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PowerDirector 12.
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The goal of this video is to learn how to edit clips deeply to enhance them.
We won't see
related video in our guide.
Each clip in your timeline can be edited into deep. We will consider an example
of a picture put on a video to see better how this works.
Basicly you have four main kinds of clips.
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on the kind of the clip, a different editing window appears. For example you will
have the
To get into
For audio clips, you won't have editing windows, but the window zooms in the
waveform to
But you can add effects to images and videos. For example, let's edit the picture
on the video. The editing window is called
the effects you are going to add are suitable when you have visible clips that
are shown on another one. These effects are useless or not visible in case you have
to do with a single clip occupying the full project screen.
As seen in the beginner tutorial, you can
clip through the
seen from the main project window. On the left you can add
on your video.
Chroma Key
color, eventually using the
through the values on the left, will stay transparent, showing what's behind it.
Then you can add some
Use
through the main timeline.
standard settings.
Flip
example if you want to apply a new point of view. Through
block it or not, so that you can fully customize the scaling in width and height when
you use the
You can apply motion as well. If you go to
choose the trajectory to follow. Select the path to apply it to the clip.
To come back to the fixed clip, click on the
the points. The
changes the fixed anchors, where the clip changes direction. Click inside the path to
move
If you want to rotate the clip while playing, use
are allowed to make multiple rotations.
If you want to make a more realistic effect, add some
auto, you just need to set the strength and density.
clip is short in its length in the main timeline.
good, since it requires movement.
You can do other nice things going to
transparency just in some parts of the clip, according to the shape chosen on the left.
You can edit the size of the mask using the
move
arrows to
Up to now, the effects applied are more or less made auto. The path is already made,
the mask and the blur as well. You can create a
Under the clip interested, you have different rows. Each one of them represents a
specific
applied before did work on them, adding rhombuses called
keyframe, the properties have a determined value in the instant of time they are placed.
This means that two keyframes that have different values for a property apply a
change in between, where
second one.
Let's suppose to scale the clip
To add a keyframe, simply click on the
indicated in red color, and
So create a second keyframe later in time to fix a bigger size for the clip. If you
check the overall preview, the image will be enlarged between the first and the second
keyframe.
In case you mistake, you can select a keyframe and size again the image for it.
If you want to
A single keyframe doesn't put any change in time
property.
You can
So
rotate the image,
When you are done, just go to
If you applied keyframes to the opacity level, you can see the
Each point is a keyframe, and its height represents the opacity level at that point.
You can
pointer. To add new keyframes, simply click on the envelope. You will notice a
square
Keyframe
keyframes better in detail. You can add keyframes to aspects like contrast,
lightness and color strength.
A single keyframe sets a value that doesn't change in time. So remember to add
couples of keyframes to set changes in time.
You can use the
The
level
You can select it and go to
You can manage audio clips overlapped through the
meet more audio clips playing at the same time, set which one must be louder or
viceversa. Use the
the clip has to be after some time.
the two buttons below to apply some
The Picture in Picture can be done through some templates offered.
Room
that can present your content in a different way. Simply select one and place it
in a lower video track.
Particle Room
If you want to get more of these templates, simply click on
get more of them from the Cyberlink's official site
Thanks for watching this video! Check out the following video to know more about
effects