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I had wanked in the past about the lack of a simple "Save As" function in PhD4. I was frustrated by the only option available to save an image, that being the very circuitous "Export" function.
I had basically stopped using PhD4 because I found it difficult, non-intuitive, lacking several features I have become accustomed too in my very old copy of PS3.
But, and there is always a 'but', I wanted to enhance a photo with the HDR effect in PhD4 which I do like very much. Last night I worked on a photo, and as had been required in the past, I clicked on the FUBAR "Export" function and never managed to get my edited image saved anywhere I can find it. What I did find was a copy of my unedited image placed into the source folder.
So today I went back into PhD4 and edited my image all over again, after first cleaning out the old stuff which PhD4 saves by Default and I also find very annoying.
After editing my image, instead of clicking on Export, for the heck of it, I clicked on 'File' and Lo and Behold! There was a "Save As" button!
I clicked it, and titled my image and it saved it just like it is supposed too. And then I closed PhD4 and it closed quietly without any fuss.
I am THRILLED to see the "Save As' function has now been added and enabled.
PowerDirector has the 'power' to handle those 12MB photos with ease. But you will see better results if you produce to something other than DVD. Such as MPEG-4, or AVCHD/MTS2, heck even WMV. And go ahead and select a hi res output such as 1920x1080. You will end up with black borders with a 4:3 crop. If you could crop your original images to 16:9 than you will not get the black edges.
My PD had been performing exceptionally well for many months. I just updated to the latest patch a few days ago.
Today I had a freeze-up. I had to CTRL-ALT-DEL to close the program. Afterward, I could not restart PowerDirector. I had to turn off and reboot my computer in order to start PD again.
This is something many of us went through a while back. I forget now what the solution was.
I used the Fix/Enhance function and tried it at various settings from 50 to 100. The aliasing is pretty intense at 100, and 65 was not much of an improvement over 50 and the aliasing was still a little too much.
So I settled on 50% and then produced a video at 1920x1080. It's not very sharp, but at least it is not pixelated. It is decent enough to watch and can be watched full screen on my monitor.
Interestingly, the video is on Youtube but YT says it is still 480P. Even so, you can watch it full screen.
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