Hi mikey105 -

Some of this is still a bit of a mystery to me, particularly with a number of versions of PDR installed...

I guess you're asking about stock standard PDR titles and transitions? not custom or downloaded? Yes?

First up - where everything is (file paths):

1. Stock standard effects - C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates (in sub-folders) and some in C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirectorxx (version) (in sub-folders)


2. Custom effects - C:\Users\UserName\Documents\CyberLink\PowerDirector\xx.0 (version) (in sub-folders)


3. Downloaded effects - C:\Users\Public\CyberLink (in sub-folders)

It is possible to copy the contents of sub-folders in 1. (above) from (say) PowerDirector 10 to the corresponding PowerDirector 15 folder, but you need to be careful with folder naming. It may result in a mess if you do it in bulk!

If there are particular titles/effects you want to transfer, so they're available in later versions, try:

1. Open (say) PDR10 & drop the effect you want to transfer into the timeline


2. Click Modify & save it as a new template (so it's now a custom effect)


3. Open (say) PDR15 and the custom template is in your library

It would be easier to advise if you had specific templates in mind.

Cheers - Tony
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Quote Hi mikey105 -

Some of this is still a bit of a mystery to me, particularly with a number of versions of PDR installed...

I guess you're asking about stock standard PDR titles and transitions? not custom or downloaded? Yes?

First up - where everything is (file paths):

1. Stock standard effects - C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates (in sub-folders) and some in C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirectorxx (version) (in sub-folders)


2. Custom effects - C:\Users\UserName\Documents\CyberLink\PowerDirector\xx.0 (version) (in sub-folders)


3. Downloaded effects - C:\Users\Public\CyberLink (in sub-folders)

It is possible to copy the contents of sub-folders in 1. (above) from (say) PowerDirector 10 to the corresponding PowerDirector 15 folder, but you need to be careful with folder naming. It may result in a mess if you do it in bulk!

If there are particular titles/effects you want to transfer, so they're available in later versions, try:

1. Open (say) PDR10 & drop the effect you want to transfer into the timeline


2. Click Modify & save it as a new template (so it's now a custom effect)


3. Open (say) PDR15 and the custom template is in your library

It would be easier to advise if you had specific templates in mind.

Cheers - Tony

Thanks Tony! Yes - stock standard title and transitions. The file paths are what I needed most. I will take care to use some (meaningful to me) file names so as not to duplicate anything. I don't have all the various versions on the SAME computer, they are on a couple of different ones.

I had to manually copy the files from the older PD files. I really wish the installer would search for older versions and copy the custom and downloaded templates, transistions, etc... But once I figured it out it wasn't too troublesome.