CyberLink PowerDirector 5 User’s Guide
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Contents Introduction ................................................... 1 Welcome! .....................................................................2 Where to Begin Reading ............................................2 The Movie-Making Process .............................................3 Pre-Production ..........................................................3 Putting Your Story Together ........................................3 Editing ..............................................................
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Webcam Video Capture Options ..............................22 CD/Microphone Capture Profile Setup ......................23 Captured Clip Options ............................................23 Capture from DV Camcorder ........................................25 Capture a Single Scene ............................................25 Batch Capture .........................................................27 Capture from HDV Camcorder ......................................
Contents Managing Media in the Library ......................................58 Import Clips into the Library ......................................58 Sort Clips in the Library ............................................59 Remove a Clip from the Library .................................60 Rename a Clip in the Library ....................................61 Restore a Clip’s Original File Name ..........................61 View Clip Properties .................................................
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Add a Fade Effect to an Audio Clip ...........................97 Restore an Audio Clip’s Volume Levels ......................97 Using Magic Tools .......................................................98 Magic Clean ...........................................................99 Magic Motion .......................................................103 Magic Cut ............................................................104 Magic Fix ...................................................
Contents Burn to Disc ...............................................................188 Set Your Burning Configuration ..............................188 Burn Your Movie to Disc ........................................190 Appendix ................................................... 193 Technical Support ......................................................194 Web Support .........................................................194 Fax Support ..........................................................
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Chapter 1: Introduction This chapter introduces CyberLink PowerDirector and the digital video editing process. It provides a discussion of the different kinds of technology you will use in the digital movie-making process, as well as system requirements for working smoothly with CyberLink PowerDirector. This chapter contains the following sections: • Welcome! on p.2 • The Movie-Making Process on p.3 • Register Your Software on p.5 • CD-Key Activation on p.6 • Upgrade Your Software on p.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Welcome! Welcome to the CyberLink family of digital video tools! PowerDirector is a digital video editing program that can help you create professional-looking video movies, complete with music, voice-over, special effects, and transition effects. If you don’t have experience making movies, don’t worry. CyberLink PowerDirector provides home users with a simple tool to help them do something a little more creative with their home videos.
Introduction The Movie-Making Process The digital movie production process involves a combination of artistry and technology, beginning with raw video footage and ending with a movie production. CyberLink PowerDirector provides the easiest way to produce your finished movie and publish it to the medium of your choice. Pre-Production Before you edit your movie using CyberLink PowerDirector, you must first create (or gather) its component parts: video clips, photos, music, and narrative voice-overs.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Editing CyberLink PowerDirector’s Edit mode offers loads of options for editing audio, video, and image files in addition to video transitions, video effects, titles, and PiP effects. You might expect to use the functions in PowerDirector’s Edit mode to perform the following tasks: 1. Condense a long video clip to a desired duration using Magic Cut. 2. Clean up audio, video, and image files using Magic Clean. 3. Add a special effect to a video clip. 4.
Introduction Register Your Software After you install the program, a registration window opens, prompting you to register your product. It is important to register your software in order to receive technical support or other information from CyberLink. To register your software, do this: 1. Enter your personal information in the First Name, Last Name, and Email entry boxes. • Check one or both of the options to receive information from 2.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 CD-Key Activation The first time your run PowerDirector, you are prompted to upgrade immediately from the trial version to the version you have purchased. To upgrade PowerDirector to the version you have purchased, do this: 1. Open PowerDirector. 2. The Activation dialog box appears. 3. Enter your activation key, then click OK. Note: You can copy and paste your activation key into the first entry field.
Introduction Upgrade Your Software Software upgrades may be periodically available from CyberLink. To upgrade your software, click on the Tool bar. The Upgrade window will open and you can select to download new upgrades and patches. You will be redirected to CyberLink’s cyberstore if you choose to purchase new upgrades. Note: You must be connected to the Internet to use this feature.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Uninstall Your Software If you need to uninstall your CyberLink software for any reason, you can do so either from the Windows Start menu or from the Windows Control Panel. Uninstall from the Start Menu To uninstall your CyberLink software from the Start menu, do this: 1. Click Start > Programs > [name of CyberLink software package] > Uninstall [product name]. The uninstall wizard opens. 2. Follow the uninstall wizard to remove the program.
Introduction Latest Features This section describes the latest features in the CyberLink PowerDirector program.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 The PowerDirector Program When you first open PowerDirector, the program appears as follows: Edit function buttons Open editing rooms dedicated to a specific task Mode buttons Click to switch working modes Magic Tools Provide easy ways to work with media clips Library Contains media clips as well as the various effect and media ‘rooms’ Preview window Provides playback controls to preview clips and movies Media tracks Insert media clips here Function buttons Provide shortcuts
Introduction PowerDirector Modes PowerDirector has separate modes that enable you to perform different tasks: Capture, Edit, Produce, and Create Disc. Mode Description Click to switch to the capture interface. See Capturing Media on p.15. Click to switch to the editing interface. See Editing Clips on p.81. Click to switch to the production interface, which opens the Disc Wizard. See Producing Your Movie on p.141. Click to switch to the authoring interface. See Creating Disc on p.179.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 You can open and save a PowerDirector project file just like any other file in Windows. You can also create a new file or save the current file under a different file name.
Introduction System Requirements The system requirements listed below are recommended as minimums for general digital video production work.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • PCI or USB1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard (i.e. PC Camera and TV tuner with WDM driver) • DV camcorder connected via OHCI-compliant IEEE1394 • DVD camcorder connected via USB2.
Chapter 2: Capturing Media This chapter explains how to acquire media for use in CyberLink PowerDirector. You can acquire video and audio from a wide variety of sources, including a webcam, DV camcorder, HDV camcorder, TV, Digital TV, VCR, microphone, and audio CD. This chapter contains the following sections: • Capture Mode on p.16 • Capture Preferences on p.17 • Capture Options on p.18 • Capture from DV Camcorder on p.25 • Capture from HDV Camcorder on p.34 • Capture from TV on p.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Capture Mode When you click the button, PowerDirector enters Capture mode, in which you can capture media from a variety of capture devices. In Capture mode, the program appears as follows: Capture device selection area Allows you to switch capture devices and set capture limits Capture preview window Displays media clips during capture. 16 Captured Clips area Displays media clips after capture.
Capturing Media Capture Preferences Before you begin to capture, make sure your capture environment is set according to your preferred working methods. To set your capture preferences, click Edit > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens. Available options are as follows: • Add captured files to Library: Check this option to import captured files into the Library after capture. • Add captured files to workspace: Check this option to import captured files into the workspace after capture.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Capture Options Many of the options for capturing are shared by different capture modes. These options are described below. Not all of the options described in this section are available in all capture modes. Descriptions of options specific to a single capture mode are found in the section that describes that mode. Note: PowerDirector’s capture functions vary, depending on version.
Capturing Media Profile Options Click Profile. The Profile Setup dialog box opens. Note: For information on selecting a profile, see Create/Modify a Profile on p.159. • Click the Comments and Details buttons for more information about the profile.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Analog Video Capture Options Click Video. The Analog Video Settings dialog box opens, displaying the Video Setup tab. You may select your capture source here. Click the Adjust Video tab and set the video options, if necessary. Click the TV Setup tab and set the TV options, if necessary.
Capturing Media Audio Capture Options Before you capture from microphone, there are several options you can set. Drag the volume level slider to set the input volume level. Check Begin with fade-in to start an audio capture in with a fade-in from silence. Check End with fade-out to end an audio capture with a fade-out to silence. Click Audio. The Audio Setup dialog box opens. You may select your audio input device, audio input source, and input volume here.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Webcam Video Capture Options When capturing from a webcam, click Video to set up your webcam capture profile. Under the Video Setup tab, you can select your capture source. Click Advanced Settings for more options. Note: Advanced settings may differ depending on the webcam you are using. Please refer to your webcam’s user guide to configure advanced settings for it.
Capturing Media CD/Microphone Capture Profile Setup When recording from CD or microphone, click Profile to set up your CD or microphone recording profile. You may select an audio quality here. • You can save a profile using a unique name by clicking the Save As... button. Click Remove to remove the new profiles you create. Captured Clip Options After you capture clips, a number of options are available for managing them.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Post-Capture Options To delete a captured file, click Delete in the dialog box that appears after recording. To name a captured file, enter a name in the dialog box that appears after recording. To use default names for captured files, check the Don’t ask me to rename files again option in the dialog box that appears after recording. Captured Clips Area Options Captured clips appear in the Captured Clips area.
Capturing Media Capture from DV Camcorder DV camcorders are popular among video hobbyists, as they record in a digital format that does not require conversion before being used on a computer, and often provide a number of advanced recording options. You can capture a single scene or a number of scenes in a batch from your camcorder. Procedures for both methods are described below. Capture a Single Scene You can capture a single segment of video from your camcorder.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 2. Click to open the DV camcorder capture function. (You may have to wait a few moments as PowerDirector switches devices.) 3. Locate the position at which you would like to begin capturing. You may do this in one of the following ways: • Use the playback buttons. • Drag the time slider. • Enter a timecode, then click 4. to seek to that timecode. Set your capture options (if necessary). See Capture Options on p.18.
Capturing Media • Click 6. to stop capture before completion. Enter a name in the dialog box that appears. The clips you have captured appear in the Captured Clips area. Batch Capture Batch capturing may seem intimidating, but in reality, it is an incredibly convenient method of capturing multiple video clips automatically. If you take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with batch capturing, you will save yourself loads more time when you capture video from your camcorder.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 2. Click to open the DV device capture function. (You may have to wait a few moments as PowerDirector switches devices.) 3. Set your capture options (if necessary). See Capture Options on p.18. • Check Non-realtime to continue processing captured video after the original video stops playing in order to ensure that no frames are dropped. 4. 28 Click . The DV QuickScan dialog box opens.
Capturing Media • Click Note for important information on how to use the DV 5. QuickScan function. Locate the position at which you would like to begin scanning for intervals. You may do this in one of the following ways: • Use the playback buttons. • Drag the time slider. • Enter a timecode, then click 6. 7. to seek to that timecode. Click Start to start scanning for intervals. PowerDirector scans for intervals. Click Stop after all of the video segments you want to capture have been scanned.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 intervals to combine all checked intervals in sequence or to merge all of the clips in an interval that you can set. 9. Click Start to begin batch capture. PowerDirector rewinds your tape to the position of first clip, then begins capturing all of the intervals you have checked. The video plays in the preview window as you capture. The clips you have captured appear in the Captured Clips area. • Click Stop to if you want to stop the capture process. 10.
Capturing Media Manual Batch Capture Using manual batch capture gives you more control over the capturing process and ensures that the scenes you want to include are captured. Manual batch capturing is recommended when you are sure which scenes you want to capture and have a good idea where they are located on the tape. To perform a manual batch capture, do this: Note: Make sure your camcorder is in VCR mode before capturing. 1. Click to open Capture mode. 2.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 4. Click opens. . The DV Manual Scan/Batch Capture dialog box 5. Navigate to the mark in time by doing one of the following: • Click inside the timecode box, enter a time using your keyboard, then press the Enter key. • Use the playback buttons. 6. 32 Click to set the mark in point.
Capturing Media 7. Navigate to the mark out time, then click to set the mark out point. The intervals you set appear in the pane to the right of the preview window. Note: You can continue to set intervals of clips to capture. Each interval, however, must have a duration of at least two frames. 8. Click Start to begin batch capture. PowerDirector rewinds your tape to the position of first clip, then begins capturing all of the intervals you have checked.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Capture from HDV Camcorder HDV camcorders are also quite popular among video enthusiasts, as they record in a digital format that does not require conversion before being used on a computer, and often provide a number of advanced recording options. You can capture scenes from your HDV camcorder into PowerDirector. The procedure is described below. To capture a single scene from a HDV camcorder, do this: Note: Make sure your camcorder is in VCR mode before capturing. 1.
Capturing Media • Enter a timecode, then click 4. 5. to seek to that timecode. Set your capture options (if necessary). See Capture Options on p.18. Click to begin capture. The video plays in the preview window as you capture. • Click 6. to stop capture before completion. Enter a name in the dialog box that appears. The clips you have captured appear in the Captured Clips area.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Capture from TV You may wish to add segments from your favorite TV programs to your movie production, or simply record other segments for different uses. To capture from TV, do this: 1. Click to open Capture mode. 2. Click to open the TV capture function. (You may have to wait a few moments as PowerDirector switches devices.) 3. Set your capture options (if necessary). • Click 4. if you have CATV, or click if your TV has an antenna. Locate the channel you want to capture.
Capturing Media 5. Click to begin capture. 6. Click to stop capture. 7. Enter a name in the dialog box that appears. The clips you have captured appear in the Captured Clips area.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Capture from Digital TV You may wish to add segments from your favorite Digital TV programs to your movie production, or simply record other segments for different uses. To capture from Digital TV, do this: 1. Click to open Capture mode. 2. Click to open the Digital TV capture function. (You may have to wait a few moments as PowerDirector switches devices.) 3. Set your capture options (if necessary). • Click 4. if you have not yet setup your digital TV channel.
Capturing Media 5. Click to begin capture. 6. Click to stop capture. 7. Enter a name in the dialog box that appears. The clips you have captured appear in the Captured Clips area.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Capture from Webcam Webcams (also known as PC cameras) are inexpensive, handy video cameras that you can use for simple video capturing. To capture from webcam, do this: 40 1. Click to open Capture mode. 2. Click to open the webcam capture function. (You may have to wait a few moments as PowerDirector switches devices.) 3. Set your capture options (if necessary). See Capture Options on p.18. 4. Click to begin capture. 5. Click to stop capture. 6.
Capturing Media Capture from Microphone Your movie may require a narrative voice-over, or you may elect to record dialog in a studio for better acoustics. No matter what kind of audio tracks you record, they can be captured with a microphone for use in your PowerDirector project. To capture from microphone, do this: 1. Click 2. Click to open the microphone capture function. (You may have to wait a few moments as PowerDirector switches devices.) 3. Set your capture options (if necessary).
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 42 5. Click to begin capture. Recording begins after a threesecond countdown. 6. Click to stop capture.
Capturing Media Rip Audio Tracks from CD Using your favorite music can help you to create a really fun, personalized movie. If you have music stored on an audio CD, you can rip the songs you want and then add them as audio tracks in PowerDirector. To rip audio tracks from CD, do this: 1. Click to open Capture mode. 2. Click to open the CD capture function. (You may have to wait a few moments as PowerDirector switches devices.) 3. Select a drive. 4. Select the track you want to rip. 5.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Record a Voice-Over The Voice-Over Recording Room contains controls for recording a narration from a microphone while watching the video clip the voice-over is destined to accompany. When you capture your narration, the audio track is synchronized with the video portion. Recording options buttons Record/Stop button Recording volume controls To record a voice-over, do this: 1. Click 2. Set your voice-over options. See Capture Options on p.18.
Capturing Media • Enter a timecode in the timecode box. 4. Drag the Recording volume level slider to set the input volume level. 5. Click to begin recording. Record your voice-over as you watch the video in the preview window. 6. Click 7. Click to stop recording. to close the Voice-Over Recording Room.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Add Text Captions You may add captions to the DV/TV media clips you wish to capture. Captions can be a date code, time code, or a short remark. To set your text captions options, go to the TV capture function or DV capture function and click . The Add text overlay on captured video dialog box opens, displaying the Overlay Text tab. Available options are as follows: • Add Date Code: Check this option to add a date code on your captured video.
Chapter 3: Creating Your Story This chapter discusses how to work with project files, import media into the Library, and manage clips in both the Library and the workspace. It also describes how to view project information and to preview your movie during production. This chapter contains the following sections: • Working with Project Files on p.48 • Preferences on p.50 • The Library on p.55 • Managing Media in the Library on p.58 • Managing Clips in the Workspace on p.65 • Set Chapters on p.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Working with Project Files This section describes working with PowerDirector project files. These are the basic commands for managing new and existing projects. Create a New Project To create a new project file, click File > New Project. If an unsaved project file is open in the workspace, you are prompted to save it. Save a Project To save the current project file, click File > Save Project.
Creating Your Story View Project Properties You can view such project properties as the creation date, the author’s name, associated keywords, etc. To view project properties, click File > Project Properties....
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Preferences CyberLink PowerDirector offers a range of choices to set your video production environment to better suit the way you work. File Preferences To set your file preferences, click Edit > Preferences... The Preferences dialog box opens, displaying the File tab. Available options are as follows: • Import directory: Set the folder where PowerDirector looks • • • • • 50 by default for media clips when you load media files.
Creating Your Story • Number of recently used file projects: Enter a number (between 0 and 20) of recently used files that you would like to make available in the File menu when you open PowerDirector. • Automatically load the most recent project when PowerDirector opens: Check this option to load the project you have been working on most recently whenever you open PowerDirector. General Preferences To set your general preferences, click Edit > Preferences... The Preferences dialog box opens.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Editing Preferences • Default workspace: Select to open the Timeline or Storyboard workspace in PowerDirector by default. • Link objects across tracks when moving/deleting content in Video track: links title, effect, music, and PiP clips to clips in the Video track. Checking this option moves these other clips when a clip in the Video track moves. Uncheck this option to treat Timeline tracks separately and does not bind other tracks to the Video track.
Creating Your Story Produce Preferences • Output only selected tracks: Check this option to out only the selected tracks, the tracks that are not selected will not be produced. • Preview during production: Check to enable the video preview window during production. Uncheck to disable the preview window during production and reduce production time.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Set the Project’s Aspect Ratio Before you start working on your project, you should set your movie’s aspect ratio. The default aspect ratio is 4:3. If you are viewing your movie on a widescreen TV you may change the aspect ratio to 16:9, provided that the media clips you have are also in widescreen format. To modify the aspect ratio for a clip, see Adjust a Video Clip’s Aspect Ratio on p.93. To set the aspect ratio for your movie, click Edit > Aspect Ratio > 4:3 or 16:9.
Creating Your Story The Library The Library is the storeroom in which all of the media clips used in your projects are kept. In addition, the Library displays all of the different types of effects that can be applied to media clips. The Library appears as follows: Load media button Filter drop-down list Library menu button Detect scenes button Library contents Which contents the Library displays depends on the edit function button you click.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Each of these buttons opens an editing ‘room’ dedicated to a specific task. By default, the Library opens to the Media Room. However, the Library retains the same buttons and functions in each of these views. Media Room The Media Room is the storage area for the media that you will use in your video editing project. Which type of media clips appear in the Media Room depends on the selection you make in the Filter drop-down list.
Creating Your Story Audio Mixing Room The Audio Mixing Room contains audio mixing controls for the different audio tracks in the workspace. For more information, see Mix Audio Levels in the Audio Mixing Room on p.96. Voice-Over Recording Room The Voice-Over Recording Room contains controls for recording a narration from a microphone while watching the video clip the voice-over is destined to accompany. For more information, see Record a Voice-Over on p.44.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Managing Media in the Library After you have obtained the media files you want to work with, the next step is to add them into the Library (where they become media “clips”) in order to make them available for your movie. Once your clips are loaded, you can change the display of your media clips in the Library and delete unnecessary clips.
Creating Your Story Import a Media Folder To import all of the media files in a particular folder, do this: 1. Click to open the Media Room. 2. Click opens. 3. Locate the folder you want to open, then click OK. All of the media files in that folder are loaded into the Library. and select Import a Media Folder.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Remove a Clip from the Library To remove a media clip from the Library, do this: 1. Click to open the Media Room. 2. Select the clip(s) you want to remove, then do one of the following: • Press the Delete key. • Click and select Delete selected. • Right-click the clip(s), then select Remove from Library or Delete from disk. Note: The Remove from Library option makes the clip unavailable in the Library but does not affect the original media file on your hard disk.
Creating Your Story Rename a Clip in the Library Clips you import into the Library retain their original file names, which are often non descriptive and difficult to use in a video editing project. By using an alias, you can rename any clip in the Library to better suit your project. (For example, you may wish to use the alias “first video clip” instead of “video_005.mpg.) To rename a clip using an alias, do this: 1. Right-click the clip you want to rename and select Use Alias. 2.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 View Clip Properties If you need to view information about a media clip in the Library or the workspace (such as its format, file path, size, frame rate, etc.), you can view the clip’s properties. To view clip properties, right-click the clip and select Properties. The Properties dialog box opens.
Creating Your Story Detect Scenes in a Video Clip The scene detection function automatically creates individual clips based on the individual scenes contained within a video clip. Detected scenes are not split from the original clip, but can be added to the workspace like any other media clip. Likewise, they may also be merged together or removed entirely without changing the original video clip. To detect scenes in a video clip in the Library, do this: 1.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 5. AVI clip that contains multiple time codes (i.e.: time codes are automatically set when you start and stop recording) and you wish to split up your clip in this manner, select Detect by changing of timecodes. Otherwise, use Detect by changing of video frames. Locate the position at which you would like to begin detecting scenes. You may do this in one of the following ways: • Use the playback buttons. • Drag the time slider. • Enter a timecode. 6. Click Detect.
Creating Your Story Managing Clips in the Workspace The edit interface consists of a workspace to which you can add clips. You can set which view opens by default in the Preferences dialog box. You can also switch views by clicking the Timeline or Storyboard buttons.You can load media and effect clips into specific tracks in the workspace, move them to different locations in your story, and delete them from the workspace.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Media Tracks The Timeline contains the following tracks: Track Description Contains your movie’s main video and/or image clips. Contains special effects that apply to the video or image clip in the Video track at the same location. Contains video/image clips, which are overlaid on any clip in the Video track that appears during the PiP effect’s duration. Contains title effects that appear over any clips in the Video track that occur during the title effect’s duration.
Creating Your Story you are working on. To display a track that has been hidden in the Timeline, first click in the Preview window, then click at the extreme left of the track. For more information, see Preview Your Movie in the Preview Window on p.79. Resizing the Ruler You can resize the ruler for a more expanded or more condensed view of your production. To resize the ruler, click inside the ruler and drag.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Storyboard View You can switch to Storyboard view while editing your movie for a simpler view of the clips that your movie contains. To switch to storyboard view, click 68 .
Creating Your Story Add a Clip to the Workspace The different types of clips may only be added to specific tracks. The sections below describe the procedures for adding each kind of media clip into the workspace. Note: You may prefer to add clips in Storyboard view, since this view is simpler than the Timeline view. However, clips can only be added to the Video track in this view. Therefore, this section uses the Timeline view in all of the procedures.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Add Color Boards Using color boards allows you to insert solid frames of color into your movie. You might, for example, want to fade in to or out from a certain color, or add a solid background to a picture-in-picture effect. Color boards are not media files as such, but they can be applied to the workspace and managed in the Library just like video and image clips. You can add color boards to either the Video or the PiP track. To add a color board to the workspace, do this: 1.
Creating Your Story Add Audio Clips Using audio clips allows you to add background music or a narrative voice-over to your movie. PowerDirector provides two tracks for audio media (the Music and Voice tracks), which you can use interchangeably. Note: Audio files can only be added to the workspace in Timeline view. If you drag an audio file to the workspace in Storyboard view, the workspace automatically switches to Timeline view. To add an audio clip to the workspace, do this: 1. Click 2.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • You can randomly add an effect at the current position of the Timeline slider. Click , then select the random option. Add a Title Effect The procedure below describes how to add a title effect to the Timeline. To add a title effect to the Timeline, do this: 1. Click to open the Title Room. 2. Drag an effect from the Title Room into the desired position in the Title track.
Creating Your Story Move a Clip in the Workspace Once a clip has been added to the workspace, you can drag it to a different location on the track it is currently located in. (Only audio clips can be dragged between tracks.) You may find moving media clips easier in Storyboard view, especially if the clip has an extremely short duration, or if you need to move it a relatively long distance over the workspace.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Align Clips in the Timeline You can align PiP, effect, and title clips to the edge of the clip above them in the Video track to ensure that their starting and ending times coincide. To align a clip, right-click it in the timeline, then select Align to Edge. The Align to Edge dialog box opens. The Align Left tab displays options for stretching the clip’s left edge.
Creating Your Story Remove a Clip from the Workspace To remove a clip from the workspace, select the clip(s) you want to remove, then do one of the following: • Press the Delete key. • Click the Delete button. • Right-click the clip, then select Delete. Replace an Effect in the Timeline You can replace any effect in the Timeline with a different effect that you select in the Effect Room without having to delete one effect and add another. To replace an effect in the Timeline, do this: 1.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Set Chapters Chapters allow for ease of navigation on a disc. If you set chapters on your disc, viewers can jump from the menu page to the start of these chapters in order to skip previous content. However, you may choose not to include chapters. If you do not set chapters, your movie plays automatically when the disc is inserted into a player. To set chapters automatically, do this: 1. Click to open the Chapter Setting Room in the Library. 2.
Creating Your Story • Click to remove all of the chapter points you have set. You can customize the thumbnail image for your chapter menu button. To set a chapter thumbnail, do this: 1. Select the chapter whose thumbnail you want to change. 2. Drag the timeline slider and navigate to the location of the new thumbnail image in the timeline. (Use the Preview window to preview your thumbnail image.) 3. Click to set the chapter thumbnail to the new image.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Viewing SVRT Information SVRT (Smart Video Rendering Technology) is a proprietary rendering technology from CyberLink that recognizes which portions of a movie clip have been modified (and therefore require rendering during production), and which portions of a movie clip have not been changed (and thus can be skipped over during rendering). By viewing SVRT information, you can simulate the production process. Note: For more information on SVRT, see SVRT2: When Can I Use it? on p.
Creating Your Story Preview Your Movie Before you commit your movie to disc, it’s a good idea to preview it to make sure all of your clips and effects are working to create the movie you want. It is highly recommended that you preview your movie at least once before production so you can solve problems without spending time unnecessarily in production.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Preview Your Movie in the Media Viewer To preview your movie in the Media Viewer, do this: 1. Click the Movie button in the preview window. 2. Click and select Instant Preview with Media Viewer. The Media Viewer opens. • You may drag an edge or a corner to resize the Media Viewer window. • You may preview your movie in different resolutions: High (640x480), Normal (320x240), or Low (160x120). Click and select the resolution you want.
Chapter 4: Editing Clips This chapter discusses how to load media into the Library for use in your projects, how to add your media clips to the workspace, then how to manipulate and edit media clips once they are loaded into the workspace. Adding and manipulating media clips allows you to construct the framework of your movie production - to lay out and organize the story you want to tell. This chapter contains the following sections: • Editing Media Clips on p.82 • Using Magic Tools on p.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Editing Media Clips ‘Editing’ is a broad term that encompasses a number of different functions: you can, for example, trim unwanted sections from video or audio clips, increase or decrease the speed of a video clip, or apply a special effect. This section describes all of the editing processes that you can perform on the different types of media clips. Note: The functions in this section can only be performed in Timeline view.
Editing Clips Trim a Video or Audio Clip Video clips captured from external capture devices often contain unwanted portions at the beginning, between scenes, or at the end. These unwanted portions can easily be removed in PowerDirector using the Trim function. Likewise, if you want to tailor your audio clip to fit the duration of a video clip, you can easily trim your audio clip to a desired length. Note: Trimming a video or audio clip does not delete any portion of the content.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 5. Click to close the option panel. Perform a Multiple Trim You can trim multiple portions from a video clip, resulting in individual clips, which are independent of the original clip. You can also detect scenes using the Multi Trim tool. Detected scenes, by contrast, are not split from the original clip, but are simply divisions contained within it. To perform a multiple trim on a video clip, do this: 1. Select the clip you want to modify. 2. Click Multi Trim.
Editing Clips • To view the timeline more clearly, click timeline magnifier. Click 5. to zoom in or to open the to zoom out. Navigate to the mark out time, then click to set the mark out point. The scene you set appears in the pane to the right of the preview window. • To detect scenes automatically, click . For more information, see Detect Scenes in a Video Clip on p.63. • To remove a scene, click Remove.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 2. Position your cursor at one end of the clip and drag the end of the clip to the new position. Note: You can drag the edge of a clip to lengthen it or to shorten it. If you compress the start of a video or audio clip, playback begins at a later frame within the clip. If you compress the ending, playback ends at an earlier frame within the clip.
Editing Clips Trim a Video Clip Using Precise Cut If you need to trim video extremely accurately (for example at the frame level), use the Precise Cut feature in the Media Editor window. The Media Editor is a large, resizable preview window that offers a magnified timeline that is particularly useful for accurate trimming of longer videos. To trim a video clip using Precise Cut in the Media Editor, do this: 1. 2. Select the clip you want to modify. Click Trim.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 7. Click to close the Media Editor window. Mute an Entire Media Clip You may wish to mute the audio output of an entire media clip. To do this, right-click the clip and check Mute Clip. Any audio volume keys you have added are hidden. To unmute the track, right-click the track and uncheck Mute Clip. The audio volume keys you have added are restored. Mute an Entire Track You may wish to mute the audio output of an entire track.
Editing Clips Change the Speed of a Video Clip Slow-motion or fast-motion effects can grab your audience’s attention as well as break up the rhythm of a movie. Note: Video clips can be located in either the Video or PiP track. To change the speed of a video clip, do this: 1. Select the clip you want to modify. 2. Click Speed. The speed option panel opens. 3. Set the new speed (between .5x and 2x). You may do this in one of two ways: • Drag the slider to increase or decrease the speed.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Stretch the Audio Portion of a Video Clip When you alter the speed of a video clip, you may wish to stretch the audio portion at the same proportion as the video portion. To change the speed of a video clip, do this: 1. 2. 3. Select the clip you want to modify. Click Speed. The speed option panel opens. Click Stretch Audio. This option stretches the video clip’s audio portion (between .5x and 2x). The pitch of the audio portion remains unchanged to avoid unexpected audio results.
Editing Clips • Sharpness: the clarity of details in the image 4. Click to close the option panel. Edit an Image Clip in PhotoNow! To edit an image in the CyberLink PhotoNow! program, select an image clip, then click the PhotoNow! button. PhotoNow! is the quickest way to touch-up your photos. You can resize, crop, rotate, remove red eye, adjust the color and brightness, and more. For more information on using the CyberLink PhotoNow! program, see that program’s online help.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Set a Video Clip’s Interlacing Format All video clips have an interlacing (TV) format, which specifies how frames are displayed. Using video clips with conflicting (or incorrect) TV formats can result in degraded video quality in your final production. Before you produce your movie, set all of the video clips to the same format.
Editing Clips Adjust a Video Clip’s Aspect Ratio All video clips usually come in two aspect ratios, 4:3 and 16:9. Depending on your media clips and the medium you will be using to view your movie, you can adjust your movie’s aspect ratio accordingly. Before you produce your movie, set the aspect ratio for all of the video clips so that it matches the aspect ratio of your project. Depending on the aspect ratio of your project and the aspect ratio of your clips, you have two options available.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 If your project aspect ratio is 16:9 and you wish to produce movies with clips of 4:3 aspect ratio, do this: 1. Right-click the video clip whose aspect ratio you want to adjust and select Set Aspect Ratio. The Clip Aspect Ratio Settings dialog box opens. 2. Select an aspect ratio option: • If you know that the aspect ratio of your clip is 4:3, select the 3. 94 option The aspect ratio of the select video is 4:3 and choose an option from the dropdown list.
Editing Clips Change Audio Clip Volume Levels Your movie may contain audio portions in the Music track, the Voice track, as well as in the video clips you have added. Since all of these tracks have probably been recorded at different levels, the result of so many audio sources can produce an overwhelming and confusing sound track. However, the audio levels of all of these different tracks can be mixed to produce a more harmonious sound track to your movie.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Mix Audio Levels in the Audio Mixing Room Using the Audio Mixer in the Audio Mixing Room gives you very precise control over the volume levels of the audio clips in the workspace. The Audio Mixer contains audio mixing controls for the different audio tracks in the workspace. The Audio Mixing Room appears as follows: Audio mixing controls To mix audio in the Audio Mixing Room, do this: 1. Click . The Audio Mixing Room opens. 2. Click Play. 3.
Editing Clips Add a Fade Effect to an Audio Clip To add a fade-in/fade-out effect to an audio clip, do this: 1. Click 2. Click the button corresponding to the type of fade effect you want: 3. . The Audio Mixing Room opens. • Click to add a fade-in effect. • Click to add a fade-out effect. Click to close the Audio Mixing Room.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Using Magic Tools PowerDirector’s Magic Tools make working with audio, video, and image clips easier than ever before. PowerDirector offers the following Magic Tools: • Magic Clean: Cleans audio, video, and image clips. • Magic Motion: Zooms and pans image clips. • Magic Cut: Automatically condenses long video segments into shorter clips that contain only the best moments. • Magic Fix: Fixes shaking videos, remove red-eyes and enhance the focus on photos.
Editing Clips Magic Clean PowerDirector’s Magic Clean tool can be used to clean up image files, video files, as well as audio files. The Magic Clean tool can help revitalize your project by making your media clips cleaner, sharper, and brighter and your audio files crisper and clearer. Perform Magic Clean on an Image Clip When applied to image clips, PowerDirector’s Magic Clean tool enhances the image for a sharper, brighter picture.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • Compare qualities in split preview: This option is only available with White Balance. Check this option to compare your changes in a split preview. • Apply to all photo clips: Check this option to apply your changes to all the photo clips in the project. Perform Magic Clean on a Video Clip When applied to video clips, PowerDirector’s Magic Clean tool automatically adjusts the video output for a sharper, brighter picture.
Editing Clips • Compare video qualities in split preview: Check this option to compare your changes in a split preview. • Apply to all clips: Check this option to apply your changes to all the video clips in the project. The following options are available under the Clean Audio Tab: • Apply CyberLink Noise Reduction to remove audio noise: Check this option to enable Magic Clean for audio. • Noise Type: Filters out noise from the audio track. Drag the slider to remove more or less noise.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Perform Magic Clean on an Audio Clip The Magic Clean tool is ideal for use with audio clips that were recorded outdoors, in a room with poor acoustics - even in a car or other noisy location. The Magic Clean tool uses CLNR (CyberLink Noise Reduction) technology to improve output audio. To perform Magic Clean on an audio clip, select the clip in the timeline, then click . The Magic Clean pane opens.
Editing Clips Magic Motion PowerDirector’s Magic Motion tool zooms or pans an image clip, creating a motion effect in your final movie. The Magic Motion tool is ideal for turning slide shows into engaging presentations - especially when combined with Magic Music. To perform Magic Motion on an image clip, select the clip in the timeline’s Video track, then click . The Magic Motion pane opens.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Magic Cut You can fit a video clip to a specific time by automatically cutting out unnecessary portions and keeping only the best moments. The Magic Cut feature uses “magic” video technology to locate and keep the most interesting moments, while discarding sections of lesser importance. The Magic Cut tool is ideal for condensing long video segments into shorter clips - for example, cutting one hour of video down to ten minutes.
Editing Clips • : Move the selected audio file up the background music list. : Move the selected audio file down the background music list. • New Duration: Enter the duration you would like to give to the clip (in hours:minutes:seconds:frames). • Original Duration: Indicates the original duration of the video file. • The Criteria tab defines the rules used by Magic Cut to determine how to cut a video.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 To perform Magic Fix on a video clip, select the clip in the timeline, then click . The Magic Fix pane opens. The following options are available: • Apply Video Stabilizer: Check this option to correct shaky video. Drag the slider to increase or decrease the level of correction. • Compare video qualities in split preview: Check this option to compare your changes in a split preview.
Editing Clips To perform Magic Fix on a photo, select the clip in the timeline, then click . The Magic Fix pane opens. The following options are available: • Remove Red-Eyes: Check this option to automatically detect faces and remove red-eyes. • Apply Re-focus: Check this option to enhance the focus on a photo. Drag the slider to increase or decrease the level of enhancement. • Apply to all photo clips: Check this option to apply your changes to all the photo clips in the project.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 To add a Magic Style to the timeline, do this: 1. Select one or more video clips in the timeline, then click The Magic Style pane opens. . 2. Select a Magic Style Template from the Library. 3. Click the Preview button to preview the result in the Preview window. 4. Click Apply to apply the template to the clip and update the timeline. You can modify the elements created by Magic Style later. Note: Magic Style Templates can be expanded through Online purchases.
Editing Clips 1. Click . The Magic Music pane opens. 2. Select a style from the drop-down menu. 3. Choose a song. 4. Set the desired duration in the duration box. 5. Select a variation, then drag it into the Music track. 6. Drag the clip’s border to a suitable duration.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Modifying Effects Most effects boast a number of options that you can set individually to increase or decrease the intensity of the effect, or to achieve more creative results. In fact, this section describes some of the most creative functions found within the PowerDirector program.
Editing Clips Set an Effect’s Duration The procedure below describes how to set the duration of a video, title, or transition effect. The procedure for PiP effects has only a slight difference. Set an Effect’s Duration Using the Duration Setting Box To set an effect’s duration using the Duration Setting box, do this: 1. Select the effect you want to modify. 2. Display the timecode box. You may do this in one of the following ways: • Video/title/transition effects: Click Duration.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Set an Effect’s Duration Manually You can set an effect’s duration manually by dragging the edges of the effect in the Timeline. The procedure for dragging the edges of an effect is the same for video, title, PiP, and transition effects. Note: Video clips used in a PiP cannot be lengthened beyond their original duration. Transitions can be lengthened to half of the duration of the shortest clip they affect. To set an effect’s duration manually, do this: 1.
Editing Clips Modifying a Video Effect Video effects are applied to the Effect track at the time position of the video or image clip(s) that you want to affect. Video effects only affect the clips in the Video track that appear within the effect’s duration. To modify a video effect, do this: 1. Select the video effect in the Effect track and click Modify. The Effect Modifications Options panel opens. 2. Set the intensity level of the video effect. A preview of the effect appears in the preview window.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Modifying a PiP Effect A picture-in-picture effect allows you to insert an image or a video into an existing image or video clip in your movie, effectively overlaying the picture-in-picture clip on top of the existing clip. You can modify the degree of transparency of the overlapping clip, as well as its position, motion, and other properties. PiP effects have many options that you can modify independently.
Editing Clips Add a Border to a PiP Effect You can add a border around the clip in a PIP effect. Available options allow you to change the border’s color and size and to add a transparency or blur effect. To change the border of a PiP effect, do this: 1. Select the PiP effect video clip that you want to modify, then click Modify. The PiP Modification Options panel opens. 2. Click 3. Set the PiP border options that you want to apply: . The PiP Designer opens.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Option Description Uniform color Check to set the border in a single color. Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select a color. Gradient color Check to set the border in a color gradient. Begin Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select the color at the start of the gradient. End Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select the color at the end of the gradient.
Editing Clips Add a Shadow to a PiP Effect You can add a shadow around the clip in a PIP effect. Available options allow you to change the shadow’s color and size and to add a transparency or blur effect. To add a shadow to a PiP effect, do this: 1. Select the PiP effect video clip that you want to modify, then click Modify. The PiP Modification Options panel opens. 2. Click 3. Set the PiP shadow options that you want to apply: . The PiP Designer opens.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Option Description Transparency Drag the slider to increase or decrease the transparency of the shadow. Color picker Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select the color of the shadow. Shadow direction Click a dimple to indicate the direction of the shadow. Note: Whenever you set an option in the PiP Designer, a preview of the effect is instantly displayed. 4. 118 Click OK to close the PiP Designer.
Editing Clips Add Motion to a PiP Effect You can add a motion to the clip in a PIP effect. Available options allow you to set the start and end locations, add a fade-in or fade-out, and begin or end the effect off screen. To add motion to a PiP effect, do this: 1. Select the PiP effect video clip that you want to modify, then click Modify. The PiP Modification Options panel opens. 2. Click 3. Set the PiP motion options that you want to apply: . The PiP Designer opens.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Option Description Fade-in Check this option if you want the PiP clip to fade in at the beginning of the effect. PiP ending position Select the position at which you want the PiP clip to end its motion from the dropdown list. (Select Still if you do not want the PiP clip to move at the end of the effect.) End off screen Check this option if you want the PiP clip to end off screen. Fade-out Check this option if you want the PiP clip to fade out at the end of the effect.
Editing Clips Add a Color Filter to a PiP Effect When you add a color filter to a clip in a PiP effect, portions of the underlying clip show through the overlaid clip wherever the selected color occurs. To add a color filter to a PiP effect, do this: 1. 2. 3. 4. Click the media clip in the PiP track you want to modify, then click Modify. The PiP Modification Options panel opens. Check Apply color filter. This filters the selected color out of the image (i.e.: makes that color transparent).
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 from the drop-down list, then click the or the button to zoom out. 5. button to zoom in Set a Tolerance level to extend or restrict the range of colors affected by the filter. Do this in one of the following ways: • Drag the Tolerance level slider. • Click the button to increase the level or the decrease the level. 6. 122 button to Click to close the options panel and return to the normal Library view.
Editing Clips Modify a PiP Effect’s Size and Position You can change both the size and the position of the media clip in a PiP effect. Resizing options are unrestricted. You can reduce the clip to miniature size or enlarge it to completely obscure the underlying media file. To modify a PiP effect’s size and position, do this: 1. Click the media clip in the PiP track, then click Modify. The PiP Modification Options panel opens. 2.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Modify a Title Effect Using title effects allows you to add text to your movie - as a title at the beginning, an element during the main story, or as credits at the very end. Besides changing the look of the text itself, you can also send the text running on a path across the screen. Title effects only affect the clips in the Video track that appear within the effect’s duration.
Editing Clips Click to save the currently selected template as My favorites. Modify a Title Effect’s Font Face You can modify the font used in a title effect, including the size, color, font type used, weight, alignment, transparency, and blur effect. Further tools aid in the precise positioning of the title on the screen and indicate the on-screen area that is safe for TV display. 1. Select a title effect in the Title track, then click Modify. The Title Designer opens. 2. Click tab.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 3. 126 Click to open the font face settings if it is not already opened.
Editing Clips 4. Set the text font face options that you want to apply Option Description Click to select a font type. Click to select a font size. Click to make text bold. Click to make text Italicized. Click to left-align text. Click to center-align text. Click to right-align text. Click to undo changes. Click to redo changes. Click to bring selected object forward. Click to send selected object backward. Click to insert a new title.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Option Description Click to insert a new image. Click to cut selected object. Click to copy selected object. Click to paste selected object. Click to add/remove grid lines that can aid in the precise positioning of text on the screen. Grid lines do not appear when you preview or produce your movie.
Editing Clips Option Description Transparency Drag the slider to increase or decrease the transparency of the font face. Uniform color Check to set the font face in a single color. Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select a color. Gradient color Check to set the font face in a color gradient. Begin Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select the color at the start of the gradient.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Add a Shadow to a Title Effect You can add a shadow around the text in a title effect. Available options allow you to change the shadow’s color and size and to add a transparency or blur effect. 130 1. Select a title effect in the Title track, then click Modify. The Title Designer opens. 1. Click the 1. Click 2. Set the text shadow options that you want to apply: tab. to open the Shadow settings. Option Description Apply shadow Check to apply the shadow settings.
Editing Clips 3. Option Description Transparency Drag the slider to increase or decrease the transparency of the font face. Fill shadow Check to fill in the gap between the shadow and the font face. Color picker Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select the color of the shadow. Shadow direction Click a dimple to indicate the direction of the shadow. Click OK to close the Title Designer.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Apply a Border to a Title Effect You can add a border around the text in a title effect. Available options allow you to change the border’s color and size and to add a transparency or blur effect. 132 1. Select a title effect in the Title track, then click Modify. The Title Designer opens. 1. Click the 1. Click 2. Set the text border options that you want to apply: tab. to open the Border settings. Option Description Apply border Check to apply the border settings.
Editing Clips Option Description Transparency Drag the slider to increase or decrease the transparency of the border. Uniform color Check to fill in the gap between the border and the font face. Gradient color Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select the color of the border. Start color Click the eyedropper to open the Color dialog box, in which you can select the color at the start of the gradient.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Apply Animation to a Title Effect You can apply animations to a title effect. Animations can be applied to all the text objects in the title effect or to individual text objects in the title effect. You can apply either a beginning animation, an ending animation or both. 1. Select a title effect in the Title track, then click Modify. The Title Designer opens. 2. Click the 3. Select the text object you wish to animate in the Objects list. tab.
Editing Clips Apply Background Image to a Title Effect You can apply your own background images to a title effect. Background image is applied to the entire title effect. 1. Select a title effect in the Title track, then click Modify. The Title Designer opens. 2. Click the 3. Select the background you wish to use from the Background Image list. tab. • If you don’t see a background image you like you can use 4. your own image. Click to add a new image.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Preview a Clip As you add media to your production, it is important to preview the effect your media clips have on the story you are telling. You may want to preview imported clips, for example, to verify their content, or to preview clips you have captured to see if they contain sections you need to trim. Preview Window The easiest way to preview a media clip is by playing it in the preview window to the right of the Library.
Editing Clips Preview a Clip in the Preview Window To preview a media clip in the preview window, do this: 1. Click the clip or effect you want to preview. The clip appears in the preview window. Note: When previewing clips in the workspace, ensure that the preview window is in Clip mode. If the preview is in Movie mode, click the Clip button before previewing a clip. 2. Locate the point at which you want to begin your preview. You may do this in one of the following ways: • Drag the Timeline slider.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 4. Use the playback buttons to control the preview. Media Viewer The Media Viewer is similar to the preview window but offers additional functions for trimming video clips. Previewing clips in the Media Viewer gives you a larger preview picture than the preview window. The Media Viewer also allows you to preview media clips as well as your entire movie production in a large, resizable window.
Editing Clips Preview a Clip in the Media Viewer To preview a clip in the Media Viewer, do this: 1. Select the clip in the Timeline. The clip appears in the Preview window. 2. Click in the preview window. Select Instant Preview with Media Viewer. The clip appears in the Media Viewer. Note: You may also use Rendering Preview with Media Viewer, however the rendering process takes a long to complete 3. Locate the point at which you want to begin your preview.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • Drag the preview window slider. • Enter a timecode in the timecode box. 4. Press . The preview starts from the point you have specified. 5. Use the playback buttons to control the preview. Note: Use the slider in the magnified timeline for more precise preview control.
Chapter 5: Producing Your Movie After your movie has been completely edited, you are ready to produce your movie. Producing a movie simply means compiling (or rendering) the separate elements it contains into one playable movie file. As your movie can be destined for different uses, PowerDirector has several options to produce movies suited to any need. This chapter contains the following sections: • Production Mode on p.142 • The Production Wizard on p.143 • Create a File on p.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Production Mode When you click the button, PowerDirector enters Production mode, in which you can compile your movie into a file that is ready for a variety of destinations, including burning to disc. In Production mode, PowerDirector opens the Production Wizard.
Producing Your Movie The Production Wizard The Production Wizard is a simple interface that makes movie production easy. When you click opens. , the Production Wizard Note: Before producing your movie, make sure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 The opening window contains a preview window, a visual display of your hard disk space, and three buttons corresponding to the three production options available in The Production Wizard. These are described below: Button Description Create a File: Allows you to create a movie production that you can then watch on your computer See Create a File on p.145. Create a Streaming File: Allows you to create a movie production that you can then stream over the Internet.
Producing Your Movie Create a File You may want to produce your movie as a file that you can watch on your computer. PowerDirector allows you to create files in AVI, MPEG-1, or MPEG-2 format. The procedures for creating each of these file types are described in the section below. Create an AVI File There are two types of AVI files: DV-AVI or Windows AVI. DV-AVI To produce a DV-AVI movie that you can watch on your computer, do this: 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2. Click , then .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • Use SVRT to save rendering time: Keep this option checked (when it is enabled) to reduce production time. For more information on SVRT, see What is SVRT/SVRT II and when can I use it? on p.206 and SVRT, SVRT II on p.220. 6. Click . A dialog box opens. Set your options, if necessary: • Select Type I or Type II. For more information on these two types, see Type I and Type II on p.221. • Select High Quality or Medium Quality.
Producing Your Movie 7. Click . Production details appear on the page. Verify that these details are correct. • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click , then enter a new name or locate a new folder. • To ensure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format, click Scan source video clips and set field order. 8. Click . The production process begins. This process may take a few minutes. • To stop the production process before completion, click .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Windows AVI To produce a Windows AVI movie that you can watch on your computer, do this: 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2. Click , then . File generation production options appear on the page. 3. Select the AVI file format. 4. Select the Windows AVI format from the Profile Type dropdown list. 5. Select a video quality from the Profile Name drop-down list. • To review your production settings, click .
Producing Your Movie 6. Click . Production details appear on the page. Verify that these details are correct. • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click , then enter a new name or locate a new folder. • To ensure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format, click Scan source video clips and set field order. 7. Click . The production process begins. This process may take a few minutes. • To stop the production process before completion, click .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Create a DivX File You can create a DivX file for a number of different uses: as an email attachment, for playback on a media player, for viewing on a TV, or for writing to VHS tape. To produce a DivX movie, do this: 150 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2. Click , then . File generation production options appear on the page. 3. Select the DivX file format. 4. Select a video quality from the Profile Name drop-down list.
Producing Your Movie • To review your production settings, click . A dialog box opens, in which you can verify the profile’s details. 5. Click . Production details appear on the page. Verify that these details are correct. • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click , then enter a new name or locate a new folder. • To ensure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format, click Scan source video clips and set field order. 6. Click .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • To stop the production process before completion, click . • To return to Edit mode after production is complete, click . Create an MPEG-1/MPEG-2 File To produce an MPEG-1/MPEG-2 movie that you can watch on your computer, do this: 152 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2. Click , then . File generation production options appear on the page. 3. Select the MPEG-1/MPEG-2 file format. 4. Select a Country/Video format from the Country/Video Format drop-down list. 5.
Producing Your Movie • To review your production settings, click . A dialog box opens, in which you can verify the profile’s details. 7. Click . Production details appear on the page. Verify that these details are correct. • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click , then enter a new name or locate a new folder. • To ensure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format, click Scan source video clips and set field order. 8. Click .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • To stop the production process before completion, click . • To return to Edit mode after production is complete, click . Create a PSP File (Optional) To produce a PSP movie that you can watch on your Sony PSP, do this: 1. Click 2. Click , then . File generation production options appear on the page. 3. Select the PSP file format. 4. Select a video quality from the Profile Name drop-down list. • Click to open the Production Wizard. . A dialog box opens.
Producing Your Movie • To review your production settings, click . A dialog box opens, in which you can verify the profile’s details. 5. Click . Production details appear on the page. Verify that these details are correct. • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click , then enter a new name or locate a new folder. • To ensure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format, click Scan source video clips and set field order. 6. Click .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • To stop the production process before completion, click . • To return to Edit mode after production is complete, click . Create an AVC File (Optional) To produce an AVC MPEG4 movie that you can watch on your computer, do this: 156 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2. Click , then . File generation production options appear on the page. 3. Select the AVC MPEG4 file format. 4. Select your Country/Video format from the Country/Video Format drop-down list. 5.
Producing Your Movie • To review your production settings, click . A dialog box opens, in which you can verify the profile’s details. 7. Click . Production details appear on the page. Verify that these details are correct. • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click , then enter a new name or locate a new folder. • To ensure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format, click Scan source video clips and set field order. 8. Click .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • To stop the production process before completion, click . • To return to Edit mode after production is complete, click .
Producing Your Movie Create/Modify a Profile You can create a new profile, or modify an existing profile’s settings, in order to better suit your production needs. Modify Windows AVI Profile Settings 1. Click . A dialog box opens. Set your options, if necessary: • Compression Codec: Select a codec from the drop-down list. • Key Frame: This field, when available, allows you to set the • • • • number of key frames in your video, but this number cannot be set for most codecs.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 2. Click the Video/Audio Settings tab and set your options, if necessary: • Frame(s): Select a frame rate from the drop-down list. • Video Size: Select a video display size from the drop-down list. • Colors: Select a color scheme from the drop-down list. • Format: Select an audio format from the drop-down list. • Attributes: Select audio attributes from the drop-down list. • To verify the profile’s properties, click .
Producing Your Movie Modify DivX Profile Settings 1. Click . A dialog box opens. Set your options, if necessary: • Compression Codec: Select a codec from the drop-down list. • Key Frame: This field, when available, allows you to set the • • • • number of key frames in your video, but this number cannot be set for most codecs. For more information on key frames, see key frame on p.218. Data rate: Select a data rate from the drop-down list.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 2. Click the Video/Audio Settings tab and set your options, if necessary: • Frame(s): Select a frame rate from the drop-down list. • Video Size: Select a video display size from the drop-down list. • Colors: Select a color scheme from the drop-down list. • Format: Select an audio format from the drop-down list. • Attributes: Select audio attributes from the drop-down list. • To verify the profile’s properties, click .
Producing Your Movie Create a New MPEG-1/MPEG-2 Profile MPEG production profiles can be used when you produce a movie for a disc or when you create an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file. You can create custom production profiles if none of the existing profiles suit your specific production requirements. To create a new custom production profile, do this: 1. Click . The Profile Setup dialog box appears. 2. 3. Enter a new profile name.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • Smoothing: Check to produce a softer video image. Only use 4. this option if it was not used during capture, as it can result in slightly blurred video quality. • Noise removal: Check to remove video artefacts. Only use this option if it was not used during capture, as it can result in slightly blurred video quality. • Deinterlacing: Check to create deinterlaced video.
Producing Your Movie dialog appears, displaying the profile’s details. Click OK to close the dialog.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Create a Streaming File You may want to produce your movie as a video file that can be stored on a server for streaming over the Internet. PowerDirector allows you to create files in WMV, RealVideo, or QuickTime Movie format. The procedures for creating each of these file types are described in the section below. Create a WMV File for Streaming To produce a WMV movie that you can stream over the Internet, do this: 166 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2.
Producing Your Movie • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click , then enter a new name or locate a new folder. • To ensure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format, click Scan source video clips and set field order. Note: This is an extremely important step to take before producing your final movie, as it can drastically affect final video quality! 6. Click . The production process begins. This process may take a few minutes.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Create a RealVideo File for Streaming To produce a RealVideo movie that you can stream over the Internet, do this: 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2. Click , then appear on the page. 3. Select the RealVideo movie file format. 4. Enter the file’s properties: . Streaming file production options • Title: Enter a title for your movie. • Copyright: Enter copyright information for your movie. • Author: Enter author information for your movie.
Producing Your Movie • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click , then enter a new name or locate a new folder. • To ensure that all of your video clips have the same interlacing format, click Scan source video clips and set field order. Note: This is an extremely important step to take before producing your final movie, as it can drastically affect final video quality! 6. Click . The production process begins. This process may take a few minutes.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 3. Click the Settings tab and modify the Video, Audio, and Target Audience Settings, if necessary: 4. Click OK to close the dialog box. • To edit a custom production profile, click and edit the necessary information. • To delete a profile, click . A warning message appears, asking if you want to delete the profile. Click OK. The profile is deleted. • To view a profile’s production details, select the profile whose details you want to view, then click .
Producing Your Movie Create a QuickTime File for Streaming To produce a QuickTime movie that you can stream over the Internet, do this: 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2. Click , then appear on the page. 3. Select the QuickTime movie file format. 4. Select a production profile. For more information on profiles, see Create a New QuickTime Profile on p.173. 5. Click . Production details appear on the page. Verify that these details are correct. .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 6. Click . The production process begins. This process may take a few minutes. • To stop the production process before completion, click . • To return to Edit mode after production is complete, click .
Producing Your Movie Create a New QuickTime Profile To create a new custom production profile, do this: 1. Click . The Profile Setup dialog box appears. 2. Enter a new profile name. 3. Click the Video Compressor tab and set your Video Setting options: • Compressor Component: Select a compression scheme display size from the drop-down list. • Video Size: Select a video display size from the drop-down list. • Video Type: Select a video codec type from the drop-down list.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • Key Frame Rate: Use the arrows to set a key frame rate 4. (between 0 and 32). For information on key frames, see key frame on p.218. Click OK to close the dialog box. • To edit a custom production profile, click and edit the necessary information. • To delete a profile, click . A warning message appears, asking if you want to delete the profile. Click OK. The profile is deleted.
Producing Your Movie Write Back to DV Tape You may want to produce your movie in order to write it back to DV tape. This allows you to store your movie in a convenient, digital format that can easily be imported into another computer for further editing. To produce a movie that you can write back to DV tape, do this: 1. Click to open the Production Wizard. 2. Click , then on the page. 3. Click . Options for writing to disc appear .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 4. Click . Production details appear on the page. Verify that these details are correct. • You can change the video file name and destination folder. To do this, click folder. 5. , then enter a new name or locate a new Click . The production process begins. This process may take a few minutes. • To stop the production process before completion, click . • To return to Edit mode after production is complete, click .
Producing Your Movie 6. When production is complete, the Write to DV Tape dialog box opens. 7. Locate the position at which you would like to begin writing to tape. You may do this in one of the following ways: • Use the playback buttons. • Drag the time slider. • Enter a timecode in the timecode box. 8. Your produced movie file appears in a list in the window. • Click to add new files to the file list. Select a file and click to remove it from the file list.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 to tape overwrite any content currently on the tape at that position.) 10. Click Yes. Writing begins. • Click Abort to stop. • If successful, a confirmation message appears. 11. Click OK.
Chapter 6: Creating Disc This chapter discusses how to create a video disc after your movie has been completely edited. You can burn your movie onto VCD or DVD discs in three simple steps. Integrated authoring allows to you view your movie in the living room instantly after you have produced your movie. You will never have to launch another program again to create a video disc. This chapter contains the following sections: • Create Disc Mode on p.180 • Customize Your Disc’s Menu Page on p.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Create Disc Mode When you click the button, PowerDirector enters Create Disc mode, in which you can burn your movie onto a VCD or DVD disc. In Create Disc mode, the program appears as follows: Customize Menu options Author/Preview windows Create Disc Mode buttons The Create Disc mode is a simple interface that makes disc authoring easy. When you click , the Create Disc interface opens.
Creating Disc Customize Your Disc’s Menu Page Before you burn your movie to a disc, you must first create menus so that you can navigate around your disc. The Customize Menu pane gives you complete creative control over the look of your menu page. You can modify the appearance of the menu’s buttons, text, and overall layout. The layout of the Customize Menu options pane appears as follows: Select a Menu Page Template Menu page templates combine settings for background images, buttons, and frames.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Specify the Number of Buttons Per Menu Page To specify the number of buttons per menu page, do this: 1. Click Buttons Per Page. 2. Select the number of buttons you want per menu page. It will be automatically applied to the Preview window. Select a Button Frame Style To select a button frame style, do this: 1. Click Frame. 2. Select the button frame style you want to use. It will be automatically applied to the Preview window.
Creating Disc Save a Template as a Favorite File If you modify the settings on the Customize Menu pane, you can save those settings as a Favorite (.fl) file for later use. To save a template as a Favorite (.fl) file, click that opens, save the Favorite file. . In the dialog box Open a Favorite File as a Template After you save a template as a Favorite file, you can open it for use as a template. To open a Favorite file as a template, click opens, open a Favorite (.fl) file. .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 2. The Choose Menu Background Music dialog box opens. 3. Click to open an audio track. You may edit the audio file you have selected. The following options are available, if desired: • Select a fade in/out option. • Select to auto repeat the audio file. • Trim the audio file using the sliders on the trim bar. • Adjust the volume. 4. Click box. . The audio track appears in the Background music To remove the audio track, click .
Creating Disc To set a clip as first play, click and open the file that you want. Click to remove the file set as first play. Click first play video. to preview the View a Summary of Your Disc To view a detailed summary of your disc, click . The Summary dialog box opens listing the System Information and Production Information. Modify Your Create Disc Preference Click to modify your Create Disc Preference.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • Disc Capacity (DVD only): Select the disc capacity of your DVD disc. • Video Quality (DVD only): Select a video quality for your disc: DVD LP (Long Play), DVD SP (Standard Play), DVD HQ (High Quality), or Smart Fit. The video quality settings offer different bit rates, resulting in files of different size. The higher the quality of the video, the larger the resulting file and the shorter the length of video that can fit onto a disc.
Creating Disc • Default menu style: Specify your favorite style (.fl file) as the style for each new PowerDirector project. The following option is available under the Audio tab: • Apply CyberLink VirtualSpeaker to enhance background music: Check this option to enable CyberLink VirtualSpeaker to enhance background music. Choose between Living Room, Theater, and Stadium. Preview Your Disc’s Menu Page Click Preview to preview your menu page. Click a button to preview the chapter associated with the button.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Burn to Disc After you have acquired your media, assembled your story, edited your clips, added audio and visual effects, and customized the layout and look of your disc, then it’s time to finalize your production. CyberLink PowerDirector offers several methods to finalize your production, which are useful under different circumstances.
Creating Disc To set your burning configuration, do this: 1. Click to open the Burn window. 2. Click 3. 4. Select your recording drive. Select a recording speed. • The Include buffer under-run protection option ensures that your drive write without errors when your hard drive is busy or system resources are low. . The Burning Configuration window opens.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 5. Click OK to set your configuration and return to the Burn window. Burn Your Movie to Disc Burning your movie to disc is the final stage of the create disc process. Once it is burned, you will be able to play it on a disc player to share with your family and friends. To burn your movie to disc, do this: 1. Check the Burn to disc option on the Burn window. 2. Specify your burning options: • Enter the number of copies you want to make.
Creating Disc 2. Click , then select the directory where you want to save the DVD folder. Note: Creating a DVD folder overwrites existing data in a directory. 3. Click OK. The task begins immediately. PowerDirector displays the real-time progress. When the task is completed, a window appears, displaying a congratulatory message. Click OK to continue. Erase a Disc If you are using a rewritable disc, you can erase content that has been previously recorded onto it.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 192 3. Select an erasing method. • The Quick option erases the disc index contained on the disc. • The Full option erases all of the content the disc contains. 4. Click to start. PowerDirector displays the real-time progress of the task.
Appendix This chapter contains reference information to help answer questions you may have about the digital movie production process or about using CyberLink PowerDirector. This chapter contains the following sections: • Technical Support on p.194 • Hotkeys on p.196 • FAQ on p.205 • SVRT2: When Can I Use it? on p.209 • Disc Types & Formats on p.210 • Video Formats & Qualities on p.215 • Glossary on p.217 • Licensing and Copyright Notices on p.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Technical Support Before seeking technical support, please read your user's guide or online help, and check out the Readme file for more information. You may also contact your local distributor/dealer. If your problem is still not resolved, the following sections provide ways to obtain technical support from CyberLink. Web Support Web support is available 24 hours a day: support.gocyberlink.
Appendix Telephone Support You are welcome to call CyberLink's Technical Support Hotline at: (886) 2-8667-1298 Note: Technical support is only offered to registered users, so please make sure your CD-key is ready when calling. Phone support hours are: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Taiwan local time (GMT +8:00) excluding holidays.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Hotkeys PowerDirector allows you to employ a number of hotkeys to make working with video quicker and easier. These hotkeys are organized by function and described below.
Appendix Workspace Hotkeys Hotkey Function Tab Switch between Timeline/Storyboard Home Go to the beginning of clip/project End Go to the end of clip/project Alt+1 Opens the Magic Clean function Alt+2 Opens the Magic Motion function Alt+3 Opens the Magic Cut function Alt+4 Opens the Magic Fix function Alt+5 Opens the Magic Style function Alt+6 Opens the Magic Music function Ctrl + right arrow Go to next clip in the track (Clip mode) Ctrl + left arrow Go to previous clip in the track
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Hotkey Function Alt + L Lock all tracks except Master Video track Alt + U Unlock all tracks Alt + C Open Preferences Menu Hotkeys Hotkey Function Alt + F Open File menu Alt + E Open Edit menu Alt + V Open View menu Alt + T Open Capture menu Alt + P Open Playback menu Alt + H Open Help menu Smart Guide Hotkeys 198 Hotkey Function Ctrl + Alt + T Display Trim options Ctrl + Alt + S Display Speed options Ctrl + Alt + C Display Color options
Appendix Hotkey Function Ctrl + Alt + M Display Multi Trim options F2 Display PiP Modification Options/Title Designer/Effect Modification Options Settings Panel Hotkey Hotkey Function Ctrl + P Take a snapshot Main Panel Hotkeys Hotkey Function F1 Help Ctrl + + (plus) Increase volume Ctrl + - (minus) Decrease volume Ctrl + Backspace Mute/unmute Delete Delete selected item(s) Ctrl + Z Undo Ctrl + Y Redo Shift + F12 Show Hotkey list help F9 Switch to Capture mode 199
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 200 Hotkey Function F10 Switch to Edit mode F11 Switch to Produce mode F12 Switch to Create Disc mode
Appendix Library Hotkeys Hotkey Function F5 Open Media Room F6 Open Effect Room F7 Open Title Room F8 Open Transition Room Shift + F9 Open Audio Mixing Room Shift + F10 Open Voice-Over Recording Room Shift + F11 Open Chapter-Setting Room Ctrl + Enter Display media in Media Viewer Ctrl + A Select all Ctrl + Tab Switch between filters Ctrl + D Detect scenes Ctrl + Q Import media file(s) Ctrl + W Import a media folder 201
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Capture Hotkeys Hotkey Function Ctrl + R Record Alt + R Start recording Ctrl + / Stop recording Space bar DV play/pause Ctrl + , (comma) DV rewind Ctrl + .
Appendix Preview Window Hotkeys Hotkey Function Space Play/pause Ctrl + / Stop , (comma) Previous frame .
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Title Designer Hotkeys Hotkey Function Ctrl + B Set text in bold Ctrl + I Set text in italics Ctrl + L Left-align text Ctrl + R Right-align text Ctrl + E Center-align text Ctrl + T Show/hide TV Safe lines Ctrl + G Show/hide Gridlines PiP Designer Hotkeys 204 Hotkey Function Ctrl + T Show/hide TV Safe lines Ctrl + G Show/hide Gridlines
Appendix FAQ Answers to the most frequently asked questions concerning CyberLink PowerDirector are listed below. If you require further information, see Technical Support on p.194. 1. What's new in PowerDirector? New Features: • Magic Style automatically creates exciting movies with visual effects, transitions, titles, and PiP effects for users. • Magic Fix stabilizes shaky videos and enhances the focus on blurry photos.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 2. How do I know if my DVD player will play the DVDs I create with PowerDirector? Movie titles/discs created by PowerDirector have been thoroughly tested in the Class A verification lab approved by the DVD Forum. This means we are being verified and tested in world class labs that guarantee our compatibility. A DVD player that carries a DVD-video compatible logo should playback any movie discs without any problems. 3.
Appendix that has been modified. This further reduces the amount of time needed for production! CyberLink’s Smart Video Rendering Technology is available during production when the frame rate, frame size, and file format of video files in your movie are the same (and bitrate is similar). In this case, SVRT is used to render these files. If any clips do not meet the above criteria, they are fully rendered without SVRT.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 • German • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Spanish 9. Commercial DVDs often contain up to 3 hours of video. How can I use PowerDirector to make a DVD that long? Change the video quality setting in the Create Disc Preference window of Create Disc mode. When you select a video quality, the detailed attributes of that quality setting are displayed in the Summary window of Create Disc mode. For more information, see Video Qualities on p.216. 10.
Appendix SVRT2: When Can I Use it? SVRT2 can be applied to video clips in the MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and DV-AVI (Type I) formats. In the following conditions, clips (or portions of clips) do not require rendering during production, and SVRT2 can therefore be applied: • The frame rate, frame size, and file format are the same as those of the destination production profile. • The bitrate is similar to that of the destination production profile.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Disc Types & Formats This section describes the different disc types and disc formats that you can use in CyberLink PowerDirector. Disc Types In broad terms, discs are divided into CD (which, being the earlier technology, is more widely supported) and DVD (which holds many times the amount of content, but requires a different drive). Following is a brief description of the different disc types supported by CyberLink PowerDirector.
Appendix DVD Types DVD is a high capacity disc that holds anywhere from 4.7-17 GB of data, or from roughly 2-8 hours of video (depending on the type of DVD and the video quality setting). Using the High Quality setting, you can expect to be able to record 1-2 hours of video. DVDs can be played on DVD players and computers equipped with DVD drives. For more detailed information on DVD-R/RW formats, see www.dvdrhelp.com/dvd or other web sources. For more detailed information on DVD+R/RW formats, see www.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 DVD Type DVD-RAM Description DVD-RAM is an erasable DVD format that can be erased about 100,000 times. While DVD-RAM has technological advances, it is incompatible with many DVD burners and players. Disc Formats Below is a description of the formats that CyberLink PowerDirector supports for burning discs: 212 Format Description DivX DivX is a video file format based on MPEG-4 technology.
Appendix Format Description SVCD SVCD (Super Video Compact Disc) is a CD video format that uses MPEG compression. SVCD offers much higher video quality than VCD. It can hold 35 minutes of video, and can contain menus and chapters like a DVD, as well as slide shows with background audio. SVCDs can be played on a PC with DVD playback software, and on some standalone DVD players. VCD VCD (video compact disc) is a CD video format that uses MPEG compression.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Disc Type/Format Compatibility Since some commercial CD players cannot play CD-RWs, it is recommended that you use CD-R/CD+R discs to burn music CDs. It is recommended that you use DVD-RW or DVD-RAM discs for video in DVD-VR format. DVD-VR discs can be played on a DVD player with the -VR Compatible logo. It is recommended that you use DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW discs for video in DVD+VR format. DVD+VR discs can be played on a DVD-Video player.
Appendix Video Formats & Qualities When you burn video to disc, you must take into consideration not only the quality you want to use, but also the TV format of the country or region in which you want to watch the movie disc you burn. The section below offers information on both of these topics, allowing you to burn video discs that suit your playback capabilities. TV Formats The two TV formats (NTSC and PAL) have been adopted as standards by television broadcasters around the world.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Video Qualities The different video quality settings (HQ, SP, and LP) available in CyberLink PowerDirector result in a final picture of higher or lower quality and a movie file of larger or smaller size. Better quality video also demands more from your computer and limits the video duration you can burn to disc.
Appendix Glossary The glossary provides definitions of terms used in this user’s guide that you may find unfamiliar. Term Description chapter A marker set in a video clip in order allow viewers to jump to that specific point for navigation purposes. clip A video, audio, or image file that has been loaded into PowerDirector’s Library for use in your movie.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 218 Term Description GOP pattern (Group of Pictures pattern) A pattern in MPEG encoding made up of groups of pictures (consisting of I-, B-, and P-frames), which have certain dependent relationships during encoding. Changes to this pattern can cause playback errors in some players. HDV HDV or High Definition Video refers to the capturing, manipulation and storage of high definition video in standard digital formats.
Appendix Term Description LP (Long Play) The lowest video quality you may select in PowerDirector. menu A page on a DVD that contains links to the chapters the DVD contains. MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) A family of international standards used for coding audio/ video information into digital format. Currently, MPEG-2 is the standard for digital video formats and MP3 for strictly digital audio formats.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 220 Term Description realtime capture Realtime capture completes capturing during playback of the original video. Realtime capture requires high processing speeds and risks dropped frames. saturation The richness of a color. slide An individual photo within a slide show. Slides are contained within albums. slide show A presentation that can include both photos (called slides) and effects, such as transitions and background music.
Appendix Term Description Type I Method of storing DV data in AVI format that was defined by Microsoft. This format stores data (i.e. video and audio) as a single AVI stream. It offers better compression, but is newer, and therefore compatible with fewer systems than Type II. Type II Method of storing DV data in AVI format that was defined by Microsoft. This format stores data (i.e. video and audio) as a single video stream and 1-4 audio streams to store DV data.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Licensing and Copyright Notices This document contains the PowerDirector licensing and copyright information, including a copy of the Intel License Agreement for Open Source Computer Library, the GNU Lesser General Public License, and the Dolby Laboratories copyright information. There is also a list of the third-party components used in PowerDirector.
Appendix License Disclaimer This product includes certain copyrighted third-party software components license under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License and other similar license agreements offering free distribution of these software components offered by other organizations, if applicable. Copies of these agreements can be found by clicking the link associated with each of the component provided in the table below. You may also visit http://www.gnu.org/ copyleft/lesser.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 List of Components 224 Component Licensing Information cv.dll Intel License Agreement for Open Source Computer Library cvaux.dll Intel License Agreement for Open Source Computer Library highgui.dll Intel License Agreement for Open Source Computer Library OptCVa6.dll Intel License Agreement for Open Source Computer Library OptCVm6.dll Intel License Agreement for Open Source Computer Library OptCVw7.
Appendix Licenses and Copyrights Below are the applicable licenses and copyright information that pertain to the components listed in the List of Components. Dolby Laboratories Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. Copyright 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors “as is” and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.
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CyberLink PowerDirector 5 CLAPACK Copyright Notice Anderson, E. and Bai, Z. and Bischof, C. and Blackford, S. and Demmel, J. and Dongarra, J. and Du Croz, J. and Greenbaum, A. and Hammarling, S. and McKenney, A. and Sorensen, D. LAPACK User’s Guide. Third Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1999.
Index A adding audio clips to workspace 71 clips to workspace 69 color boards to workspace 70 images to workspace 69 title effects to Timeline 72 transition effects to Timeline 72 video effects to Timeline 71 aliases 61 align clips in Timeline 74 analog video capture options 20 animations in title effects 134, 135 aspect ratio adjusting 93 setting 54 audio adding clips to the workspace 71 capture options 21 compression bitrate 164 Magic Music 108 Audio Mixer 96 adding fade effect in 97 mixing audio in 96 Au
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 from webcam 40 limit options 18 media 15 mode 16 preferences 17 single scene 25 capture options 18 analog video options 20 audio 21 CD 23 deleting captured files 24 detecting scenes 24 fade-ins in 21 fade-outs in 21 limits 18 microphone 23 naming captured files 24 TV 20 webcam 22 captured clip options 23 CD capture profile setup 23 capturing from 43 types 210 vs.
Index deinterlacing 164 deinterlacing, definition 217 deleting a captured file 24 files from disk 60 detecting scenes by changing timecodes 64 in captured clips 24 in video clips 63 setting sensitivity 63 Digital TV capturing from 38 disc types compatible video formats 214 supported 206, 210 disc utilities erasing 191 DivX creating 150 description 212 producing 150 where to download codec 212 download a template 182 dragging clips in the workspace 73 to trim clips 85 to trim effects 112 duration defaults f
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 compatible discs 214 description 212 E EagleVision photos 99, 100 editable DVD, what is 207 editing text on disc menus 183 editing preferences 52 Effect Room, description 56 Effect track adding effects 71 description 66 effects previewing in Media Editor 139 previewing in preview window 137 setting duration 111 erasing discs 191 eyedropper tool 121 F fade-in adding to audio clips 97 in audio capture 21 fade-out adding to audio clips 97 in audio capture 21 FAQ 205 Favorite files
Index hold time definition 218 hotkeys 196 hours of technical support 195 HQ 218 video duration of 216 I images adding to workspace 69 EagleVision 99, 100 importing media 58 interlacing definition 218 format, setting 92 intervals, scanning for 29 in-track audio mixing 95 introduction 1 K key frame 218 L languages supported 207 Library aliases in 61 deleting files from disk in 60 description 55 detecting scenes in 63 importing media into 58 removing clips from 60 restricting display in 59 sorting clips
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Button Layout 182 Button Style 182 Buttons Per Page 182 customizing 181 editing text 183 first play 184 Frame 182 Template 181 microphone capture profile setup 23 capturing from 41 mixing in Audio Mixer 96 in-track 95 modes in PowerDirector 11 modifying disc menu Button Layout 182 Button Style 182 Buttons Per Page 182 editing text 183 Frame 182 Template 181 modifying effects PiP 114 title 124 video 113 motion adding to image clip 103 of PiP effects, modifying 119 movie previewing
Index P PAL 219 countries that use 215 frame rate 215 pan an image 103 pasting clips in workspace 73 PC camera, capturing from 40 photo Magic Fix 105 PhotoNow! 91 photos EagleVision 99, 100 PiP effects adding color filter 121 modifying border 115 modifying motion 119 modifying position 123 modifying size 123 modifying speed 114 modifying transparency 123 shadows 117 PiP track adding color boards 70 adding images 69 adding video 69 description 66 position of PiP effects, modifying 123 PowerDirector interfac
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 project file create 48 open 48 properties 49 save 48 project file, description 11 properties of clips in Library 62 project file 49 PSP producing 154 producing files 154 Q quality vs speed of video 164 quick erase 192 QuickScan 28 QuickTime file production 171 profiles 173 R realtime capture, definition 220 RealVideo file production 168 recording a voice-over 44 registration 5 removing clips from Library 60 clips from workspace 75 renaming clips 61 replacing effects in Timeline
Index snapshot default destination 50 default filename 50 of video clip 88 sorting clips in the Library 59 SP quality 220 video duration of 216 speed of PiP effects 114 of video clips 89 vs.
CyberLink PowerDirector 5 Transition Room 56 transparency of PiP effects, modifying 123 trimming audio & video clips 83 dragging an edge 85 Precise Cut 87 video or audio 83 TV capture options 20 capturing from 36 Type I AVI format, definition 221 Type II AVI format, definition 221 U UI, default 10 uninstall your software 8 unlock a track in the Timeline 66 Update SVRT Info 78 V VCD description 213 versions of PowerDirector 14 video adding to workspace 69 Magic Fix 105 Magic Style 107 overlay 17 size 173
Index W webcam capturing from 40 video capture options 22 website for technical support 194 what’s new in PowerDirector 205 where to begin reading 2 White Balance 99, 100 Windows AVI, producing 148 WMV definition 221 file production 166 workspace adding clips to 69 new 48 Storyboard view 68 Timeline view 65 write to DV tape 175 Z zoom an image 103 249
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