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Hi Pjiojreoetoeu8435 -
Even though PDR has Paint Designer, where you can create hand drawn animations, it's NOT the right software for drawing geometric shapes. That's why Carl has been suggesting using graphics software, like Paint.NET.
Thank you.
Yes, I realize that, as I mentioned previously. That is the reason I've posted here to ask about ways to achieve what paint designer cannot do with respect to shapes.
With regards to the plonk or draw, I'm talking about a plonk, no animations whatsoever.
I saw the guides about Paint.NET. Here is the problem with creating a shape in an external graphics paogram, saving it as an image, and then importing into PD. In PD, I can only edit the image (e.g. scale, rotate, etc.) but I cannot edit the properties of the raw shape itself, such as line thickness, color, etc. So, for every adjustment I want to make to the raw shape, I would have to go back to the image editor, save another image, imprort in PD, etc etc etc. I was looking for a way to directly create shapes overlayed on the video clip, and make adjustments on the fly, exactly like designing titles.
Here is an analogy you will understand. Say, for example, PD didn't have the capability of designing titles, and instead you had to use an external image app to design it, and for every edit (e.g. font adjustment, size, etc.) you had to go back to the image editor, save as image, import, etc. You can imagine how cumbersome that would be.
So, in short, I was looking for a tool in PD that would have the basic functionality of the paint designer (e.g. adjusting the line thickness, color, etc.), that also comes with some geometric shapes included. That's it.
Here is an example of another video editor that has the feature I was seeking in PD:
The funny thing is that AVS video editor is supposed to be much less advanced than PD, but it does have shape drawnig.
Another method I've seen is where the video editior integrates with a graphics editor, similar to Magix Movie Edit Pro and Xara Designer. If you have both installed on your computer, you can use Xara's drawing capability within the video editor.
So I wonder if PowerDirector can possibly integrate with PhotoDirector in a similar fashion...
I hope I've provided a more clear explanation this time. THank you.
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