the specs of your PC, it does look like you have sufficient "power" to normally operate PD. My first thought was that you may have a virus in your system, but you say (I understand) that it is only PD (365?) that shows a problem, all other software runs okay?
Maybe try to find out what you have changed or installed around 1 month ago (or the moment it when slower), this can be windows, but all drivers and other software. It can even nbe that windows is damaged, or some hardware, that your drive(s) are full etc.
It helps us giving a better indication where to look if you share more details, like in de DXDiag.txt file (as is pointed out in the forum hints), and the version of PD.
In the meantime you might want to check you windows system, to exclude any causes there, by looking for updates and running the programs SFC and DISM (you can browse for the precise utilisation of these).
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The Blue Produire (produce) is a new "feature" from after version 17. Notice that the Produire and Creer un Disque have in the latest versions been replaced by the single Produce / Produire. This word turns blue when there is something in the timeline that can be produced (exported) to file.
If it is not blue (not clips in the timeline) then PD directs you to the creation of disks and shows the disk format options when you select the 2d or 3d disk tab (at least when PD does not crash on you).
If the blue text is there (clips in the timeline) PD directs you to the produce file tab. When you select Create disk (creer un disque) PD will show the disk format options behind the 2d and 3d disk tabs.
This may clarify the working of 365, but not why your intallation crashes when you open the disk menu. Beside reinstallation, as CL suggested, I can imagine that maybe version 17 disk menus you may have influence in the behavior. If you have any, maybe put them aside and try whether 365 will work.
There is furthermore a possibility that 365 does not support the disks that 17 did support. I cannot find any indication for this, but even if that is the case, it would not have to be a reason for a crash. PD should be able to handle such situation.
You can of course always use another program to write your disks, but would be weird. PD offers the functionality so it should simply work.
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Try this:
- Import the subtitles in PD as you always do;
- Then SAVE the subtitles to a file, making sure that you export WITH additional style information.
- Then with a text-editor change the fontsize to 12 pts (replace all?!)
- and load this changed subtitle file again, overwriting the subtitles you have in your timeline.
Make sure that you use different files names between the steps to not overwrite the original.
What I see is that PD saves the fontsize when format is included, and the color code. It does not save the font-name.
If you are happy with the font that is set by PD, then this change of font size will work for you. And if you are not happy, it only requires the set the name of the font once, then it will also work.
Some other "XML" codes may also recognized, is tested for italic. Other SubRip code like bold and underline did not work. So this is very very limited. E.g. I did not discover a way to set the font name in the file (others may?). But the above method may work for you?
There is also software to create and edit subtitles. But in the end it all depends on how PD loads and recognizes format settings, which -as said- is limited.
Hope this helps.
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I had the same problem. What is going wrong here is obvious: The CAM does not properly recognize which packs are installed.
What I THINK may be happening behind the scenes is, that in the new version (former) content packs are stored in a diffent folder than before was the case. (At least that is what I saw when I started looking for the folder where packs could be storred.) So CAM is sometimes confused where pack are, whether pack can be found in old and new folders, and may not be looking in the list of installed apps, software and packs. Of course it does not make sense to rely on the latter when the pack cannot be found by PD.
Uninstalling and reinstalling sometimes did the trick for me. But I would assume that the inventory keeping in CAM old between new places, is not completely in order yet.
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If the clips in the time line are small it is indeed very difficult to place the transition correctly. What I do is enlarge the clips by clicking on the + in the left bottom corner below the timeline. Also look at how it is explained in the manual:
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/21/win/enu/15_04_00_setting_transition_be.html?q=behavior
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Hi
As you say, the specs of your PC are not at the high end. You don’t tell us what kind of hard disks it contains. The PC becomes a bit faster when you have an SSD drive installed. Usually about 6-10% faster then a (real) hard disk.
Besides the usage of a faster disk, there are roughly four ways of adjusting your process an make it as quick as possible
Output format: Look at your production files. You say MP4 not ultra-high quality. Well. The lower you can afford to set the specs of these the faster the production will go. I suggest that do some experiments with that to see what balance between quality and speed you like best. (You did not tell what kind of audience you have and/or what kind of platform or media you need to serve. Some hints may help us helping you
Input format: Once you know what the production format should be, you can adjust your input files to be the same. You can do that by pre-processing them, reformat them with a tool like Handbrake. Mind you when you start with a lower quality input file and do (a lot of) editing, the quality may become lower. Also here you should experiment what input output combination suits best.
Multiply editing phases: when you have a lot of editing you may want to start with making cuts (if applicable) you make the clips as long as you need them in the final result. It all depends a bit on the amount of cutting and editing required. Once you have cut the length down to required you can produce, and you can adjust the quality to requirement here, instead of scaling it down with a Handbrake like tool. If you need mor editing, color grading and/or adjustments, transitions etc. it IS possible that the combination of multiple goes (creating the input for the next edit phase) will be faster than doing it all in one go. Mind you, multiple input-output actions will make your quality lower each time.
Program settings: You write that you already have optimized PC for your PC specs. Good. Use shadow files where possible (and if possible, because input that is already of lower quality may not have to be down-sampled), and set the preview screen quality low. I don’t think that switching on or off the hardware acceleration will help much, be again you can do some experimentation here too.
It may be that PD 365 is an overkill for your PC and your production. Depending on your requirements you may also try using the Video Editor in Windows Photo’s (available in W11, maybe also in W10). Or look for a lower version of PD. But then again if you already have 365….
Have fun.
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The Disk buttons will become visible when you press the créer un disque button first
There are 3 options for disks. You say PD crashes when you press the first of three: DVD, next to the DVD there is de Bluray and the AVCHD button. The question is: when you press those 2 (other) buttons, does PD also crash?
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Plenty of tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKTcbPGLUM&ab_channel=SteveGrisetti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37aexeezuds&ab_channel=PDTutorials
and look at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiSaxXHOg9E&ab_channel=PowerDirectorUniversity
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Thank you, Warry. I have the "Downloaded" folders under C:\Users\Public\Cyberlink and as an example there are 724 files in Downloaded Audio. I will try uninstalling and re-installing PD. What folders should I backup before doing this? I tend to just backup my working files as I know I can always re-install most of my programme files. So, all my videos are backed up but PD isn't.
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I would backup the complete C:\Users\Public\Cyberlink folder, to somewhere save. And then indeed first do what the Moderator suggested: try a new download and see where this will land on your system. Is it added to the above folder, or somewhere else? It may be difficult to find though because the filename and the name in PD may not be the same.... Maybe look at the file date/time stamp?
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RETRY BECAUSE THERE IS SOME DROSTE EFFECT HAPPENING:
It looks like you have the most recent version.
the media items such as Landscape01.jpg, Landscape02.jpg, Food.jpg and some .mp3 will appear automatically in your media room, when you open PD and/or start a new project AND in the preference setting (project) you have ticked the box "Automatically load sample clips when PD opens". Whe you untick that box, these media files will not show in the media room anymore.
The sample clips are especially usefull, in case you want to try something out, or if you want to share some trick or error that even is possible or occurs on the CL given sample clips.
The previously downloaded files are ususally stored in the folder: c:\users\public\Cyberlink\ You will find a number of folders that start with Downloaded. If they are not there then PD (obviously) cannot find your downloads. maybe you have a backup of these folders that can be restored (I am not sure whether PD also maintains some index to the downloads, in that case a simple restore will not help). If these folders ARE still in place and PD cannot find them, then I would not know what has happened. It would recommend uninstalling and reinstalling PD (after you have made a backup of the folders of course). Also check whether you AND PD have access to these folders(check the windows (security) settings for these folder. (It that case it may help open PD with administrator rights).
I would in case the folder are available and not recognised by the (updated) PD, also inform CL about this situation by filling for a customer query.
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All edit work, transitions, color grading ect.ect are preserved in the project files. As long as you have the project files, and have the original files that you used to make the project, you are fine. Better is to pack the project in a folder. PD will then make sure that both the project file and ALL basic files are copied to that folder, so that you always go back to what you did. Store that folder in a save place.
the shadow files are only files at lower resolution that help a swift editing process. When you delete them ( in so much GB you have, I certainly recommend that you delete them) and open a project that uses the deleted shadow files, PD will automatically make them again.
so never delete or change the original files and the project file......
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Hi Maria,
The DXDiag.txt files shows that your computer is within the specs for PD, but it does not leave too much capacity for the more advanced video edit changes. So as soon as you start changing the things you wrote about, PD and your PC struggle to get things right. I see that the screen resolution although within the PD specs, is a bit low, same is true for the CPU. The 1Tb harddisk has only 37.2 Gb space left. Depending on how you have configured the PC, it may struggle to find space to work within. And because it is a good old (real) harddisk, files may be fragmented which may contribute to the slowness.
My suggestions:
1) try with a small portion of your video (to save time), to do the hing you need to do, and then produce this clip and see whether the video and sound are correct. It may very be (as the moderator already noticed) that your PC is too slow to keep up with all the changes and display them correctly in the preview screen. But still makes a good production.
2) you can set the preview screen quality to as low as possible. that will help a bit to see what your editing has done.
3) you can defragment your harddisk and also run the windows cleaner to make some space and speed. Also look at what files can be dropped or deleted (or copied to another disk)
The changes will give you a bit more space, but will still waste your time.
but all in all, if you indeed need to make several videos this week (?), it would be better to look for a newer PC, that has a faster CPU, a faster disk (SSD, not HD) with a bit more space to work in, and maybe also a screen with higher resolution.
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