Quote In PD 18 background images was a part of the media library. I can't find that option in PD 19, see attachments. Aren't they available, and if so, where do I find them on my computer so that I can import them into PD 19?

Hi,

Check out the UI update help:
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/19/enu/01_01_02_whats_different.html

Scroll down to below the 2nd set of images:

"Note: background images must now be manually imported by going to the following installed folder:
C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector19\Background."

Hope that helps,
PowerDirector Moderator

Quote


Hi,

Check out the UI update help:
https://help.cyberlink.com/stat/help/powerdirector/19/enu/01_01_02_whats_different.html

Scroll down to below the 2nd set of images:

"Note: background images must now be manually imported by going to the following installed folder:
C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector19\Background."

Hope that helps,
PowerDirector Moderator

Thanks!

Hi Team,

So I followed the post to find the "Background Images", but how do you now create a permanent folder under Media Content , Colour Boards etc called "Background Images" to hold the images permanently so they are available every time you open a new project.

I have managed to create a "folder/tag" under the Media Content etc, and imported the images which does populate the "Media Content" folder and the newly created "folder/tag". But I can't seem to make it a default setting for the program. The images need to be reloaded every time you start open the program again or start a new project.

Quote But I can't seem to make it a default setting for the program. The images need to be reloaded every time you start open the program again or start a new project.

That's because PD19/365 doesn't have a hard-coded link to Background Images for some reason.

When they moved the original items to the new location, BI was left out and you can't access any of the 42 supplied images (arranged into 4 different aspect ratios) unless you browse to the specified folder location and then import them as regular clips.

As you've discovered, imported images are only saved with the specific project they were imported for and there's no way to make them permanent.

You can import all your desired background images and export them as a library, similar to what was discussed here; but it seems like this should be reported as a bug so PD can be patched to access those clips as intended.

Quote but it seems like this should be reported as a bug so PD can be patched to access those clips as intended.

Hard to believe a bug as CL documents exactly how to manually imported them in the docs as explained and shown by PDM.

Maybe a suggestion to return to prior approach but it was obviously design intent, no bug.

Jeff

Obviously I'm missing something then. I can copy images to the folder shown in the doc but I don't see where those images are accessable from within PD. None of my new images show up as downloaded, and importing a clip (with any library selected) only brings it in as an imported clip.

How would one "import" a clip to the Background Images folder and have it be available for all future projects?