Change PIP size on multiple items, a trick.

TwiLite

Newbie Joined: Jul 19, 2009 11:03 Messages: 16 Offline

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Jul 20, 2009 10:49

As i posted previously, i noticed it is not possible to resize the PIP size numerically, it seems to a bit hit & miss. Also it is not possible to resize many files at once. As i work with lots of video inserts usually this was an essential feature for me. I had a look at the project file format and found it is a plain text format. After having a good look i came up with this solution:

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The important parts here are Width="0.400000" Height="0.400000

I then did a search and replace in a text editor and changed the values to Width="1.000000" Height="1.000000 and opened the changed file in PD. And as expected all PIP tracks were now full size. This is a huge timesaver for us and maybe for others as well so i decided to share this. In my opinion a function to display the PIP item at original size should be present in the interface, not everybody wants to edit projectfiles.

Please note that probably all overlay items will change to 100% size, also graphic inserts you may have scaled down.

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Jul 20, 2009 11:46

Thanks for sharing Twilite -

It makes me feel quite smart being in the company of clever people! Good for you.

If I send you my "code" in plain text, could you please alter it for me to make me indestructible at online scrabble?

Cheers -

Tony

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TwiLite

Newbie Joined: Jul 19, 2009 11:03 Messages: 16 Offline

Jul 20, 2009 11:58

Quote: Thanks for sharing Twilite -

It makes me feel quite smart being in the company of clever people! Good for you.

If I send you my "code" in plain text, could you please alter it for me to make me indestructible at online scrabble?

Cheers -

Tony

This should be a great help in online scrabble

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/scrabblelists.htm

Current projects: www.doornakkers.tv , www.markelbers.nl and www.onsnet.tv (all in Dutch)

pjc

Senior Member Location: Aus Joined: Sep 12, 2008 03:48 Messages: 262 Offline

Jul 20, 2009 15:42

This has been mentioned although buried deep in the forum :

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/6441.page#25510

TwiLite

Newbie Joined: Jul 19, 2009 11:03 Messages: 16 Offline

Jul 20, 2009 15:56

Quote: This has been mentioned although buried deep in the forum :

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/6441.page#25510

Ah yes that's pretty much the same thing. I did some back reading after joining the forum but didn't go that far back. Let's hope PD8 will improve the PIP editing feature(and directly changing in and out point on the timeline! That would be so great). Current projects: www.doornakkers.tv , www.markelbers.nl and www.onsnet.tv (all in Dutch)

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Jul 23, 2009 06:37

Hi,
Displaying a saved pds' PiP positional has been a discussion issue between Adrian and I.

Please read: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7378.page

It's a workaround only but should be useful.

Dafydd

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