Green circle and other issues with Blur effect???

VideoNewBie

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Mar 27, 2012 22:10

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Got a few questions so thanks to anyone who can help!

1. I am using the blur effect and for some reason when I change it into a circle it becomes green and then blinks to become normal but mostly green the whole way.. I can send attachment if you want to see..

Do you know what the reason is?? When I render a Preview well it works the green circle disappears! So how do I show this in real time with out rendering it?

2. Also I just found out you cannot add more blurr effects if you want to blur out more then one image at a time.. So let say blur out the cat, dog and chicken all at the same time while leaving the other objects visible. How do you add another layer for effects? I hope you can in the full ultra version, tell me you can!

I try adding tracks but only can with audio and video this is a serious flaw in the software if you can only add audio and video and no text too..

Thanks again for helping!

Cranston

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Mar 28, 2012 03:54

Hi VideoNewBie,

[1.] Yes, attaching (click on Post Reply, then the Attachments button), or linking to an example, would be helpful.
Also please include your DxDiag. See Part B here...
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page

[2.] Effects (such as the Blur effect), can be placed in the Effects track, and can also be placed "directly in” a video clip. Thus you can have 2 Blur effects working simultaneously. Simply drag the second Blur effect down and hover it over a clip, and then release your left mouse click.
When effects are placed "directly in" a clip, you can modify them by highlighting the clip and then clicking on the "Effect" button, that will now appear above the time lines, next to the other editing button options.

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Dafydd B

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Mar 28, 2012 04:17

VideoNewBie,
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VideoNewBie

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Mar 28, 2012 21:01

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Thanks for repsonding...

2. I like to add several tracks with effects so if I want to blur the chicken as well as the bird in the sky, the dog on the right and leave other objects visible am I able to do that? Adding multiple blurs to the scene in different areas. Thanks for letting me know I can do 2 blurs but like to add 5 blurs.

If I can add more effect tracks that would be nice..

3.Dafydd I did read the info and can't find what I am looking for so if you can post here if there is a way to add more tracks for effects that would be nice! Thanks!

Cranston

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Mar 28, 2012 21:42

Quote: 2. I like to add several tracks with effects so if I want to blur the chicken as well as the bird in the sky, the dog on the right and leave other objects visible am I able to do that?

You can add 1 effect in the Effects track.
You can add 7 effects directly into a clip/image.
(There is no way to add more Effects Tracks in PD10. You can only move the Effects track.)

When dragging effects directly into a clip, each effect must be a separate effect. You can not drag the same effect directly into a clip/image twice.
If you want to blur out more than two objects in a clip/image, then as a workaround, after you have blurred out your first 2 objects, then Produce it to new clip/image file. And then apply up to 2 more blurs to the new produced clip/image file.

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VideoNewBie

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Mar 28, 2012 23:43

Hi thanks for responding..

1. Hmm I am not sure if that is possibe cause if the chicken is running and the dog is running and the bird is flying at the same time how are you going to do that?

And if your editing a movie to censor certain moving images do you have to make duplicate of the animated scene? So 1 1st video track of the chicken, 2nd video track of the bird below so really you have 2 films overlapping each other? Is this how movie editor do it? It does not look very proffessional making duplicate of a scene cause it will take up space. The size might be huge if there are duplicate scene onto of each other if your have alot of editing to do.

Any other proffessional that can do this with out duplicating scenes?

I wonder why the designers did not make it flexible enough so you can add as many effects, text, etc you want. Hmmmm

James1

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Mar 29, 2012 00:21

Hi,
didn't Cranston just explain how to do it? Haven't you seen on TV how most of the new films are made..most of the actors are filmed on green screens and dubbed in...
You just need imagination...a lot of time...a lot of trial and error..and a whole lot of COMPUTING POWER!!
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VideoNewBie

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Mar 29, 2012 01:26

Yes she did but was hoping that I do not have duplicate scenes but will try and see how it goes, it might just be size issue I am worried about. Again nicer if tackes are avaliable for the effect...

Dafydd B

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Mar 29, 2012 03:05

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