How to make preview window larger?

Dan

Newbie Joined: Mar 13, 2008 18:48 Messages: 7 Offline

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Mar 15, 2008 10:07

Is there any way to make the preview window larger, or full screen in Power
Director 6. Its so small its hard to get a feel for how youor poece looks as youre editing and assembling it.
Thanks.

Barry

Senior Member Location: N Attleboro, MA Joined: Jul 13, 2006 19:57 Messages: 295 Offline

Mar 15, 2008 10:35

If you mouse-over each icon under the preview window, you will see the labels for each. 3rd from the right is "preview produced movie".
Click on that, it looks like a 16:9 tv.
A drop down menu will appear.
Click on preview (top) choice.
The window that opens is much larger and can be resized.

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Dan

Newbie Joined: Mar 13, 2008 18:48 Messages: 7 Offline

Mar 15, 2008 10:39

thanks barry.

Rick

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Mar 16, 2008 14:59

Does that work even if you're still in the Edit module? Also, is there any way to adjust the brigthness of the preview window? It is far darker than the source video and my finished output.

Barry

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Mar 16, 2008 17:29

It only works in the EDIT mode.
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Rick

Newbie Location: Cuba via Miami now Living in L.A. Joined: Mar 07, 2008 17:03 Messages: 35 Offline

Mar 16, 2008 18:27

Quote: It only works in the EDIT mode.
There are no visual adjustments other than preview quality.

Yeah, I figured both out on my own. Here's a suggestion for others on the preview quality. If you have an Nvidia display card it installs an applet that allows better control of the video card properties. It is usually accessible by right-clicking the desktop, but instead of clicking on Properties you should see a selection for Nvidia Control Panel. Inside there are myriad choices for game settings, multi-monitor settings and display quality. Within the display quality settings you can make changes to brightness, contrast, saturation, etc, far beyond what your monitor's own controls will allow. Using this I was able to match the preview window output to what I see on my camera's viewfinder LCD, which is pretty darn close to what I see in the final output on my HDTV. Well, at least as far as brightness and contrast go. I believe ATI has a similar control panel for their cards. Hope this helps someone else.