Using Power Director 13 Ultra, SR VDE141209-01, latest update (240

When I place clips on the timeline and go to set their clip (TV) format, I notice that PD no longer handles this correctly. If you set the format for the wrong thing (progressive, interlaced-topfield-first, i-bottom-field), PD will lose track of what the the REAL format is and any attempt to "scan and suggest format" will be ineffective - always suggesting the item you picked. Previous versions behaved correctly.
BTW - I too have suffered from the infamous dissapearing-UI elements. Hans R
i7-920, 12GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 780
Windows 7 64bit