CyberLink PowerDirector is a digital video editing program that lets you create professional-looking videos and photo slideshows, complete with music, voice-overs, special effects, transitions, and much more. You can then output your project to a file, camcorder, portable device, upload it directly to or Facebook, or burn it to a disc, complete with stylish menus. PowerDirector is the worlds easiest, fastest, and most advanced video editing software program. Its very easy to use and supports capture, editing and export of high-definition video formats. All home video editing programs follow the convention of dividing the whole process into chronologically ordered tasks and providing the necessary tools for each - Powerdirector is no exception. PowerDirector comes complete with the most advanced, yet easy-to-use tools for creating professional video productions. CyberLink PowerDirector also includes an amazing set of Magic Tools for you to conveniently edit your movie quickly and powerfully. Plus, it offers Smart Video Rendering Technology (SVRT), and is optimized for NVIDIA CUDA technology, AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing technology, Intel Core family processors, and AMD multi-core central process units. Using these technologies, CyberLink PowerDirector enables you to complete your movie projects and retain its quality, faster than any other software program available on the market. CyberLink PowerDirector Features: Workspace *Timeline - Add up to 100 video and audio tracks to the timeline. - Linked video and audio tracks when video files with audio are added. - Option to unlink a videos audio for ease of editing or movement on the timeline. - Complete editing freedom on the timeline with the absence of a master video track. - Less restrictions on which tracks you can add media clips too. - Group media clips together for ease of movement on the timeline. - Customize track names so they are easy to identify in the timeline. - Reorder video tracks using a simple click and drag process. *Grid lines - Up to 10x10 grid lines available for more precise placement of media during the editing process. Edit *Video effects - More precise control of your video effects, with the two available edit modes: Clip Mode and Keyframe Mode. *Transitions - Apply transitions between media clips on all video tracks, or on a single clip. - More customizable transitions, with the option to select between the overlapping and cross transition styles. * Particle Designer - Use keyframes for more precision control of particle behavior when adding particle effects to your video project. * WaveEditor - Record, trim, cut, enhance, and add effects to audio on the timeline of your project using the CyberLink WaveEditor program. * Previewing content - Preview your video production in an HD or Full HD preview resolution. - Select a range of media on the timeline and then render an instant preview with Render Preview to get a better feel of a specific scene. Produce * Output to device - Output your video project to a video format that is compatible with a number of popular mobile phones and other portable devices. * Output audio - Output only the audio of your project in the WMA, WAV, or M4A format. Create Disc * Burn to removable disk - Burn your video projects to a removable disk in the AVCHD format. Miscellaneous * CPU/GPU optimization - CyberLink PowerDirector is optimized with the latest technology to provide performance gains during the rendering and playback of HD video content. New features of PowerDirector 9: * Turbo-charge HD video production speed with worlds first native 64-bit consumer video editor * NEW TrueVelocity Technology speeds up entire video process * Professional productions with 100 video tracks and powerful editing tools * Instant video enhancement with TrueTheater Technology * Download free effects & templates on DirectorZone Major features of CyberLink PowerDirector 9 include: 1. Native 64-bit support. - CyberLink PowerDirector 9 takes advantage of all your computers available RAM to speed up movie creation. - Access to more RAM makes it possible for CyberLink PowerDirector 9 to work more smoothly with high-resolution content. 2. New powerful and flexible timeline track control behavior. - Add up to 100 video and audio tracks to the timeline. - Linked video and audio tracks when video files with audio are added. - Option to unlink a videos audio for ease of editing or movement on the timeline. - Complete editing freedom on the timeline with the absence of a master video track. - Less restrictions on which tracks you can add media clips to. - Group media clips together for ease of movement on the timeline. - Customize track names so they are easy to identify in the timeline. - Reorder video tracks using a simple click and drag process. - Drag all clips from one video track to another, or drag an audio clip from one audio track to another. 3. More precise video editing features that give you more control over your content. - More precision control of video effects, with the two available edit modes: Clip Mode and Keyframe Mode. - Ability to meticulously set effect result at the video frame level. - Apply transitions between media clips on all video tracks. - More customizable transitions, with the option to select between the overlapping and cross transition styles. - Use keyframes for more precision control of particle behavior when editing particle effects in the Particle Designer. - Use CyberLink WaveEditor to record, trim, cut, enhance, and add effects to audio on the timeline of your project. - Up to 10x10 grid lines available for more precise placement of media during the editing process. 4. Ultra fast and super reliable editing engine. - Whole new editing engine born out of the new timeline design. Whether your operating system is 32 or 64 bit, CyberLink PowerDirector 9 now gets more memory usage from your computer. - CyberLink PowerDirector uses a cache engine, so that no matter how much content you have on the timeline, you can smoothly preview and produce. 5. Native DSLR support. - Import photos and videos shot by Canon and Nikon digital single lens reflex camera. - Support for photo/RAW/MOV file formats shot by Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras. 6. New templates to help you create professional looking projects. - New designed title sets and backgrounds. - New dynamic photo slideshow templates. 7. More options for previewing your movie during creation. - Preview your video production in an HD or Full HD preview resolution. - Select a range of media on the timeline and then render an instant preview with Render Preview to get a better feel of a specific scene. 8. New input/output format support - Output your video project to a video format that is compatible with a number of popular mobile phones and other portable devices., including iPhone 4, iPad, Acer, HTC, Samsung, Blackberry, Google Phone, Hitachi, Nokia, LG, and Sony Ericsson. - Share created videos on YouTube or Facebook in Full HD quality. - Output only the audio of your project in the WMA, WAV, or M4A format. - Burn your video projects to a removable disk in the AVCHD format. Whats new in 9.0.0.2930 Updates: - Now supports the production interlace profile for 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor (Sandy Bridge) platforms. - Now allows for users to set a default transition setting in preferences. - Now allows users to delete media on the timeline and leave a gap. - Now supports the PS3 profile output production. - Adds an i-help button in the Produce window to inform users about AMD Media Codec (also known as AVIVO package) when using an AMD VGA, but AVIVO is not installed. - Improves the text editing behavior in the Title Designer. Issues resolved: - Users not able to crop a 4:3 clip into a 16:9 aspect ratio in the 16:9 project environment. - Facebooks authentication URL is not the latest, so some users cannot upload videos successfully. - Transparency in the PiP Designer is not correctly applied based on user's setting. - PowerDirector causes some users program to involuntarily reach the codec activation limit. - Incorrect frame displayed during seek in preview window on 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor (Sandy Bridge) platforms. - Audio volume output not synchronized with the volume adjustment of imported SmartSound audio. - The error ntd.dll pops up when using slideshow. - A burning error (code eEB021881) occurs when a user's operating system login name is in Unicode format. - All of the PiP effect attributes are not saved correctly to templates. - The program stops at 10% and displays the eC0030011 error code, when burning a project (with menu template) to a DVD folder/disc Interface: English, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese Simplified, German, French, Italian Install notes: - install a program (CyberLink.PDR.2330a_trial_VDE101118-06.exe) - run PowerDirector - Activate using the key (serial.txt file) - the program will start automatically - quit - install the update patch (CyberLink.2930_GM5_Patch_VDE110516-02.exe) - run the program