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My test utilized the 3.02 "free" version. Look here.

That does seem to be the case, doesn't it. The free version of VP is a bargain, but in its current state has several glitches that discourage purchase of a license. Reportedly, some of these shortcomings are known and soon to be fixed. In the interim, this information should help with smooth effects/dissolves.

The timeline is where I tested it. <ctrl-click> works as well here. Don't be fooled by the fact that the multi-selection color may not be the same as when a single clip is selected. Try it out with copy/paste. This in version 3.02.

Select a clip, then hold down <shift> and click on others. <ctrl-A> selects all clips. <ctrl-C> copies selected clips. <ctrl-V> pastes previously copied clips.

Perhaps THIS will help.

You can OUTPUT in widescreen, or several other resolutions, and many file formats. To choose, click the arrow to the right of "resolutions." A drop-down box will appear.

Not seeing that here - a 3' still (default length as set in options) with 3' music. AVI default settings, 854 X 480 NTSC 29.97. How much space is unused on the drive where VP is installed? Tried a reinstall?

Neither am I... but a test here with two VOB files that had first been copied to the hard drive worked as it should. 3.02 converted and placed them in the media area. After insertion on the sequence, they played in the sequence window and looked good. Consider installing the latest video driver from the manufacturer ... or from the chip supplier's WEB site (NVidia or AMD). Post a VOB to a server and create a link and someone will take a look.

Check here... http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx Run their verification tool to determine if a driver update is appropriate and available.

Hints at video inadequacies. Please list your system specs.

You can right click on a clip and EDIT OUTSIDE OF VIDEOPAD. This will bring up your external editor of choice. Then change the image as desired and FILE|ADD it to the "images" clips bin. If you don't have an image handler here is a free utility that does it all.

One could create multiple sequences, each containing a specific arrangement of clips on the timeline - perhaps to compare how scenes will flow when edited in various ways. Or sequences can be used to build a project incrementally, without having to save each increment. Timeline clips can be copied - <ctrl-c> - and pasted - <ctrl-v> - between sequences. After several sequences are built, SAVE PROJECT AS (a .vpj file), but don't produce (export) it. Later, when the project is restored, all sequences will load. Choose the best of them or continue to improve the project. Then produce (export) the finished work of art.

So, you're confirming that you created part one of your movie, saved it as a PROJECT (,vpj file), then produced it as an AVI (mpeg4) and it played fine. You reopened the PROJECT (not the AVI), added more clips to the timeline and once again produced (outputted the now longer movie) as an AVI... but now the part-one clips jerk during playback, even though they have not been previously saved, re-rendered or converted?

Try this: Instead of saving the first-half as an mpeg4, instead save the project (a .vpj file). Then open the project, add the new material, and save the extended project under another name. Lastly, produce your mpeg4 movie.

3.0x has both. To overlay, simply drag the overlay text or image to the track above the video that will be its background. If the video is on track 1, then the overlay normally would be on track 2. Click the * star at the left bottom of a clip on the timeline to open the effects window. Note the motion sliders at the bottom. The "scale" adjustment affects size. Use it in conjunction with crop, which can be accessed by clicking the small arrow to the right of "auto levels" near the top of the effects window... A drop-down box appears, and one of the many effect choices is CROP. Select it, then click ADD. Experiment. You'll soon get the idea. 2.41 is available here.

There is. Don't use the FADE transition. Do this instead (using the 3.x version)... Create your text overlay and position it as desired on a higher video track number than the background video. Click the * star at the left-bottom of the text overlay. In the VIDEO EFFECTS window that opens - to the right of the green + sign in the OPACITY field - there is a horizontal block with a blue line across its upper edge. (If you don't see the block that contains the blue line, look to the right of the words "Applied Effects" and click the blue icon with the jagged lines.) Click the blue line about a half-inch from its left edge, to create a keyframe (a dot). Then click the far left end of the line (the start of the text overlay) and without letting go of the mouse drag the line to the bottom of the graph (zero opacity). That's your FADE IN. The more distance between the left edge of the line and the dot to the right, the longer the fade in will be. When done, click CLOSE. Same process can create a fade out; just use the right side of the blue-line (the end of the text overlay). If you make a mistake - too many dots - right-click on a dot and "remove keyframe."

My take on the reply is to expect a VP update for Windows platforms (Vista, 7, 8) in the near future - perhaps this month.

Glad it worked for you! Yet no blank clip is needed, either fore or aft. And it makes no difference whether the fade out is applied to a clip that's in the middle of a sequence or to the end of the last clip. Just confirmed, using the method that I outline here.

Though tech support/programmers may lurk here, there rarely participate. As the "sticky" post at the top of the forum states... "This forum is NOT to be used as your primary means of contacting NCH. If you want to get in touch with us, please do so through our tech support and FAQ pages." Scanning this forum, there appears to be at least three serious, oft-cited issues with the 3.x series: 1) bad transitions, 2) inability to burn DVDs 3) the problem that you mentioned.

For a sequence... Isolate a portion of a sequence, using the SEQUENCE preview window, by dragging the red arrow to the right and the blue one to the left. (The arrows are on the green bar below the thumbnails/timecode.) Then, to the right of the camera icon, click the blue film icon. That will duplicate only the segment that you isolated as "sequence 1 (1), (2), (3) etc. Place the desired sequence on the timeline and EXPORT it to a file. For a clip... Clip a clip. Then, in the CLIP preview window isolate a portion as instructed above. Click the green arrow and the part that you selected will move to the timeline. EXPORT it to a file.

Of the three video formats that the free version of Debut will capture only AVI is usable. ASF and WMV (no matter what encoding is chosen) play-pause-play-pause, etc. This behavior is visible in the Debut preview window during recording. Have others noted this? Can it be solved. 2600K CPU GTX 650 GPU

Try the method outlined in the Fade transition not working in exported video thread.

At the NCH site I see this... "Supported Input Formats Import Video avi, mpeg, wmv, divX, Xvid, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, mp4, mov, vob, ogm, .3gp, H.264, RM and more Import Images bmp, gif, jpg, jpeg, png, tif, tiff, psd, tga, pcx and more Import Audio wav, mp3, mp2, mpga, m4a, ogg, avi, mid, flac, aac, wma, au, aiff, ogg, raw, dvf, vox, cda and more"

Test this... First, split at the insert point and drag the clips that are right of that point. Create a gap length that is easily longer than the length of the clip to be inserted. Butt the new clip to the left side of the gap and then close the gap. Or use the overlay track, as you suggested, then split and position the earlier track to begin after the newly inserted material.

Indeed. I have seen the same error here - "abnormal exception." Win 7. 3.02. Or it may fails with "unable to create disk - unknown SCSI access error." (There's no SCSI device on this PC.)