Reverting to prior save of PDS with same name

Darp1

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Feb 20, 2016 13:40

Have a long 60 min PDS, 40 mins of which is done. I saved the master as new name lets say "MasterShortened40min", then cut off 30 mins at end that is still in process-not finalized, copied in a finished 10min tail section from another PDS, produced and all was fine. and 40 mins long.

Then noticed a glitch in transition at about 15 mins, fixed it and experimented with some other transitions in"MasterShortened40min". Then decided I should really do that in "Master", so went back to master and did it there. THEN noticed that the transition changes pushed or pulled just that track of the 2-3 video tracks and 2 audio tracks so some of the titles no longer lined up with audio/video tracks. Hmmm

Then went back to "MasterShortened40min" and saw the same issue where the tracks after transition changes were out of sync. Before things get more messed up, is there as way to revert, to step back in prior "Saves" of the PDS so I can find it in the state where things were still synced?

I have hundreds of pieces in the timeline, much easier to revert that to fix everything. If this does not exist it would be great feature, worth doing an upgrade just to have.

I do save to new file name each week or so, but current newest "name" is about a week old. I save it about 5 times a day.

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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Feb 20, 2016 14:42

Quote: Have a long 60 min PDS, 40 mins of which is done. I saved the master as new name lets say "MasterShortened40min", then cut off 30 mins at end that is still in process-not finalized, copied in a finished 10min tail section from another PDS, produced and all was fine. and 40 mins long.

Then noticed a glitch in transition at about 15 mins, fixed it and experimented with some other transitions in"MasterShortened40min". Then decided I should really do that in "Master", so went back to master and did it there. THEN noticed that the transition changes pushed or pulled just that track of the 2-3 video tracks and 2 audio tracks so some of the titles no longer lined up with audio/video tracks. Hmmm

Then went back to "MasterShortened40min" and saw the same issue where the tracks after transition changes were out of sync. Before things get more messed up, is there as way to revert, to step back in prior "Saves" of the PDS so I can find it in the state where things were still synced?

I have hundreds of pieces in the timeline, much easier to revert that to fix everything. If this does not exist it would be great feature, worth doing an upgrade just to have.

I do save to new file name each week or so, but current newest "name" is about a week old. I save it about 5 times a day.

wihen you just do Save you are overwriting your Project file. There is no going back, except to the last name change.

Good pratice is, each time you make any changes, you Save Project as and increment a number on the filename to make unique filenames.

filename001.pds, filename002.pds, and so on.

Look in the Auto Save location you may find a Project file that is eariler.

This is the location for PD 12. Other versions just change the number.

Auto Save location for Powerdirector 12

It is a Hidden location. Change your Folder Options to show Hidden folders and files

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\CyberLink\PowerDirector\12.0\AutoSave

Project Management

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOnn8g0C_o

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Darp1

Member Location: USA Joined: Nov 18, 2013 10:13 Messages: 122 Offline

Feb 20, 2016 15:49

Hi Carl, Thank you for info. I have PD13, found an old PD12 director that matches up like you point out above, but not a PD13.

Is there any autosave location for PD13?

Your suggestion on constant renaming a good one. I can go back and erase 90% of them later, but in short term a good idea.

Update: found that 2 tracks could be moved in bulk and solve 99% of sync issue. But still interested if PD13 puts autosaves somewhere.

2nd Update: Thanks Carl on video link, watched both, many good tips in them. On autosave, have mystery as mentioned above. I set hidden folders to show PC wide, yet can only see 12.0 folder with autosave subdirectory. There is a 13.0 folder, but has no autosave subfolder. Did they change method on 13.0?

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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Feb 21, 2016 10:14

Darp1,

The location was changed in PD 13

Auto save location for PD 13.

It is a Hidden location.

Change your Folder Options to show Hidden folders and files

C:\Users\UserName.ComputerName\AppData\Roaming\CyberLink\PowerDirector\13.0\AutoSave

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Darp1

Member Location: USA Joined: Nov 18, 2013 10:13 Messages: 122 Offline

Feb 21, 2016 17:21

Hi Carl,

I have just such tree to 12.0 but not 13.0

Do have a ShadowEditFiles folder under Documents\Cyberlink\PowerDirector\13.0 Which does seem to have nothing but video files in it. I do have a SSD for C: if that makes a difference.

And when I search on both autosave and .pds, every file hit is in 12.0\autosave folder

Is it possible I have turned autosave off?

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Feb 21, 2016 18:28

Quote: Hi Carl,

I have just such tree to 12.0 but not 13.0

Do have a ShadowEditFiles folder under Documents\Cyberlink\PowerDirector\13.0 Which does seem to have nothing but video files in it. I do have a SSD for C: if that makes a difference.

And when I search on both autosave and .pds, every file hit is in 12.0\autosave folder

Is it possible I have turned autosave off?

Yes, it is possible.

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