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Title text formatting question
Cindy5230 [Avatar]
Member Joined: Oct 30, 2008 22:53 Messages: 57 Offline
[Post New] May 05, 2023 14:24
I am following along with thisPowerDirector University tutorial ( Maliek is awesome) and have a question about a text quirk. I am using the same font and settings that Maliek uses, but I notice that on my work, the text appears a little different. In the screen cap from the tut, you can see that the bordered letters overlap each other, but the border remains intact on the 'top' letter. On my machine, the border disappears where the letters overlap as if it were outlining the word instead. Kerning makes no difference. On the third line of my example, I spaced the letters, so you can see that the letters are indeed outlined individually. Thoughts?
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PowerDirector Moderator [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan Joined: Oct 18, 2016 00:25 Messages: 2104 Offline
[Post New] May 05, 2023 14:52
Quote I am following along with thisPowerDirector University tutorial ( Maliek is awesome) and have a question about a text quirk. I am using the same font and settings that Maliek uses, but I notice that on my work, the text appears a little different. In the screen cap from the tut, you can see that the bordered letters overlap each other, but the border remains intact on the 'top' letter. On my machine, the border disappears where the letters overlap as if it were outlining the word instead. Kerning makes no difference. On the third line of my example, I spaced the letters, so you can see that the letters are indeed outlined individually. Thoughts?


Hi,

Exactly which version of PDR are you using?

On my PDR365 Business 21.1.2401 the title behaves as shown in Maliek's tutorial.
However, on my PDR365 21.4.2812 the title behaves as you have indicated.

No idea what has changed or why, others may confirm your findings and PDR21 users on an older version may perhaps also confirm the original behaviour?

I suggest you raise a support ticket, refer to this topic and see what the official position currently is.

Cheers
PowerDirector Moderator


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Cindy5230 [Avatar]
Member Joined: Oct 30, 2008 22:53 Messages: 57 Offline
[Post New] May 05, 2023 16:25
Quote


Hi,

Exactly which version of PDR are you using?

On my PDR365 Business 21.1.2401 the title behaves as shown in Maliek's tutorial.
However, on my PDR365 21.4.2812 the title behaves as you have indicated.

No idea what has changed or why, others may confirm your findings and PDR21 users on an older version may perhaps also confirm the original behaviour?

I suggest you raise a support ticket, refer to this topic and see what the official position currently is.

Cheers
PowerDirector Moderator


I'm using PDR365 21.4.2812.0 same as you. Should I include those screen caps in my ticket?
PowerDirector Moderator [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan Joined: Oct 18, 2016 00:25 Messages: 2104 Offline
[Post New] May 05, 2023 16:33
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I'm using PDR365 21.4.2812.0 same as you. Should I include those screen caps in my ticket?


Hi,

If you can, it will be simpler, if not just refer to the topic.

The issue seems pretty clear, there is a difference between the previous version and the latest version as regards that title. Whether that is a change in design or a glitch, I have no info. I presume only the development team would have the details.

If you have any feedback from them, it would be good to post it up for others to find.

Cheers
PowerDirector Moderator


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Cindy5230 [Avatar]
Member Joined: Oct 30, 2008 22:53 Messages: 57 Offline
[Post New] May 05, 2023 18:24
Quote


Hi,

If you can, it will be simpler, if not just refer to the topic.

The issue seems pretty clear, there is a difference between the previous version and the latest version as regards that title. Whether that is a change in design or a glitch, I have no info. I presume only the development team would have the details.

If you have any feedback from them, it would be good to post it up for others to find.

Cheers
PowerDirector Moderator


I will submit a ticket with this info. Just to add, I have PDR12 on another computer and it does the same as the PDR 365.
PowerDirector Moderator [Avatar]
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[Post New] May 08, 2023 03:57
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I will submit a ticket with this info. Just to add, I have PDR12 on another computer and it does the same as the PDR 365.


Hi,
I have been given some further info.

Under Object Settings in Title Designer select the Desired Rendering Method to apply a border to the whole title or the individual letters.
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/365/win/enu/13_03_04_modifying_text_proper.html?anchor=renderingmethod

Hope that helps.
Cheers
PowerDirector Moderator


For customer support related issues, please contact:
- Customer service: https://membership.cyberlink.com/support/customer-services.do
- Technical support: https://membership.cyberlink.com/support/service/technical-support.do
Cindy5230 [Avatar]
Member Joined: Oct 30, 2008 22:53 Messages: 57 Offline
[Post New] May 08, 2023 07:22
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Hi,
I have been given some further info.

Under Object Settings in Title Designer select the Desired Rendering Method to apply a border to the whole title or the individual letters.
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/365/win/enu/13_03_04_modifying_text_proper.html?anchor=renderingmethod

Hope that helps.
Cheers
PowerDirector Moderator

It did indeed. It's a little weird, since you can see by my example in the OP, the letters are individually bordered when spaced out, or when there is a natural space, but where they overlap it must consider it a 'whole title'. Changing that setting immediately gave the desired effect. Thanks!

Edited to add: three days later I have finally received a response from 'support'. They basically said it's a different build, so live with it. Thank goodness for this forum and helpful users, because the 'expert' sure didn't offer any solution.

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