Willard M

Brendon, thanks for the update. We have seen many of the pics coming from around the country. Glad you made it out OK. Bummer for your country. The peril of living on the Ring of Fire.

Great to hear you're ok. when I read the news I thought, oh no, not again. Sorry though, that your beautiful country has taken another hit.

I messaged him earlier but I suspect they may have lost power.

Beerman...please do

If you hear anything please post. He has been through 2 other of these in the last few years. This one more severe than the other two. I fear the worst for this fine gentleman who has helped me so many times over the years....

Does anyone know how Brendon is

Thanks Jim, I thought that was going to be my answer but this program continues to surprise me with more of what I don't know than what I do know about what it will do. I went ahead as you suggested and added a still clip on different overlay line and overlapped the video clip a little. I then set the duration to what I needed. I have been playing with it to make it look seamless. A few problems with color and size but it is getting better. Thanks again for the reply. Willard

I am making a movie using a green screen stage curtain opening video clip as an overlay over an old silent screen movie as the background. The length of the video clip is 22 seconds duration. I would like for it to run out to the end and then freeze at the last frame for about an additional 38 second duration to the end of the silent screen movie which runs for a minute. So far the only thing I have come up with is to extract a still clip right at the end of the overlay and then add it on as an additional overlay. I know of the speed control but I am only able to apply it to the base video clip. I am unable to get a seamless continuation of the movie doing this. After the curtain opens I don't need any movement for the rest of the frame. Does anyone know of a way to freeze a clip at the end of the video clip or an add on to provide a seamless continuation?

my gucci After my earlier post I went back to one of my older slideshows and after studying it and trying to jog my memory and I think found the solution. When in Timeline and following along the Timline commands there is on small icon labeled "Edit Volume Envelope for Audio Objects. With the program in Timeline I highlighted the song and then clicked on the "Edit Volume" icon. I was then able to add my points where I wanted them and slide them around wherever I wanted them without using the Edit Audio from the drop down box. I don't know if this applies to later versions but you may want to look at it. I have attached a pic showing the icon. Thanks again for your comments. Willard

my gucci After my earlier post I went back to one of my older slideshows and after studying it and trying to jog my memory and I think found the solution. When in Timeline and following along the Timline commands there is on small icon labeled "Edit Volume Envelope for Audio Objects. With the program in Timeline I highlighted the song and then clicked on the "Edit Volume" icon. I was then able to add my points where I wanted them and slide them around wherever I wanted them without using the Edit Audio from the drop down box. I don't know if this applies to later versions but you may want to look at it. Thanks again for your comments. Willard

mygucci, Thanks for the reply. I guess I don't know. Perhaps I am getting fuzzy headed in my old age. I can use the audio edit feature but I sure don't remember it but that is what I will do. Thanks again for the reply.

mygucci I gave a lot of thought to how to describe this and I didn't do a very good job of it so will try again. if i add a 3 minute song to a string of pictures i have, in the past, been able to add the points directly to the music line by clicking on the line and add a point where ever I wanted them. I could raise or lower the points to increase or decrease the volume. I could also slide them fore and aft enabling me to fashion the song volume and placement of the points wherever I needed them. i was able to do this without using the music Edit feature.from the drop down box. I am no longer able to do this directly to the music bar. I am able to click on the song and highlight it and then right click to get the drop down box and Edit feature. I can also see the little thumbnail however I can only see one slide at a time instead of seeing the song as it relates to a series of slides.I can add the points to the song and manipulate them in the Edit feature but after I do this I have to get out of Edit and then I am able to see where I put the points on my Timeline music bar. If I have misplaced them I have to return to Edit and try again it works that way but much trial and error. Hope this makes more sense.

My recent rebuild of my computer including the reinstall of Creator 2010 has gone fairly well except little quirks keep showing up. Before the rebuild when adding a song to the music line I was able to highlight the music line and add points to the song directly by just grabbing them and pulling them down or along the middle line thus increasing or decreasing volume and where i want those things to happen relative to the pictures. This was helpful in that I could see directly how the song volume and placement related to specific pictures. I can still use the music Edit feature to do this but I can't see in The Edit feature how it relates back to the timing in the movie which is essentially a trial and error method. I am unable to find out why I could previously do this but not now. I would appreciate any help. I have attached a sample picture showing a few slides and the music line. Thank you.

Jim You have described it exactly. My difficulty was after opening a new production and using the tools to process my overlay. I was asked if I wanted to save the production. If I answered yes so I could delete the first overlay and reenter the next one I wanted to work on I would only get the drop down box showing only the .dmsm choice. (see pic) It was only by answering No did I get the larger drop down box that allowed for saving as an mpg file, What that required was restarting a completely new production for each overlay and then closing the program and reopening a new program for each one that I wanted to work on. It requires some extra steps but worth it to save the video clips. One other thing. I wanted to change the line on my computer specs showing that Creator 10 installed on my machine when new. I was unable to find a way to do this. Can someone change it or show me the way to make it read Creator 2010. I think my original question has been answered and we can say topic solved. Thanks to all.

mygucci, i went back and pondered your comment. I opened a New Production. I added one of my overlays as the base slide. Using the Brightness, Contrast and Saturation tools I was able to manipulate a test video clip to exactly what I wanted. I then went to Output As. A large drop down box appeared. On this box are many selections. One of them is to Save as a Video clip. Another drop down box gives many choices for output format. I chose to Output As MP2. The program then processed my command visually and gave me the option of selecting the download. I directed it to my movie folder. I then opened my New production movie and put one of my base pictures in the movie as the first slide. I then added my new processed overlay. So far this looks like it is going to be work. I have attached a pic of the drop down box. It makes for some extra steps but saving those overlays will be worth it. Will let everyone knows how all this works out. Thanks to all