Operation Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

The Production Process

The digital production process involves a combination of artistry and

technology, beginning with raw footage and ending with your final

production. CyberLink PowerDirector is the easiest way to produce your

finished movie or photo slideshow and publish it to the medium of your

choice.

The production process, depending on your purpose, may involve

some or all of the following phases:

• Pre-production

• Importing your media

•Capturing your media

• Detecting scenes and extracting audio

• Putting your story together

• Adding your media to the workspace

•Adding effects, transitions and titles

• Editing and refining your videos

• Touching up your photos

• Using Magic Tools and modifying effects

• Recording voice overs and mixing audio

• Setting chapters and adding subtitles

• Producing and Uploading Your Productions

• Producing video files

• Producing streaming video files

• Writing back to a DV tape

• Uploading to the Internet

• Finalizing production to discs

• Creating disc menus

• Burning your productions to disc