Having issues when trying to produce a saved video to either online or other devices

Alex300

Newbie Joined: Nov 11, 2019 16:28 Messages: 4 Offline

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Jan 27, 2020 19:48

Hi,
I am currently using Powerdirector 18 and have had no issues saving projects, working on them & adding to them later, then producing the final copy to youtube or a DVD or another device. However iv,e had endless problems recently as soon as iv,e saved a copy, when i re open it to produce it there is what I call a "shadow file" next to the file i saved that is always 3 mins 35secs long and is the start of the movie up to that point of 3.35. And it seems to override the final copy when I got to produce! Have tried all sorts of things to try & fix this but am at a loss! any help greatly appreciated Ive tried to send screenshots of my issue but having trouble even doing that

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Jan 27. 2020 21:25

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Jan 28, 2020 00:52

It's difficult to guess what steps you performed that might have resulted in some kind of zombie clip that somehow persists and overrides your timeline content. However, that might be the case if you've used the Render Preview feature. Follow the steps in this post to clear all of PD's temp files and see if the problem goes away.

If that doesn't help, then please take a screenshot of your timeline and highlight the clip you've referred to as a "shadow file."

You can't paste an image into the forum's text box, though. You have to save it as a JPG or PNG and then use the forum's Attachments button when composing your reply:

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Alex300

Newbie Joined: Nov 11, 2019 16:28 Messages: 4 Offline

Jan 30, 2020 00:36

Quote It's difficult to guess what steps you performed that might have resulted in some kind of zombie clip that somehow persists and overrides your timeline content. However, that might be the case if you've used the Render Preview feature. Follow the steps in this post to clear all of PD's temp files and see if the problem goes away.

If that doesn't help, then please take a screenshot of your timeline and highlight the clip you've referred to as a "shadow file."

You can't paste an image into the forum's text box, though. You have to save it as a JPG or PNG and then use the forum's Attachments button when composing your reply:


Filename	2020-01-28 (2).png	Download
Description	attaches this once saved
Filesize	539 Kbytes
Downloaded:	5 time(s)

Alex300

Newbie Joined: Nov 11, 2019 16:28 Messages: 4 Offline

Jan 30, 2020 00:41

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Filename	Screenshot (3).png	Download
Description	this is what im trying to produce, final copy
Filesize	539 Kbytes
Downloaded:	4 time(s)


Filename	Screenshot (4).png	Download
Description	but this is overiding the produce stage
Filesize	494 Kbytes
Downloaded:	3 time(s)

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Jan 30, 2020 01:36