THEMES selection varies in modules.

BarryTheCrab

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Nov 06, 2008 22:18 Messages: 6240 Offline

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Dec 23, 2014 10:50

I have noticed, now that it's Christmas, that several of my Christmas themes ( and Sports, Comic) are missing from the PLUG-IN button above the library.
However, if I choose MAGIC movie from the button just above the timelines, I can access ALL of my themes.
If I choose then to edit in THEME designer, I can, but I am still missing many of my themes from the designer.
Is this normal expected behaviour?
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Dec 23, 2014 15:46

Hi Barry -

I'd say it's normal & expected behaviour for PD...

BUT

If it was an office filing system, you'd empty out all the drawers, ditch one of the filing cabinets, then start filing again.

The way the templates are organised is a schemozzle. They're all over the shop. Some templates are in one or the other or both or all. They're listed a little bit alphabetically.

I have never understood why PD has Magic Movie Wizard AND Magic Style. Surely one makes the other redundant. One of them should go. And who would have a clue why ALL the same templates are not initially available in Theme Designer.

I've attached a list of which templates appear in which module in what order. It's not worth trying to make any sense of it... a bit like trying to make sense of our monosyllabic PM here in OZ

Cheers - Tony


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BarryTheCrab

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Nov 06, 2008 22:18 Messages: 6240 Offline

Dec 23, 2014 16:17

Ah, Tony, you pretty much summed up the many quirks of PowerDirector, how weird it is...the brains at CL do astonishing feats of coding that make it such a super program to use. Then they stuff it with a few "Charlie in the Box" ideas that just don't make sense at all. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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