neophyte trying to understand PiP

JoeZ99

Member Joined: Oct 12, 2014 08:05 Messages: 57 Offline

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Jan 04, 2015 15:09

I know that PiP means picture in picture, but I don't get what the potential is.

What I'd love to do is what I see often on the Colbert Report and John Stewart shows- where, while talking to the camera - a small video window opens up next to them with whatever funny stuff they put in it.

My thought is- I'd like to be able to give a discussion on subjects while sitting in my Lazy Boy chair in my study- while talking, a video window will open up next to me with scrolling text- it could look sort of like a blackboard with that text, scrolling or not- or that window could simply have another video illustrating what I'm talking about.

Is this possible with PD 13 Ultra? Or is my idea of what PiP is, completely wrong?

I've been reading the manual, but it's not sinking in.

Joe

Carl312

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

Jan 04, 2015 15:28

The best way to get a handle on what you can do with the various parts of Powerdirector is to watch some very good tutorials made by users of Powerdirector.

PDtoots Tutorials
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/41501.page

For the ones on PIP, check the tutorials under the heading PiP Designer .
The uses for PIP is close to unlimited.
I think it is one of the most powerful tools we have in a video editor.

I think Titles comes in a close second.
Heading is Text & Titles.

Have fun and enjoy Video Editing.

Carl 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.

JoeZ99

Member Joined: Oct 12, 2014 08:05 Messages: 57 Offline

Jan 04, 2015 16:44

Carl, thanks for that link to the YouTube videos. I only saw one so far and it blew my mind: "Making and using frames." That one shows exactly what I'm looking for and way more.

So far, in just a few days, I'm incredibly impressed with PD.
Joe

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Jan 04, 2015 17:40

In short, it is possible and those videoa will show you how. PiP, keyframes to resize the window, then play your video. __________________________________
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