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Try Express Burn.

On the toolbar, click RECORD|RECORD SCREEN. This prompts to install Debut - a multi-format record/capture tool that works with VP. Perhaps this is what you have in mind.

Suppose there's a thirty second audio clip ... and a completed slide show track that's ten seconds longer. First, you might lock the audio track (lock symbol at the left), to make certain that it's not affected. Then select all the video tracks, right-click and GROUP SELECTED CLIPS. Now place the mouse pointer at the end of the video track until it becomes a ] bracket ... and drag left until the end of video shrinks to match the end of audio, shortening the length of each slide proportionally. Video can be lengthened (stretched) as well, using the same method.

With the title screen clip on the time line, click its FX icon. Click the large green + sign at the top left and experiment with the SCALE, PAN & ZOOM and POSITION effects. Or, even if the clip isn't on the time line, right-click on it in the bin and note the ASPECT RATIO and CROP choices, which may do the job for you. And take a look at this post.

Look here and here.

Try the AVI export option. After a period of time select features of the 'free' version are disabled, including some export choices. See this thread.

You might also Clear Unused Cache Files (at the conclusion of each project) - under the OPTIONS|DISK tab. This will eliminate possible corruption.

Go with Nat's solution, below. Or, instead of crop, try SCALE ... or scale-up the cropped video to fill the preview frame (which will lose resolution).

Odd indeed. Save your project. Open Control Panel|PROGRAMS AND FEATURES and uninstall Videopad. Then reinstall.

Precisely how were the images created, and in what format? If privacy is a concern, click the MESSAGE icon at the top-right of this forum and upload a few images to me personally. Username "borate." They will not be made public.

Please upload the clip to DropBox, Google Drive, MS OneDrive or the like. Alternatively, if the clip will drop to the time line (but won't play), click FILE|SAVE PORTABLE PROJECT and upload the resulting files. Make the link public and post it here. Someone will check it out.

Both preview and export can be set to any ratio. Right-click in the preview window and CHANGE PREVIEW SETTINGS. In the video export box, click in the RESOLUTION field, then click CUSTOM and input your parameters.

Audio TRANSITION fades, enabled under OPTIONS|EDITING, apply only to a video transition of adjacent clips on the same track. Audio follows video, in essence. Audio fades not bound to video can be made on any clip, irrespective of track: click AUDIO EFFECTS on the menu bar and choose fade IN or OUT. Or click the AUDIO tab that's just below the AUDIO EFFECTS menu item. A FADE button will appear on the toolbar. Once a fade has been programmed it can be viewed and refined by double-clicking the audio track itself. Note the keyframes (white squares) on the blue line. They can be dragged left or right to increase/decrease fade duration or up/down to change volume. The graph itself is yet another method for creating a fade. Drag the line and release the mouse button, to create keyframes. Right-click to remove a fade effect.

It isn't necessary to post the project to the forum. A private message (PM) is an alternative. If you can isolate a small portion of the project that exhibits the fault, please PM me or c_major (admin) as instructed earlier. Provide details. Tests here with several same track audio transitions have exported successfully.

Crossfade transitions survive export here... provided that the audio clips are on the same track, the OPTIIONS|EDITING sound crossfade box is ticked and both clips are linked to video (may not be necessary).

If feasible, share the project, as instructed above, and folks will try to duplicate your result. You can "apply to all', then click on a specific clip's transition X and change that clip's transition duration.

Not clear how that method enables a transition. Normally, there are two routes: click the X on the clip or click TRANSITION in a menu bar. Does the issue arise if the Ozone plugin is not used? Is audio linked to video on all clips? You might also test editing to satisfaction, selecting all clips with <ctrl-A> and, lastly, clicking on TRANSITION in the menu bar and choosing CROSSFADE. A prompt to "apply to all or one" should appear. Apply to all.

Under the OPTIONS|EDITING tab, confirm that "apply sound crossfade to video transition" is checked. Program transitions LAST, after making all edits on the associated clips. If the project is not voluminous, or a portion that exhibits the behavior can be isolated, please share it. With the project on the time time line, click FILE|SAVE PORTABLE PROJECT. Upload every file that results to DropBox, Google Drive, MS OneDrive or the like. Make the link public and post it here. If there are many files, zip them first, then upload the ZIP file. Someone will check it out. The latest VP version is here.

One of several methods is to click the X (for a transition) and choose FADE or CROSSFADE. Fade duration can be specified in the box at the bottom of the effects window. Another approach is to use the TRANSPARENCY (opacity ) effect, and plot a fade trajectory in the animation editor. See this help page. Click the TIMELINE tab and switch to Storybook mode. Verify that there are no clips prior to the intended start clip. If there are, delete them. If the issue persists, save the project and then click the OPTIONS button. Select the DISK tab. Press the Clear Unused Cache Files. Try saving again.

Use a net search engine and the one in this forum for posts on "Videopad export." Some hints there.

Updates regularly appear. After a period of time it is necessary to pay to license them, but there is no 'detonation' date, nor feature disabling for previously licensed software. If the program became corrupted you should have been able to reinstall it or, if need be, contact NCH to make it right. The install file may be stored in this path... "C:\Program Files (x86)\NCH Software\VideoPad" What version were you using?

You should not have been forced to update, but features in the 'free' (trial) version are limited after a period of time. No option has been reported to revert to the earlier white background. See this thread.

Instead of using a transition, use an effect (FX). Click the FX button at the bottom-left of the clip to be faded. The effects window appears. Click the green cross at the top-left of that window and click the TRANSPARENCY (opacity) effect. Click the squiggy line at the far right of the word "opacity" - to reveal the animation line. Click inside the SELECT PRESET box and choose FADE OUT. Drag the blue line and release the mouse button. Drag the resulting dots (keyframes) left or right to change the duration of the fade, or up/down to change opacity. Right-click on a keyframe to delete it. Blank space or a blank, black clip can be added between two clips if desired.

Try first exporting as an Mp4, then bring that back into the VP media bin, place it on the timeline and see if it will export as a DVD movie disk. If no joy, try this.

Perhaps a faulty install. There should definitely be a SEQUENCE tab to the left of VIDEO FILES. Take the following steps... In OPTIONS|DISK tab, Clear Unused Cache Files. Under the menu bar's VIEW menu, click RESTORE DEFAULT LAYOUT. If no change, UNinstall and reinstall the program. Report back.