Do you get a pop-up message with the option to browse for the missing content? I have 7 copies of PRD12_FilmProjector on my system in various folders, typically with names ending in \Templates\PowerDirector Content Pack Essential\PiPObject

Quote Do you get a pop-up message with the option to browse for the missing content? I have 7 copies of PRD12_FilmProjector on my system in various folders, typically with names ending in \Templates\PowerDirector Content Pack Essential\PiPObject

Yes, it prompts to browse for png files. There are over 100 png files it is searching for. If I browse to the folder with all the files, it is satisfied that it found them, but I don't get a PiP object on the timeline, just the first png file.

Be sure to save the project afterwards with a new name so it will retain the new folder locations for next time. If you reopen the newly saved project, does it work properly or do you still only get a single image on the timeline?

You are saying that you want to open a project created in PD20 from a different computer. You may not be successful unless you create a packed project on the old pc and open the packed project on the new pc.

That template is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates\PowerDirector Content Pack Essential\PiPObject\PDR12_FilmProjector which consists of 156 files on a default installation.

That template is available to download for free in the DZ.


Edit: optodata answered first. Sometimes with a packed project, an incorrect template or PiP object can be substituted with custom and downloaded templates depending on the date and order it was created or downloaded. You just need to change it.

If a image was placed for the original PiP object, found that that image can be replaced with the correct PiP template from the PiP library by drag n drop. Hope this helps...

Like tomasc wrote, packing the project is the best way to ensure that everything is available, and doing that will also include all the source clips for each project.

I made a test project with only FilmProjector on the timeline, so if you open the attached .PDS file in Notepad (or even better, Notepad++) you can see that there are 4 instances of PDR12_FilmProjector contained.

Two of them refer to the .png files, one is a subfolder name to be used if the project is packed, and the 4th is what might not be updated after browsing for the content as it refers to the PiP template (.cpt)

If you were to manually edit those 3 main folder entries with PD closed, everything should work when you open up the project.

Quote Like tomasc wrote, packing the project is the best way to ensure that everything is available, and doing that will also include all the source clips for each project.

I made a test project with only FilmProjector on the timeline, so if you open the attached .PDS file in Notepad (or even better, Notepad++) you can see that there are 4 instances of PDR12_FilmProjector contained.

Two of them refer to the .png files, one is a subfolder name to be used if the project is packed, and the 4th is what might not be updated after browsing for the content as it refers to the PiP template (.cpt)

If you were to manually edit those 3 main folder entries with PD closed, everything should work when you open up the project.

Great! Packing the projects and then moving them to my new machine works.

Thanks guys!