Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- PowerDirector Editing Modes
- PowerDirector Workspace
- PowerDirector Projects
- Importing Media into PowerDirector
- Importing Media Files
- Capturing Media
- Capturing from a DV Camcorder
- Capturing from an HDV Camcorder
- Capturing from a TV Signal
- Capturing from a Digital TV Signal
- Capturing from a Webcam
- Capturing from a Microphone
- Capturing from a CD
- Capturing from an AVCHD Camcorder
- Capturing from an Optical Device
- Captured Content
- Quality Profile Setup
- Capture Settings
- Capture Preferences
- Downloading Media
- Detecting Scenes and Extracting Audio
- 3D Media
- Arranging Media in Your Production
- Editing Your Media
- Content Aware Editing
- Splitting a Clip
- Unlinking Video/Audio Clips
- Trimming Video and Audio Clips
- Setting a Media Clip's Duration
- Setting TV (Video Clip Interlacing) Format
- Adjusting Video Clip Aspect Ratio
- Stretching Images
- Cropping Images
- Changing the Shape of Media
- Fixing and Enhancing Images/Videos
- Utilizing Keyframes on Media
- Power Tools
- Muting Audio
- Advanced Audio Editing
- Time Info
- Magic Fix
- Magic Cut
- Adding Effects
- Creating PiP Effects
- Adding Particle Effects
- Adding Title Effects
- Using Transitions
- Mixing Audio and Recording Voice-Overs
- Adding Chapters
- Adding Subtitles
- Producing Your Project
- Creating Discs
- PowerDirector Preferences
- PowerDirector Hotkeys
- Appendix
- Technical Support
- Index
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CyberLink PowerDirector
Note: you can also burn your video project to a removable disk in the AVCHD*
2.0 format. To do this, select the AVCHD button and then your specific removable
disk type (Removable Disk, SD/SDHC/SDXC Card, Memory Stick) from the
drop down. * Optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version
table on our web site for detailed versioning information.
Video and Audio Settings
Select the video recording format: if available for your selected disc format,
select the recording format of the video on your disc and its aspect ratio.
Select the video encoding format and quality: if available for your selected
disc format, select an encoding format and video quality for your disc. The
Smart Fit option automatically adjusts the bitrate to the best quality video file
that fits exactly to the capacity of the disc you are using.
Select the audio encoding format and channels: select an audio format for
your disc, and the number of channels it is capable of outputting to. If
burning a DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or AVCHD disc, you can select Dolby Digital to
create a disc with Dolby Digital 2 or 5.1 surround sound. If burning a Blu-ray
Disc, you can also select DTS to have CyberLink PowerDirector use the DTS 5.1
Producer to create a disc with DTS 5.1 surround sound.
Note: the video quality and audio type options that are available depend on the
disc format that you have selected.
Enable CyberLink TrueTheater Surround: select this option to enable
CyberLink TrueTheater Surround to enhance the menu background music.
Choose from Living Room, Theater, or Stadium.
Burning the Disc
To burn your video production and created menu to a disc in 2D, do this:
1. Click on the 2D Disc tab.
2. Click the Burn in 2D button. The Final Output window displays.
3. Configure the production preferences as follows:
Current drive: the burning drive (or removable disc for the AVCHD format)
CyberLink PowerDirector will use to burn the production to disc. If
necessary, click the button to select another drive and configure the
burn settings. See Configuring Burn Settings for more information. If you
are burning your production to a rewritable disc, you can click to