If you want to upload the final movie to a blog site then find out how large the file is allowed to be for your site - 100Mb? , 500Mb?

Then go to the produce tab > Create streaming file>next>WMV Then use the drop down box to select the quality which will determine the size of the resulting file. A little experimentation may be needed to see what setting gets the results .. try a "broadband" quality for starters.

good luck

Hi Laura,
You could also produce your movie and then convert it to a flash file for upload.

Have a look on www.seemyworldonvideo.com for examples and also for resources under the Extras for Editors link that you might find useful.

Cheers
Adrian

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OK...

Thank you. I did the file streaming, chose wmv as my file formatting, it went through and did it, I was able to push "play" in the little window, and it was fine...but where did it go? I can't seem to find the file anywhere so I can even check to see how big it is!

I feel like such a moron!javascript:emoticon('');

Help!

Laura

Hi Laura,

When you produce your movie to a file you went through 4 steps. When you get to step 3 (before you choose Render and move to Step 4) look at the top section of the window and you will see a file path and a small box with 3 dots.

Click on that and you will find a file selection menu with the file name defaulting to produce.xxx (xxx being whatever you have chosen as your file format, in this case wmv).

That will help you find where your rendered file is and will also allow you to choose a location and name for your next files.

Alternatively, Directors Chair/Edit/Preferences/Export Directory will also give you the default export location (as will Alt-C). You can change this if you want to a directory of your choice.
Cheers
Adrian
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (see below)
Confucius
AMD Phenom IIX6 1055T, win10, 5 internal drives, 7 usb drives, struggling power supply.

Adrian,

Thank you so much! I could (almost) kiss you!!!!

I'm liking this program, there's just a learning curve for a video virgin like me! Thank you for being so patient.

I'm sure you haven't hard the last from me.

Oh, I do have one more, general question. I find that there are quite a bit of times that it seems to 'hang' for a few seconds before I can do another function (i.e. click/drag an effect to a pic, wait 5-6 seconds before I can click on another one for another pic.) Is that something with the program? Or my computer? A review I read said that 'pauses' were a problem with them, too.

Thanks again!
Laura

Adrian,

Thank you so much! I could (almost) kiss you!!!!

Adrian,

Take The Kiss! Hahahaha.

Laura,

Welcome. I'm a relative newbie to this site as well, and have found that there are a lot of very kind and helpful folks here that really know their stuff. Take advantage of the search feature and you'll find many great tips and explainations of common questions one encounters when climbing the learning curve. Happy Editing! Click here PDtoots for a collection of PowerDirector Tutorials and Tips

Thank you Laura,
As many people find, video editing is a very intensive user of processing power and most hardware/software combinations have different characteristics - RAM, graphics processing and CPU performance all influence the way a program works.

I often have to wait whilst the program 'catches up', HD video takes much more processing than SD, my desktop media machine is better than my laptop etc.

I think the best advice is to work carefully, save often and maybe limit the use of large files where possible, maybe splitting your projects into smaller sections that you finally combine into your finished video as a last step.

A look round the forum will give you an idea of what other problems and solutions members come across.

Cheers
Adrian

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (see below)
Confucius
AMD Phenom IIX6 1055T, win10, 5 internal drives, 7 usb drives, struggling power supply.