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Greetings Barry, You referred to having to rotate a video clip is to fix a mistake. The GoPro camera did not readjust the correct right-side up setting for that clip. Ok, it happens. But there are other occasions when you might want/need to rotate a video. So my point is why not have this ability in Slides or in Convert? Your post seemed to minimize the importance of my suggestion. I don't think I am 'touchy' but just prefer some support in the idea, as opposed to a non-helpful post. Just trying to make the program better. Igor says he is re-writing the Convert process for V.10 so this is the time to make him aware of this suggestion. Gary

Denis, Yes, I understand that this is what you have to do. But to have to create a totally new project just to rotate a video is really non-intuitive. Would it not be so much easier to be able to rotate the video in Slides view or in Convert? If we can rotate a JPG, why not a video? Gary

Barry, When someone encounters a problem, I think a good response is to post it to see if it can be fixed. I see that you post quite a few, yourself. Why you have to enter into the discussion to lessen its importance is beyond me. When you find something that bothers you, don't you post your findings? Perhaps you have not run into this problem but it is obvious to me that the ability to rotate a video would be a good feature that can be found in many other programs. When you have many annoyances in any program, it lessens the joy of using it. And the answer to your question is, yes, it is a high priority to have a software fixed to do something it should do. In other occasions, I have purposefully turned a video camera sideways to shoot a very tall object and needed to rotate it for the final project. Just because you have not run into this situation, does not mean it is not a useful suggestion. And in this process of posting this suggestion, we apparently found that the rotation of videos in the Slides view does not work. Sure, it should be fixed. I don't think you should be in charge of what is or is not a 'high priority'. Gary

Bert, If I understand your question, used images that are not 'main' images are not highlighted in the File List. I have brought this up before with a suggestion that all used images be highlighted in some way in the File List, but it has not gained any traction. Gary

Lin, Perhaps that is an oversight that can be fixed. However, there still is a problem. In order to rotate a video in the Slides view, you have to first drag the non-converted clip into the Slides view. When you do this, you are given the option of to 'Optimize' or 'Use original file'. Sometime (not sure why), if you choose 'Optimize' the convert process will start automatically with no time to change options, useless you catch it and stop the process and start over after changing any options you intended to change. If you hit the 'Use original file', it would go into the Slides view, rotate it (if rotate was available in the Slide view) and then you could convert it at that point. It seems that when you want to convert a video clip in the Files List, you'd normally just right-click and hit Convert and the clip will appear in the Convert Window and rotate it if needed, make changes in the settings, and then you can manually start the process. So I still think, if you can rotate it in the Slides view, why not be able to rotate it in the Convert window? Gary

Greetings, I am having problems trying to Convert a couple of my video clips. If I try to convert a video clip in the File List, the Convert screen opens but the clips don't appear. The clips play just find in Windows Media Player. At first I thought it was a size problem. The clips are large. However, I was able to convert an even larger clip before I tried these two other clips that are not quite as large. The largest clip that would convert was GOPR0107 (1752 MBs). The two that will not appear in the Convert window are GOPR0115 (1505MBs) and GOPR0116 (1523 Mbs). See screenshot. And if I drag either of these two clips directly down into the Slides view, I get 'video not found'. So I am not sure what is causing the issue. Could it be a size issue? Gary

Greetings, After a video clip has been Converted, that video clip can not be re-converted (with the same set of criteria) without importing it again and resetting the criteria from scratch. Perhaps, the word 'Disable' is not correct but I can not come up with a better term. You have to remove that clip and re-start the Convert process for that video clip. This can be a problem if you have set specific trim points, quality and resize choices and want to just tweak these choices from what you had just converted. If you convert a clip and then see that you want to make some adjustments in trim points, quality or resize choices, you have to start all over again from scratch, resetting all the previously set criteria. Sure, you can write down all the criteria and reset it. But, instead of having to remove the converted clip and start over again from scratch, it would be very helpful to just be able to make adjustment to the already set criteria and re-convert. Gary

Lin... Anything beyond just being able to rotate an upside-down video while in the Convert window, to me, is a work-around. If it is just one video, OK, perhaps. However, if you have a project with other images and videos, to rotate a single clip, you have to do your steps as a separate project and bring in the results into the main project. I don't understand where Denis is saying to 'just rotate and convert'. Where is he rotating it? You can't rotate a video in the Slides view, only JPGs will rotate. So you have to bring the upside-down clip into Convert. But it is difficult to trim the clip while it is upside down. So, if you do what Denis says, I think, here is the problem. You drag down the video into the Slides without optimizing. It is still upside down. Then you open it in O&A and rotate it. Ok, now it it right-side up in the Slides. Then you right-click it to Convert/Trim the clip but it is still upside down in the Convert window. My point is we should be able to rotate a video in the Convert window so you can more easily trim it without going through other steps to just make it right-side up. Do you see my point? Give it a try. Try to change a right-side video clip to an upside-down one. Gary

Greetings Lin, I don't understand why we have to keep things complicated with 'workarounds'. The method you propose works. But if you have an 8 minute video clip (among several other video clips), you have to start a new project to do the rotate and Publish to an MP4 to then be used in the original project, which then needs to be Converted in the original project. This takes over half an hour. Why not just encourage Igor to allow rotation within Convert process. That, I think, would be a useful improvement in the process. And, Denis...I don't understand your post. Gary

Greetings, I accidentally took a GoPro video upside down. When I tried to trim it in the Convert Video process, it was pretty difficult. I suggest that the ability to rotate a video be added. Gary

Greetings Jill, Thanks for your suggestion but in my current project, I have 24 audio files- 3 in one track and 21 in the second track. Linking each clip to a slide is a non-starter. I could just hold down the shift key and slide each track separately. But since both tracks are in a relative position that I want to keep, playing with moving each one has potential for creating a problem. Wouldn't it be so much easier if we could link all the tracks and just move one (using the shift key) and keep them all in the same relative position as they are all being moved? Gary

Greetings Igor, The question is not moving audio files between tracks, as can be don in the Project Options/Audio tab. I want to be able to shift all the audio tracks, left or right, in the Timeline simultaneously. See screen print. Gary

Greetings Igor, I'd like to be able to link the audio tracks while in the Timeline, so I can move all the tracks together, equally, at the same time. Gary

Greetings, I know that if you want to move an entire audio track, you hold down the shift key on a point in an audio track and you can slide the entire track from that point on. However, what if you have several audio tracks and you want to move all the audio tracks at the same time. Is there a way to link all the audio tracks together, and then move all the audio tracks at the same time? I searched the Forum but did not find anything. Gary

Greetings... Just excellent!!! Gary

Igor, Does this update also correct the max upload size of files to the Slideshowclub? Gary

Greetings Judy... I am also trying to get deeper into editing video. You might have noticed in the site that you linked, it has a link to the DaVinci Resolve video editing program. If you go to that link, https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve/ and go to the very bottom of that page, you will see a download for a free version of DaVinci Resolve 12.5.6. I had downloaded it a while ago but have not had time to get into it. Seems to have a lot of potential. I will be looking into Lightroom too. Many tools, so little time. Gary

Greetings, I think this has been addressed and fixed, to a point, but I think it is still not completely fixed. When I convert a 1920x1080 clip, the Resize dropdown list provides 1920x1080, 1280x720, 1024x576 and 960x760. Ok, no problem. However, when I try to convert a 2704x1520 clip (from GoPro), the only Resize choices I get are 2704x1520 and 1352x760. Shouldn't we get all the Resize figures when I have a 2704x1520 clip? I can type in, for example, 1920x1080, and it accepts it. But it would be better to have all the sizes listed. Gary

Dave... Why would you say that? You have made some points but have not addressed my question as to why the Transition time needs to be changed when a Style is applied. You state what PTE does but not why it needs to be that way. Ok...never mind. Gary

Another example of why I think the Style should not affect the already set Transition time: I applied a Style to a video clip that had a Transition time of 1.5. After applying the Style, the Transition time changed to 5.365. Makes no sense. I have to manually reset the Transition time for the clip to 1.5. Gary

Dave, I really see no need for the 'Speed' indication, especially when you have no animation in the Style. I have no animation in the Style I am using. I think your indication to 'ignore' the Speed is not intuitive unless you are told it does not mean anything. I don't see its usefulness even if you have animation in your Style. Just my opinion. Setting the Duration seems to be the only real criteria needed when a Style is applied, especially when you are applying it to video clips that would naturally be different than an overall Project setting made for images. Also, you can't change the Speed independently from the Full Duration in the Style. Changes in Speed is only a result of the changes in the Full Duration, which is what you really want to affect. If you want to change the Speed of an animation, I'd think you would do it in O&A. Ok, back to my main point about the change in the Transition time after a Style is applied. I don't see why the Transition time needs to be changed after a Style has been applied. If I have set the Transition time for a slide to be 1.5, why would it needs to be changed just because I have applied a Style, whether or not it has an animation in it? My Style that I am using does not have any animation (or even it it did), so there should not be any affect on the previously set Transition of the slide. I know you said "...when applying the Style it affects both the Duration and the Transition Time...". I don't think it should affect the already set Transition Time. I think the 'doctor' I need is Igor to make sense of this.... Gary

To add to my confusion, I have 2 Styles that do the same thing, Border, 95% size and aspect crop. In the Slide Style selection screen, one shows a Full Duration of 5.0; the other shows a Full Duration of 6.5. It seems that if I edit the '5.0' Style's Full Duration to 6.5, I should get the same results as applying the '6.5' Style. But The '5.0' Style give the different results mentioned above. Not sure why this would happen. Any ideas? Gary

If there is no animation in the Style that was created, why would changing the 'Full Duration' time in the Style change the Speed? 'Speed %' of what? When a Style is applied to an exiting slide, any animation is dumped, anyway. The Duration is the duration of what it is set at. So I don't understand what this is referring to. Gary

Ok...let's not deal with the Speed question for now. The other changes to Duration and Transition times occur when the Slide Style is applied to a slide that has no animation. Why would I get the unexpected changes in the Duration and Transition times? Why would it not retain the previously set Duration and Transition times? Gary

Greetings, I have a question where the application of a Slide Style changes the 'Duration' and 'Transition' times of a slide. Here is what I have done: My 'Project Options/Transition' time is set for 1.5 and Default Duration is set to 5.0. I have a slide in the Slides View that shows 'Duration' of 5.0 and 'Transition' of 1.5. I want to apply a Slide Style that I had made that sets a border, size of 95% and aspect crop. When the Slide Style opens, it shows 'Full Duration' of 5.00 and 'Speed' of 100. So I change the 'Full Duration' of the Slide Style to 6.5 to match the 5.0 Duration plus the 1.5 Transition that have for the slide. First question. When I do this, the 'Speed' changes from 100 to 77. What does this mean? Why is it even important? Next. After I apply the Slide Style, the slide in the Slides View shows Duration of 4.999 (instead of 5.0) and Transition of 1.95 (instead of 1.5). Second question: Why does it not keep my Duration of 5.0 and Transition of 1.5? I have to manually change these setting for each slide that I apply this Slide Style to. Thanks... Gary