All project files erased after production.

leaMarie1980

Newbie Joined: Mar 17, 2018 14:15 Messages: 9 Offline

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Mar 29, 2018 12:48

Hello all,
I produced a movie last night and all of my project files were erased after. All of my custom PIP and all of the project the media files were saved in a separate folder on my hard drive, all gone now...I used save as and auto save.... I'm going to create another project and produce again and see what happens..any advice for avoiding this in the future?
Thanks!

PlaySound

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

Mar 29, 2018 13:25

Quote Hello all,
I produced a movie last night and all of my project files were erased after. All of my custom PIP and all of the project the media files were saved in a separate folder on my hard drive, all gone now...I used save as and auto save.... I'm going to create another project and produce again and see what happens..any advice for avoiding this in the future?
Thanks!

In PD16, go to Files, Recent files
If your project shows in the list, open it, PD will find your project.

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I always start by creating a folder with the name of the job to do.
add the material that I will use, videos, images, music ...
In PD16 after adding videos (for example) "Save as", save project to the same folder, I give "Save" a few times during an edit to update the project.
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See this tutor on this subject
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOnn8g0C_o&ab_channel=PDtoots

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leaMarie1980

Newbie Joined: Mar 17, 2018 14:15 Messages: 9 Offline

Mar 29, 2018 20:19

Thank you, my project IS on the recent files list, but says that the file and media are missing

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PlaySound

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

Mar 31, 2018 15:59

Quote Hello all,
I produced a movie last night and all of my project files were erased after. All of my custom PIP and all of the project the media files were saved in a separate folder on my hard drive, all gone now...I used save as and auto save.... I'm going to create another project and produce again and see what happens..any advice for avoiding this in the future?
Thanks!

Check the following.
You should save the project in: File, Save Project As ...
To upgrade use File, Save Project
Do not use the Auto Save Project folder to save your master project.
In this folder, a copy of each project is automatically saved (backup)
If you have problems with your Project, use this copy.
These auto save projects are deleted automatically after 30 days

Check the folder you selected in, Preferences, File, Export folder.
There you save the files created from the Produce module.

The folder in, Preferences, File, Import folder.
Show where you should be, your videos etc ...
See the attached image.

https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/downloadAttach/23992.page


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SSD SUV400S37240G / 2-HD WD 1TB
AMD Radeon R9 270 / AOC M2470SWD
Windows 7-64 / PD16 Ultimate