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Unfortunately I updated. The new video intro room deleted the built-in intros and outros which I used quite often to start my own intros and outros. New we got hundreds of 10 seconds short quite boring templates. I want the original Cyberlink intros and outros back.
Hi,
Been digging about a bit so here goes.
Caveat:
I'm working on my system and I have several versions of PDR installed. Individual users may have different installs and configurations, especially downloaded templates (which I don't have). So the following may be slightly different on other installations, but it demonstrates a way to access the Express Project templates in principle.
Default Express Project templates (34 on my system) are located here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates\Creative Design Pack\Holiday Pack vol 7\ExpressProject [9 templates]
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates\PowerDirector Content Pack Premium 1\ExpressProject [16 templates]
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates\PowerDirector Content Pack Premium 2\ExpressProject [9 templates]
To access the templates:
My suggested workflow is as follows:
Copy the entire contents of the 3 locations to a convenient location on your own system - for example D:\PDR Express Projects on my system. This will give you a more usable location, with all templates in one location and leave the originals intact.
That will give 34 folders each containing an Express Project template.
They will be named Adventure-Ending, Adventure-Middle, Adventure-Opening or seasons greeting-Ending, seasons greeting-Middle, seasons greeting-Opening or whatever.
Open one of the template folders and you will see the full contents, including any subfolders. There is no need to do anything at this point.
Importantly, it will show a .pds project file, probably named after the folder name, such as Adventure-Ending.pds.
This is a packed project, so it will automatically access all the content to make the template work, which will be contained in the template folder you just opened.
To use the templates:
Open PDR20
Using PDR GUI :
File>Open Project
Browse to required Template at your Express Project Template location
The Browse window should show the required .pds file
Select
Open
Merge media library content or not - as you require.
It will load as any other project. You can then use your own content to replace the placeholders as normal [I hope, as I haven't tested all of them!]
Important - Save your project choosing your choice of name - to avoid overiding the copied template
Using File Explorer :
Navigate to the template required, locate the .pds file, drag the .pds file to PDR20 and it will load as any other project. Proceed as above.
You can, of course, also insert the template just as you would with any project file - either as a nested or expanded project - into your main project.
Hope that demonstrates the principle. Some details may differ on other configurations, and I haven't explored any downloaded templates, but I would think the same priciple applies, once the template has been located and identified.
I have only tested this, but it would be interesting to see if it works OK for someone who uses the templates regularly.
Adrian
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