1)Pan & Zoom – “Set Start to same as End of last clip” . This feature lets you create multiple segments with pan and zoom that looks like you are moving all over the picture, by having the start of the next clip be exactly same size and in the same position as the end of the previous clip. I thought maybe there would be some numbers representing the position and size somewhere that I could copy and use on the next clip, but I don’t see anything like this. Does anyone know how to duplicate this functionality in this tool?
2) Video filter – I shot some footage outside as it was getting dark and it’s blue because I did not re white balance. Which video filter do I use to remove some of the blue? I tried several but had no luck.
3) When I change the video track, all my overlays, music, titles, and sound clips are repositioned relative to my video – in other words, they’re in the wrong place. In the pinnacle tool, the default is that this does NOT happen – since 99% of the time, you’ve put them where you have because they go with the video, but you can change it for your project. I guess the default is the opposite in this project. I don’t mind changing it each time, but I can’t seem to find where to do that and it’s getting pretty annoying. I’ve tried just waiting to the end to go back and add stuff to the other tracks, but it just makes no sense to me to work that way.
4) When I make a cut, and then hit play to see where my next cut will be, it turns out the cursor has jumped to the start of the previous clip, so I am constantly having to move it to where I just made the cut and hit play again. Is there a way to leave the cursor where it was and not have it jump around so much? In the other tool, the cursor stays where ever you've placed it, unless you move it or hit play or one of the other movement controls (i.e. frame advance, fast forward, etc.)
5) How do I change the default size for the overlay track? Right now it is not full screen. Most of the time I use it for a cut-away, which means it should be full-screen.
6) Is there a way to copy and past directly into the timeline? I don’t need to create a bunch of separate clips in the album I just want to copy a clip to another area of the timeline.
If you have to click “copy”, then the edit menu, then click “paste”, then drag the clip from the album to the timeline, there must be SOME where else you can paste it. Otherwise there would be one command called “copy to album”, right? So is there maybe some way to paste to the timeline, or no?
7) If I go back to two clips that I created by clipping one clip but would now like to treat as one clip again, is there an option to combine the clips? I’ve sort of gotten used to that functionality, but don’t know if this tool provides it. Obviously I'm talking about after I've made other changes, so that using the "undo" feature is not a viable solution.
I make a cut and add a transition. Then I hit play (move the cursor to where it should be) and determine my next cut. When I try to make the cut, I get a message saying, would I like to remove the transition I just added. If I say ‘no’ (why would I want to remove it when I just added it) then the tool just ignores my request to do the cut. If I say “yes” I’m constantly going back and adding the transition again. This one I’m sure is something I’m doing wrong, or something caused by a wrong setting somewhere. Could some one tell me what I’m doing wrong? Needless to say, this is not how it works in the other tool. I could understand it, if I was trying to do a cut right where the transition was or even if it was real close to the transition, but it happens no matter how far along the time line I am from the transition.9) I like the album transitions. I’d like to start with the closed album and have it open to the first page, then use one of the “flip” transitions to show some pictures. How do I show the album open up to begin things. Has anyone figured out how to do this?
10) How do I get the cursor to move in the timeline when I hit play and the clip is selected? The scissor icon is active, so I can do a cut, but the cursor does not move.
11) Regarding multiple titles coming on to the same screen, do they all have to start at the same time or is there a way to have one come on (and stay on) and have the next one start either after the first
begins coming on or after the first is all the way on?
12) How do a make a dvd with only one menu. Every time I’ve tried I end up with two, a main menu and a submenu. I have one video that I load to the tool. I want to have one menu with 4 chapters. The first is the first frame of the video and the others are within the video. No matter what I’ve tried, I end up with a main menu that has one link to a submenu, where my actual chapter links are.
13) When I click the Play button, there is a 1 to 8 second delay before the cursor starts to move. When I have a very short amount of video on the time line, there is hardly any delay. Once I add more video, say a 20 minute clip, then even if all I’m doing is playing that exact same tiny clip, at the beginning of the timeline, there’s an 8 second delay before it starts playing. I have 3.8 gig processor and ½ gig ram. I have “instant” playback selected.
Thanks for your help in answering any or all of the above questions.