viewing after capture

BillHansen

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May 06, 2014 15:45

PD 10 ultra - OS is Win 7 sp1 all updates -

Returning to PD after a year's absence due to health problems, I find that I remember how to do many of the essentials, but I can't get a useable view of videos as I edit them. The files are .MOV, shot with a Canon 70D camera. They come into PD and into the time line normally, but at "100%" size, they show up on my monitor as thumbnails, way too small to edit. If I enlarge them to greater than 100% the become so pixelated that they're useless.

I know there's a way to get files to play in the Preview screen at a useful size, without pixilation - but I have apparently forgotten how to bring it up, and I can't find it in the User Guide. There's also a way to play files in the Preview pane at almost the same quality as the final "Present" file - and this can also be done at full screen size.

If someone can point me toward these two ways of playing clips during the editing process, I think I'll be able to do most of the rest of editing.

Thanks - Bill Hansen Bill Hansen

BillHansen

Senior Member Joined: Jan 03, 2012 12:43 Messages: 178 Offline

May 06, 2014 16:20

This is still Bill, the original poster. I should have mentioned that I can click on an individual clip while it's in the Library, and it can be viewed and played at a useable size - but of course it can't be edited until it's brought into the Time Line. Once it's in the Time Line, the image of the clip (or of the whole potential movie) are that same almost-thumbnail size, so small that they can't be edited. Bill Hansen

PIX

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

May 06, 2014 16:54

Hello Bill,

Welcome back

I'll move your topic to the PD (previous versions) forum. You'll get the right help there.

PIX PIX YouTube channel

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

May 07, 2014 11:43

under the preview window choose "Fit"

You might also check your preview resolution after you choose "Fit".


Filename	preview.PNG	Download
Description	Fit the video to preview
Filesize	15 Kbytes
Downloaded:	236 time(s)


Filename	Preview resolution.png	Download
Description	Set Preview resolution
Filesize	30 Kbytes
Downloaded:	230 time(s)

This message was edited 4 times. Last update was at May 07. 2014 22:57

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.

BillHansen

Senior Member Joined: Jan 03, 2012 12:43 Messages: 178 Offline

May 09, 2014 08:10

Thanks Carl - That's pretty much what I did, even before I saw your reply. It fixed the "problem". Before that, it looked like the clip(s) were going straight to the Magic Movie module, and I couldn't get out of that module. All's well now.

I'm wondering if there's value (in terms of speed of rendering, or other) to upgrading to v 12 or 14. I'm not interested in 3D video, only in doing rather simple videos in h.264, MPEG4 and MPEG2. Can you point me to a comparison chart between these three versions?

Bill Bill Hansen

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

May 09, 2014 08:45

Quote: Thanks Carl - That's pretty much what I did, even before I saw your reply. It fixed the "problem". Before that, it looked like the clip(s) were going straight to the Magic Movie module, and I couldn't get out of that module. All's well now.

I'm wondering if there's value (in terms of speed of rendering, or other) to upgrading to v 12 or 14. I'm not interested in 3D video, only in doing rather simple videos in h.264, MPEG4 and MPEG2. Can you point me to a comparison chart between these three versions?

Bill

I like PD 12, which is the current version. PD 14 is two years from now. New versions are released around September or October.

PD 12 does many more things than PD 10 (I think that is your current version).

There is always debate over the speed of rendering, the main factor to rendering speed is how fast your computer is. There may have been some improvement in the program in more efficient rendering algorithms. Still speed is a factor of your computer. Both the CPU and Graphics system.

I do not know of a comparison chart for PD 10 VS PD 12.
There are comparisons of the various versions of a given PD, Compare the features of Deluxe, Ultra and Ultimate.

There is this chart.
http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector-ultra/compare_en_US.html?&r=1

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.

BillHansen

Senior Member Joined: Jan 03, 2012 12:43 Messages: 178 Offline

May 09, 2014 10:09

Thanks Carl - The chart is helpful. It looks as if PD 10 Ultra has all I need, for now. I'll stay with it for a while, but I'll probably upgrade to v 12 within the next few months.

Bill Bill Hansen