Cyberlink Power Director

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Cyberlink Power Director

Postby HDjunkie » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:29 am

What's your take on it? It's the first video editor I've tried (after WMM which I find as crap) and can't stand the fact that I cannot select the scenes I want directly from video but have to let the program detect them. And this takes a shitload of time. I'm getting adobe premiere now, how's that one like? do I have to make the clips I want in a program like virtualdub beforehand like in this case?
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Re: Cyberlink Power Director

Postby Kevmaster » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:40 am

HDjunkie wrote:do I have to make the clips I want in a program like virtualdub beforehand like in this case?


Yes.
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Re: Cyberlink Power Director

Postby Kevmaster » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:41 am

Kevmasterflashdeluxe wrote:
HDjunkie wrote:do I have to make the clips I want in a program like virtualdub beforehand like in this case?


Yes.


you gotta save them as editable file type, you should use a losless codec like Huffy or lagarith to edit with.

You can still cut those clips in the program itself, but I prefer saving the clips before.
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Postby Bauzi » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:49 am

do I have to make the clips I want in a program like virtualdub beforehand like in this case?

+Clean your footage up like dvds.
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... tqual.html

I want directly from video but have to let the program detect them. And this takes a shitload of time.

Well most more professional programs don´t have such a function anymore. You have to cut out the scenes you need by yourself. It´s effort.
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Postby HDjunkie » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:18 pm

so what program do you guys use for making clips? I've tried virtual dub but it's useless because it inserts the last keyframe before the selection I want to save as a clip.

ex:
frame -
keyframe +

video: -----+---------------+-----------
I select to save: --
the program saves: +--


also, can I work in other format than DV or HDV in the workspace? what settings do you use?

thanks for all your help :)
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Postby HDjunkie » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:25 pm

Bauzi wrote:
do I have to make the clips I want in a program like virtualdub beforehand like in this case?

+Clean your footage up like dvds.
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... tqual.html


I mostly have 720p, very clean material, and don't posess a capture card/ DV camera. nice guide nevertheless. :P
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Postby HDjunkie » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:47 pm

can't edit...

very early WIP, just 2 scenes added.

http://files-upload.com/files/517869/test.avi

video playback within program (Adobe Premiere 3.0) runs like crap. anyway to optimise it?
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