Spinning Logo

n_s_simpson

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Jan 06, 2011 04:59

Hi

I'm loving PowerDirector 9 but there's a few things I can't work out.

What I want is to have a spinning logo running in the background throughout my entire video. I wanted to have the background transparent but I couldn't work out an easy way to do it. Here is the design:

What I did was have each frame broken down, filtered out the white using the chroma key setting and copied and pasted over and over again in a dedicated video track. This seemed to work fine although there must be better ways of implementing it.

The main problem I have is how I can now apply this logo to existing projects since I can't seem to copy and paste tracks between different projects.

Can someone help?

Thanks

Nick Simpson @ Printerbase Ltd

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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 06, 2011 07:26

You need to create your logo as a separate project.
Render your logo project on it's own.
Save that logo video and place it in PIP in any project that requires it.
You will need to chromakey out the background, but once you get it done, you can use it over and over. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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n_s_simpson

Newbie Joined: Nov 18, 2010 20:10 Messages: 37 Offline

Jan 06, 2011 07:33

Hi Baryddth

Thanks for the reply.

I'll have a go at that and let you know how I get on.

Kind regards

Nick

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Jan 06, 2011 09:56

One point.

When inserting a video file into PD where you need it to loop please make sure you correctly calculate the length of the video by frame so you can abutt each gif/video to make a longer logo video.

Dafydd

n_s_simpson

Newbie Joined: Nov 18, 2010 20:10 Messages: 37 Offline

Jan 06, 2011 10:03

I'll give it a go later on today. Wish me luck

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Jan 06, 2011 10:51

What I did was have each frame broken down, filtered out the white using the chroma key setting and copied and pasted over and over again in a dedicated video track. This seemed to work fine although there must be better ways of implementing it.

Have you tried making an animated GIF in a photo editor that supports animated GIFs?

You can then place the Gif on a track and expand the duration to the length of your video. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

n_s_simpson

Newbie Joined: Nov 18, 2010 20:10 Messages: 37 Offline

Jan 06, 2011 11:21

Hi Carl

I tried an animated GIF and only the static image displays. When I Googled this I found that apparently PowerDirector will not run animated GIF's.

Regards

Nick

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Jan 06, 2011 12:42

Try the avi in the zip.

You'll need to use chrome key on the white and as it is only 36 seconds long ass additional clips etc to cover the display time you need.

Dafydd

Filename	printerbase15sec003.zip	Download
Description	logo
Filesize	570 Kbytes
Downloaded:	346 time(s)


Filename	sduk2010-pd228.png	Download
Description	data
Filesize	4 Kbytes
Downloaded:	211 time(s)