Operation Manual

Chapter 2: Pre-production
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Detecting Scenes and
Extracting Audio
To assist with your editing process, CyberLink PowerDirector can detect
scenes in your video clips or extract the audio from them, and have
these new clips displayed separately in the Media Library.
Detect Scenes in a Video Clip
The scene detection function automatically creates individual clips
based on the individual scenes (or pre-edited shots) 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. You can detect scenes in a video clip in both the
Captured Clips area or within the Media Library.
Note: Depending on the file format, scene detection on certain clips may
not work as precisely as it does for others. You may need to split the scenes
manually in the scene detection dialog.
The detected clips are displayed in a sub folder under the original video
clip. They can be added to the workspace and managed in the Media
Library like any other video clip.
Video clips that contain detected scenes show a small folder icon in the
lower right-hand corner of the clip when displayed in the Media Library.
To display a clip’s scenes, click the folder icon.