PD14 time line can only place clips and items on the 10th of a second, not 100th as PD11 can?

tspnyc

Newbie Joined: Aug 27, 2013 09:18 Messages: 24 Offline

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Feb 01, 2017 13:57

I have been using PD11 for years and I can move clips, colorboards, photos, et al to the 100th of aa second.

00:05:04:01 can be moved to, or dragged to 05:04:02

In PD14 I am constrained to moving all items to the 10th of a second. The time ruler shows 100th of a second when zoomed all the way in, but all items attach at the 10th of a second.

00:05:04:01 can only be moved to 00:05:05:00 or 00::05:04:00

Even a PD11 prodject opened in PD14 that has items already set at 100th of a second locations can only be moved to the nearest 10th of a second,

I am hoping this is a "feature" that can be changed.

My PoweDirector projects are always video from a camcorder that must be synched to audio recorded by another source.

Please Advise.

vn800rider

Senior Contributor Location: Darwen, UK Joined: May 15, 2008 04:32 Messages: 1949 Offline

Feb 01, 2017 14:17

Hi,

As far as I know, you are correct in regards to the video shortest interval being 1/10th of a second.

However, an unlinked, or separate, audio track can be moved to 1/100th sec when you expand the timeline to its maximum.

Perhaps this will help in your situation?

Cheers

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tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Feb 01, 2017 14:37

Adrian is right. Unlink the video and audio and I can get 1/10 of a frame being the smallest element. 1.67 msec. is the smallest segment for 30 fps video.

tspnyc

Newbie Joined: Aug 27, 2013 09:18 Messages: 24 Offline

Feb 01, 2017 15:24

Quote Adrian is right. Unlink the video and audio and I can get 1/10 of a frame being the smallest element. 1.67 msec. is the smallest segment for 30 fps video.

tspnyc

Newbie Joined: Aug 27, 2013 09:18 Messages: 24 Offline

Feb 01, 2017 15:34

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Quote Adrian is right. Unlink the video and audio and I can get 1/10 of a frame being the smallest element. 1.67 msec. is the smallest segment for 30 fps video.

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I will have no other choice, for now, given the deadlines I am facing.

Had I known of this unacceptable downgrade in performance, I would have never wasted the money on PD14.

This certainly ends any future customer relationship I could have with Cyperlink as PowerDirector can no longer do what it once did, which is provide undetectible dubbing and audio-video synching.

Since all timeline items can be set to the 100th of a second, PD11 was affordable software that can actually be used for professional video.

PD14 isn't.

A pity.

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