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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PowerDirector Workspace
Note: you can manually drag a timeline marker to different position if the original
is not in the exact location you wanted it. Expand the timeline ruler for a more
precise placement, if necessary.
Right-click on the timeline ruler and then select View All Timeline Markers to view a
list of all the timeline markers you added.
Function Buttons
When you select media that is on the timeline, whether it's a video clip, image,
audio clip, effect, title, etc., several function buttons display above the timeline.
These buttons let you perform a variety of tasks or gain access to some important
features of CyberLink PowerDirector.
The function buttons that are available depend on the type of media content you
select. However, whenever you select media, the and buttons are
always displayed. Click to remove the selected media content from the
timeline, or to gain access to more timeline functions, which vary depending
on the selected media.
Range Selection
Click and drag one of the arrows on either side of the timeline slider to select a
range* of media on the timeline.
Note: * optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version table on
our web site for detailed versioning information.