Messages posted by obiwan1250

It's working! I moved the title pages off of the Title Track and into a Video Track, and that made all the difference. First Video is Produced, and now being "manufactured".

Thanks for your able assistance! Andrew 'L' in Des Moines

Carl312 - These tutorial links are ... AWESOME! Thank you for taking the time to share them. I discovered that I can take the Titles and insert them in front of the Video, on the video track. This is my last effort to render with this Interactive Suite of Titles. If this doesn't work, I'll switch to something less exciting. I did move the *.DZM files into the PowerDirector Programs directory, then expanded/installed. The messages said they installed fine, but ... no menus. I'll keep looking. Maybe I need to exit then reload? Don't know but ... I'm becoming optimistic that ... I may have finally found the Video Editor I need for the long term. If I can only get this one to render! I'll know shortly...

PD Trial - 12.0.2109.0 ; VDE130909-03 ;
64-Bit Version. Windows 7 machine.

Cranston -- I see now that I have NO checkbox next to Title. The compilation plays perfectly in the TimeLine today, as it did before. I've moved the Title Tracks back to where they are supposed to be -- in the proper order, then I deleted the animation from the Title.

I've pasted a current Shot here - http://iareia.com/library/cyberlinkscreenshot/ScreenShot2013.10.09.png

It's still working fine in the timeline. So, I rendered and ... it still didn't work. I have posted a link to the file here

I tried my AVS Editor but PD appears to be easier for adding sound tracks (couldn't even figure out how to do it, with AVS. I'm sure if I looked long enough, I could find some instructions, but ... who's got that kind of time now-a-days?). My next choice is to just take the fancy background of "Interactive" out of the picture completely.

I'll try to install some more menus/titles while I wait for hints on what to try next. TIA!

Hello Carl312,
I've tried a few more things, to no avail. e.g., I swapped Title Page #1 and #2 -- makes no diff. I tried disabling the animation, the animation won't stay turned off. Even though I saved it AFTER I unchecked the box, the next time I opened it, the check was back in place. I'm trying to load the 1.2GB file to my Dropbox, but maybe I need a different Title Page mechanism. Something more simple? I'm digging, but I have not been able to discover how I install the Templates I downloaded. They end in .dzm and are in my download folder.

Unfortunately, I'm trying to learn this through the "trial by fire" method, so everything needs to be very intuitive. Any quick tutorials that simply show how to load some videos, create a menu system, then burn the DVD? Many seem to be focused on transitions and advanced programming. I just need to create simple training videos and get them out to our hundreds of members.

Thanks for your able assistance!

Here you go ... a link to a screen shot. http://iareia.com/library/cyberlinkscreenshot/ScreenShot.png

Thank you for the quick reply, Carl312! I really appreciate any effort to help me resolve this issue.

Now, I will go read these references you supplied.

I've been working on this the better part of the day. I'm generally liking what I see (downloaded the trial version about 9 hours ago). I've rendered a compiled video a few of times, complete with with Chapter and Sub-Titles; added some intro music, and it's been tolerable user-friendly, except for one thing.

In my Timeline, I start out with music and an splash Title screen (modified from "Interaction_04" which I downloaded from the Templates). I have two title screens loaded, and the system plays the video perfectly from the Timeline screen. However, when I change to "Produce", the system plays the audio track for the entire time the first Title is supposed to display but not Title screen displayes. After the music ends, and the the system is supposed to transition to the second Title screen that part works, and everything after that point works well, too.

I have tried several times, to no avail. From both the Preview at the Produce screen, and from the recorded Video, the First Title page is lost. Any hints?

Des Moines