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Experimentation with grades of WMV files, has led me almost to abandon the project outright. I tried the first setting(300kb/s) produced a woeful result that I won't inflict on anyone(file size 1.4mb but unusable). Second attempt resulted in a file too large to upload(80-odd megabythes - ouch!). A third attempt gave me good quality(2mb/s) and a file size of 9.12megabytes(as stored on my computer), so I'll upload that attempt and suggest to downloaders that you convert to MPEG2 before use. The background music is from a PD8 menu page, the graphics include the scan of the playing surface of a DVD rotating counter-clockwise at 1440 degrees(360 dexgees X 4) with the title rotating clockwise at the same rate. Backdrop is a purple colour board and, from Particle Room, #1.Star(with background removed so colour board can be seen). The item is available below for download. I note the size is slightly larger on the upload, that's just part of the process, I guess.
Okay, I won't upload the other item(the first-play) just yet, as it is 18.5 migabytes. I'll wait until I can convert it to a respectable-quality WMV file. When I figue that out, then I'll use that as my guide to the grade of WMV that I need to upload these short "how-To" videos I wish to produce.
Just a further to the above, I've been toying with Screen Recorder(gotta say, it leaves a lot to be desired), with the idea of uploading, not to YouTube, but to these forum pages, a few "How-To" videos of my own. I've been considering a video on a subject I posted "many moons ago" where I gave a step-by-step guide to appearing and disappearing like a ghost. I'm figuring that an MPEG2 file might be a bit large for such an upload, and might also create difficulties for the downloader, so I require a video file type that gives a reasonable image quality but keeps the file size small enough for safe upload/download. As to Screen Recorder, I'm going to have to useit, in spite of its shortcomings, as part of my production "toolkit".
I'm a newbie to this software and so forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question. I have moved over from a different editor and in the past I was able to rotate clips in x, y and z axes. I found this great in creating opening and closing title scenes. I can only see x and y here. Am I missing something or is this feature not aailable?
Hi, A_J_123!
No, you're not missing anything, actual video clips(if inserted to a PiP track) can only be rotated on an axis(clockwise or anti-clockwise) There is a 3D-rotation of the 3D title available, but it's only for that and nothing else! Shame about that! I had the same idea as you just yesterday and thought I'd explore it. Regrettably I did not find it. Indeed it's something that could lend itself to some very interesting, even eye-popping effects!
Dan, I'm confused about this too! or maybe it's a typographic error. Hey, barefootguyinco61, can you please clarify for Dan and myself what a "mobo" is?
Es tut mir leid dass kann ich Ihnen nicht hilfe geben. Als habe ich Power Director versionen 8 und 14 auf meinem Computer installiert. Ich hab' nicht Power Director 11 erfaehrt. Vieleicht kann Barry The Crab oder Dafydd B. fuer Sie ein antwort finden.
Viel Gruss!
Neil.
English Version:
Dear Mr. Phylou38,
I'm sorry I'm unable to give any help here, as I have Power Director versions 8 and 14 installed on my computer. I've not had experience with Power Director 11. Perhaps Barry The Crab or Dafydd B. can find an answer for you.
Cheers!
Neil.
P.S. I've never learned French, My mother tongue is English and my acquired second language is German.
A quick peek shows me someone has downloaded the image I provided. Hopefully, you, the downloader should see the difference between the two versions of Power Director, Version 8 against Version 14. I have kept Version 8 on my computer for initially the reason that I can fit a great deal more content on a standard 4.7 GB disc, but in experiences with PD8 in the past, and with PD14 now, I find PD8 far more compliant with the way I do my audio editing, especially in the way I insert my narration tracks, which I record in Sony Sound Forge, then import them as MP3 audio to be inserted on the voice track of Power Director. PD8 has shown itself as very user-friendly in this respect, and, as Dafydd B. has pointed out, PD8 has only ever had(or needed) one update patch. Obviously Cyberlink must've got a lot right with PD8, such a pity then, that users are experiencing varying degrees of difficulty with subsequent PD versions.
I've created a little animated clip that can be used as a first-play. It's 18.5 megabytes(MPEG2, DVD-SP grade) and runs 43 seconds. Is this too big a file to be uploaded here? If so, then I won't upload it here, but if not, then watch for it soon.
Here is that comparative image. For space reasons, I've cropped down to the sliders. However, These are enough to show the differences in audio level adjustment between the two Power Director versions.
Quote:No - I wasn't trying to prove that at all - nor did my results indicate anything of the kind.
Still, if you're able to somehow link this topic "output dimensions" to perverts & child pornography I doubt that you'd take that in. Seriously over the top, Neil!
One thing we have proven conclusively here is that there is NO need for an "Off Topic Chat" thread. Members will do that easily with no formal structure!
Cheers - Tony
Hi, Tony!
In regards to me trying to "link this topic "output dimensions" to perverts & child pornography", I wasn't actually trying to do that. I was merely explaining that, since the time when cameras were put into mobile phones, the seedier elements of society(paedophiles) were bound to find a use for such a device that was never, ever envisaged by those who came up with the means to include cameras in mobile phones. It is the negative aspect of such an inclusion that was missed by Camner in his post about people constantly wanting to take "selfies" every other minute, as well as the habitual use of these "things" to shoot video in vertical(portrait) orientation rather than horizontal(landscape) orientation.
Quote:Hi Neil,
The majority of editors here either no longer have PDR8 installed or have come to PDR later. While I'm not wanting to turn this thread or this forum into a PDR8 comparison thread. If you want to make a point, the best way would be for you to screen capture still images of both PDR8 (that you have) and PDR14 for the later users to actually see the differnce you are referencing. Just a suggestion.
FYI: PDR8, if you look it up, only every had one update patch, the lowest for any PDR.
There is a workaround if the .dv file cannot be directly imported into PD8, or later versions, right up to PD14. It involves "capturing" the content, through a capture card device, just as you would if copying VHS/Beta/Video-8/Hi-8 analogue content in "real-time". It's not the ideal method, granted, but it's a good standby if compatibility problems between camera, computer and software(such as Power Director) pop up.
Quote:Will PD 14 (all versions) accept photos & video from a Sony A7II? I see there are quite a lot of camera's it supports from Sony but not the A7II. Hope to hear from someone....jp
Hi, jpflkeys!
If your camera is SD Card-based, and connects to your computer via USB, then the camera should behave like an external hard-drive and you should be able to import the files you want(with the exception of RAW files, as Carl312 pointed out). I have Panasonic and Canon cameras that hook up to my computer via USB, I have the option of importing content in this fashion, or I can remove the SD Card from the camera(turning it off, first), then inserting the SD Card into a card reader device(also USB-connected) and extract the files directly from the card to my Media Room, or copy the files to my internal drive, and import them from there.
Quote:Even though Angela has resolved her immediate issue by using fades rather than blur transitions, I thought I'd post this...
Some transitions, when applied only to a resized PiP Object (whether it's a clip or an image) DO affect the whole screen, including the background video. FACT.
The video I posted then (2014) still applies to PDR14 & I still can't explain it:
Neil - inserting a colour board then applying chroma key to it results in NOTHING. The process you suggested above works only for particular transitions & NOT for a blur transition.
In the timeline setup below, with blur transitions applied, I got exactly the same result as Angela did in her original post. The whole screen is blurred - not just the PiP Object.
Attachment for Neil (Maxwell Smart)
Cheers - Tony
Oops - Missed it by thaaaat much, Chief!
Yeah, Tony, you are correct.
But I employ the old "suck it and see" trial & error method to see which transition effects will affect only the PiP without affecting the endire image. Can be a pain in the you-know-where, but it gets the result I'm after. And as Barry has alluded to, Cyberlink still has a mountain of work to do in getting things right with Power Director.
Quote:wow, this is great help. Thanks everyone. Once this post officially closes as solved, will I be able to access it again?
Hi, Angela!
Yes, you'll be able to find the thread in the Forums list for PD14, but after a while, it will be buried deep down in the older posts, 2, 3, 4 or more pages back. You may have to don your pit-helmet(with flashlight) and carry your pick-axe to go digging deep into the bowels of the PD14 forum archives..... only joking! But, yes! You'll still be able to find this post and thread, but probably for reading only as it may be "locked".
The image you shot, as it presents itself on your computer screen, is indeed "portrait". Where you finally got it back onto your mobile phone, it's still portrait with those black "slabs" either side of it. For the purpose of the thread, you've not really failed at all, you've successfully proved what a lot of us have been saying about shooting video with these devices. As for the video software(Power Director 14), the Power Tools function that allows you to turn a video on its side(90 degrees), is somewhat limited and there's only so much that CLPV can or will do to correct the image.
Being the moderate that I am, I can see both sides of this. On the one hand, I think the ubiquity of the smartphone camera has had a couple of negative consequences, including a lot less thought put into composition (even with spontaneous snapshots) and has fed an increasing tide of narcissim–it's one thing for proud new parents or grandparents to take a post a million pics of a new baby...this will pass in time, but another thing when it seems nearly everyone thinks the rest of the world is dying to see pics of us going about our mundane daily lives!
But, we don't always have the "right" equipment around, and particularly when it comes to taking pictures of young children, they're doing something cute when they're doing something cute, and pulling out the handy smartphone seems better than saying "Whoops, no picture/video right now because I don't have the appropriate camera for that handy."
Now, if I only could persuade those around me to keep the damn smartphone in landscape mode!
Hello, Camner!
Though I stick with the view I've expressed, it's not gonna stop people using mobile phones with inbuilt cameras, using them as video or stills cameras. But there's more negative aspects about such devices than you've named. Paedophiles have used such devices(as reported in TV new bulletins) to take videos of naked children in municipal pool dressing rooms while posing as pool staff. Not very nice when little Jenny or Jamie has just finished her/his swim and is getting changed back into street clothes. Such incidences show the danger of these devices in the wrong hands and informs my view of specific devices for specific purposes.
And yes, that ever-present habit of holding the phone in Vertical orientation to take a video.... Pardon me for saying, but it looks bloody awful! There... I said it! Now I'll head for the hills as they(mobile phone users) will be baying for my blood. ha-ha!
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Cheers, Angela!
