CyberLink PowerDirector 10 Deluxe is video editing software that provides 200 video and audio tracks so that you can create movies as complex or as simple as you desire. It's easy to import and export files with this movie making software. Additionally, PowerDirector 10 supports a large number of file formats. The editing tools for this software are intuitive so you can quickly start working on your projects. With transitions, special effects and more, you'll be able to create professional-looking movies. For these reasons and more, CyberLink PowerDirector 10 Deluxe is our TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award winner.
One thing to keep in mind when using any video editing software, including PowerDirector, is that the more audio and video tracks you add, the more it taxes your system. We noticed that when you add a lot of elements, such as videos, audio, transitions and effects, the system has a tendency to crash. If you keep things fairly simple though and the files small, you probably won't have any problems.
With this movie editing software, you can crop, zoom in on a selected portion of a clip, play a selected clip in reverse, adjust the video speed, freeze a frame and even rotate the clip within the video. Adding picture-in-picture images is a snap. The ability to upscale standard-definition video content to HD quality is among our favorite features. You can also enhance image details, naturalize colors and automatically adjust chroma and luminance when you edit videos. You can remove annoying grain from clips and stabilize shaky images in real time.
CyberLink PowerDirector offers transitions, titles and effects that make your video look even more polished and professional. It's easy to add them on the timeline. All you have to do is drag and drop them.
You can edit audio, including the volume level, pitch and speed. You can separate the audio from a video for greater flexibility and creative control. This version of PowerDirector offers the Beat Marker, which analyzes your audio content and places markers at prominent beat locations. This is hugely useful for timing transitions and applying other editing techniques. The auto-normalizer adjusts all audio files in the timeline so they are consistent throughout the movie.
The Magic Fix function can remove shakiness from footage, remove red eye and enhance the focus of photos. The Magic Motion Designer allows you to pan and zoom within the scene. It helps you animate still photos. The Magic Cut feature automatically condenses long clips into shorter ones that contain only the highest quality footage. Magic Style gives you the ability to add pre-designed style templates for a professional look.
The workspace provides you with 200 video and audio tracks, which is probably far more than most people will use. However, it gives you the flexibility to create complex projects. We noticed, though, that the more tracks, transitions and special effects you use, the more it requires from the computer to operate the application. When we were working with it on projects, it crashed several times.
CyberLink PowerDirector combines software and hardware to optimize its performance for a significant speed boost. The newest version is 38 percent faster at rendering than the previous version of PowerDirector.
