User`s guide

Chapter 3: Pre-Production

File Preferences

To set your file preferences, click > Edit > Preferences. The Preferences

window opens, displaying the File tab. Available options are as follows:

Default locations

• Import folder: indicates the last folder that media was imported from. To

change this folder, click Browse and then select a new folder.

• Export folder: set the folder where captured media is saved. To change this

folder, click Browse and then select a new folder.

File name

• Captured video prefix: enter a default name for captured video files.

CyberLink PowerDirector automatically appends a sequential number to this

name to create a unique filename for each captured file.

• Always prompt me to confirm file name: Check this option if you would like

CyberLink PowerDirector to prompt you to enter a file name each time you

capture a video clip.

• Production file prefix: enter a default name for your produced files.

• Snapshot file name: enter a default name for captured snapshots. CyberLink

PowerDirector automatically appends a sequential number to this name to

create a unique filename for each captured file. Select a file format from the

drop-down list for your snapshots. You have the choice between BMP, JPG, GIF

and PNG formats.

• Always prompt me to confirm file name: select this option if you would like

CyberLink PowerDirector to prompt you to enter a file name each time you

take a snapshot.

• Snapshot destination: select a destination for captured snapshots from the

drop-down list if you don’t want to save them as a file.

• Use master video size whenever possible: select this option for the snapshot

be the same size as the original video, instead of the smaller preview window it

is taken in.

• Number of recently used project(s): enter the number (between 0 and 20) of

recently used projects that you would like to make available in the File menu

when you open CyberLink PowerDirector.

• Automatically load the last project when PowerDirector opens: select this

option to automatically load the last project you were working on.

• Automatically load sample clips when PowerDirector opens: select this

option to have the sample media files load into the media library every time

the program opens.