Hi there -

No - I haven't had the problem problem of imported images coming out square

- Are you importing as a background or image inert?
- What's the resolution of your imported images?

The only slow bit I've found is the saving of the menu template.

Cheers - Tony
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Hi,
If you only have a 4GB memory computer PD will be slow...video editing takes a lot of process power and process memory for cahing files.
The ideal Video editing is a 64Bit system with at least 6GB memory, a 32 bit Windows does not reognize memory over 4GB, and out of that 4GB there is only a little over 3GB left after windows loads its process'
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YNOTFISH.

IT's not a background picture but a CHAPTER FRAME and MASK, it's the FRAME Iam having problems with.

I first created a .PNG picture frame in PHOTOSHOP of more than 510x510 pixels, PD informed it must not exceed 510x510 pixels, then tried all size below 500x300 pixels, but it always came back as square in PD. The only change was the definition of the frame, the lower the pixels the poorer the frame was.

Thanks James for that.

I did wonder about the size of memory and 32-64 bit may be the problem.

I am running Window VISTA 32BIT.
So I may have to upgrade to 64bit.

I came from PINNACLE 15 about a year ago, in that I never had a problem with that programme being slow or creating MENU FRAMES! with the same Computer.

Hi,
I had a similar problem in a frame I just done, mine was the opposite of your problem mine came out tall rather than square. what I done was to work in my bitmap editor and resizing the object and saving at different sizes till I found a ratio pd liked then deleted the others.
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Ah - I see - silly me took "frames" to be "images". My apologies.

Frames & masks imported into Menu Designer need to be made on a square shaped canvas. Maybe that's the issue.



If you look in C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDirector11\MenuDesigner\Runtime\MenuMaterial\Frame you'll see that the standard frames & masks are built that way.

Try importing the attached frame & mask into Menu Designer & see if they're proportioned correctly.

Cheers - Tony


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Thanks Tony.

That was the answer!

When I read your reply I could see that I was making the Canvas the same size as the frame.
As you stated the Canvas has to be a square as you showed.

I spent five hours last night trying to make it work, so easy when you know.


Thanks allot!

Richard.

To help others who have this problem.

As there is no mention of how to do this in the manual, that comes with PD.

As Tony states, if you go to :-

C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDirector11\MenuDesigner\Runtime\MenuMaterial\Frame
or
C:\ProgramFiles\CyberLink\PowerDirector11\MenuDesigner\Runtime\MenuMaterial\Frame

Depending whether you are running 32 or 64 bit system.

Then copy one of the 16x9 frames into say PHOTOSHOP or (GIMP 2 which is free), then set some guide lines around the frame, (not the canvas), remove the picture of the frame, save it .

You have now got a template to use to create your imported frames very quickly, and you get it right ever time you import the frame into PD.

Now drop in your new frame into the TEMPLATE, adjust it to fit the TEMPLATE, remove the centre of the frame and the save it as a .PNG file. Now import your new FRAME into PD, job done.

To create the Mask, do the same as for the frame, fill in the centre of the frame with a colour, remove the frame, you have now the Mask, save it as a .PNG file and again import it into PD MASK section, job done.

Hope you find that useful.

Richard