CyberLink PowerDirector Help
Click on the Animation tab to apply effect animations (such as text fades, text motion, or wipes) or motion blur to title text.
Note: once you are done customizing the title text animation you can use the motion blur effect to make it look smother. See Applying Motion Blur for more information. |
To apply animation to text, do this:
1.Select the title text you wish to animate in the preview window.
2.Select the In Animation option and then select an animation from the available list.
3.Select the Out Animation option and then select an animation from the available list.
Customizing the Speed of Title Text Effect
You can modify the speed of a title text's animation. The following two factors determine the speed for the animation to complete.
Note: on the Text tab you can manually adjust the title text position at keyframes and use ease in/out to make the movement look smoother. See Changing Object Settings for more information. |
Duration of the Title Effect Clip in the Timeline
The longer the duration of the title effect clip in your project's timeline, the longer it takes for the title effect animation to complete. For example, if the title effect clip is 20 seconds, it takes the title effect 20 seconds to complete the starting and ending animation.
Note: if you cannot find the keyframe timeline in the Title Designer, just click the |
button under the preview window to display it.
Keyframe Timeline
A custom keyframe timeline is generated for each title effect when you open it in the Title Designer. In the above example, because the title effect clip is 20 seconds long on the project timeline, the keyframe timeline is also 20 seconds.
Note: if you cannot find the keyframe timeline in the Title Designer, just click the |
If you'd like to view the video timeline, click the 
button.
The keyframe timeline lets you precisely place each keyframe, so you can time the applied effect in your video production. The title effect animation has four keyframes.
The first two keyframes indicate the start and end points for the starting effect, while the last two indicate the start and end points for the ending effect.
The darker green section indicates the time it takes for the starting/ending effect to complete. If you would like to change the start or end time of the effect or how long it takes for the starting or ending effect to complete, just drag a keyframe to the desired position in the timeline.
Note: the lighter green section indicates how long the title effect displays on screen once the starting effect animation is complete. |
Applying Motion Blur
Select the Enable motion blur* option if your title text has an animation effect applied. Motion blur makes the animation appear smoother.
Note: * optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version table on our web site for detailed versioning information. |
Once selected, use the available sliders as follows:
•Blur length: drag this slider to set the duration (number of frames) you want blended into a single frame (the blur). Dragging the slider right will apply more of a blur to the title text.
•Blur density: drag this slider to set the number of samples (of title effect) used per frame. Dragging the slider right will make the title text less blurry as it adds samples to fill the missing content caused by the movement.
