User manual CYBERLINK POWERDIRECTOR 8

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[. . . ] See "Modifying Particle Effects in the Particle Designer" on page 63 for more information. Adding Title Effects To add a title effect to the timeline, do this: · select a title template and then click the button to add it to the Title Track at the current position of the timeline slider. · drag an effect from the Title Room to the desired position in the Title Track. You can add a random title effect at the current position of the timeline slider by clicking and then selecting Add Random Title Effect. Note: you can download additional title templates from the DirectorZone web site. See "Downloading Templates from DirectorZone" on page 23 for more information. Once you add a title template to the Title Track, click the Modify button to edit it in the Title Designer. See "Modifying Title Effects in the Title Designer" on page 65 for more information. Adding Transitions To add a transition to the timeline, do this: · select a transition effect and then drag it to between the clips in the Master Video Track where you want it applied. Note: you can manually set the duration of the transition. See "Setting Clip Duration" on page 49 for more information. To add random transitions to all clips in the timeline: · click on a transition and then on the button to add a random transition to all clips in the timeline. 46 Chapter 4: Creating Your Story · click on a transition and then on the button to add the fading transition to all clips in the timeline. Click on in the library window and selecting Apply Random Transition Effect to All or Apply Fading Transition to All. Editing Your Media Once you have your media in the editing workspace you can perform edits and refinements to it. Editing is a broad term that encompasses a number of different functions: you can, for example, trim unwanted sections from video or audio clips, increase or decrease the speed of a video clip, or fix and touch up your videos and photos. This section describes all of the editing processes that you can perform on the different types of media clips. Note: the functions in this section can only be performed in timeline view. Splitting a Clip When a single media clip is selected on the timeline, click Split to separate it into two clips at the current position of the timeline slider. Use this feature to quickly remove unwanted portions of a clip or to insert color boards or other media. Note: if required, select the two split portions, right-click and then select Combine to merge them back together. Trimming Video and Audio Clips Captured video and audio clips sometimes contain unwanted portions at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end. These unwanted portions are easily removed in CyberLink PowerDirector using the trim functions. Note: trimming a video or audio clip does not delete any portion of the original content. 47 CyberLink PowerDirector Performing a Multi Trim You can trim all your video clips using the Multi Trim function. Multi Trim lets you trim out one or more portions of a video clip at once, resulting in clips that are independent from the original video. You can also detect scenes using the Multi Trim tool. A B C D E I H G F A - Preview Area, B - Timeline Magnifier*, C - Timeline, D - Magnified Timeline, E- Trimmed Portions Area, F Magnifier Tools*, G - Trimming Tools, H -Playback Controls, I - Frame Display Note: * optional features in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the readme file for detailed versioning information. To perform a trim on a video, select the video clip on the timeline that you want to trim and click Multi Trim. Within the Multi Trim window, you can perform the following functions: 48 Chapter 4: Creating Your Story and in magnifier tools to set the magnification level on the video clip. The size of the timeline magnifier will change based on the magnification level selected. · drag the timeline magnifier along the timeline to find the section of video you want to trim. · use the timeline slider to find the starting and end points of your video clips that you want to trim. You can also use the playback controls to find the exact frames in the frame display area. · click on · use in the trimming tools to mark the starting point of a trim, and to mark the end point. Note: the portions of video that CyberLink PowerDirector will insert into the timeline are indicated in blue. If currently it is these sections that you want to omit from the timeline, click the Invert button in the trimmed portions area. · move the timeline slider over a trimmed portion and click the button in the trimming tools to split it into two clips. · click on in the trimming tools to detect all the scenes in your video clip. You can then choose to just mark them on the timeline or have CyberLink PowerDirector automatically trim them for you. Trimming Audio/Video Clips To trim an audio/video clip, select the clip on the timeline that you want to trim and then click Trim. [. . . ] (period) Down arrow Up arrow Alt + 1 Alt + 2 Alt + 3 Function Switch between Timeline/Storyboard Go to the beginning of clip/project Go to the end of clip/project Previous frame Next frame Next second Previous second Opens the Magic Fix function Opens the Magic Motion function Opens the Magic Cut function 96 Chapter 7: Appendix Hotkey Alt + 4 Alt + 5 Alt + 6 Ctrl + right arrow Ctrl + left arrow Ctrl + C Ctrl + X Ctrl + V + Alt + L Alt + U Alt + C Function Opens the Magic Style function Opens the Magic Music function Opens the Magic Movie Wizard Go to next clip in the track (Clip mode) Go to previous clip in the track (Clip mode) Copy Cut Paste Zoom ruler In Zoom ruler out Lock all tracks except Master Video track Unlock all tracks Open Preferences 97 CyberLink PowerDirector Smart Guide Hotkeys Hotkey Ctrl + Alt + T Ctrl + Alt + M F2 Function Display Trim Audio options Display Multi Trim options Open PiP Designer, Particle Designer, Title Designer, Effect Settings Main Panel Hotkeys Hotkey Alt + F9 Alt + F10 Alt + F11 Alt + F12 Function Switch to Capture mode Switch to Edit mode Switch to Produce mode Switch to Create Disc mode Library Hotkeys Hotkey F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Rename media file Open Media Room Open Effect Room Open PiP Objects Room Open Particle Room Open Title Room Function 98 Chapter 7: Appendix Hotkey F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 Ctrl + Enter Ctrl + A Ctrl + Tab Ctrl + D Ctrl + Q Ctrl + W Open Transition Room Function Open Audio Mixing Room Open Voice-Over Recording Room Open Chapter-Setting Room Open Subtitle Room Display media in Media Viewer Select all Switch between filters Detect scenes Import media file(s) Import a media folder 99 CyberLink PowerDirector Capture Hotkeys Hotkey Ctrl + R Space bar Ctrl + / Ctrl + , (comma) Ctrl + . (period) Alt + Y Record DV play/pause preview DV stop preview DV rewind DV fast forward Add text captions on captured video Function Voice-Over Hotkeys Hotkey Ctrl + H Ctrl + J Ctrl + R Ctrl + / Fade-in Fade-out Start recording Stop recording Function 100 Chapter 7: Appendix Preview Window Hotkeys Hotkey Space bar Ctrl + / , (comma) . (period) Page Up Page Down Ctrl + F [ ] Ctrl + Enter Ctrl + P Ctrl + + (plus) Ctrl + - (minus) Ctrl + Backspace Ctrl + U Play/pause Stop Previous unit Next unti Switch to Clip mode Switch to Movie mode Fast forward Mark in Mark out Display media in Media Viewer Takes a snapshot of content in the preview window Increase volume Decrease volume Mute/Mute off Adjust system volume Function Title Designer Hotkeys Hotkey Ctrl + B Set text in bold Function 101 CyberLink PowerDirector Hotkey Ctrl + I Ctrl + L Ctrl + R Set text in italics Left-align text Right-align text Function 102 Chapter 7: Appendix SVRT: When Can I Use it? SVRT can be applied to video clips in the MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H. 264 (Ultra version only) and DV-AVI (Type I) formats. In the following conditions, clips (or portions of clips) do not require rendering during production, and SVRT can therefore be applied: · The frame rate, frame size, and file format are the same as those of the destination production profile. [. . . ]