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Adding Chapters

Chapter 15:

Click the button to open the Chapter Room*. Chapters are used to ease

navigation of your finalized production if you decide to burn it to a disc. Chapters

allow viewers to watch only the content they want or easily find their place if the

disc was stopped before completion.

Note: for best results, adding chapters should be the last editing step

before burning your video production to disc. * Optional feature in

CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version table on our web site for

detailed versioning information.

Adding Chapters Markers

To auto add chapter markers in the Chapter Room do one of the following:

select Insert chapter at the start of each clip on the first video track to add a

chapter marker before each clip on the top track in the timeline.

select Insert chapters at fixed intervals, and then enter the interval (in minutes)

in the field provided.

select Insert chapters evenly and then enter the number of chapters in the

field provided, to set a specified number of chapters evenly in your project.

Click the Start button to auto add the chapter markers as specified.

To set chapter markers manually, navigate to a point in your video production and

then click . To remove a chapter marker, select it and then click .

Click to remove all of the chapter markers in your production.

Setting Chapter Thumbnails

You can set the thumbnail image for each of your chapters, which display in the

disc menu on a finalized disc. Just drag the timeline slider to the frame in your

video production you want to use as the chapter thumbnail, and then click the