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CyberLink PowerDirector Quick Start Guide
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TV format: select > General and then
the TV format (NTSC or PAL) for your video.
This format should correspond to the region
in which you plan to play your video (if you
burn it to disc).
Where to Begin
You are now ready to start creating your
video production. Here are some helpful
hints to get you started and will have you
creating movie masterpieces in no time:
• Magic Movie Wizard: the Magic
Movie Wizard takes all of your media
and creates a dazzling video
production in just a few steps. To use
the Magic Movie Wizard, click the
button located to the left of the
timeline.
• Slideshow Designer: the Slideshow
Designer is the easiest way to instantly
turn your photos into a dynamic
slideshow. Drag all the photos that
you want in the slideshow into the
timeline, and then click on the
Slideshow button to launch the
Slideshow Designer.
Note: once CyberLink PowerDirector creates
your movie or slideshow, the content is
placed on the timeline, where you can
manually edit the created production,
output it to a file, or burn it to a disc.
Resources
The following are some helpful resources
you can use if you get stuck or are looking
for editing ideas.
• Tutorials: if you need help with a
specific function, are looking for
creative ideas, or want to know how to
take advantage of some of the
program’s more creative features,
check out the tutorials that are sure to
help make you an expert in no time:
http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/
tutorial/pdr/.
• Help File/User Guide: if you need
assistance with a specific feature, click
the ? icon at the top of the program
window and select PowerDirector
Help (or press the F1 key on your
keyboard) to open the help file. To
view the help in PDF form, please go
to the download section of our web
site (www.cyberlink.com) and get the
latest user guide for CyberLink
PowerDirector 9.
• FAQ : go to the CyberLink
PowerDirector FAQ section of our
support web site to view frequently
asked questions about the program:
http://www.cyberlink.com/prog/
support/cs/index.do.
• User Forum: search for answers or
post a topic on our user forum, where
there are many users with hundreds of
hours of editing experience willing to
help you: http://forum.cyberlink.com/
forum/forums/list/ENU.page.
Optimization
The following are some suggestions to get
the most out of CyberLink PowerDirector
and your computer.
Hardware Acceleration
CyberLink PowerDirector lets you take full
advantage of your computer’s multi-
processing CPU and GPU computing
technologies to deliver faster output of your
videos. CyberLink PowerDirector supports
hardware acceleration for graphics cards
with NVIDIA CUDA technology, AMD
Accelerated Parallel Processing technology,
and Intel Core Processor Family technology.
To enable, do this: