Have you tried repeating your project with a smaller number of photos. Try it with 4 or 5 photos and see if the same problems occur. That may help to identify the problem.

Robert

Nathalie,
Robert is on the right track - he's encouraging you to try and repeat the issue by creating smaller projects.

Ok, I'd like you to do a basic un-install and reinstall of PD - to sort out any corrupt file issues.
I'd then like you to open your project (hope you can) and tell us the results.

My basic instruction for any video editor is to save regularly and opt to use:
Directors chair icon > File > Save project as
as the route to save. Save files numerically. Example 001.pds, 002.pds etc
A video editor should create short projects initially and then bring all back into a final project.

1. 250 images is small
2. a crash can be caused by a number of factors
3. make sure you switch off background running software AND prevent any auto-updates.
4. Make sure you're not overloading your system with instructions it needs to process.
5. You need to give more detail of the selection and actions you were carrying out.

Technical Support is available here:
http://www.cyberlink.com/prog/support/cs/index.do

Dafydd

Hi Robert & Dafydd,

Thank you both for your replies, I imported small amount of photos at a time and then added to it, it was all going fine until I imported a MP3 file so maybe that caused a problem but still don't understand why it still happened once I removed it.
Am about to go back and see if I can open it and work on it, I will as well un-install and reinstall PD so I will let you know how I get on.

Dafydd - sorry probably very obvious answer but I like the idea of having sevral projects and put them all together at the end but how do I do it? Do I just go to import folder and import oll the created projects into a new one?

Nathalie

Ahhhh,

Produce your smaller projects to a finished video file.
Bring the videos back into a "new" project where you'll merge them all together in the Video track.
Add your chapters, DVD bits or Produce to a final video format of your choice (wmv etc).

I hope I explained that well enough.

Nathalie, you need to use the search capability at the top of the forum. There are lots of answers to be read.... and many of the questions have been answered by us already.

Dafydd

Hi Nathalie,

Just two more cents worth here.

On the subject of Mp3’s, I have, for some unknown reason, always had problems with using Mp3 files while editing in PD. They always seem to make things lock up or stutter. Even wav files seem to cause the occasional glitch.
So I export any and all Mp3 files that I plan to use in a project to an audio editing program, and convert the files to the wma format. Then I import the new wma file into my PD library and audio track.
And these wma files seem to make PowerDirector very happy (on my rig anyway), as all the occasional stuttering and freezing stops.

There are many free convertors out there that can be found if you do a Google search. Or here’s a link to the free one I have been using lately…
http://www.nch.com.au/switch/

Good luck.

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Thanks everyone for your input, greatly appreciated. Will convert the MP3 and see how it goes.
Nathalie