What have I done? I can't find PD11 particle on pd13

jaymay22

Member Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia. Joined: Aug 27, 2009 07:18 Messages: 143 Offline

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Jan 12, 2015 23:49

Two projects ago, before I bought my new PD13, I used a great particle called pdr11_particle_049. I know this because I found it in the packed project.
I need it again for another project, but it's not in my PD13 particles. It's not a downloaded one, I think it was a pd11 one (due to it's name.) What have I done? Have I accidentally deleted the folder it was in (when I tidied up the PD11 off my computer?). Darn it, how many other things have I lost...and how do I get them back then? Jenny

Look Up Media

Newbie Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Nov 12, 2012 20:41 Messages: 9 Offline

Jan 13, 2015 06:17

I have had the same issue when upgrading versions of Powerdirector, because they don't carry over all transitions, particles, etc. to the new version, i.e. some get dumped by Cyberlink along the way.

I do remember one time when upgrading a few versions back that I didn't uninstall the previous version and it retained the previous version's transitions during upgrade - not sure if it still works that way with upgrading to PD 13. If you are desperate for the particle, you could try uninstalling PD13, reinstalling PD11 and then not uninstalling it when upgrading to PD 13 again.

It's long-winded, but may work if you have a few hours to kill. Current project using Cyberlink Director Suite is
www.vimeo.com/channels/acyclinglife

PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Jan 13, 2015 08:07

Personal effect is armazendado and is not deleted with PD uninstall.
Make sure you have the folder, in this place, whether it was manually deleted was lost.
C: \ Users \ Your PC \ Documents \ CyberLink \ PowerDirector \ 11.0 \ MyPinPs


Filename	efects pd.png	Download
Description
Filesize	32 Kbytes
Downloaded:	77 time(s)

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jaymay22

Member Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia. Joined: Aug 27, 2009 07:18 Messages: 143 Offline

Jan 22, 2015 23:50

Hi there,
thankyou for that,
I don't know why but the folder C/Users>user>cyberlink> only has the PowerProducer folder, plus 3 powerdirector patches: 2123 3230 3265.

The path with PowerDirector in it is in My Documents!!! I didn't put it there.
The path is as follows: C>users>user>Documents>cyberlink>(and that has all the audiodirector, custom menus, cyberlink cloud etc, plus a lot of downloads I think (CDR?) frames, local storage, powerdvd, and Powerdirector.) >Powerdirector> 11.0 (and 13.0 and a patch 2229, ) > in 11 is 4184,6912,??, cropped pictures, MyParticles (has some in) My PinPs - NOTHING IN IT - My Titles with some in, etc.

This is all very odd.
I never fiddle with files, or change the path that cyberlink wants to put things when downloading.
But this doesn't seem right to me.

What should I do?
a) about6 missing Cyberlink 11.0 things,
b) putting the folders where they are supposed to go....documents doesn't seem sensible! And would it muck everything up if I changed them. I have lots of home made templates and titles these days. Jenny

ynotfish

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

Jan 23, 2015 00:07

Hi Jenny -

Something's a little bit wrong there.

That "PDR11_Particle_049" should be installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Templates\PowerDirector Content Pack 13\PowerDirector 13 Content Pack Essential\ParticleObject - and therefore should be appearing in your particle library. Here, it's called Comet.

Only custom stuff goes in "Documents" - not the standard PD templates. You shouldn't need to do a single thing about changing file paths. In fact, I'd say "Don't"

Cheers - Tony

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ynotfish

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

Jan 23, 2015 01:25

Jenny -

Here's that particle on DirectorZone - http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/detail/119970390 (uploaded by CyberLink)

BUT

... it may be worth re-installing the two PDR13 Contents Packs if you suspect that other files are missing.

Cheers - Tony
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