Operation Manual

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PowerDirector Workspace
Enabling 3D Mode
Once you have set your 3D display device, you can enable 3D mode at any time to
preview your video production in 3D. To enable, just select the button.
Note: any 2D media in your production will not display in 3D. However, you can
convert all of the 2D media to 3D using TrueTheater 3D in Power Tools. See
Power Tools: 2D to 3D for more information.
To disable 3D mode, just select the button.
Editing Workspace
The editing workspace is where you create your project by adding your media,
various effects, transitions, and titles. The editing workspace has two different
views, the timeline and storyboard views, which are accessed by clicking the
or button.
Note: you can set which workspace view is displayed by default in Editing
Preferences.
Timeline View
The timeline view lets you view your entire project based on running time. This
view is useful if you want to insert effects, subtitles, etc. at a specific moment in
production. The timeline view also provides a view of all the tracks, media, and
other content (chapter markers, subtitle markers) that are displayed in the timeline.
To switch to timeline view, click .
Timeline Tracks
The timeline contains the following tracks:
Track
Description
Video tracks contain your project's media clips (video clips and
images) and effects (PiP objects, particle effects, title effects, etc.)
on the timeline. By default, there are two video tracks in the