Video Speed Adjustments

[Igor]

19 hours ago, jkb said:

It doesn't seem to be working as it should at the moment.
You need to Tick the Box 'Speed Keyframes' to be able to add them. This then disables the Speed Adjustment box.

In previous Beta's (7 & 😎 I could add the keyframes at the Start to slow down, or Hold, the video.

But as the Green bar does not change in duration to match the new Video time, it was difficult to add the Keyframes at the end in the right place once the Speed had been adjusted.

Now in Beta 9 I am really struggling to get the Keyframes at the Start. I can add them, but when moving one to a Zero Speed it seems to move the Start Position of the Video.

Jill, I agree, something wrong with changing/adding first keyframe and scale of the timeline. 
Please wait, we'll improve the code.

[davegee]

4 hours ago, Igor said:

Dave,

Ealier, slide duration never changed automatically when the duration of a video object changed. Because a slide may contain other objects with their own durations.
The only case when a slide duration automatically updates is when replacing a video object file name throught the Open file window, if its duration matched the slide duration.

You need to tick an option "Speed keyframes" before adding any speed keypoints in the timeline.

Thanks Igor, I found the "Speed Keyframes".

I wondered if there was a case for changing the video duration if the video was a Main Object??

DG

[SeismicGuy]

May be a moot point for me now since I figures out a way within Google Earth Tour Maker to sort of accomplish what I was trying to do.  Still I find the Trim & Adjust subwindow operations within the O&A window to be somewhat inscrutable, or at least the results are.

[Igor]

We'll publish Beta 10 with significant improvements for this editor tomorrow.

[Igor]

Try new Beta 10.

We fixed all known issues with speed keyframes and included other improvements:

https://www.pteavstudio.com/forums/topic/52130-pte-av-studio-12-beta-10/#findComment-195861

[jkb]

2 hours ago, Igor said:

Try new Beta 10.

Hi Igor, Thanks for the new Beta.

However I am still having problems, please see email with a description.

Jill

[Igor]

Hi Jill,
Thank you for checking the new Beta 10! I've replied you by email.

We'll try to improve this editor to make it easier for you to determine the final video playback time.
Currently, editing focuses on working with the original video's timing.

[SeismicGuy]

I am still stumped with the Trim and Adjust property feature with a video.  I have a video clip that is about 38 seconds long.  I add it as a slide and then add it as another slide right next to the first just to play around.  On the second slide I go to the Properties and choose Trim and Adjust Speed and move the start and end points and it shows doing so changed the duration to about 23 seconds.  HOWEVER when I go back to the main screen the duration shows the same on both slides and then when playing the second slide which I thought I reduced to 23 seconds it still shows the 38 second duration and it plays for 38 seconds although the last 14 seconds or so is just really a freeze frame.  

What am I misunderstanding or doing wrong since it seems that the Trim is not really having the desired effect?

 

 

[Tonton Bruno]

When you trim a video, the clip duration changes, but the slide duration remains unchanged.

[SeismicGuy]

13 hours ago, Tonton Bruno said:

When you trim a video, the clip duration changes, but the slide duration remains unchanged.

That is exactly my point.  Why bother with any "clip" adjustments if they don't actually translate to the slide?  Again it seems like there is something missing here.

[davegee]

It has always been so and has been discussed ad nauseam. You are trimming the object (the video clip) and not the slide duration. I have always seen a case for trimming the slide duration when trimming a video clip IF the video clip is the Main Object but.......

 

[SeismicGuy]

If the only "object" in the slide is the video clip and you trim from the beginning and end of the clip on O&A doesn't it seem like the duration should also adjust to match the duration of the revised clip?  I guess I can just change the duration myself but it seems like this should be automatic.

[jkb]

24 minutes ago, SeismicGuy said:

I guess I can just change the duration myself but it seems like this should be automatic.

I have never had a problem with this.

But then I normally set my Slide Duration first to match the Music/Voice & then Trim the video to fit that Duration.

I will adjust the speed of the video to match the Duration.
Obviously I wouldn't do this if I needed Lip Sync, but I very rarely have a video with speech on it.

I guess it depends how you work, but I am very happy with the way it works now.

Jill

[SeismicGuy]

My usual need is when I am making one of my travelogues which normally have a mix of jpg's and video clips.  With the videos I may have anywhere from 2 to 4 clips on my Galaxy related to some experience (e.g., taking a gondola up a mountain) where each clip might be 20 or 30 seconds and I end up taking pieces of each to create one single clip that I end up using in PTEAV.  When doing so I have been using Movavi to accomplish the editing and piecing together to create the single clip.  But there are times like this where I have a single clip and I may need to cut a bit from the beginning and a bit from the end.  I thought it would be easier to do entirely within PTEAV but perhaps it is easier just doing in Movavi.

[jkb]

9 hours ago, SeismicGuy said:

may need to cut a bit from the beginning and a bit from the end. 

This is so easy to do in PTE.

I should have added that most of the time I just do video straight in the timeline.

Add your video as a Slide.

Drag the play head to where you want it start.

Right click and select trim beginning of video.

Then drag the play head to where you want it to end and drop your next slide or video at that point.

If this is your last slide then just add a Blank.

Very quick and easy.

To join lots of clips together just do the same. Simply add to the Timeline in the order you want. No need to physically join them first.

I only use the trim in O&A when I want to adjust the speed.

No need for any external programs.

Jill 

[SeismicGuy]

The alternative I chose for simple beginning and ending trimming of the slide in question was to right-click the mp4 clip in the file list and choose Convert/Trim Video Clip and then do the trimmimg similar to this Beckham tutorial.    This ends up creating a revised video clip that can be added as a slide and is done entirely within PTEAV.  Actually it was this tutorial that led me to believe that the O&A method I was fiddling with would accomplish the same thing.