Operation Manual

Chapter 2: Pre-production

• Always prompt me when wide screen is not supported: select

this option if you would like CyberLink PowerDirector to prompt

you when the widescreen format is not supported.

Capture Preferences

To set your capture preferences, click > Edit > Preferences. The

Preferences dialog box opens. Click the Capture tab. Available options

are as follows:

• Add captured files to Library: select this option to import

captured files into the Media Library directly after capture.

• Add captured files to workspace: select this option to import

captured files into the workspace/timeline directly after capture.

• Use video overlay for capture: keep this option selected during

capture unless you have an older VGA card that does not support

video overlay. (Deselecting this option in this event avoids the

unsupported overlay display error.)

• Enable automatic file replacement when recording voice-

over: select this option to overwrite existing audio if the voice-

over overlaps during recording.

• Enable CyberLink MPEG@Best: select to balance capture speed

and video quality when you capture MPEG video.

• Do not detect scenes during capture: select this option if you

do not want to activate the auto scene detection function during

capture.

• After capture, detect scenes by changing of video frames:

select this option to perform scene detection during video

capture. In scene detection, CyberLink PowerDirector compares

captured frames to decide when there is a scene change. Each

scene is saved as a file as recording continues.

• During capture, detect scenes by time code, and save each

scene as a separate file (DV-VCR mode only): select this option

to detect scene-break signals and to save each scene as a

separate file. (DV camcorder generate a scene-break signal on