Crop and feather.

Simeon11

Newbie Location: Finland,East Joined: Jan 21, 2011 16:18 Messages: 14 Offline

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Oct 17, 2012 07:33

I have Powerdirector 8.
Is there any plugin to do Crop and Edge feather the smaller pip track video?
If not, what version of PD can do this trick for softening edges when video in video.
I hope you understood, thank you.
-Timo Amd X6 1055T CPU
Radeon HD 5670 GPU
Windows XP
2GB RAM

Dafydd B

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Oct 18, 2012 07:54

try: PDR11 with ColorDirector.
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/24637.page

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Oct 18, 2012 07:58

Hi Simeon -

Unfortunately, the search function doesn't work properly for PD9 & earlier forums, so I'm unable to locate the thread where this was discussed at length.

Ah yes I can! http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/16902.page

You'll find some masks posted in that thread that will probably help you.

Cheers - Tony
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Simeon11

Newbie Location: Finland,East Joined: Jan 21, 2011 16:18 Messages: 14 Offline

Oct 19, 2012 04:16

Quote: Hi Simeon -

Unfortunately, the search function doesn't work properly for PD9 & earlier forums, so I'm unable to locate the thread where this was discussed at length.

Ah yes I can! http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/16902.page

You'll find some masks posted in that thread that will probably help you.

Cheers - Tony

Thank you!
I downloaded your's and Ken's masks. But I only can use the frame effect. There is no soft edge att all. Is this because I have PD 8?

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Amd X6 1055T CPU
Radeon HD 5670 GPU
Windows XP
2GB RAM

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Oct 19, 2012 05:33

Hi Simeon -

When you downloaded the masks, did you drop them into C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector\Masks?

If you do, they'll be available when you select Modify (PiP Designer) > Masks

I'm not sure what you mean by "frames".

Cheers - Tony
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Simeon11

Newbie Location: Finland,East Joined: Jan 21, 2011 16:18 Messages: 14 Offline

Oct 20, 2012 02:07

Thank you for your time Tony!

This is what I mean:

Powerdirector:
http://vimeo.com/51798602?action=share

Corel Videostudio
http://vimeo.com/51798601?action=share

I was searching from Director Zone effects but I found no feather, soft, edge mask effect!?
I was thinking DZ would be the best place for sharing effects, not this forum?

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Oct 20, 2012 16:02

Quote: There is no soft edge at all. Is this because I have PD 8?

Timo -

It hadn't occurred to me that the version of PD would have an impact on this... but it does! You're right.

I fired up PD8, added a feathered mask (which shows up in the mask library) but it will NOT apply a feathered edge! PD9, PD10 etc all do. Not PD8! As you showed with you video, PD8 reads the feathered edge as hard.

Sorry - that leaves this question without a happy solution for you.

Cheers - Tony

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