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It is not necessary to uninstall your PDR 13 if you have enough space on your PC.
I have both PDR 13 and 14.
I do not know what you mean by shared files.
But if you have no problems using them with PDR14 at the moment I do not think it will be a problem if you remove PDR13.
I believe that everything that is user-created remain on the computer even if you remove PDR13.
But one of the wise guys can probably give you a better answer to this.
Every time I have acted with CL I received an email with various download links.
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I do not know how long these links is valid - have never needed extra downloads.
I do not know if CL's policy is a restricted download period or is that you must pay extra on the purchase to extend the period for the download option.
Other companies use at least this policy.
When I install purchased software and found that that works, I always take a backup of the downloaded on an external disk - precisely because many companies have restrictions in the download period.
As mentioned earlier, it is usually possible to retrieve data from an old PC even if the PC is broken down and will not start.
This I have even experienced a few times so unless you have deleted your downloaded installation files you should be able to restore them - hopefully.
One very important thing is of course that you still have your Product Key otherwise you have to if you bought from CL go to 'CyberLink Members Zone - Manage My Products "and see it there.
I know this might not solve your problem, but I had a similar problem a few weeks ago.
The problem disappeared by itself within two days. I had not either updated anything or installed anything new that might have influence.
The only thing I did was I removed all music files both from the time line /- lines and from the Project Library - saving the project - rebooted the PC - opened project - imported music files to the library - saved the project - placed the music files on the timeline /- linies.
I regret that this item has been messy because of my supplementary questions.
Therefore, I will end this by concluding that neither the PD13 and PD14 are backward compatible when it comes to packed projects containing animated titles (titles without animation is ok), PiP and Particles.
This because previous versions (PD11 and older) packed all the project material in the same folder.
PD13 and PD14 create folders and subfolders for these special things. (also for MaterialCache, slideshow etc.)
This is a pity as it is the only way to make a backup of your projects.
After reinstalling Content Pack Essential I have all the previously used animated titles and I can by browsing through the old wmv video establish that there have been used Brush_01, Brush_0, Brush_03 and Brush_04.
I also see that it is the same number png files generated with the Pack Project Materials now and then.
I also establish that it is no use to even create the appropriate folders and subfolders (corresponding to the structure and naming used today) and move the png's to these subfolders.
Finally - Thank you to all who have given answers.
Thanks Carl for quick answer, but that wasn't was I were asking about.
Dosn't realy matter I just try to install PowerDirector Content Pack Essential again - Things can only be better - hopefully.
Though I think you didn't read the hole of my reply to Dafyds's reply.
I still have PDR13 on the PC. PDR13 Ultra was installed, right after I brought this PC in the spring, on the SSD drive. Just a month+ ago I updated to PDR14 Ultimate and because I wanted to keep PDR13 for a while and I didn't want to much on the SSD and it's now posible to install PDR on an other drive than C: I chose to install PDR14 on the F: drive.
I think this might cause that I don't hav many titles to choose about in PDR14, none of those in PDR13 are available in PDR14. but the one I used in the older project (Brush_01) is available when I open PDR13.
Also please see what mentioned about my test result.
Funny,
when I look (where PDR14 is installed) in F:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates\ I don't find a PowerDirector folder but the folders Creative Design Pack including \Holiday Pack vol 6 and \Wedding Pack plus PowerDirector Content Pack Premium 1 including \templates\PowerDirector Content Pack Premium 1\ and in the Titles folder there are only 8 title folders.
when I look (where PDR13 is installed) in C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates\PowerDirector Content Pack 13 I find both PowerDirector 13 Content Pack Essential (has 193 titles) and PowerDirector 13 Content Pack Premium (has 10 titles).
Therefore, I think I should try to install 2_CyberLink_PowerDirector14_ContentPack_Essential_PCP150526-06.exe again and hope i wont make any conflicts. or should I uninstall firsr and start from scratch?
I know I originally installed all and in the right order. But as, I think, you remenber I had troubles with SS as well.
I don't have a folder named: C:\Users\MyName\Documents\CyberLink\PowerDirector\11.0\MyTitles because I haven't had PDR 11 installed on this PC - only have PDR13 and PDR 14.
I didn't made the animated title myself - I just picked it from the Title Room.
I thought the idea of the Pack Project Materials was precisely to provide a backup for future use.
I just made a test
I opened pdr13 (here is the Title Brush_01, the one I used in the earlier project) I created a project including this Title.
Then Packed Project Material
Opens pds file in the packed project folder with pdr 14 and the title were present and worked.
One thing I have noticed is that all my old Packed folders do not have sub-folders (all material is located in the same folder).
The projects I pack today has subdirectories as slideshow, titles, MaterialCache etc.
And I notised tha the title in question has its own folder (pdr11_title_102_4_3)
When I apparently do not have access to all of the titles that are located in PDR13 in PDR14 I realize that this problem is a little self-inflicted because PDR13 and PDR14 is installed on different disks.
But that does not explain why the title work in my test project when it did not work in the older project - or maybe it does because of lack of of sub-folders.
Therefore some new question:
Are suplied titles in the ContentPack_Essential or in ContentPack_Premium?
Can I install earlier ContentPacks without damaging the PDR 14?
If I uninstall PDR14 and install it on the SSD drive will I then get all the titles that are i PDR13 which is on the SSD?
And what will happen if I then uninstall PDR13 to free space on the SSD?
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