I have used this effect and it works very well...

http://adobe.groupbrowser.com/searchthr ... ffect.html

A simple way is to use the Titler. Open the Titler, then in "More" select "Text Only", then pick a large font like "Bell Gothic White", write your text, highlight it and size it and select "Bold" to make it even more chunky. Go back to Edit and place the Title...

If it does not require rendering (ie no red line) then I doubt if reverse field dominance has been applied... with RFD applied you would need to render the source file. Regarding jayell's comment about WMM exporting a TFF movie as a BFF DV-AVI... I am not sure. I would have hoped so.. guess only way...

Go for HDV... capture in Hi Definition so in the future you can see all your memories in Hi Def, when all you can get are HDTVs, and in the meantime downconvert in the camcorder and capture as DV-AVI.

I agree with Chuck, your processor is more than capable of running PE3 (same one I have). RAM is your problem, upgrade your RAM and you will be flying.

Did you ever wonder how to use a piece oif software...

http://wikivid.com/index.php?title=Category

then select: View all software

Video Girl, when you have the vob files on the timeline, right click on them and in Field Options select Reverse Field Dominance and then export them to DV-AVI (File>Movie>Export).

Do you have the camcorder set up to down-convert to DV-AVI. You need to set the "I-Link Conversion" to ON in the camcorder, and the format set to DV... if I recall correctly. You need to read the manual in detail to ensure all settings are correct.

Yes, good find Ed some interesting stuff. One on color correction as well... I know it is not PE but some good tips.

Noticed the date on the intro Bill. You are an organized man... wish I was that good.

If you export the whole timeline as DV-AVI as I explained and bring this into a new project all you need to do is click on the clip in the timeline, select "Motion" in the properties panel and adust "Scale" until the video is aligned with the outer safe margin region (or however ...

Did I notice some changes? Have some of those icons changed? :wink:

Has that little devil been "tinkering" again.

Do you mean the edges of the video are outside of the safe region when viewed in the monitor? If so, yes the outer region will more than likely be lost and not seen on your TV unless you have an LCD/Plasma TV. When I did our 25th wedding aniversary slideshow I reduced the size of the whole video usi...

With Windows Media Player it should just play the clip at 16:9. Are you sure the clips are 16:9?

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