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CyberLink PowerDirector 11 Ultimate gives you the most powerful, fastest video editing! Packed with innovative video technologies to automate and speed up video processing time, support for the 47 resolution formats, the extra premium content transforms your video productions with pro-looking design styles and templates.
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Product Feature
- Revolutionary Content Aware Editing: Automatically analyze and quickly retrieve & fix video footage.
- High Quality Production: Import, Edit & Export videos beyond HD quality, up to next generation 4K standard.
- Plus 22 professional effects from NewBlueFX and 3 BONUS CyberLink Creative Design Packs
- Fast Video Editing: Edit & Render videos at blazing speed with NEW TrueVelocity? 3 engine, multi-GPGPU acceleration and native 64-bit support.
- Productive Working Environment: Designed for fast-paced professional video production workflow.
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52 of 55 people found the following review helpful.
Is PD11 better than PD10? Worth buying again?
By Z. Cochran
The official Cyberlink support forum told me to dump v10, reinstall Windows and move to v11. Based on my v10 experiences, do you think this is good advice?
I was excited to purchase this product. Like many, I started with Windows Movie Maker, then moved up to Pinnacle Studio. I knew I needed even more features, but could not justify purchasing Adobe Premier, when CyberLink offers an even MORE feature-rich solution for a fraction of the cost.
This product would be worth 5 stars on price/value, features, ease-of-use. But two extremely important points destroy this... Reliability and support.
If reliability was there, support wouldn't be an issue, but lets start there. Cyberlink relies on a user-forum (they call it "director-zone") for support. It's cheap, and an easy way to exploit the customer base for support even without being provided by the manufacturer. But this one lives on the Cyberlink domain. They have a ticket system too and seem to respond quickly, but with cut/paste responses that are mostly irrelevant, redundant, or ask you to repeat steps you already documented to them. I gave up on the official support when they required I produce a copy of my sales receipt for further support. (I do have this at home, but the software was installed and registered at their website with a license-key to the account from which I opened the ticket. They are stalling.) The user forum said my machine was not up to the task (fully-blown, i7 gen3 4x-64-bit cores, max RAM, huge HD, 2GB GPU, no junk loaded, latest drivers, purchased for and dedicated to audio/video production) and recommended that I do a clean reload of Windows and purchase the NEW version (v11) of the program, because it handles complex projects like mine much better than v10. (My project is 3 continuous tracks of SD video (PD supports 99 tracks of HD), one track of audio, simple fades between video tracks, no titles, transitions or effects. Length 8 minutes. Hardly Avatar-II)
Another bit about reliability; anytime I would use the built-in WAV editor, PD would crash during editing tasks after returning to the project. So I would do my wav editing in ProTools and bounce it to a ready-to-go mp3. But PD "doesn't play well with mp3" (support forum answer) and had trouble syncing while editing the video. So I must do all audio work in a different program, export to WAV, then put it into PD. Clunky for a simple task.
For the value of the many hours/days of my time I have spent trying to get through this simple project and get support, I could have justified the purchase of Adobe Premier CS6.
Stay away from inexpensive software that claims to pack as many (or more) features as the serious players with a vested interest in providing real support. You will regret it. For equivalent money, purchase a more reliable product that only offers as many bells and whistles as that price-point can reliably support. Anything more is just lipstick on a pig.
30 of 34 people found the following review helpful.
Extremely Solid Suite for the Home Video Author
By Veil_Lord
I like to work with a fair amount of video. Over the years I've mostly cobbled together various sets of freeware software programs to meet my needs. When I got a chance to try this top-of-the-line Cyberlink suite I thought it be a great opportunity to have all my needs met by a single program. Sadly that wasn't the result. I'll start off with how installation went. Feel free to skip ahead if that doesn't interest you.
The suite boasts an impressive number of file formats that it can both import and export. However a huge and glaring omission is real media format. Maybe it's because RealPlayer isn't as big as it used to be, maybe it's a licensing cost issue, but whatever the case this program cannot do ANYTHING with real media files. That right there was a major crimp in what I was getting his program for. So from the outset, I have to use a separate program to convert too and from that format which somewhat negates having a single suit. Not the end of the world, but just be advised if your needs are similar to mine.
***Installation***
To give you an idea what to expect, I have a year old computer with a core i7 3.4Ghz, 6 GB RAM, and 750 GB HD so if you're computer is slower some of this may take longer. The installation is somewhat tedious; there could be a lot of streamlining done. I started the main suite install at 4:30 PM and it finished at 4:43 PM. You are treated to a number of different popups including DOS boxes that appear and close; it's just a polish thing but they should have been minimized IMHO. It also starts a couple of distinct installers including installing a down rev version of QuickTime which has security issues and may leave your system at risk. I'd suggest you update QuickTime manually immediately after install. It also installs WaveEditor which can be used to edit sound.
So after this you're done right? Nope, you still have the bonus content packages on the other CD. Again, each one has to be installed separately. I began installing the holdiay, romance, and vacation packs at 4:45 PM and was done by 4:54 PM. However, each one requires you to fill in your name, company, and the directory. If you're installing to a custom directory like I was, it's a mild annoyance. It's also kind of odd it asks for a company as the license terms say it's for personal use only. So anyway, after all this was done I had two new startup items I didn't want, APSDaemon.exe and QuickTime, set to start at computer boot. I killed them both with RevoUninstaller (free) and there were no ill effects.
So I was ready to go? Nope, not yet! I had to download a 164 MB patch for the program. Download was no problem. You also get LabelPrint 2.5 which is an awesome little program to print CD/DVD jewel case labels as well as labels for your disk. Please DO NOT put paper labels on your discs. They look nice I know, but if they're not absolutely perfectly centered they can throw off the weight on the CD/DVD and potentially make the disc die sooner. A marker made specifically made to write on CD/DVDs is the safest way. LightScribe is probably safe too. Anyway, it's not on the CDs, that'd be too easy, you instead have to go to the website on the card provided in the box, enter your name, email, and PowerDirector CD code to get to the link to download it and get your activation code. After that, you can download the software (only about 37.82 MB); so then you have to enter name, company, directory again, and the new code you got for it, THEN IT ASKS YOU TO REGISTER entering your name and email AGAIN.
Finally I could start up PowerDirector. Guess what? It asks me to register with my name and email as well. I'd normally not complain too much about a long install process, and it didn't take that long in terms of minutes, but it was so much less automated than it could have been it was like installing something from a decade ago. I did however like the use of CD key instead of online activation because I travel. It seems to be fine if you don't want to register, which is great if you have to install with no Internet connection.
***PowerDirector***
"Internet Connection
· The import/export of some media formats may require activation via an Internet connection. Activation is fast, easy, and free. "
First off, I mentioned that it seems you can use the software just fine without an Internet connection. The only caveat, you do need to online register some of the file conversion formats like MPEG-2 (for DVDs) or MP4 files or you're stuck with a 30 day trial. Activation was instantaneous and worked fine. Just be aware and open any file types when you have an Internet connection and you should be fine.
When you start the program you're met with a splash screen. I've uploaded a photo of it to the images for this product. Basically it just gives you the option to use a handholding mode instead of the full program if you'd like. Easy mode might not be a bad idea starting out, because the program can be daunting to look at it first. I'll upload a photo of the Full Feature Editor so you can see it. You can easily enter Easy mode with a click of the little top hat icon (middle left) from inside the Full Feature Editor.
Importing videos is quite easy and they'll show up in the little library in the upper left-hand corner. Once you've got them there you can perform various actions on. One of the features I liked was the scene detection, however it can sometimes be hit and miss. For example on one episode from a TV show the software detected 105 scenes; on a 3 min. video clip from the web it detected 129 scenes. I loved that I could extract the audio from the clip very easily simply by right clicking it and telling it to extract audio. Extremely useful if you need to pull your child's singing/piano/etc. out of a video to put alongside other images.
Once you're working with a video you can do a mind boggling number of corrections and tweaks to it. Some of the features include enhancements, anti-shaking, increased back lighting, and removing noise from video/audio. You can even flip the video into reverse with a few clicks. It wasn't hard to split the audio from the video and I was easily able to run a video in reverse with the sound playing forwards.
You also have access to literally dozens of animation overlays (e.g. one adds hearts floating on the screen) that you can add. Many appear to be from older versions of PowerDirector and duplicate each other. However, there are enough to play with and the templates even allow for some level of modification themselves. You also have access to directorZone which says it's free and allows you to download more of them. I've not had time to try out this feature, but I'll certainly be poking around there later.
The software promises to output to nearly any file type and while technically true it's slightly misleading. There are a number of devices the program recognizes and can output video to, but don't expect to be able to tweak the formats much; if you have a 2nd or 3rd tier video player that you'd like to convert video for directly the chances are this suite can't do it for you. There just aren't enough options with respect to aspect ratio, audio bitrate, etc. to be precise enough. On the up side though, you may be able to convert that stubborn web clip to a format that's close enough your video player's conversion software on your computer will be able to read it and convert to your device.
I don't have a BlueRay burner so that was out, but it had no problems at all with burning normal DVDs. You can even burn VideoCDs if you have a friend who has an ancient computer without a DVD drive. As with the rest of the program, there's a multitude of different options to pick including the choice from a couple of dozen menu styles, menu structures, and more. It may be a bit overwhelming at times, but you can get pretty close to exactly what you want if you tweak enough.
***Other Software***
Label Print 2.5 is a great little piece of software. It not only lets you print the inside and outside covers for your jewel case, but also even a menu for the inside face. This is handy if you're creating some sort of mix CD or a DVD for you on a list out the chapters.
WaveEditor is an audio manipulation program very similar to the excellent free software program called Audacity. I found it extremely intuitive to use and it was able to do some interesting effects on music such as making the room seem wider or deeper. All in all a very cool little program. It's supposed to be able to export to WAV, MP3, M4A, and WMA, while it worked on 3 of the 4 I couldn't ever get MP3 to export correctly. I'm hoping that's fixed in a later patch. Until then you may have to save it as a .wav then convert using another program. There are a number of free converters out there.
***Conclusions***
I wish I could say this is the end-all suite you would need, but the omission of real media support at least for me hurts it. Cyberlink could improve their installation package to make the process easier and more streamlined, but I do appreciate the fact that I don't have to log into the Internet to validate the copy if I'm on the road (with the exception of 1x for certain file type support) which is a big plus for me. For the budding armature video enthusiast who takes all the photos at the family events and then sends out DVDs to everybody at the holidays this is an excellent and comprehensive suite.
Just a note, there are some cheaper variations of this software so you may want to look at those if you don't need all the file types and all the bells and whistles. Though, really you'll probably never regret getting more features than finding out you need something later and don't have it.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Nice Upgrade
By R. Sutton
PowerDirector 11 Ultimate -
Background: I installed PowerDirector 11 Ultimate on an HP Pavilion Elite HPE with an core i7 CPU, 18 GB Ram and running Window 7 professional, system x64.
1) Installation: Installing the program was straight forward and took 13 minutes on my system. The installer asks if you would like to install `Smart Sound' and I recommend it. Since I have PowerDirector 10 and Cyberlink Wave Editor (part of PD-10) the install asked to uninstall the earlier version of Wave Editor before installing the newer version of "Wave Editor".
2) Setup: None really. So far the only issue was that PD-11 does not default to PD-10's file folder to locate previously created PowerDirector `Projects
3) Startup: Loading a 56 minute video created in PD-10 consumed 51 seconds when loading into PD-10. The same file loaded just fine into PD-11 in 6 seconds flat.
Disc #2. Be sure to install Disc #1 first - This disc contains:
Travel Pack #2 - (Install time = 1 min 31 seconds)
Romance Pack #3 - (Install time = 49 seconds)
Holiday Magic Style Pack - Install time = 1 Min 27 seconds)
Observations: So far the features, old, new and upgraded, in PD-11 mirror PD-10. If you've used PD-10 there's little to relearn. Also, PD-11 automatically found PIP's, Particles, and Titles etc. that I created or were included used in PD-8, 9 & 10.
A few earlier features were accessed differently. The `Preview' window, for example, is now `Undocked' thru a little icon and you can then resize it to whatever size you desire.
Overall so far I'm impressed with the upgrade from PowerDirector 10 to 11. It's much quicker in everything I've done on this initial tryout. I'll update this review in a few weeks.
January 2, 2013 UPDATE:
I have run into an issue when attempting to edit a file with the VOB extension (example: 123ABC.VOB). Slowes my system dramatically. Same file runs fine in Powerdirector 10. So far I have found Cyberlinks helps system totally cumberson. I initially provided them the CD serial number (Key) etc and the only response from Cyberlink was a request for the same info, and a JPG of the CD and the sales receipt. TO BE CONTINUED.
January 20, 2013
Cyberlink contacted me with assistance. Finially concluded that the issue was that the file had been created in PowerDirector 10 and then later imported into PowerDirector 11. Other "VOB" files imported into 11 work fine in 11.
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