Hi Richard I've tried that and got the date OK. Interestingly, when I saved a grabbed frame (in Studio 14) as a .jpg Exif Tool displayed an error message although it seems to work for .jpg files originating from a smartphone. I'll need to investigate this further if I want more detailed meta data. Regards Tony

Richard, Thank you very much for that information. As a result of which I can tell you that I'm already almost there as my editing PC not only has Studio 23 but also Studio 14 which I used extensively and still fiind useful. Some functions were better in 14 especially in transisitons than 23. Also I have always used firewire to capture. So I'll ...

Hi All Does anyone remember how, or if it's even possible to, retrieve the meta data from video on mini DV tape. I'm assuming that there would be, at least, some meta data recorded by the camcorder. I realise that it's down to the manufacturer of the camera to determine which, if any, meta data should be recorded. When importing mini digital ...

Hello, Thanks for your comment. However, your suggestion is the ripples I described in my prevoius post which is not what I'm trying to get.

The nearest I can find is: Newblue Motion Blends > Wave > Dreaming. The title speaks for itself. It's near enough. Thanks for your help. I believe these transitions can be modified. I've never tried it so I may have a go to see if I can make it more like I'm imagining it to be.

Yes Tony, I agree and it's quite a tricky thing to describe other than to say the whole picture seems go into a series of waves rather than ripples that emanate from the centre, like a stone being dropped into a pool of water. As I can't produce the effect I can't show it to you.

Hi All Is there a plugin for PS 23 that gives the dreamy/wavy effect like you see on TV where the subject is drifting off to sleep or into a trance? I've seen the ripple effects but these are not quite what I seek. Regards Tony

Yep. Got that. It sort of works ok but I'm currently working on an old movie that was recorded in 4:3 so I need to fix that. However, that is not an issue for you as I need to change the TV from 19:9 Many thanksd for your kind assistance. I should really have found that for myself. Best regards

Hi Saby Thank you for your quick response. First I'll just say I ran the Control Panel Reset option and I'm back to the original condition. Secondly I'm afraid I don't quite understand your suggestion. What do you mean by undock the preview window? could you please be more specific.

Hello All - yet again I have found that when I've exported a video - doesn't really matter what to, but let's say in MP4 to a flash drive - then play it through on a large TV I find that I havn't corrected video quality as well as I thought I had. So I decided to connect a TV to the HDMI connector on the Graphics card. Windows and Studio see this ...