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Creating PiP Effects
Creating PiP Effects
Chapter 10:
In CyberLink PowerDirector there are many PiP (picture in picture) effects you can
create and use in your video production. PiP effects not only include the use of PiP
objects, but also adding motion or modifying the properties of media clips on any
track in timeline, creating custom hand drawn paint animation objects in the Paint
Designer, using the chroma key effect, and much more.
Adding PiP Objects
Click the button to open the PiP Objects Room to access a library of PiP
objects, or graphics, that you can add on top of the video or images on a video
track.
Note: the PiP Objects Room also includes paint animation objects. See
Using the Paint Designer for more information.
To insert a PiP object, or paint animation object, to the timeline, do one of the
following:
Note: you can download additional PiP and paint animation objects from
the DirectorZone web site. See Downloading from DirectorZone for more
information.
use the timeline slider to set the position where you want the PiP or paint
animation object, select it in the library, and then click to
add it to the selected video track.
use the timeline slider to set the position where you want the PiP or paint
animation object, right-click on it in the library, and then select Add to
Timeline to add it to the selected video track.
You can also manually drag and drop a PiP or paint animation object to a desired
position on a video track to add it to the timeline.
When adding a PiP or paint animation object to the timeline (inserting or dragging
and dropping), if the timeline slider is over an existing clip, or you drop it on an
existing clip, you are prompted to use one of these ripple editing options to insert
the clip: