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I edited a load of short clips Saved them to a folder
The folder disappeared. My project became corrupled with lots of red multi languade bits of text and then disappeared
Is this a virus?
Checked with Mcaffee nothing shown
Help please!
Des george
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You are seeing the missing media screen.
Premiere Elements doesn't embed the media used (videos, photos, or audio) in the project file. It acts as a pointer to where the media used in the project is located. If the source media has been moved, is on a drive not connected to the computer, or on a drive that doesn't have a fixed drive letter, Premiere Elements doesn't know where to look for your media.
Premiere Elements doesn't delete files or folders.
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What is the physical location of the video files?
Are your files located in a folder on your computer hard drive?
OR Are you editing from an SD camera card in an adapter?
OR Are you editing from a USB flash drive?
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As Bob and John suggest, you may not be using the software in the normal work flow. But, if in fact you do have corrupted files, you have a hardware failure. This software won't do that.
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I am using elements in the normal way
I am new to videos but have uses photoshop elemets for years. I have been using 2021 version for a year
Who can I send a project folder to? Is it safe to drag and drop here?
Des
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I would not be using "One Drive". Put you project assets in a standard folder on your primary drive. Have your project and output file there too.
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That might be the case that it is not the best but I can assure you the problem I have identified is not a onedrive issue
Here is a screen shot of the problem
Des George
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Do you have backups of the media?
Did you try relinking the media?
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Yes I have backups
All the video clips are stored elsewhere on One Drive
I have sent a screen shot
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Can you copy the files to your hard drive and try to relink the files?