I Don't Have Magic Motion On My PowerDirector, Are Other Things Missing?

Nitai

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Mar 04, 2014 22:18

Hello Awesome Forum,

I see online on the magic wand, there should be Magic Motion included in the list of things when a clip is highlighted. I don't have Magic Motion. I am wondering what other effects and things might be missing from my program that I don't know about. What do you need from me to help?

Thanks!

Nitai

borgus1

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Mar 05, 2014 00:56

Quote: Hello Awesome Forum,

I see online on the magic wand, there should be Magic Motion included in the list of things when a clip is highlighted.

When a STILL IMAGE (photo) is highlighted. MM doesn't apply to video clips, and won't be available.

Nitai

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Mar 05, 2014 01:58

I understand that, thank you, that's why I used the term 'clip'. I am not talking about image. I am talking about movie clip.

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borgus1

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Mar 05, 2014 02:27

Precisely, Magic Motion does not apply to video clips, thus it won't appear. It should be available on stills.

Check out the HELP file for a more thorough explanation.

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Nitai

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Mar 05, 2014 13:55

Oh, I understand what you are saying, my apologies. Thank you. Do you know if there is a way to do a super super fast zoom in/out on a video clip? I mean, super fast and super zoomed. It seems the zoom in effect is rather gradual. Thanks!

borgus1

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Mar 05, 2014 14:13

Don't use the ZOOM effect. Instead, select the clip in the timeline, then click the KEYFRAME button. Then, top-left, click on CLIP ATTRIBUTES.

Move the timeline marker (scrubber) to where zoom will begin, then size the clip by dragging its WHITE handles - in the preview window - at the corners. (The blue handles warp the image.)

Move the scrubber to the end zoom position. Resize the clip. The closer together the keyframes are, the faster the zoom action between them. HELP|INDEX|KEYFRAMES will tell you more.


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BarryTheCrab

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Mar 05, 2014 15:44

You can also use Power tools CROP.
With that you can zoom in and out and direct the movement to a specific area of the video.
Note: Borgus1, great choice for the image!

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borgus1

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Mar 05, 2014 18:12

Good ol' Alf. ^_^

Barry, How do YOU keyframe-crop an image, say from full-frame to zoom in on the left-bottom?

BarryTheCrab

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Mar 05, 2014 18:29

The thread refers to video clips, not images, so I always use Power Crop for that, it gives me dynamic control of WHERE to point my center of the crop.
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Nitai

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Mar 05, 2014 19:54

You guys are the best! Thank you so much!!!! <3

ynotfish

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Mar 06, 2014 13:33

Hi Nitai -

This tutorial should help you with your FAST zooms - http://youtu.be/T1pvHUK7rNQ

The fastest zoom possible in PD (as far as I can determine) is 00:00:00:05 (5 frames).

Cheers - Tony
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Nitai

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Mar 06, 2014 19:12

Thank you very much, Tony! Very helpful!