The placeholder is being covered by the image I think. You can insert the image as a background but if that doesn't work for you change the layer order by dragging layer 2 (the image) to the top.

Quote The placeholder is being covered by the image I think. You can insert the image as a background but if that doesn't work for you change the layer order by dragging layer 2 (the image) to the top.

Thanks for that. I wasn't aware that the order of the objects can affect visbility. Great to know.

I dragged the image to layer #1, as suggested. It gets a bit complicated from here:

That didn't solve the problem, so I deleted then recreated title 2. Initially, it seemed to be fixed, but once I changed the starting point for title 2 (which I want to display a few seconds after title 1), the problem recurred.

I deleted the image altogether, along with a particle effect that I had been using with the title slide, to eliminate potential causes, and that didn't solve the problem either.

Is there possibly a bug with 3D titles where you can't have multiple titles with different starting times? I don't have this problem with 2D titles.

Thanks again, David

I don't know is the honest answer. I've never used 3D titles until today when I saw your question, thought I knew the reason and tried it .

Perhaps someone who does know will come up with a reply for you.

Quote I don't know is the honest answer. I've never used 3D titles until today when I saw your question, thought I knew the reason and tried it .

Perhaps someone who does know will come up with a reply for you.

Thanks for trying!

Just curious - did you have the same problem I had? (3D title #2 disappears)



David

No. I created a new 3D title. First I inserted an image and then more text. As I expected where the image (which was the second layer) overlaid the text on the first layer it hid the text. Selecting the first layer in the timeline just displayed a placeholder where the hidden text was. This was as in your screenshot so that confirmed what I had surmised.

I next deleted the image and added it as a background stretched. As I expected both text layers now displayed correctly.

I'm not sure what exactly is happening in your case as I cannot reproduce it but as I said, I've never used 3D titles in fact I've never actually played around with them until today. I create such components outside PD in another app.

Quote No. I created a new 3D title. First I inserted an image and then more text. As I expected where the image (which was the second layer) overlaid the text on the first layer it hid the text. Selecting the first layer in the timeline just displayed a placeholder where the hidden text was. This was as in your screenshot so that confirmed what I had surmised.

I next deleted the image and added it as a background stretched. As I expected both text layers now displayed correctly.

I'm not sure what exactly is happening in your case as I cannot reproduce it but as I said, I've never used 3D titles in fact I've never actually played around with them until today. I create such components outside PD in another app.

Wow, thanks so much for doing all of that!

Are you using PD 15?

Yes - build 2820.

Quote Yes - build 2820.

Can you let me kn ow how I can check to see what build I have? My instructions say to press Ctrl A to display help menu, but Ctrl A doesn't do anything for me.

Click on the question mark top right and select "About Powerdirector".

p.s. I should add that 2820, although it is the latest update in the official updates, has been found to contain bugs. There was a beta release patch which is announced at the top of this forum.

Quote Click on the question mark top right and select "About Powerdirector".

10-4. With black PD background and not great eyesight, I wasn't seeing the question mark.

We are on same release, so something else must be up.

Thanks again for all of your help, much obliged.