This is especially useful for events that have been recorded on several smartphones. Create a video collage with up to seven videos or images. Michael cowrote one of the first overviews of web services for a general audience. Both suites include Color Director 5 and AudioDirector 7; the Director Suite throws in PhotoDirector 8, too. You may never edit a full-length feature film with this software, but you could. So whether you are a complete newbie, an existing owner or someone who is now so confused they are just staring blankly at a computer screen in a daze, hopefully you can find what you are looking for here.
The tool makes tracking an object and adding a title, effect, or even another media clip a simple three-step process. Unlike the similar tool, PowerDirector requires you to add your own background music—there are no canned scores in the wizard or for Express Projects. A huge selection of customizable design tools, including unique alpha transitions, animated titles, particles and PiP objects, provide the freedom to explore creativity and reflect it in unique video creations. The result is a seamless single video that has the look and feel of a professionally produced piece. Video Pre-cut Pre-cut clips can be saved to your library in a special section for them which is a time saver for people who tend to use certain elements repeatedly throughout projects or regularly within them. Fortunately, there are alternatives that will do the job more simply — for instance, Movavi Video Editor.
For every video I would have had to manually copy and sync my one channel to the second. Even if these options don't provide truly pro-level results, the fact that Cyberlink has included them along with standard 2D video tools is quite amazing. You also get a video stabilizer that smooths out shaky video, as well as a library of over 500 effects and transitions for you to choose from. Adding titles and transitions is still possible, as is making color corrections, and time speedups and slowdowns. It's a simple three-step process: You box the object you want to track, run the tracker, and then attach text or graphics to follow it. PowerDirector 15 Ultimate offers a unique combination of high-end performance and advanced editing features. The Adjustmenttab allows you to edit the background music and the length of the final video.
CyberLink seeks to simplify and make accessible cutting-edge video editing technologies like 360-degree video editing and advanced masking, so that prosumers and even semipros get a variety of ways to make their movies shine. PowerDirector 12 offers five different ways to do this. The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 for effectiveness is because of the noticeable difference in the quality of its video effects between this program and some of its competitors. You can separately zoom or trim each video and tweak a slick frame animation. If technical problems arise, you can always get help from the support team via email, forum, or online chat.
A slider adjustment tweaks the results. Total 360 Video Editing PowerDirector makes it easy to create spectacular new 360 degrees videos using the same intuitive design tools you know and love. Listening to the result, I couldn't tell that the music had been cut at that point. Our Verdict We've tested a lot of video editing suites, and PowerDirector 16 is the only one that makes the process truly fun. You start by positioning a target box on the object you want tracked, then press the Track button, which runs through the video while following your boxed object. PowerDirector 16's content-aware editing tools help you decide what content to cut from your video and where to make it as engaging as possible The voice-over recording tool is especially well designed. You get loads of canned background music, and the standard video editor includes beat detection, which puts markers on the timeline at music beats so you can synchronize clip action.
The software will process your imported media files and provide a preview. The tool uses sliders to determine sensitivity, the level of ducking you prefer, and fade-in and -out duration. Pricing and Installation PowerDirector runs on Windows 7 through Windows 10, with 64-bit versions recommended. It can take any song, analyze it, and often convincingly shorten or lengthen it. It offers picture-in-picture PiP , overlays, motion, cropping, and time codes. Director Suite is is only offered as an annual subscription service. But then there are also the special features, such as Vertical Video mode, which is specifically for mobile videos.
CyberLink PowerDirector 15 Review 2017 Taiwan-based CyberLink Corp. Though I may have a bit more video editing experience than the average intended customer of PowerDirector 15, I believe that a user with absolutely no video editing experience whatsoever could complete this whole process in roughly the same amount of time it took me. In other words, we actually had to spend hours upon hours getting familiar with the various features of the software, and the results had to be good! Movavi Video Editor offers a more compact set of tools — although retaining everything relevant and popular that an everyday user will need. To add new content to my Media Content tab, all I need to do is click and drag from a folder on my computer to the Media Content area. In previous versions, you couldn't do trimming until after you dropped a clip onto the timeline, which left professionally trained editors scratching their heads.
Its 64-bit Intel Core i5-5200U processor runs at 2. I bought this specifically to produce time-lapse videos from stills and video files. For example, in one image you can have a guy riding down the highway on a bike, and in another you can have a cracked stone floor. It can even attempt to convert 2D content to 3D. You can move the angle around in this window's preview in three axes x, y, and z with the mouse pointer.