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Hi, all!
This sort of subject popped up in another earlier post. It seems people are wont to shoot video on their mobile phones, and when they do, they hold them vertically, in the same orientation they would to talk in them. If you're gonna use these things to shoot still images, okay, fair enough, but if you're shooting video, hold them in horizontal(landscape) orientation, rather than vertical(portrait). I recently acquired a mobile phone that has an inbuilt camera, and a micro-SD slot to take a card on which to store the images. But I flatly refuse to use it for such purpose as I wanted a phone, not a camera! I already have a good video camera, that feature in a phone is just surplus to requirements!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello Carlos!
Here's how you get your bubble.
1) Insert your still or video clip on a PiP track(work out at which point you want it to appear, how many seconds or minutes into your video).
2) Click on "Modify" and select "Mask", you'll find a considerable variety of mask shapes, choose which one you want to use and it will be applied to your PiP image.
3) Now you need only decide on how the image will appear, be it fade in/out or slide in/out.
That advice is for another time if you need help there. But for the moment,Steps 1 and 2 will give you what you want.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi Angela
Perhaps Powerdirector is muted within windows sound mixer, have you tried looking there?
Pete
Hi, Angela!
What Peter7769 suggests here is a definite possibility. However, in trying to formulate an answer myself, I've hit a brick wall. In Windows XP I could click on the speaker icon next to the time display(bottom-right corner of monitor) and I could select advance settings that govern the output of any programme that puts out audio. In Windows 7 I don't seem to have that option. I went into Control Panel to look for an advanced audio mixer, d'ya think I could find it? Nah! Well anyway, Peter may have better luck and may be able to advise you better than I can at this moment. All I can suggest is that any audio output you think might be muted or have its volume slider pulled down to zero volume, inspect them and udo any mute or slide any fader up to give good output, and on PD14, make sure none of your audio tracks, on which there's any content, are muted.
Cheers!
Neil.
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CS
Hi, CS! What happened here? Were you writing a reply that got inadvertantly deleted? I found a trick that works well here, highlight your post's text and copy it to "clipboard"(Ctrl+C), then, if you click "submit" and the system goes into a spasm and your post gets blown into the ether, simply open a new reply panel and paste(Ctrl+V) the text into that new panel. The second time you submit should get through.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, Angela!
I just took a look at the image, it shows the speaker icon under the preview screen with the diagonal line through it, indicating muted audio. Just check there. If you see that line through the pleaker, click to un-mute the audio, problem solved(hopefully)!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Damn! My little GIF won't display. 
It's attached.
Nice one, Tony! A real crack-up! Ha-ha! But seriously, folks, the original Off-Topic chat was exactly as CS2014 described its purpose, for "questions about general video characteristics" and anything else that related to video editing, but wasn't directly related to the various versions of Power Director. For example, I create my own title graphics in Microsoft Paint. I found that certain transition effects applied ahead of and behind them on any of the overlay tracks in PD14 produce some great visual effects effects. All you need is your title graphic produced in bitmap(don't really need PNG), set the white background to "invisible" using chroma-key, set a colour board(any colour but white is best), then drop a transition effect in ahead of and behind it, not all the transitions will work, but some experimentation with black as the background colour and colour board(gotta try a bit of that myself, actually, come to think of it) may be needed as some transitions will put in a black background that masks out the video you're superimposing your title over. Like I said, experimentation needed. But with those that will work with a white background chroma-keyed out, the results can be amazing! If you create a title referring to ghosts, try the ripple 1 effect for instance. You can truly create some jaw-dropping title effects here!
And suggestions like that above would go down well in an Off Topic Chat thread.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, All!
I was starting to wonder if Off Topic Chat ever existed on this website, but it did and I, along with many others, was an active participant(in my case since February, 2012). I suggest(respectfully) that it could be time to revive this section of the forum, to discuss video editing in a more general manner(not completely off topic) but less slanted to the particular versions of Power Director, and more toward editing videos in general, for instance, tricks that a contributing poster may have come up with. Some may remember an idea I posted, explaining how to appear and disappear like a ghost in a video. I've virtually made it a "trademark" of my videos.
So, moderators, have a think about it. Let's get Off Topic Chat up and running again.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Just posting so that others who may experience a similar thing can know what to expect...
I (and PDtoots) have a number outstanding copyright claims, most of which I've disputed. Here's a kind of funny one (even though it's a nuisance):
17 June 2011 - Uploaded tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6PDeatLY1Q
3 February 2016 - (4+ years later) Received copyright notice - filed dispute immediately.
13 February 2016 - copyright claim released
Here's a copy/paste of the email:
Hi PDtoots,
Good news! Your dispute wasn’t reviewed within 30 days, so the copyright claim on your YouTube video has now been released.
Video title: "PowerDirector 9 Slideshow Tutorial"
The YouTube Team
How good's your subtraction???
Cheers - Tony
Hi, Tony!
Glad you got that copyright claim sorted, but you should not have been placed in a situation where you needed to go through that process. YouTube is to blame here, not you or PDToots! As I said to Kyle. "It should be YouTube's obligation to sort this mess out themselves, not dump it on their contributors", meaning they(YouTube) should not have dumped this copyright claim in your lap.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, barefootguyinco61!
All typo glitches aside, What AIS said is right, or at least it should be. You shouldn't have to PAY for tech support, considering how much dough you aid out to buy PD14 in the first place. There should be no room for "gouge & screw" tactics here! Trying to extract the last cent, penny, euro-cent, whatever currency's lowest denomination, from users who buy this product in good faith, is just not on!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Personally I've bought both my versions of PD as boxed retail copies. That means they're commercially pressed discs, with key, which should last indefinitely.
Hi, Mike!
By doing so, you're guaranteed a reliable re-install on any future computer you may buy. Commercially-pressed discs in boxed sets should ALWAYS be the way to go when buying software like Power Director(whichever version) or any other type of software, for that matter. Downloading software can be frought with danger: Components of the software might not download correctly, rendering the software useless, or a malevolent hacker could install a virus on the download that could cause havoc in your computer. Installation from disc avoids all that hassle. So, for PD15, 16, 17 and onwards, put them out on disc - not download!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, JL_JL(Jeff)!
I just downloaded your screen capture and, though silent, backs up what I've been saying about the relative ease of audio editing in PD8, compared to that in PD14. Setting audio levels in PD8(and PD7) is a breeze compared to PD14. Methinks Cyberlink needs to take a few steps backward to these earlier versions and see what they got right in them, compared to what they've clearly got so badly wrong in PD14.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, barefootguyinco61!
I don't want to appear pedantic, but the same mistake has turned up in your latest post. We're currently with Power Director 14, Power Director 15 won't be released until later this year.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Edit: just noticed this is an old thread so deleted my reply (wish I could delete the whole post!).
Hi, Mike!
I didn't look at the date when I replied to this post. I I had seen the date, I wouldn't have bothered replying as it should've been resolved last year....... Whoops!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, all!
Just reading this reminds me of the perils of download from the internet. This is why Cyberlink should, nay MUST, offer ALL its product on installation discs. It(the installation disc, be it CD or DVD) is by far the safest, most reliable method of programme installation.
Cheers!
Neil
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Hi, barefootguyinco61!
Just an aside, I think you may have had a finger slip on your keyboard! Power Director 15 has not yet been released, I think you may be referring to the current version, Power Director 14!
Cheers!
Neil
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The issue is because of the music track...
In youtube video manager states that the video will be blocked in some countries and on some devices... so it works on my windows desktop and doesn't on ios and windows mobile 10.... I am creating another video same content but different music and will check in future
Hello, George!
You should not need to do this, by rights, but it is clearly an example of YouTube recalcitrance which results in you finding it necessary to redo your video with different music. It is likely you may face the same problem(s) with the new version of your video, because of the fact that there is music in it, regardless of which music you use. There has been an on-going discussion in another thread about this subject. Perhaps you've been following it so you'll be no doubt aware of what's been said.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi, RDOIII!
Thanks for some useful info! I will try it as I have Pinnacle Studio Vers.12(albeit copied, thus unregistered) on my computer. I still use PD14 for editing but audio work will more than likely be assigned to PD8 from here on out, along with DVD authoring(burning to disc).
I will do some experimenting with Pinnacle 12 "to see what hoops it will jump through" in relation to audio editing. After what you've said, I'm curious to see what can be done in PS12.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hello, jklein!
Pinnacle V15(end-of-life), does that mean there are no more versions of Pinnacle Studio after Version 15? Hmmm.... With Power Director 14, RDOIII's analogy of TV sound setting makes sense, makes a lot of sense, actually! If you mute the audio on a TV, you expect it to stay muted until you push the button that un-mutes it. Setting the audio to a certain value at the very beginning of a clip, you should reasonably expect that value to be maintained until such a point where you reset it yourself. I've been creating some short first-play intro sequences for future DVDs. Using some animation effects for images on the screen, I get the clip complete to just before I add music. When I add the music, at the start of the music track I pull the fader all the way down. If I play before doing anything else, I watch with dismay as the volume creeps back up to 0db. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN! If I were to do the clip in PD8, adding the audio, if I play before doing anything else after pulling the fader all the way down, IT STAYS DOWN until I add points at where it should increase. This is what SHOULD happen! The audio control aspect of PD14 is not an innovation, it is, instead, a very bad design glitch!.
Cheers!
Neil.
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Very interesting comments
Am I correct to assume that PD8 works as I want it to do?
Thanks
RDOIII
Hi, RDOIII!
It's because Power Director 8(Ultra version) is still in situ on my computer, that I'm able to describe the method of setting audio levels. In PD8, the level value appears above the fader(slider) control for any of the audio tracks(as opposed to below the slider for PD14). I can type in any value(within the allowed range) from dead quiet up to full-blast. What I do is to set a point at just before where I want to boost or cut the volume, step the video forward a few frames, and at that point, type in a new value, above or below 0db, and the "rubber band" as it's been called elsewhere, will jump up or down to that level and hold it until I want to, say, bring the level back to 0db, I just reversethe process from where I boost or cut the level. **I should point out however that this applies only to the clip you're working on(highlighted clip)**, that's why I finish editing my video to a point where I can view it in full, writing my narration script as I go. then record the script and drop it in, using the method I've explained earlier in this thread. **The comment in bold italics may disappoint you as you are able to set the level across an entire video(all clips put in place) in Pinnacle Studio 12, but I haven't tried that as yet in Pinnacle Studio 12 myself, I suspect you can only do it once all your clips are in place and BEFORE you've put any/all transitions in place.(My own experience of Pinnacle 12 is that it's good for editing content derived from analogue sources, but falls down somewhat when trying to edit digital-sourced content).
Cheers!
Neil.
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There's no trial & error about that aspect of particle designer. Some particle templates have a background track (i.e. an image/colour board).
To be able to see the video clip, you just disable or delete the background track.
Cheers - Tony
Hmmmm.... Wasn't aware of that! Will try a few sometime soon. Y'know, "suck it and see"! Thanks Tony!
Cheers!
Neil.
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Hi Jerry -
First up, I think the help file may require a bit of an update. You probably realsied that when the maximum "life" is 50000 (not 100).
The little I've used particles, I've found that there's a fair bit of trial & error & a good part of the time I'm sailing blind. Particles and me? Well - "unpredictable" puts it nicely.
Prompted by your post, however, I'll investigate further.
Cheers - Tony
Hi, Tony!
I've found that not all those particle effects can be superimposed over other video content. Some, yes, but not all. I discovered this through trial & error.
Cheers!
Neil.
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