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This is mostly a workflow issue, and it sounds like you've figured out that it's better to make those significant changes first before splitting the clip into other sections. Use this from now on and you'll save yourself time and headaches 👍
I guess my question is based on that I'm used to work with DAWs primarily. There you can split the soundbites, replace, glue them together and so on independently on each track.
I usually use the same chroma key background, but this time I got a new idea that was more suitable in this particular case. That's something you cannot decide beforehand. Ideas pop up when you least expect it. 😊
But I agree that good planning is to prefer, that's how I work most of the time. 😊
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Okay, so that worked. But I will have to add the fades once more. Would be great to have another alternative for doing this. Another way would be to replace the first and last clips individually to retain the fades.
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I think I know how to do it. Isn't it just to delete all clips and add the new one as a non split image?
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Is it possible to change the chroma key background in a split timeline all at once? That would simplify things since I've made a lot of splits, and adding them manually for each clip will take a lot of time.
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The support gave me a link to the latest version, 2808. This one does not seem to have this behavior.
When upgrading via the app commercial "For a faster experience" I didn't get the latest version, despite that it had been released a couple of days before. I got the 2521 patch.
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This observation can also occur when one activates "Enlarge timeline scale for audio track" in the pref. This allows one to cut, trim, and position the audio at non video frame intervals. As such, the video won't snap to the end of an audio clip as there is no integer frame there.
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That one is not activated.
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Can you make a screen recording so we can see what it looks like on your system?
Post a link to it on YouTube or upload it to OneDrive or Google Drive and paste a publicly shareable link to it here. If the recording is <100MB, you can simply use the Attachments button below the forum's text box.
I'm about to write a support inquiry to CyberLink Support Center. I'll come back later with more info. Hopefully I won't have to make any screen recording then.
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I'm having the same issue. Enable snap to clips in timeline is checked. This must be a bug.
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Yes, I have them both. 👍
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No, you should have received an installer for Vitascene when you purchased PD18. There's no extra cost for it, so look again at all the installer files that CL sent you.
Yes you're right. It must be the one called vitascene-dsple...
I'm sure I've installed it since I've installed everything that came with the order confirmation.
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Vitascene Filters are part of PD in the Fx room, they come with any version above the low end Ultra product.
Jeff
Okay, thanks. I searched for Vitascene Filters and found package for $399. More than twice the price for PD.
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Thanks for the tip! This is not really my isssue, since I'm having a 16:9 movie that I want to blur on both sides. But the tutorial you posted is how I want the result to be. I may used it later on. 
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You can also use PIP with a mask and feather the edge, additionally Vitascene Filter offers several adjustable "Border" filters.
Jeff
Vitascene Filters are really interesting but a bit expensive.
I'll check out that PiP tip later, meanwhile I found that the best way to go is to simply crop the video to get rid of the unwanted material.
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Hi,
Try the fx Blur effect. Inverse the effect to give a clear centre and a blurred outer, choose size of box or circle to suit, other controls available as well.
Any good?
Cheers
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It doesn't provide the right area. I wish to blur the left and right sides, as you may have seen in a lot of mobile videos in the news for example. Then you get a kind of 9:16 picture in the middle while the rest is blurred.
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Indeed sub-titles and text are different. What David probably means here is:
Make a title and format this title such that is resembles a sub-title (or visa versa). Also make sure that it is precisely in the position of a sub-title.
And then do a fade out for this title.
You will get the desired effect.
Another option is to set the sub-title as required. Do not fade the videopart yet. Separately produce the selection of your video. Then include the produced part into the timeline to replace to original part. The sub-title now is part of the produced video and can as such be faded out.
The downside of these approaches is that the title, cannot be exported as part of the sub-titles, nor made part of a (multi-lingual) sub-title stream on a DVD etc.
Thanks for clarifying!
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On YouTube you can add a blur to the egdes of a movie, but it takes several hours for the changes to take place. Can this be done within PD as well? That should be easy, but I haven't been able to figure out how.
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Actually, you can fade a "sub-title". Titles are text; double click the text item in the relevant track and when the window appears, select the text, choose ending effect, fade.
Could it be that you have mixed up Titles with Subtitles? Double-clicking a subtitle textbox opens the Subtitle room.
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I don't think you can fade the subtitle. You should just shorten its length on the subtitle timeline.
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Thanks!
I did so in this movie by the way, since that was the only "workaround" I came to think of.
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I have a subtitle all the way to the end of the movie. How do I add a fade to the subtitle as well? When the movie has faded out the subtitle is still visible.
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Okay, here's something strange. I clicked on the timeline between the end of the last visible clip and where the wiper marked the ending. Then a grey area appeared, with no content. I then hit the delete buttton and this grey area disappeared. Now the zooming is as expected. What on earth was that grey area?
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Try this: Highlight the first clip. Go to the Movie mode. Hit the End key on the keyboard. Expand the timeline ruler to see what sliver is at the end on the right and remove it. It could also be on a lower track.
There's nothing at that point on any track. All tracks are unlocked and active. I've changed the speed of several clips but that shoudn't interfere, I've done that before with no issues.
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