Adjusting a still frame in a drop zone

In previous versions of iDVD, you could move the still image in a drop zone by clicking on it (mainly horizontally -centering an image). In iDVD 08, you can't click on the drop zone and adjust. Checked the help page but no mention. Any suggestions on how to move an image within a drop zone?
thanks

Thanks for the two quick responses!! You gotta love the immediate assistance you receive on this site. Either I missed this on the idvd help option or they never posted it.
Craig

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I posted this question in the Final Cut Forum, but I thought this might be a good place to ask as well.
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Scott

I wish I had good news for you but I do not. I've been working for the last hour trying to find a solution for you and I cannot within iDvd alone. This particular theme is highly limited on my own system as well.
I'm wondering if there might be a way to resize the movie in QT Pro but it will take me considerably more time to find this type of solution for a movie as opposed to a still image.
I won't have a solution for you today but I will keep this in mind.

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The roadshow idvd6 theme (widescreen) has 6 drops zones -- when I drag clips to the small zones in the upper right, they drop fine, but are about 40 pixels out of the frame -- like they are not lined up. You can see the movie clip hanging out of the drop zone frame and the drop zone itself is black.
I tried to rre-install idvd and the base theme has the same problem. Another imac I have works fine and the them and drop zones behave correctly. I copied the themes from that imac to the mac pro with the problem and I still have the problem.
Anybody have this problem?
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I don't think it's a bug to be honest. But it may have to do with a proper setting/s on the monitor / TV.
Mine works very well so I think we can perhaps narrow it down to the widescreen 16:9 mode. Does this also happen for you in standard 4:3 or not?

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Let's say your adding data to a template. The template has two drop zones (square box with arrow).
You have added the text in the appropriate text fields but you do not want to add any content (photo/video/whatever) to the drop zones.
*However, the drop zones remain in the template which of course you do not want to see in the final canvas.*
How (if possible) can you eliminate the drop zones entirely from the template. Can it be done in FCP (control/filter/motion tabs) or do you need to round trip the template to Motion and back for you to eliminate the drop zone boxes from your template?
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Dan

Tom
I was meaning templates found in the 'Effects' tab in the FCP browser.
At any rate, I know what you mean about removing them in Motion, Tom.
As a side note : I just dragged some freeze frames into the drop zones. I figured: why not?
Sometimes you just want a totally minimalist look. And I love deleting things to get to that level.
My living space looks that way. Spare, clean, cold, white. A major turn off for many.
Anyway, I like my video projects to look the same way.
.....but I digress.
Dan

Drop Zone ?

I created a graphic in Photoshop with a photoframe that has a rough edge to it. I then set the file as my menu background and drag a video into the frame selecting the drop zone option. The video does not drop down below the frame. As it does in the Apple templates. How do you configure the file to do this?

In the Apple template, you are not actually placing your video dropzone below the background. It is above it. What you are seeing is a custom shape associated with the button that you drop the video into. The shape sits on top of your asset and has an associated alpha channel giving it a transparent look. Check the chapter in the DVDSP pro manual on creating custom shapes.

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Scracth that it's the 4th picture.

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Just to make it clear, I can do the drop zones etc. it is just that I can't make something on the background movie pass in front of the drop zone.
When I tried it in DVDSP I had partial success by fiddling with the order of the layers but the "fish" was always translucent with the movie in the drop zone showing through it slightly.
I am sure it can be done in Motion?

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Morning all,
All I want is to move a panel without it auto stuck auto drop to any existing panel or group.
I am so exhausted from it.
I searched and searched for a solution, could not find any.
I tried to move them with command pressed but they still go to the drop zone.
(I have drop zone)
can't i cancel drop zones?
I just want to move them without paying attention to that all the time.
Help :(
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CS4

Dave, that's exactly what I don't like about them. I want my panels at my fingertips, coming and going at the press of an f-key, neatly arrayed at the edges of my screens.
Buko, I have a second monitor so I can see the photo I am retouching at print size, so I can see how the paragraph style options I am changing affect the density of the page and the legibility of the paragraph, not so I can turn it over to interface clutter.
Thanks for trying guys :)
Dave, your control-drag tip wins the thread.
I continue to be frustrated.
One of the worst things an interface can do is take control away from the user by attempting to guess what the user intends and getting it wrong. Panels used to work great, but now, to me, they're badly broken.

Drop Zone will not play video - only still frame

I have a generator template with drop zone, in and out.
When I select the video clip to use in the drop zone it shows as a still freeze frame - video does not play. Only the first frame displays.
This was a bug that Apple said is fixed in the last version... it is still a problem for me.
Anyone know about this?

Motion Template.
To quote FCPX 10.0.08 "Drop zones are no longer reset to the first frame of video after application restarts".... this is in the 'What's New' in the App store.
But if you use a drop zone in a generator template, FCPX only displays the first frame - no video. Many users reported this bug on the eearlier version. Some tried using a compound clip but this did not work for me. The bug is nto fixed.
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Since 10.1.2 Drop zone cause last frame to be a still

Since 10.1.2 Update, I was trying fill a drop zone in FCPX with video from an Event and the last frame ends up showing as a still. This happens to be with a generator that I made in Motion and I have used this Generator twice a week, the same way since last september and on multiple different macs. It seems like every few updates, drop zones tend to work differently. I'm Level 2 Certified and well versed in in FCPX, but I've been racking my brain!
Here are some other steps I've tried and I still have the same problem.
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I've gotten a clip that is the exact same length as the drop zone, no luck
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If I may ask: what are the hardware specs of your system? You can reset preferences by holding down command + option when starting up FCPX 10.1.2 -- does that fix the problem? I had occasion once where a complete reinstall of FCPX solved a lot of issues I was having (IF you decide to try this method, you must first trash all preferences, and, you have to find all related .plist files and trash those too along with the application [Final Cut Pro X 10.1: How to remove and reinstall Final Cut Pro X go to the section "Removing Final Cut Pro X in OS X 10.9 Mavericks"] -- you're going for an absolutely clean install of the software. After trashing everything and before downloading, I recommend repairing permissions with Disk Utility.)
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Master Template Drop Zone Causes Frame Offset Problem

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Just discovered that the frame offset increases the further I am into a clip.
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Drop Zone Image Adjustment in iDVD '08

I use iDVD 6 for making slideshow DVDs of family functions to send out to my other family members. One of the features that I used in every one of my projects was the ability to drag around any image that you place in the Drop Zone that has been automatically cropped, so that you can pick which part of the image you want to be visible.
In iDVD '08, however, this feature has been removed. What's worse, some of the new themes (Modern, for instance) crop the majority of the images you place into the Drop Zone. I find virtually every new theme in iDVD '08 unusable because of the removal of this feature.
I tried using an old theme from iDVD 6, but I was also unable to adjust the location of my images in relation to the drop zone.
Am I just doing something wrong? In both the toturial vid and the manual, Apple makes no mention of adjusting an image once it's inside the Drop Zone.
In the meantime, I am reverting to iDVD 6. I don't understand why they would remove a feature that was so useful.

*Here's the whole explanation from iDVD Help:*
Repositioning an image or movie in a drop zone
When you drag a picture or movie into a drop zone, the aspect ratio of the image is preserved, but it is scaled larger or smaller to fill the drop zone. As a result, sometimes part of the image is cut off and does not appear in the drop zone. In this case, you can move the image to choose which portion is visible in the drop zone.
_To reposition an image or movie in a drop zone:_
1.) From the drop zone on the menu (not in the drop zone editor), click the image or movie and press Command.
2.) Drag the image until the part you want is visible in the drop zone.
Keep these things in mind as you position an image:
If you drag a narrow image to a drop zone, the image is scaled vertically, and you can move the image up or down only.
If you drag a wide image to a drop zone, the image is scaled horizontally, and you can move the image side to side only.
If you accidentally drag the image too far, you will remove it from the drop zone. (The cursor changes from a hand to a puff of smoke.) Choose Edit > Undo to restore the image to the drop zone.
Repositioning a movie in a drop zone is different from selecting which part of a movie shows in a drop zone (which allows you to select which frame of the movie is displayed in a drop zone). For more information, see Related Topics below.

Moving Still Graphics in Motion Template: Drop Zones

I am new to this and it is probably a simple answer. I have a portrait JPG photo to add to a drop zone in a template. How do I adjust the photo only so that it will not cut off the top of the photo. I am using fit in the image properties. It works with stretch but that option distorts the photo and centre makes the photo selection even smaller within the drop zone. The photo is quite large. Do I have to reduce it's size first?
If I move the photo down with the selection tool it does not allow me to move the photo down without cutting off the rest of the photo outside the drop zone box. All I want to do is move the photo down so it fits within the drop zone so that I can see the bride and groom.

hi,
what is the aspect ratio of the drop zone? if it doesnt match your photo then you are going to have to compromise on something. You might lose some picture either at the sides or top and bottom, or maybe you see some blank around the picure.
As Patrick says its a waste of power having a large picture if you are going to reduce its size and pop it in a frame. Further to this you might want to preflight your image to be the right ratio for your drop zone.
Hope this helps
adam

Making stills from clips for the drop zone

How do I make a still picture from an iMovie clip for the drop zone and paste it to the drop zone?

this option is available in iMovie under create still frame from the edit menu. then from there "save frame as" ... i use jpeg.
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From there you simply drag and drop the jpeg to iDVD.
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Hi,
I brought a template online and have dropped a video into one of the drop zones. It plays fine, although I would like it to start in a different place and fade the sound in and out.
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Thanks

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