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Hello, Imod!
JL_JL's suggestion is quite a good one! I sometimes make a few of my own to drop in as a first-play. It can be anything at all, perhaps even a piece-to-camera by yourself, explaining what the viewer is about to see, or it could be just your own little animated intro, could be anything, really, it's limited only by your imagination!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, all!
Last night I was finishing off my Steamfest 2016 project by adding the narration, Thought this might be a good opportunity to try the "overall volume settings" sliders(the horizontal sliders), and yes, they certainly made the difference! I was using PD8 to lay in the narration track, broken down to individual parts relevant to the various points in the video, setting the overall level for the voice(narration) track, lifted or lowered them all equally!.... BRILLIANT! Will save me time and energy in future!
Cheers!
Neil.
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To CS2014, Dafydd B. & SteveK!
It appears you three still don't really understand my intentions! I tried once to burn a DVD at DVD-HQ grade, but the result was a disc that stuttered and froze in spots throughout the duration of the video as it played on a domestic player. When burning again the same clip in DVD-SP, the disc played smoothly with NO GLITCHES! It appears you'e always running down DVD-SP because of YOUR perceived loss of video image quality. I see no such loss, to be quite honest - AND I'M NOT BLIND!(I'll get that in quickly before someone else makes that comment). A DVD, burned in SP, when viewed on a typical flat-screen TV at a normal distance across a room, really doesn't look as poorly as you try to make it out. And, quite frankly, you're selling a product short by saying that.
One of you mentioned using dual-sided discs, I've only seen commercially-made feature movies put on such, but have, as yet not seen dual-sided blanks, either in DVD+R or DVD-R, they're not that widely available. As to dual-layer(DVD-9, 8.5Gb discs), these are okay to store data, but for burning videos they are NOT compatible with a great number of domestic DVD plyers, even the most-recently-manufactured ones! So it's pointless to suggest them! I'm looking for overall compatibility plus trouble-free playback, even on early model players(and yes, provided they are single-layer, a lot of earlier model players can cope with home-burn discs). So now I hope the three of you, and anyone else who has likewise criticised my methods, finally get my point!
It's no good making a DVD of 2 hours on a dual-layer disc if a domestic DVD player won't accept it(and most won't!) and it's a futile excercise burning a one-hour DVD-HQ disc if it's going to stutter and freeze at verious points through the "movie", such behaviour ruins the presentation.
Now I've had my say!
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Cheers Neil, I'll give that a try tomorrow. Have a Fosters on me. :
Glad to be of help, BandGman! Cheers!
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How do I place a pic over a green screen in PowerDirector ULTRA 14 I know its easy in Power Director Ultimate 14 but I have ULTRA and videos I have seen online only show the Ultimate version tutorial on how to do it. What is the step by step method?
Thankyou
Hi, Perry!
The method's the same whichever version you're using(by the way, as you're using PD14, you could've posted this in the PD14 forum, but were here no so we'll push onward).
It isn't so much putting your image over the "green screen" as such(I don't think that's what you meant initially) but after you've shot the video of your subject, as described in you opening post, it's a simple matter of choosing which background image(be it still or movie image), putting that on the main timeline, Video Track 1, then put the video of your subject on Video Track 2, then click on "Modify" the "Chroma-Key function" will then appear. Click on the "pippet"(eye-dropper) and it can then be dragged over to the image, click on the green background and it will disappear, leaving the background you wanted showing through. Hope that's of help.
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Yes, just threw that in, it is my family and there is a branch in Oz. Would be funny if they lived next door to you. Internet is wonderful, isn't it?
Best to all, Cliff
Hi, CliffG1!
It would certainly be funny if I came across anyone by that name in my travels. Quite a coincidence, really! I live in a region 40-or-so minutes' drive north of Newcastle. It's a coastal area known as a holiday destination during Summer. There are a few more Aussies participating on this forum from Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia or the Northern Territory, who knows, perhaps one or more of them may be members of that family, Good luck in finding that branch of your "family tree". Meanwhile, back to the topic, Power Director has "evolved" through the years since the forum posts you sought to find answers to your chapter problems. Not all of those evolutions have been worthwhile, but it does take a bit of "tinkering", a bit of "fiddling round the edges" to get the result you're chasing, so just keep plugging away at it!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, BandGman,
There is a method for doing this, it involves using the facility in the Create Disc part of your PD15 where you select the function "Play Selected Title And Return To Menu". Starting with the material for 1996, it may be an idea to group all this content together and make one "movie" out of it, likewise the content for 1997, 1998 and 1999. These will be the "titles" that you select in the menu.
When you import these "movies" into the "Create Disc" part of Power Director, there is provision for you to add chapters to each, so that each "movie" has its own set of chapters. This is a sub-menu that applies to each individual movie. I think you'll find it fairly easy to work out as you go along, and I add that this feature has been part of Power Director since Version 8, I stumbled across it by chance when I got that version a couple of years ago, and when I saw it, I had one of those "light bulb moments"(in cartoons when a character gets an idea, a lighted bulb is drawn over the character's head). I said to myself, "yeah, that's for me!" And I've been using the feayure ever since. So have a play around with it, do some experimentation and see what you come up with.
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P.S Know any other Granshaws in NSW?
Hi, CliffG1!
I'm afraid you've lost me on that P.S.! Who, or what is a "Granshaw"? Sorry, don't wish to appear ignorant. Is it a family name in Australia related to yours in Canada, perhaps?
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, Gretel and SteveK!
I'm glad we were able to help, Gretel, but I need to caution you in relation to the use of dual-layer DVD blanks, Many domestic DVD players will quite happily play the commercially mass-produced dual-layer discs carrying the latest Hollywood blockbuster, but will "spit the dummy" when it comes to playing "home-burn" dual-layer discs. That has been my experience in any case, that's why I've included you in this post, SteveK.
Seems to me I get chided sometimes for suggesting people burn discs at DVD-SP grade, but I stand by my suggestion as it allows a single-layer disc to hold up to 2 hours, 25 minutes of content AND single-layer discs far more readily compatible with domestic DVD players anyway, and the picture quality is not as bad as it has been made out to be, actually it's quite watchable! And in any case, the fix/enhance feature provides the necessary tools to "spruce up" the content of those old tapes! A tweak of the contrast, add a touch of video denoiser and, hey, the video clips are almost as good as if shot digitally!.... Okay, that's an exaggeration, but still.... the fix/enhance tool is very useful in sprucing up those old VHS or Beta, or camera tapes(VHS-C or Video 8/Hi-8 tapes). I know because I put fix/enhance to good use when processing such content on behalf of friends or family. Oh, by the way, the phrase "spit the dummy" means throw a tantrum in Australian slang, a Dummy is an infant pacifyer.
Cheers!
Neil
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Hi, CliffG1!
Maybe it's me not being observant but I've not noticed "Titler Pro" in PD14(I use PD14 Ultra, you're likely using PD14 Ultimate and therein may lie the difference). In most cases, my titles are created as graphics that I insert on the PiP track, and the title function is generally used just to insert some captions through my videos and a "closing credit" sequence at the end, so Titler Pro may not offer much for me by way of usefulness. The remainder of your situation may solve itself in time through experimentation, just keep plugging away at it it and you may come across a suitable solution, that's how a lot of problems are generally solved on this website, and the details of these solutions usually get posted in these forum pages.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, Video Jim!
I've noticed this on various occasions as well. Regrettably there's nothing that can be done without the audio and video going out of sync. If when playing back your clip, the audio and video are properly synchronised, but the scrubber tells you otherwise, ignore it. Use your video cues plus what your ears are hearing to set your chapter points and disregard the visual display of the audio track. This situation can only be chalked up to the quirky nature of this beast called Power Director!
Cheers!
Neil
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Hi, PinballReviewerRepairs!
Yep! The hand-claps are effectively like the clapper board in the days of film when audio had to be recorded separately, one its purpose is served, it's no longer needed. The visual clues are useful though, that's how I line up two shots from different angles of a steam loco arriving or departing a station(when combining my camera shots with those of a friend), the video and audio cues help me line up the two clips so they mesh together neatly. I have another part of that trick that helps but it's somewhat involved and takes a lot of explaining so I'll leave it for another post.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, Frithgar!
Power Director 14 still has some issues that Cyberlink are working through, so if you're looking at getting PD14, just be aware of that. I'm in full agreement with Mike(Fenman)... Hi, Mike, how's it goin'?..... in relation to getting installation packages for such products as Power Director, or any software product, for that matter. I'm totally averse to downloading ANYTHING! I much prefer the time-honoured method of getting the retail boxed-set of installation disc(s) and instruction manual but I'm somewhat dismayed at the internet requirement of late to complete the activation process when previously it was only required for simple registration and joining in on the website to take part in these forum pages(among other things).
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Neil.
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Barry - that slider under each track for audio control - is that something that just showed up in PD14? - so it's not part of previous versions?
CS
Hi, CS,
I think it goes way back to PD5! It was certainly there in PD7 and 8(I still have PD8 installed so I definitely know it's there in that version) I'll have to look at that control more closely in future to see how best to use it in my own works.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, robin1123!
To my eyes it looked like a few frames going missing here and there, but as for colours, I could not see any alterations apart from those deliberate alterations that were part of the story(from tractor to sports car to plane to helicopter). Was this your own creation? If so it was quite good. I could not see colours hiding.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, Gretel,
Welcome to the Forum! Probably the best format to save your video production would be MPEG2. To keep the file size in gigabytes down, perhaps MPEG2 in DVD-SP would be your best bet. As you get more familar with Power Director, you'll gradually learn that there are ways and means to "spruce up" those old analogue VHS-sourced videos. I do quite a bit of it myself(I often convert old analogue content to DVD for friends or family). This can be quite an interesting hobby, and a lot of fun as well!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, CliffG1!
Titler Pro? Is that a stand-alone tool outside Power Director?, I've always used the titling facility within Power Director itself for titles and/or captions and have thus far had no real problems in that department. Same goes for titles/captions in other video editing software other than Power Director. I guess I just "play it safe" on that score. In the Menu Designer, the headings(My Video, Play, Scenes) are not necessarily fixed in their spot on the screen. They can be manipulated into any spot that you choose, likewise in the chapter pages of the menu. The Menu Designer is quite flexible in this regard. You can also move the thumbnails(representative images for the chapter, or in the main screen, usually the first image of the "movie" itself), These can be shifted around on the screen to suit your desired appearance, particularly if you're trying to get around the problem of near-overlapping headings. Don't be afraid to "play around" with the menu layouts.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, Moderator!
When I get a message in my e-mail in-box stating: Your topic "How do I crop a video to create a screen split effect" (or any other topic) has received an answer since your last visit. You can access this message using the following link", this should mean that I've received a reply from someone else, not from myself, as has happened here. In any case I've already praised Tony's effect and am looking for an excuse(reason) to try it myself in a future video. It has great comic potential. This notification "glitch" happens quite a lot on this website, as I've noticed.
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Neil.
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How to sort files by date & time powerdirtector
Hello, Ed!
You'll need to start your own thread for that question! This thread is already 6 months old.
Neil.
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Hi, all!
Definitely shades of "Harry Potter" here with lawn-mowers appearing out of nowhere!
Cheers!
Neil
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Hi, CliffG1!
It's quite easy to do what you're trying to do, I'll take you through the process, step-by-step. This, of course assumes you're not using any more than one video track(Dideo Track 1 - master track).
1) Using a colour board(which can be found by clicking where it says "Media Content", choose the black colour and drop it on the time line, might be an idea to set it at 10 seconds rather than 5, gives the viewer a bit more time to read the captions. Add your first clip, which will form the first "chapter" of your video.
2) Adding the "Title", click on the 'T' to enter the "Title Room", probably the default template will suffice for this excercise, Drop this onto the Title Track(or, as I've found in PD14, you can also use the Video Track 2 as a title track), click on the "My Title" in the timeline and type in your text(you might want to play around a bit with the layout of the text - but that's for later experimentation, we'll keep it simple for now).
Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the subsequent two chapters. Okay, once you've done that, now it's time to add the chapter points.
3) For this part of the process, go to the "Chapter Room" second-from-bottom, down left side of screen, hover your cursor over each icon there and that will tell you what each icon represents. On entering the Chapter Room, the first chapter is automatically added, but for this purpose, well be using "Manual Chapter Settings". Move the scrubber to the start of your second chapter, click on "C+", this will add the second chapter(the first was automatically inserted), now move the scrubber to the start of your third chapter and click again on the C+. Chapters are now added. Process complete!
If you intend to burn a disc from this, just go straight to "Create Disc". Follow the prompts and you'll have a DVD of your baseball match. When you've done this a few times, you may want to start experimenting with title fonts and effects, but that's for you to play around with later. For now I've kept it simple and straight-forward.
Cheers!
Neil.
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