I also think having animated mask paths and shapes would be vary helpfull and have alot of possibilities.

I'd like to see more stylish and adjustable EFFECTS and TRANSITIONS. There is too much bias on people wanting garish kids party kind of things and not enough on the hobbyist who wants to aim a little higher in terms of style.

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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.... after looking at all those suggestions.....

You guys must be dreaming..... too bad all of that won't happen. It would be nice if they could get the one they got now to run before they dumped it for another new non stable, have to be fixed/patched version. Not to mention the things that work fine now and won't when V10 comes out.

But all software companies do that now days. Not like the old days. It's called volume sales. Put it out whether it works or not.... mostly not, but that's OK we will patch the crap out of it till something happens.

And that's from someone that has no problems with 2930 since it hit the street. But I do very little HD video and absolutely no desire to do 3D.... ever...
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I would agree with you, part of the way... A lot of the video software available have their Aquiles heel. I have been editing video for a long time, first in Pinnacle 7 (I think), then Avid Sudio and finally PD9, and even started to use Adobe Premiere, all have faults..

That said, I would tell you that PD9 has a semi-stable platform, and that is saying a lot!

What it needs is more flexibility in the slideshows (right now they allow for very little self expression) and they should also try to include softwares from other places i.e Vitascene, Adorage, etc from proDad.

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Oh, and this (having inserted transitions not affecting the subsequent timeline):
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What I'd like is that in the Menu Designer module Chapter/Titles to be able to add individual Pip object for chapter selection. Using individual object for each chapter rather than the same graphic for all chatpers
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Edelberto You aren't the only one who has been using video software a long time. Why should consumers have to tolerate an Aquiles heel? 40 years ago software did exactly what they claimed it would do. Even though it did not do a lot. But it did for 1960's 70's software. Even imputing data using punch cards or tapes like I used to do. Or even by hand..... typing your own code from a software book. Saving it to a cassette drive. But that software did everything it said it would do. On any compatable computer you put it on. As in a Unix system .....

I have been using PD since version 3 and have been a beta tester since 7..... I did Pinnical, AVS video editor ( which I still keep current), and trial versions of a lot of others.... I have always liked PD, but............. I have NOT always liked the way they seem to be ambivalent concerning issues that are reported to them on every version. It is like they never actually use the software themselves, which would not surprise me if they didn't. Especially the code writers. They just get told to do this, include that from a pre determined list and never mind that it causes several other functions to no longer work.

Like so many others here, I have been here a while..... but I am still dismayed at what I see never happens with PD. I am not a HD power user, all I do is make slide show projects for anyone that wants one done, at no charge for doing it. I use whatever it is that they drag through the door (pics on media/pics on paper, and in video whatever format) and always have one or two projects going on and in May and June around 10 projects going on at the same time.

AVS Video Editor, they went several years before they ever had a new version or any updates. But when they finally did it was completely different. (loos a lot like PD by the way) But they never made the things we use the most any better. Like improving their title usage and transitions. Something PD has had all the time. Something that Pinnical 10 still cannot do as good as any version of PD. There is better software than PD ever thought about being for commercial use in studios.

I would like to see a PD with different modules you can pay for and integrate into it. Such as Blue Ray as a separate module, HD as a separate module, 3D, too. If you have a use for it, pay 30 bucks for it and add it. If you do not need it, then you do not install it and all that extra coding does not make everything lock up.

The 30 day time limit to get your video format's activated is a total consumer rip off. What happens when you need to reformat your hard drive, replace your primary hard drive or motherboard???? If they would advertised that on their page of "how great we are and here is what we say we can do never mine we that can't actually do all that" I would think that less people wold even try the trial much less buy it. They should advertise to get the trial version first before purchasing..... but.... they don't.

That's where the volume sales thing comes in. Never mind that your computer cannot run it. It's the same old circle of software life....

As usual my suggestion for the "next" version is to FIX the current version first......

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Bubba,
We could argue about software til we are blue in the face and get nowhere. The software from the 60's (punch cards, of course) and the 70's worked well. But remember there were only a handful of computer brands, motherboards, etc, etc. When I got my Leading Edge computer in the 70's I thought it was heaven.. and it was, for the 70's. I wrote a couple of BASIC programs and played games (I still remember the "Leather Godesses of Phobos", no graphics, just keyboard comands). At work I used HP terminals that were great after the deckwriters. But then that was a long time ago.

Yes I wish software manufacturers and designers would come up with programs that are perfect, but when that happens we would have Windows 17 or so and it's back to the drawing board.

I could be happier with my software now, but I'll live with it (although frustrated at times).
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Just finished my first project in PD. The apotheose was to create a DVD menu to access about the 15 clips. Having worked with Nero Envision till today, there is some room for improvement in PD on this area.
1. More buttons on the chapter page (now limited to 6 ?)
2. more control of the way the buttons are displayed...
3. Maybe it's me and my lack of expertise in PD, but why is there only 1 level in the menu of the DVD ?

Apart from that, like many already wrote in here : a better integration of all available modules will surely help many people.

But all in all, my first experience with PD was very satisfying.

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Here's a feature request I don't think is on this thread yet:

--Markers. With a keyboard short cut plus an icon above the time-line, the ability to drop marker on the time line wherever you want, as often as you want.

Markers can be very handy - In the previous video software I used, I was very dependent on markers for helping me keep track of key areas in a project. I'd zoom out to locate an area that I need to check on, and then I could instantly be back to the previous point because that marker would be sitting there showing me the way.

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While we are dreaming, I would like an Undo in the PiP Designer. If there is one I haven't found it. __________________________________
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Quote: I would like an Undo in the PiP Designer. If there is one I haven't found it.

Hi Jamie,

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Good job. It was grayed out when I looked and just didn't catch my attention. Maybe it's just time for new glasses. __________________________________
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The #1 most important thing for me would be deinterlacing options, not just the horrific, terrible, awful default "blend fields" deinterlacer. Options to interpolate fields and so forth would be HUGE and is the only thing that would make me buy Power Director 10. Otherwise, I won't...simply because the software would then not be producing my videos in a satisfactory manner.

#2 most important would be greater user control over output in terms of bitrate. The software should not handicap users in such an arbitrary way...

Quote: How about some additional effects, such as Motion Blur

Motion Blur exists by default in PD9 until they add real deinterlacing options. The deinterlacer they currently use should just be called "Blur".

If CyberLink implements the following, I'll probably never use anything else, except PowerDirector!!!

Full support for OpenCL, SpursEngine, and Matrox CompressHD for every possible function.

High bit-rates for MPEG2 HD, H.264 up to profile 5.1, H.265!? with at least AC3 up to 640Kbps and PCM for audio.

Encoding should be fully customizable. (Multiple passes, by file size, by quality, etc), including audio customizations.

Ability to import/export to h.264/ac3/wav, M2TS, MKV, Blu-Ray, iso, and whatever else exists.

Full support for Smart Encoding to up 1080 60p / 50p and more. Should have ability to be forced, if the video/audio encoding is not fully compliant by the Smart Encoding engine.

Highest possibly quality for cropping, with proper resizing.

Highest quality up-conversion / up-scaling for converting 4:3 material from DV or uncompressed AVI to H.264 720i,p,/1080i,p, with cropping support, and proper resizing in 16:9 screen area (black bars on sides).

Highest possibly quality de-interlacing and anti-aliasing (for older material) with GPU support, no matter how much
CPU/GPU/other hardware it eats (with possibility for double FPS for perfect/original smoothness).

Highest quality automated noise removal.

Highest quality colour correction (automated, or manual).

Should not spare any RAM, which is really cheap now.

Should be totally super stable on any hardware.

CyberLink to work with chip manufacturer's to improve performance with driver updates.

I could probably think of more stuff; maybe later.

No problemo, just fork over $1,200 US and that will include phone support.
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Robert, you old scaly fellow, I wonder why we are even listing these things, as PD 9 is not yet perfected!
Why was this thread even started? What we need is to fix 9, then go to 10.
How about PD 9 and pip SMOOTH FLUID MOTION, rather than the dreadful stutter, Smartsound working, MP3's that play?
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