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That's certainly your call. It's a simple and straightforward workflow and it's generally how video editors work, but if this isn't how you want to edit, I hope you can find another program that better suited your needs.
Yes, that's my call.
And, just for saying, the professionals does not job like that. They have the possibility by the editing software/programs to change both video and text in one operation without having to save and edit again in multiple operations.
You know that by editing, saving, editing, saving the quality loses every time?
But by all means! I'm not blaming you for PowerDirector being unable to deliver ;
PS! Soon we have to pay per. month / year via subscription as from many other providers ... SAD!
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Yes, that's correct because the Video Speed tool only works for video, and when you select any other type of object, the video speed tool can't be used.
We've explained exactly how to do what you want, but I don't think it's made sense to you yet.
Let's look at what you want to do, and how you've thought about doing it first:
- Add timeline clips
- Add text and set correct duration
- Increase movie speed (although I'm still not clear if you will incease the speed of the entire movie, or only specific sections)
- Produce
Now look at how you need to do this to keep everything in sync:
- Add timeline clips
- Increase movie speed (which can be the entire movie or only selected sections)
- Add text and set correct duration
- Produce
That's all there is to it!
As I mentioned earlier, if you are planning to speed up the entire movie, you can follow your original workflow but add one step:
- Add timeline clips
- Add text and set correct duration
- Produce movie at normal speed, then place the produced clip on the timeline
- Increase movie speed and produce again
The way you describe this is exactly as I have done so far before I posted this and started asking questions. That is, insert the movie clips -> add text -> produce at normal speed -> add the result to the timeline -> produce again at a different speed
This I think is a bad solution and hoped I had overlooked something!
But if this is the only solution in PowerDirector, my experience will be negative. Maybe I should look for a better alternative.
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We're trying to help you without a clear understanding what your workflow is. For example, you haven't said if the whole video is going to be sped up, or only individual sections.
TDK1044 suggested producing each section with a title that you want to speed up individually. If instead you are looking to speed up your entire video, you can lay everything out at the normal speed and then produce it, which will lock all of the titles to the correct duration.
You can then speed up the entire video with the Speed tool and produce it to get the faster version.
You may also want to try making the faster video section first and then add the titles later, especially if you want to use fades or other text effects on the titles. That way, the title effects will happen normally and not won't look like they are sped up.
The video is put together with several clips. Then I put on text such as names of a lake, a mountain, part of a terrain, and so on. I lock the text to a certain point in the terrain = the text follows the object. After this work is done I will increase the speed of the movie to shorten the time. The problem is that I can't figure out how to do this in PowerDirector for both the video clips and the text I've put together. The text ends up at the wrong time.
While marking both video and text the POWER TOOL is gone 
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Yes I know. I make all movie and text at normal speed. The text always follows the object I choose. With a movie of an hour or two, with for example 400 objects of text, one must change the speed of both film and text simultaneously. If this is not possible, I think Power Director has a major weakness
Well ..., no one knows?
Sad then this pull down the Power Director very much!
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Why not make the text follow the object at normal speed, and then render that section of your project as video plus title. Then place that rendered section back into the timeline and speed it up. As the title is now an embedded part of the rendered video on the TL, it would speed up in sync with the video when you applied the tools. You'd lose a little quality, but it should work.
Yes I know. I make all movie and text at normal speed. The text always follows the object I choose. With a movie of an hour or two, with for example 400 objects of text, one must change the speed of both film and text simultaneously. If this is not possible, I think Power Director has a major weakness
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Changing the speed of a clip works independently of your title. To alter the speed of a clip in the timeline, hi-light the clip and click on Tools......Power Tools. In the window that pops up, select 'video speed'. Then click on 'speed adjustment' and select your range. Then you click on 'create time shift'. A blue border will appear reflecting your chosen range to alter the speed of the clip. Click on 'speed multiplier' and select your chosen speed for your selected range.
While speeding up the video the text will not follow... I want the text to follow one object. But when a change the speed of the video, the text is still in ordernary speed
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How to change speed of the movie without losing the alignment of the text I have inserted?
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Now I'm both very annoyed and very happy at the same time : :
Thank you The Shadowman for turning me in the right direction! This is because you were talking about changing file fomat. And when I watched my video files, everyone was * .mov (I HATE apple!). OuickTime has for some reason changed the files and when I put these back to * .MP4 everything is working : :
OuickTime is uninstalled and will NEVER EVER be reinstalled!!
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I notice from your screenshot that you are using shadow files. Are you waiting for ALL the clips to turn green before you edit? Failing to do so causes all sorts of problems.
No, usually I have not waited. It has worked well to edit while the update has been running. The problem is now that no matter what time I wait, the clips will never turn green.
Maybe it's about this I've made trouble for myself? But I still think it's strange that new projects do not work either.
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Have your files been copied to HD from the pc?
If this on the card that was removed will not load the files to timeline.
In this case PD should ask if you want to search for the missing files.
If you can post a small file here, so we can verify.
I always move the files from the SD card, which is in DJI Mavic Pro, to the PC. And then I open the files in Power Director 16 and start editing.
But after editing, when I want to save the changes, I get this problem.
Right now I'm at work. But I can add a file when I get home.
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The drone camera footage does not have audio. The video thumbnail is missing from every clip on the timeline. The video format may not be compatible with PD16. Could you upload say a 5 second of raw footage capture as an attachment for members to check out. You could right mouse click on a clip on the timeline and click to see the video clip properties. A screenshot of it would also be useful.
Yes, I know that DJI does not record sound, that's not the problem.
The timeline has always been updated (but may take some time) until this problem suddenly occurred.
It does not matter if I open an older project or if I make a new one in 5 seconds; I can not save the project ... Always stop at 20% and I need to close Power Director 16.
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It has the latest patch 2816.
"Auto Save Project" is enabled. And when I open one of those files I get the same result
Here is a screenshot
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 Hello.
I suddenly can not save any of the projects I'm working with I can open and play (in Power Director 16 = * .pds file) but when I try to save, Power Director stops!
I can also tell that when I open a project, the timeline is not updated. It is gray all the time.
Hope someone can help me when I've spent a lot of hours editing several movies I've made!
Br.
Fjelljegeren
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Try working with Hardware Acceleration disabled and see if the problem happens less frequently.
The moral is Save, save, save and save again
Thanks for reply! But same result
The program stops when I open a project. On second or third time, it works ...
And I save as often as I remember. But one can quickly forget this when one is very focused on getting the movie "correct".
Fjelljegeren
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"Oops..., Power director has stopped"
This happens very often! For example every time I open a project. And then later suddenly in the middle of editing Very boring if I have not saved!
Anyone who knows what the problem can be? Others who have this problem?
Because "Send & Troubleshoot" all the time clearly does not help me
Thanks for help!
Fjelljegeren
Power Director 16
Windows 10 Home
MSI-Nightblade-X2-056EU
i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00Ghz
16.0 GB RAM
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Thanks again!
But with "right click" - "Edit video/image" its not possible...
Strange!?
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How to change the speed of many clips at once while producing a video. You can take one by one but as soon as you choose multiple clips, Power Tools can not be used. Why is that? Anyone who knows how this can be done?
Thank you in advance.
Br. Håvard
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Thank you both!
By marking both sides of the split, one can choose Combine and the problem is fixed! : :
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I regret a split I've put in my movie and want to erase it. Is it possible and how do I do that?
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