Fade in|out on images bugged in Title Designer, 2820

JonathanS

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Jun 10, 2017 20:06

Whenever I open a title in Title Designer, the functionality of fade in / fade out breaks for images in the title. Setting these has no meaning. The familiar dark grey bars do not appear on the designer timeline anymore, and the setting simply unticks when I leave the designer.

The only way these work is if I drop a custom title onto the timeline that already uses these features, and then do not open the title in the Title Designer. Obviously, that is not a work-around.

These worked in the previous version, and the bug has surfaced since updating to 2820. Can I revert back to the previous build so I can get my work done? Otherwise I need an immediate fix - there's videos that need to be produced and released TODAY.


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ynotfish

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

Jun 10, 2017 22:13

Hi JonathanS -

You are absolutely right! EEK!

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It's impossible to revert to a former version without uninstalling & re-installing

so that might be necessary.

Cheers - Tony
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JonathanS

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Jun 11, 2017 00:03

Quote Hi JonathanS -

You are absolutely right! EEK!

Unlisted screen capture

It's impossible to revert to a former version without uninstalling & re-installing

so that might be necessary.

Cheers - Tony

Hey PDToots, thatnks for the reply.

To your last comment, however, I found a way to DOWNgrade: https://www.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_en_US.html

Select the second one down for 2509, run that installer, and PD will be set backward to the previous build. It may not be an offical way to do it, but it seems to be working as it did before, and a new computer is just around the corner, anyway.

ynotfish

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

Jun 11, 2017 00:40

Quote: It's impossible to revert to a former version without uninstalling & re-installing

Damn! Who put "im" in front of "possible"?

Thanks Jonathan - I always thought you couldn't do that... but it works. Learn something every day.

Cheers - Tony
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the King

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Jun 12, 2017 03:48

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These worked in the previous version, and the bug has surfaced since updating to 2820. Can I revert back to the previous build so I can get my work done? Otherwise I need an immediate fix - there's videos that need to be produced and released TODAY.

Since you are in hurry, I suggest you to reinstall the old one to workaround it, old version could open your project correctly.

Even hotfix may need couple days at least. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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JonathanS

Newbie Joined: Feb 17, 2016 19:53 Messages: 45 Offline

Jun 12, 2017 20:56

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These worked in the previous version, and the bug has surfaced since updating to 2820. Can I revert back to the previous build so I can get my work done? Otherwise I need an immediate fix - there's videos that need to be produced and released TODAY.

Since you are in hurry, I suggest you to reinstall the old one to workaround it, old version could open your project correctly.

Even hotfix may need couple days at least.

As mentioned above, I was able to install the previous version on top of the latest version. This seems to be working as well as it had before (with all of its numerous bugs). Doing this, I was able to release the video - at 11:30 p.m. ...

But this bug is a deal-breaker for me to be able to use the current version. I can't upgrade until I know it's been fixed.

Also, I released five videos before I detected this bug. The intros to all of them are all screwed up, but it's too late to fix them now.

ynotfish

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

Jun 14, 2017 14:35

Hi Jonathan & anyone else interested -

I've been kindly reminded about what prompted me to (incorrectly) state that it was "impossible" to roll back to an earlier build of PDR... Ignoring my exaggeration of the facts, it is possible that rolling back in that way (installing a previous patch without uninstalling first) may cause issues:

compatibility between DLLs & interdependancies, depending on what was modified between update patches

Essentially, you end up with an "inconsistent set of installs" (to quote my guardian angel friend).

Cheers - Tony
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JonathanS

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Jun 14, 2017 15:21

Quote Hi Jonathan & anyone else interested -

I've been kindly reminded about what prompted me to (incorrectly) state that it was "impossible" to roll back to an earlier build of PDR... Ignoring my exaggeration of the facts, it is possible that rolling back in that way (installing a previous patch without uninstalling first) may cause issues:

compatibility between DLLs & interdependancies, depending on what was modified between update patches

Essentially, you end up with an "inconsistent set of installs" (to quote my guardian angel friend).

Cheers - Tony

I figured that would be the case. Basically, some of the files from the new version, that are NOT overwrittern by the previous version, would remain.

I recommended it as a stop-gap measure while I wait for a hotfix. It lets me continue working without doing a complete reinstallation. At least, without doing a reinstallation right now - there's probably one in my future. Heck, a whole new computer may be in my future.

Also, I created a tech support ticket for this issue. Still haven't heard back from CyberLink, even after five days. That's typical, though - sometimes it takes them two weeks to respond to those.