Questions I have, and shall ask in the future.

Dymetreus

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Jul 14, 2011 21:37

Greetings fellow users of PowerDirector, I am using the trial version of PD and so far it seems what I'm looking for. I'm going to try to use every single day of this trial version until I am 100% it is for me. My plans are to use it mostly for making machinima. (Many different kinds, including the well known MMORPG World of Warcraft)

I would normally love to tell you my channel, but unfortunately I haven't really much to offer. This little topic I've made will contain questions that I have and will ask in the future. I could just make a topic for every question I have, but honestly I feel like I should save topic space. Also I may make some friends here, and it'll be easier to have them help me when I need it!

If someone here makes machinima, and would like to give advice, then throw them my way! I'll catch every last one of them. My goal is to get 100 subscribers at first, and if someone helps, or inspires me to make a video, I shall give credit where it's due. Thanks again to all whom assist this poor little nooblet!

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Information
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My version of PD is Trial 9.0.0.2701

(If you don't have enough information, and would like for me to add some, just ask!)

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Questions
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First off, I am having a little difficulty with the preview. It lags every slide it goes through, as if it has to buffer every single one and makes it very laggy. I tested whether it affected the video once it's produced, and thankfully it doesn't. However, my video I'm working on at the moment has A LOT of slides, and the preview's purpose is now defeated. I can't use the preview to see whether the video is the way I want it to be! Most of the video skips, the rest is laggy. I looked on google and found someone saying to put the quality down, I put it the farthest down and it still does the same.

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ClancM

Senior Member Location: New York Joined: May 26, 2011 22:19 Messages: 175 Offline

Jul 14, 2011 21:59

Three posibilities i think.

Make sure youre not playing music while you click preiview as some users have found it can cause PD to lag

And what type of PC are you using, my PD lags alot but its just because my computer is slow.

Also what are the quality of the clips you are using, lagging will almost always happen with HD files.

Best of Luck.

Dymetreus

Newbie Joined: Jul 09, 2011 20:21 Messages: 10 Offline

Jul 14, 2011 22:04

Thank you for your reply. I believe they are HD and I have set them to HD through preview. But it lags just as bad as when I put them on lower quality. And my computer is quick, quick enough for this definitely. If it can play WoW and use fraps without lag on decent to good quality, then it should be able to handle this I would imagine. Though I could be wrong.

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Using the Media Viewer, on the lowest quality, it doesn't emit much lag if at all. So to /some/ extent, the problem is solved. Through the preview the lag is there, but the media viewer seems to solve that. On the lowest quality, that is. I shall have more questions in the future, if not very shortly. If I do double post sometime because of this, I'm sorry. I would just edit my original post, but then one of these times this topic shall be so far back no one will see it and thus, I would have to either post or make another topic. Thanks again to my first reply!

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CubbyHouseFilms

Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline

Jul 14, 2011 22:12

Hi Dymetreus

Welcome to the forum

Please see this link and provide the relative information to assist us to assist you

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page

In the meantime:

1. Ensure your graphics card is up to date - go to the manufacturers website.

2. Ensure Apple Quicktime is the current version and update if needed

3. Close 'power hungry' programs.

Good luck Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
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Dymetreus

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Jul 14, 2011 22:15

You want me to do EVERYTHING on that page? O.O And here I thought my post was long.

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I however took your advice, and to what I understood and thought was directed at me, (even though the rest could at a later date) and have started an, 'information' part on my original post.

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CubbyHouseFilms

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Jul 14, 2011 22:38

Hi

My previous comment and link was to ask you to provide a diagnostic file, so some of the more experience users on this forum can 'see' if there is anything your computer needs.

In the meantime, turn off the shadow edit file function in the preferences section. Happing editing

Best Regards

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PD12 Ultra v2930. Computer: HP Pavilion dv7, Intel, i7 2630 2.00 GHz, 8GB RAM, ATI Mob. Radeon HD 6770 2GB, Windows 7 Pre. 64
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Dymetreus

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Jul 14, 2011 23:36

I'll be quite honest, I had to look up on Google to define diagnostic. For awhile I didn't even slightly comprehend what you meant. Then I looked back at the page you showed, and now it's making sense. I'll hopefully be able to show something for it soon.

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I have done as you've asked. I hope this makes my thread a little more professional. Also it seems it's by default unchecked. If you meant the unchecked box deemed, "Enable HD video processing. (shadow file)".

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Dymetreus

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Jul 15, 2011 00:14

As predicted, I'm double posting and I know that it's frowned upon certain if not most forums. Again I'm sorry, I have my next question:

I am making the machinima as we speak, but I find myself having to repeat the same functions a lot. I use the chroma key loads so that the back round I used doesn't appear. (It's just a plain color, in this case red) I'm going to have a LOT of slides, is there a copy and paste of sorts for this?

Also using the chroma key, I don't want to say it's bad quality or anything, but it seems to me I can't make the red go away without taking some of my character away as well. I still have this light red aura going around him, is there a way to get rid of the redness without taking pieces of my character away as well?

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ClancM

Senior Member Location: New York Joined: May 26, 2011 22:19 Messages: 175 Offline

Jul 15, 2011 01:04

You can click the + on the slider to increase it by one, but other than that it really depend on the original image. How distinct the background color is from the main image.

Dafydd B

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

Jul 15, 2011 03:59

HI Nick,
You've mentioned you're editing HD files and they're "stuttering" during preview etc.

Your GPU = Dedicated Memory: 502 MB

Just isn't powerful enough to handle what you're dping. 720p (HDlite) it would be ok but be careful of what you're selecting. and the number of timelines used. Preview should be at High Preview Resolution or lower.

For full HD = 1080p your GPU is inadequate. Expectations of full smooth display will not happen. You'll get stuttering with one time-line use. You'll also not be able to easily apply alterations or effects. GPU plays an important role when HD editing.

If Shadow Files are selected they will have to be created completely BEFORE any editing takes place. Many editors avoid using shadow edit files - completely.

Solution: Get yourself a better GPU asap.

Dymetreus

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Jul 15, 2011 04:10

While I don't doubt for a moment that what you say is true, my friend. However this remains the case even during when I put it on the lowest possible. It still remains laggy. Lest I use the Media Viewer, which seems to work, 'OK'. However much of the details I desire to add will not be visible. I honestly haven't a lot of money to throw around.

Simply said, the antidote to my poison lay in front of me, yet I am too weak from the poison to do anything about it. Guess I'll have to suffer.

I have a new question which I've asked since my first post, check it out!

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Dafydd B

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Jul 15, 2011 04:35

Re your follow up questions.
Please post as a new topic.
Thanks

Dymetreus

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Jul 15, 2011 04:37

Well, I'd really rather not repost all the requirements to even begin a question over 10 times honestly.. Guess I'm gonna have to do it alone. Took me awhile to make this topic without the basic requirements, left alone doing it all again for many times to just ask simple questions instead of keeping it all in one topic.

Was a pleasure.

Dafydd B

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

Jul 15, 2011 04:42

Nick,
You can refer to your previous post regarding the diagnostics, no need to repost those, just point members to where they are.

The forum isn't designed to be a blog for one member to post, containing a list of questions from one individual. The forum topic and content should be directly related to a single (where practical) question which is then answered.

Thank you

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Dymetreus

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Jul 15, 2011 04:50

So I have to put all that information down, which makes the question asked look so insignificant? (Because in size, it is.) Not that I don't understand what you're saying, just too much work involved for simple questions due to my determination to learn. (Which I do better with those whom guide me) It's already hard to learn considering not many people have the knowledge I seek to learn. Making machinima is what I shall be doing, specifically quite a few WoW ones. Thus forcing me to make the questions more understandable to those who don't make machinima. (Which from my understanding, there probably won't be anyone here) Considering that, I have to also meet the requirements, which would get rather repetitive.

Just a lot of work, considering how many questions I have. My mind's filled with ideas, imaginative as a child's brain. Just as much as ideas, I have questions if not more. But everyone here was kind none the less, I appreciate that.

Thanks anyways, Dymetreus

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One last thing, even on the lowest possible, to the point I can hardly see my character, it still lags. Guess my computer can't handle this program. Period.

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