How to set up the external video editor ?

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How to set up the external video editor ?

Postby rmenichini » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:16 pm

Hello,
I want to use PSP 4 with Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 as external video editor.

In edit--->preferences---> external editors
I've set the full path to the PDR8.exe file.

What do I have to do now ?

All what I've obtained with the above procedure is to *launch* PD8 when I invoke the external video editing function inside PSP.
I mean I just *invoke* the program, as I would invoke it from the start-->programs menu.

The video clip on which I'm working (and would like to edit externally) does not open, I have to open it manually.

Is this the "external editor" facility or do I miss anything of the setup procedure ?

Thanks in advance

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Re: How to set up the external video editor ?

Postby ginger » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:50 pm

I'm going out on a limb here because I haven't edited video in PSP, but have you imported your video into Producer (into a slide) and then right-clicked to edit in external editor?

(I'm trying to go from memory here because I'm not at the computer that has Producer installed.)

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Re: How to set up the external video editor ?

Postby rmenichini » Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:17 pm

yes, correct.

the video clip is inside a slide.

---> right click on the slide ---> customize slide ----> open in Editor

The result is that the external program is launched. Stop.

But I was expecting that the external program was launched with the video already open in it

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Re: How to set up the external video editor ?

Postby briancbb » Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:32 pm

The above is certainly how it works for images if an image editor is set up. Photoshop, in my case, opens with the image ready for editing.

Once again I have not been a user of video in my shows, so cannot answer there.
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Re: How to set up the external video editor ?

Postby beegee » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:07 pm

Yes, you've set it up correctly, the video should open in your editor. I don't know Power Director (I use Vegas), are there be any preferences in Power Director that might stop the video from loading?

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