Quote Need to buy a second hard drive. Since video is stored in Power Director shadow files does it need to be a fast drive? Or dose it make little difference?

I have 16GB ram should I increase memory?

Where are the shadow files stored?

Thank you.





Dell XPS 8920 , Intel Core i7-7700 @6Ghz, 16 GB ram, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, Samsung M.2 NVMe SSD 960 1 TB.

The Shadow Files folder is inside the Export Folder folder, see the attached image for its location and you can modify it as I did.
The default should be HD C: in my case it is an "SSD" that is faster than "HDD", but when I used it for this purpose I noticed no difference.
It is hidden folder, need to set up in hidden windows show folder. Or use a shortcut.
One way to speed up the process, whenever you change files (save) use another HD (physical), example if the original files are in the HD D I had to save in another HD E, so it will read and record continuously.
On my PC that's how it works.

Quote Need to buy a second hard drive. Since video is stored in Power Director shadow files does it need to be a fast drive? Or dose it make little difference? ...

no. in my experience, typically you gain about 10-15% reduction in rendering time(from WD Scorpio Black HD to Samsung EVO SSD). for a price of one 500GB SSD, you can get a 3TB external drive... equal or faster than 7200RPM 128MB cache 6G SATA III!

Quote I have 16GB ram should I increase memory? ...

no. CL has done their homework and 16GB RAM is enough. your upgrade path should be to higher freq but since it's proprietary you can't. if dell mobo supports it then go to 3200MHZ. if you're going from 2400MHZ to 3200MHZ then add another -10%...

Quote Where are the shadow files stored? ...

in PD12 folder called ShadowEditFiles. ^^

Quote ... Dell XPS 8920 , Intel Core i7-7700 @6Ghz, 16 GB ram, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, Samsung M.2 NVMe SSD 960 1 TB.

you have a fast pc than mine. i don't use shadow file functions due to taking very long time to produce shadow files of each clip...

put your files to the timeline. open a media player. stop where you want to cut and splice. apply to the timeline. after you've finished then right click and use 'Remove and Move All Timeline Clips After Removed Gap' and or 'Remove and Move Clips on the Same Track', then add your favorite fades.

voila. done!

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