The idea, then, is that you can use its choices to pick out key scenes right away.
#CYBERLINK POWERDIRECTOR 14 ULTIMATE REVIEW MANUAL#
Video editing projects traditionally begin with a great deal of tedious manual work, as you browse through your source footage, identifying the interesting scenes and eliminating everything else.īut what if your video editor could do some of that for you? That’s, in part, the aim of PowerDirector’s new content-aware editing.Ĭlick the “Content-aware editing” button and the program will scan your selected clip, attempting to identify important scenes: those with faces, motion, zooms or pans.Īnd it will also try to highlight those with problems, in particular shaky camerawork or poor lighting.
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But how would these features perform in real life? We put them to the test. New additions this time include content-aware editing, an easy way to analyse and import new files. A host of interface tweaks (more than 50, according to CyberLink) make the program more configurable, easier to adjust to suit your needs. TrueVelocity 3 - including multi-GPGPU support - and other performance optimisations ensure PowerDirector will render your projects at the maximum possible speed. And assorted other technical tweaks and added support for new standards (like 4K ultra HD) ensures that there’s plenty of scope for expanding your creativity. And CyberLink’s PowerDirector 11 Ultimate is the latest candidate for your attention, being packed with high-end features - a 100-track timeline, fine keyframe control, advanced video effects, disc authoring and online video sharing - yet also simple enough for beginners to use.
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Having a good video editor to hand, though, can give you the power to solve most problems. You might have a great video camera, and be very skilled at using it, but it won’t make any difference: your raw footage will generally still be rubbish.