If you have Clip selected on the preview, play stops at the end of the selected clip. Plays to the end and goes back to the beginning and stops.

Select Movie on the preview, your video will play continuously to the end of the movie.

Your screen shot does not show the preview window so I have no idea what you have selected for play.

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.

Thanks but I do have movie chosen. I didn't think to put that in the original post. W10 on Dell Desktop, 64 bit, 32GB RAM, Intel(R)Core(TM) I5- 3350P CPU, 3.10 Ghz, 1 TB HD, free space - 200 GB

I put a different downloaded particle in the exact same spot and the text works just perfectly. So obviously it has something to do with the settings on the first particle. I am going to go play around some more with it now and see if I can figure it out... W10 on Dell Desktop, 64 bit, 32GB RAM, Intel(R)Core(TM) I5- 3350P CPU, 3.10 Ghz, 1 TB HD, free space - 200 GB

Quote: I put a different downloaded particle in the exact same spot and the text works just perfectly. So obviously it has something to do with the settings on the first particle. I am going to go play around some more with it now and see if I can figure it out...

That happens sometimes, a bad clip or particle or anything else

I like your avatar Cute Baby.
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.

Hi,

I think what you may be experiencing is a strain being put on your PC by combining two animated clips. Without knowing the specifications of your PC I can't be totally sure. The combination of the Particle effect and the animated text exiting the screen playing back simultaneously may have caused your PC to struggle a bit. The reason the text works perfectly when you remove the Particle effect in the Preview window is because you eliminated the stress on your PC to display your timeline properly. Each Particle effects put varying degrees of difficulty when playing back in the preview window.

Would you care to do a simple test for me?

Start a new project and place your chosen particle and text only in the timeline with the same duration. If things are still the same, you should experience your same observations.

Now select the Produce window and make a video clip. The video clip once finished will be placed into the Media Room. Play this completed movie in the media room. Does it play back smoothly? Does the text play in your produced video clip as expected?

If you answer "yes it does" then you are simply seeing your PC struggle to playback your timeline smoothly while editing. If you choose to produce your current project I will bet it will look fine as well. You can make the preview play more smoothly during editing by lowering the preview window playback resolution to a lower setting. This will be less demanding on your PC resources.

If you answer " no the produced video still doesn't look right" then I would have to look for another cause. As Carl pointed out that it may be a faulty title or clip.

Kevin

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Thanks, it's our first grandbaby!! I could not figure out what settings were causing the issue, so had to choose something else for the backdrop for the text. I was just trying to throw together a slide show for my Thanksgiving pics to put on FB. So of course something went wrong to keep me on it longer than I wanted to be. lol W10 on Dell Desktop, 64 bit, 32GB RAM, Intel(R)Core(TM) I5- 3350P CPU, 3.10 Ghz, 1 TB HD, free space - 200 GB

Did you try lowering your preview resolution setting? That make a difference on most computers. I use a lower setting, the preview looks crappy but runs smooth and I know my rendered project will always look perfect anyway.

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Hi pab -

I can confirm that there is no particular issue with the Autumn Rain particle effect at http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/detail/118402373 & http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/detail/118402888

Replicating your timeline, the starting & ending motion on the title text played correctly. In the attached screenshot, the text is just beginning its end effect.

That points to a display issue with your PC, as Kevin was suggesting. Does lowering the preview quality help?

Cheers - Tony
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Hmmm, I will try it out and let you know. I had already posted my slideshow on FB with the other one, but I like Autumn Rain better, so I will go back and switch it and make the movie with it and see. Thanks for the info and going to the trouble to respond as I know life is busy right now with the holidays upon us!! W10 on Dell Desktop, 64 bit, 32GB RAM, Intel(R)Core(TM) I5- 3350P CPU, 3.10 Ghz, 1 TB HD, free space - 200 GB