Quick Guide: How to Use Nested Projects in PowerDirector

Pick a saved project from My Projects on the Media tab.

Or click the Import Project button next to the search box to add a project file from disk.

Drag the project onto the timeline, and a pds label on the clip tells you it's a nested project.

To nest projects by default, click the gear icon at the top right for Preferences. On the Editing tab, set Set default insert project behavior to As Nested Project.

Double-click the clip to open the nested project's own timeline. Or click its project tab above the timeline.

Edit it on its own timeline like any project.

Changes apply to this project only. The original project file is not modified, so the same intro can carry a different line in every episode.

When you're done, click the main project's tab above the timeline to come back out. The nested clip now shows your edit and still sits on the timeline as a single clip.