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Thanks to both of you for the information. I was able to access the downloaded files in the directory that dafydd recommended. Actually, each extracted file had in its directory at least a .png or .jpeg file that I was easily able to to copy & paste into the dvd printing software.
It looks like most of the files the creators use are just standard stock photos and/or clip art & fonts that they have manipulated to make the project. Hope there isn't a problem using them as long as we don't sell them . . .
I do have another couple of questions about the director zone templates:
1. After I download and extract them, can I delete the the .dzt files or do they have to stay on my hard drive for me to use the templates?
2. If I "accidently" download the same template twice, it looks like it shows up twice in my workspace (unless one is a regular size and one is widescreen size). Can I delete one and the other one will still be there?
3. Finally, is there a way to rename the templates in my workspace to a name that is something more meaningful to me? I have tried to rename the file when I download it, but it still seems to still extract out to the original name. Although the German and French languages are beautiful, this English-only speaking American can't decipher them - sorry!
Thanks,
Cindy
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THANKS DAFYDD!!!!
You are a lifesaver . . . now I can finish this project and enjoy the rest of my weekend!
Cindy
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The menus, title templets, motion objects, etc are all very helpful in creating my projects. Kudos for all the creators that allow us to share their projects.
I do have one question . . . after I download & extract the .dzt files, what happens then? Are they extract to a Cyberlink folder on my hard drive and/or do they stay in that same .dzt format?
The reason I'm asking is that I am using one of the title templetes in my project and was hoping I could take that background picture (hoping it was extracted as a .jpg file somewhere) and use that picture to print on the DVD that I created. I've tried "copy & paste" in the title designer area and that didn't work.
Is that possible and it that allowed by the creators? I'm assuming that since they allow us to download them, they will allow us to print the picture on a DVD . . .
If anyone knows if it can be done, please respond quickly . . . I'm kind of under the gun to finish this REAL SOON!
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Thanks, I'll download it now . . . . did they make any changes to the motions in the magic motion function?
Cindy
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Just curious . . . . what changes were made in this latest build as compared to the 1714 build I'm using now? (must have missed the one in between these 2!)
Cindy
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Hi Con,
Thank you for that information. Ya know, now that you mentioned the "intermittent bug", I, too, saw it in PD6. I thought I was going crazy with the pan & zooms, especially in the bigger projects. I would work on a project and have everything just right, open it up the next day and all the motions would be off. It was very frustrating!
I thought that maybe I had a problem with my video card, but then it wouldn't happen every time just as you experienced. I haven't finished & burned a project in PD7 yet and that was the purpose of this question. I was hoping I could get a better handle on the motion designer before I started a project.
And Dafydd . . .
Any instructional videos would be helpful. I do lots of slideshows of people and not so much scenery so preventing cut off heads is really important! Maybe you could "test" PD7 using pics of people (instead of scenery) to see if you could recreate this problem that occurs with using multiple still images (50+) using the pan & zoom. Then delete a couple of pics, save the project and open it up again and see if the pan & zooms are still centered correctly.
The motion designer could really be a great tool if it works correctly!
Cindy
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Looks like a page (or 2) of the forum is missing in cyberspace somewhere . . . .
Anyway, thank you, Dafydd for the excellent instructional video using the Motion Designer in Slideshow. It answered many of my questions and then some.
I really liked your demo using the advanced feature in the cell slideshow. The advanced feature really adds flexibility to that particular type of slideshow. Why didn't Cyberlink offer that same advanced setting for the other types of slideshows? Can you offer that as a suggestion in future builds? By adding this feature to the other types would greatly reduce the tedious manual job (that you so thoroughly explained) of resizing pics on an individual basis if one is rushed or has many photos.
Thanks for your help,
Cindy
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Hey Dafydd,
Could you make one of your excellent videos showing how to effectively use the Magic Motion feature for still images?
Although we have more motion choices in PD7 vs PD6, many of the choices end up cutting heads off and are just unusable. I've been trying to use the User-defined feature, but I'm getting confused because when I try to move the diamonds to get the right motion the frame changes shape and I have to keep starting over.
There has to be an easier way because I do slide shows with 50-350 still images and I just can't do each image individually. I've tried the automatic slideshow feature but some of the motions also cut off heads and I've read earlier posts that some pictures are duplicated.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Cindy
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Dafydd,
Thanks for the help - I may experiment with the editor, but look forward to any improvements at the end of the month.
Maybe, I'll set it to CD quality for now, turn up the volume and "practice".
Cindy
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Can someone explain to me how to use the voice-over feature so that I can hear it? Although I've used PD for quite a while, I've not used the voice-over feature yet.
I have PD7 and a USB standard microphone. I thought I had it set up correctly, but no matter how loud I speak, I can barely hear myself speaking. When I add background music (and lower the background music volume), it is even worse.
This is how I set it up:
- clicked on voice-over
- selected device and moved slider to highest volume input
- clicked on profile and the default was "untitled" but gave me choices of CD, Radio, Telephone quality along with their default attribute settings.
This is where I'm getting confused because I don't know what all the kHz, bit rate, stereo choices mean . . . . I tried experimenting with different attributes, but still can barely hear the voice over recording.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Cindy
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Thanks for posting this information. My daughter is on the broadcast team at her high school and thought this project was "cool" and wants to use it as a project for one of her broadcasts in the fall. Thanks.
Cindy
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http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/Studio+Ultimate+11+Support/Download+Area/Hardware+Installer+-Drivers/Hardware+Installers.htm?mode=documents&Display=1
Here is a site for updating movie box drivers for vista. I actually downloaded this file and installed it and tried it on my vista computer using PD7, but the TV screen that was lit up in XP was grayed out in Vista as you mentioned in your last post. I also have a webcam on my vista computer and PD7 seemed to want to recognize my webcam (which worked fine), but not the movie box. It actually recognized the movie box was there, but couldn't capture . . . . maybe there are some settings that aren't right, but that's beyond my knowledge!
As far as both Studio & PD on same computer, it just seemed like I had more crashes and freeze ups. PD - even though there are lots of complaints on this forum - is a much better product than Studio. I only used Studio to import files when I had PD6, but have not had any importing problems in PD7. I know that doesn't help you. . . . maybe you can "upgrade" back to XP . . .
Cindy
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Yes, my movie box is connected via USB. Try another USB port on your computer - sometimes another USB port will recognize it.
After I sent you that post, I started working on my summer project of importing my analog video again. However, yesterday I updated a driver to that movie box as I had an older driver - BAD DECISION! PD7 would not recognize the movie box. Had to roll back to the driver that worked. Lesson learned - if it isn't broken, don't fix it!!! My point here is that maybe you need to update or roll back the current driver you are using for that movie box to be recognized. If you have to uninstall the driver and re-install it, be sure to install the driver before plugging in the movie box.
One other thing to check . . . down in the right corner of the capture screen, be sure to click on the settings and when that box opens, be sure to select the movie box for the analog capture. Maybe PD7 is defaulting your analog capture to your video card instead of the movie box.
Good luck,
Cindy
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Hi Luca,
Yes, I am using the Pinnacle Movie Box 710 with much success so far. For some reason PD6 would not recognize the movie box, but was pleasantly pleased to see that PD7 does. Just don't install the Pinnacle Studio when installing the movie box drivers because you will likely have conflicts between Studio & PD7. I forgot how I did it, but I think I just copied over the drivers for the movie box.
Open up PD7 . . . click on capture . . . it should go out and recognize the movie box (be sure camera is on). Look to see that the capture from TV button is highlighted (3rd icon from left). On right side of screen, click on Profile and be sure that MPEG-1 is your choice (it will say VCD HQ in the box below Profile). That is the only setting that will let you import video and sound. Then just click on the red button and the play button on your analog camera! Works for me!
Cindy
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Video editing/burning programs take up TONS of resources.
Try turning off everything running in the background (Spyware programs, virus protection programs, etc). But be sure to unplug your internet connection before turning those programs off! I just recently got a virus (what a pain!) from turning off those programs (and not unplugging the internet connection) while burning a DVD.
Cindy
PS - Vista is a crummy operating system!
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Hi Robert,
Thanks for the info. I sent them a message and will hopefully get a link soon.
Just curious, any specific bugs that this new build fixed that I haven't encountered yet (other than the scene detection that wasn't fixed)?
Cindy
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Should I be upgrading to build 1714? I was lucky enough to download a good copy of build 1628a and did not encounter any of the problems that the others faced on this forum as far as download problems.
However, I, too, am having a problem with the scene detection when importing video. I don't want to mess up the current build that I have now, but want to see if this scene detection "bug" can be fixed and to see if there are any other "bugs" that would be fixed by installing build 1714.
Shouldn't Cyberlink provide the 1714 patch in my member area if it is to be available to everyone? Nothing has shown up in my member area yet as far as allowing me to update to this latest patch.
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Cindy
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I am starting a summer project of transferring all of my analog and digital tapes to preserve them on disk. As I write this I am beginning the tedious task of capturing the video and saving them in .mpg files onto my hard drive. I plan to use bits and pieces of many of them to create some family movies at some point, but I'd like to copy ALL of the separate files onto discs and be able to use them separately (if that is the right term) at a later date in case my hard drive becomes full or if I just want to share a couple of the files. If I put several of the files on the timeline and produce/create a file, won't they all be combined to 1 file and I wouldn't be able to use them separately? If that is the case, would I use PD7 to save them or just copy each one separately using a file burning program?
Second, if I can use PD7 to produce/create a file and keep all of the files separate, which format would you recommend - .avi, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, etc. to save them in?
Thanks,
Cindy
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THIS WAS AN ANSWER I POSTED IN ANOTHER TOPIC ON HERE (you didn't say what version you were using):
I had some problems with PD6 and importing analog VHS tapes, too. I had to do a "workaround" by importing it from my VHS player through a Pinnacle Movie Box, saving it as an .avi file and then importing it into PD6. I have since ugraded to PD7 and just tested all my "importing" devices - digital camera, DVD drive and VHS player. I am still using the VHS/Movie Box to get the analog file onto my hard drive, but happily PD7 at least recognizes it now, so I don't have to do that extra step in Pinnacle. I can't remember the details of what PD6 did, but I did figure out that for me in order to import analog VHS tapes, you have to select MPEG-1 in the profile section to get both sound and video. I initially selected MPEG-2 (didn't work), then selected AVI (video was fine, but sound was delayed). Any reason you need to import your file in AVI format instead of MPEG-1?
Hope that helps!
Cindy
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Try saving analog video in MPEG-1. That worked for me!
Cindy
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I had some problems with PD6 and importing analog VHS tapes, too. I had to do a "workaround" by importing it from my VHS player through a Pinnacle Movie Box, saving it as an .avi file and then importing it into PD6. I have since ugraded to PD7 and just tested all my "importing" devices - digital camera, DVD drive and VHS player. I am still using the VHS/Movie Box to get the analog file onto my hard drive, but happily PD7 at least recognizes it now, so I don't have to do that extra step in Pinnacle. I can't remember the details of what PD6 did, but I did figure out that for me in order to import analog VHS tapes, you have to select MPEG-1 in the profile section to get both sound and video. I initially selected MPEG-2 (didn't work), then selected AVI (video was fine, but sound was delayed). Any reason you need to import your file in AVI format instead of MPEG-1?
Hope that helps!
Cindy
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