When I add transition effects between the pictures of track 1, the behavior of tracks 2 and 3 is unpredictable. Sometimes tracks 2 and 3 shift by the same amount as track 1, and sometimes tracks 2 and 3 do not shift at all.
In case this explanation isn't clear enough, here is a video of it:
http://twedt.com/Capture.mp4
I already wrote to CyberLink support, and 1) they did not admit that this was a bug (let alone say that they're going to fix it any time in the future), and 2) their "solution" was for me to first add all of my pictures and required transitions into track 1 first, then add other stuff to tracks 2 and 3. (In other words, no solution.)
I hope I'm not the only one who thinks that this is insane advice - it would be like the makers of Finale or Sibelius telling a composer that they must write only the violin part for a symphony first, then go back and add all the other instruments. How can any developer design this software to run this way? It blows my mind.
I am writing to see if the PowerDirector user community can come up with any other ideas. The solution the CyberLink person gave me is not a solution, because it means I must discard a great deal of work I've already done.
Chad
P.S. I noticed this same behavior in PowerDirector 13, and was so incredibly disappointed to see that such a debilitating bug (a bug that I would only expect in Beta level software) not only existed in the thirteenth version of a commercial software title, but even still remained in version 15. Is version 17 any better?
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