Operation Manual

Chapter 4: Working with Media Clips

Set a Video Clip’s Interlacing Format

All video clips have an interlacing (TV) format, which specifies

how frames are displayed. Using video clips with conflicting (or

incorrect) TV formats can result in degraded video quality in

your final production.

Before you produce your movie, set all of the video clips to the

same format. (You do not need to know what the format of each

clips is, as PowerDirector can detect this for you.) While

PowerDirector can normally detect and suggest the correct

format, some interlaced video (such as a video with very little

motion) may be misjudged as a progressive video.

PowerDirector automatically produces interlaced video for DVD,

SVCD, and DV-AVI. Only change this setting if you are sure that

PowerDirector has wrongly set the format.

Note: This is an extremely important step to take before

production, as it can drastically affect final video

quality!

To set a video clip’s TV format, do this:

1. Right-click the video clip whose interlacing format you

want to set and select Set TV format. The Interlace and

Progressive Settings dialog box opens.

2. Select an interlacing option:

• If you know the interlacing format you want to use,

select the corresponding option

• If you do not know the interlacing formation you want to

use, select Scan and Suggest Format. PowerDirector

scans the clip and automatically selects the best format.

3. Click OK.