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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Editing Your M edia
6. Use the player controls or drag the timeline slider to position where you want
the first segment to end, and then click to set the mark out position. The
trimmed segment is added to Selected Segments section.
7. Repeat the above steps to trim out all the required segments.
8. If required, you can preview what the trimmed clip will look like by clicking
Output and then clicking the play button on the player controls. Click
Original if you want to play the original video.
9. Click OK to set your changes and trim the clip.
Note: the segments of video that CyberLink PowerDirector inserts into the
timeline are indicated in blue. If you want to remove these segments from the
trimmed video clip, click the button to invert the trimming results.
Extra Trimming Tools
On the Multi Trim tab, you can also use the following extra trimming tools to:
you can manually drag the mark in and out sliders on the timeline or
magnified timeline to edit the current positions if required.
detect all the scenes in the selected video clip by clicking on . Once
selected, choose whether you want the program to add all the scenes to the
trimmed segments area, or just mark the scene breaks for you on the
timeline.
Trimming an Audio Clip
Use the audio trim function to quickly trim off unwanted portions at the beginning
and end of an audio clip on the timeline.