Video Template Bundle 1, 2, 3 ???

[Cyberherbalist]

I just now noticed something on my laptop's desktop, and that is folders called VideoStudio2020, Video Template Bundle 1, 2 & 3 and Graphic Pack. They all contain executables, and VideoStudio2020 contains a folder called StandardContent2, and within it are setup files and cabs and so on.

I am very perplexed what these are there for. I remember selecting bonus content from within VideoStudio itself, and this seems to correspond with that, but now that I think of it, I don't know if any such bonus content was installed at the time! There are other subfolders inside these that contain setup executables, ini and cab files and the like. Was I supposed to execute the bonus content installation myself? I don't recall hearing about this.

And if I am supposed to manually install these things, in what order and which ones are to be executed?

Or am I getting all wrapped around the axle, and all this has already been installed? In that case, I'm not sure what to look for in VS2020 to verify it.

[Ken Berry]

The VideoStudio 2020 package on your desktop contains the original installation files and as far as I am aware, is only provided as backup in case you need to reinstall it. You can safely move that folder from the desktop and store it elsewhere e.g. in your download library or even copy it to an external hard drive for added security.

However, Video Template Bundles 1, 2 and 3 and the Graphics Pack are another matter. In VS 2018 and earlier, the things contained in those packs were available via either Do More or Get More sections of the VS home page. (It may, in fact, have been X10 and earlier, but I can't recall precisely...) That worked pretty well and you got a small but useful visual presentation of what was on offer. For some strange reason, Corel has now changed that and presented these 4 packs with no visual presentation much less an explanation of what they are for or what to do with them. In fact, when you open them, as you say, they are filled with lots of exe files. And I'm afraid you have to install each and every one of them individually before you will really know what you are getting.

In the Graphics Pack, for instance, you will get Backgrounds (BG), Color Panels (CP), Frames (FR) and Object (OB) files which can be used in video projects should you want them. When you install them, they are stored in C:\Users\sisyp\Documents\Corel VideoStudio Pro\VSPContent\Decoration and you can access them from there, though they won't appear in your VS library unless you drag and drop them there.

The Graphics Pack also contains 6 DoMore_Title files aimed at filling out your Title menu, I think -- though I have not been able to install any of them. Some of them, for instance, are directed curiously enough at VS X10 and not VS 2020.

However, Bundles 1, 2 and 3 contain, as their names suggest, templates, though without any visual representation, you will not have any idea what you are getting before installation. Personally, I installed just the HD ones but left all the rest where they were in their bundles...

[Cyberherbalist]

The VideoStudio 2020 package on your desktop contains the original installation files and as far as I am aware, is only provided as backup in case you need to reinstall it. You can safely move that folder from the desktop and store it elsewhere e.g. in your download library or even copy it to an external hard drive for added security.

However, Video Template Bundles 1, 2 and 3 and the Graphics Pack are another matter. In VS 2018 and earlier, the things contained in those packs were available via either Do More or Get More sections of the VS home page. (It may, in fact, have been X10 and earlier, but I can't recall precisely...) That worked pretty well and you got a small but useful visual presentation of what was on offer. For some strange reason, Corel has now changed that and presented these 4 packs with no visual presentation much less an explanation of what they are for or what to do with them. In fact, when you open them, as you say, they are filled with lots of exe files. And I'm afraid you have to install each and every one of them individually before you will really know what you are getting.

In the Graphics Pack, for instance, you will get Backgrounds (BG), Color Panels (CP), Frames (FR) and Object (OB) files which can be used in video projects should you want them. When you install them, they are stored in C:\Users\sisyp\Documents\Corel VideoStudio Pro\VSPContent\Decoration and you can access them from there, though they won't appear in your VS library unless you drag and drop them there.

The Graphics Pack also contains 6 DoMore_Title files aimed at filling out your Title menu, I think -- though I have not been able to install any of them. Some of them, for instance, are directed curiously enough at VS X10 and not VS 2020.

However, Bundles 1, 2 and 3 contain, as their names suggest, templates, though without any visual representation, you will not have any idea what you are getting before installation. Personally, I installed just the HD ones but left all the rest where they were in their bundles...

Thanks for the very detailed and instructive reply!!