Hi,

Never mind, I think I have figured it out. I guess you must first save and render your title track and then run it as an MPeg and then add the PiP to it?

Atleast thats what seemed to work.

So you cannot add PiP to anything but a rendered video? Would that be correct?


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Hi Tony;

When you were playing your clip were you in CLIP or MOVIE mode on the pre-view window? (buttons under the pre-view window) You need to be in MOVIE mode to see everything together.

PIP 1 is greyed out as it is always available

There is no need to render the main track before adding PIP

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Hi Ed,

I have tried it in both clip & movie but it won't show it. The Title clip is a PDS file so I am still thinking I have to get it to an MPEG before I can add PIP's?

Tony -

Don't be embarrassed. We're all in various stages of newbieness.

I think you're maybe trying to do too much too soon... that is, if I understand what you're saying correctly.

.pds files are projects. They cannot be imported or inserted into any track. Video files (mpeg etc) & image files (jpeg etc) CAN be.

Can you please describe what's in your timeline? Better still, post a screen shot.

Cheers - Tony
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Hi,


I downloaded a title from Director Zone (Star_Scroll) and I can't add any PiP to it.

I was able to do this in the trial version but now I can't in the bought and paid for version??

I tried putting an MPEG file into the Title Track but PD8 won't allow me to do this?

I just want some pics to show up at the end of the title.


Help!!


Tony B

Hi again Tony -

The title you downloaded has a background built into it. The image you have in the PiP track is masked by it.

In PD, the tracks are layers. The main video track is "on the bottom" (so to speak.

PiP1 masks the main video track, PiP2 masks PiP1, PiP3 masks PiP2, PiP4 masks PiP3 etc etc... and the Title Track is always the top layer.

The image you have in the PiP track is there! You just can't see it. There are ways, with pre-production, that you could get the effect you want.

Hope that helps - Tony
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Hi Tony,

Thanks for the feedback. I see what you mean about the layer in the title. I removed the background image and Voila! my picture is there.

How do you tell the picture to be on top of the background image?

I did this in the trial version!! What I mean is, there was no option for this, the picture just showed up when it was a PiP on the Title track.


Thanks.

Quote: How do you tell the picture to be on top of the background image?

Hi again -

You can't actually tell the picture to be on top. I thought I was the only one who talked to the screen! Good idea - voice activated PD!

Seriously -
1. Put everything in the video, PiP & title tracks that you want (including the Star Wars style text scroll, with its background)... but NOT the image you want on top.
2. Produce it to a video file.
3. Insert the produced file into the timeline, place the image where you want in one of the PiP tracks... in this case, lined up with the scrolling perspective text. Position it on the screen so it doesn't interfere visually.
4. Produce again.

I'm not sure how THAT image would work on THAT background, but you could try it with a border or frame. Maybe even a fade in from 100% transparency to about 50% then back again.

Anyway - that's the only way I know how you could do that in PD... and the trial version is just the same.

Cheers - Tony
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Hi Tony,

Sorry for all the confusion. I have found my problem and everything is working fine.

Although the program is crashing once in awhile.



Cheers


Anthony B