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JimPerry

Newbie Joined: Jun 12, 2018 18:11 Messages: 20 Offline

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Apr 14, 2020 19:10

PD 14. I routinely save my project. I have some still images that I import into PD from an external HD. It seems that when I come back to my project after time away and having exited the program, disconnecting the HD, the still media I have imported are gone and the places where I inseted them on the track shows up as blanks.

Does the media not really get imported permanently?

Do I need to put those images onto my laptop's HD so as to not lose them?

Thanks in nadvance for the help.

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Apr 14, 2020 19:18

Quote Does the media not really get imported permanently?

Do I need to put those images onto my laptop's HD so as to not lose them?

Correct, the media is not retained in the PD pds project file, just a pointer to its location and what to do with it. You can use an external HD if you want to, just make sure the drive letter you use for it is permanent so it's not reassigned as you plug other devices in. If for instance it was D:\ one time and F:\ another time when you plugged it in because you have a flash card plugged in, that would create the same loss of media and black space issue.

Jeff

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