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- Platform: Windows Vista / 7 / XP
- Media: DVD-ROM
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Product Description
The latest version of CyberLink’s award-winning video editing software, PowerDirector 9, is designed with high usability for consumers and powerful, pro-like features for prosumers. Unleash your full creative potential with performance-driven technologies including CyberLink’s new TrueVelocity Engine.
Product Features
- Turbo-charge HD video production speed with world’s first native 64-bit consumer video editor
- New TrueVelocity Technology speeds up entire video process
- Professional productions with 100 video tracks and powerful editing tools
- Instant video enhancement with TrueTheater Technology
- Download free effects & templates on DirectorZone
- Maximising System Memory – TrueVelocity 64 takes advantage of PowerDirector’s 64-bit OS support utilising the entire system memory to process multiple HD video files efficiently.
- Optimising CPU Utilisation – TrueVelocity Parallel makes video processing smoother and faster by splitting tasks into smaller segments and simultaneously processing them across all available CPU threads.
- Harnessing the Power of the CPU/GPU – TrueVelocity Accelerator taps into the power of Intel, AMD and NVIDIA video processing technology for hardware-enhanced video decoding and encoding.
- Timeline Interface – Up to 100 video and audio timeline tracks for a flexible workspace, easier media management, and more creative projects.
- Video Enhancement Tools – PowerDirector’s suite of advanced TrueTheater technologies improves the video quality, offering SD-to-HD quality up-scaling, video noise removal, colour and light adjustment, smooth slow-motion playback, and more.
- Advanced Audio Editing – New WaveEditor allows users to edit their audio tracks with effects and includes VST plug-in support for third party effects.
- Full HD Previews – Preview your video in real-time with full HD quality like never before.
- MagicStyle Movie Wizard – Select existing photos and videos; choose a built-in 3D template and audio track, and MagicStyle puts it all together into an amazing 3D movie in seconds.
- Customised Particle Effects – Unique Particle effects that are customisable for that special touch to your video creatives.
- 100,000+ Free Effects – provided to you by the PowerDirector community on DirectorZone.com. Including customised effects, templates, tips, tutorials and DVD menus that grow in amount every day.
- Publish to Social Networks – Users can choose to upload to Facebook or YouTube in Full HD quality directly from PowerDirector.
- On-the-Go Media – Output videos directly to the iPad, iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, PSP, Zune and many other mobile devices. Simply select your device type and PowerDirector does the rest.
- Operating System: Windows 7/Vista/XP (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture)
- Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above
- Memory: 512 MB required. 3 GB DDR2 or above recommended for 32-bit OS. 6 GB DDR2 or above recommended for 64-bit OS.
- Hard Disk Space: 5 GB minimum, 10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVD production, 60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Disc/AVCHD/HD production
- CPU AVI Capture/Production: Pentium 2 450 MHz or AMD Athlon 500 MHz
- VCD Quality (MPEG-1) Profiles: Pentium 3 600 MHz or AMD Athlon 700 MHz
- DVD Quality (MPEG-2) Profiles: Pentium 4 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+
- High Quality MPEG-4 and WMV, QuickTime Profiles: Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2
- Full HD Quality H.264 and MPEG2 Profiles: Intel Core i5/7 or AMD Phenom II X4 AVCHD and BD Burning Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400 or AMD Phenom II X2
- NVIDIA GeForce and GeForce Mobile
- NVIDIA Quadro and Quardro Mobile
- NVIDIA Tesla
- ATI Stream
- A Blu-ray Disc recordable drive is required to burn Blu-ray Discs
- A DVD burner (DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn DVD/AVCHD titles
- A CD (CD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/SVCD titles
- A microphone is required for recording voice-overs.
- An internet connection is required to access online services.
Video Production at Blazing Speed
Introducing TrueVelocity for the HD video era. Speeds up video processing time in every possible way.
Powerful Editing Tools
Powerful yet easy-to-use tools let you enhance videos and create sophisticated visual effects
Maximised Creativity
Bigger and more flexible workspace, and even more effects and templates for your growing video editing needs.
Sharing on all Media
100,000+ FREE Effects – provided to you by the PowerDirector community on DirectorZone.com. Including customised effects, templates, tips, tutorials and DVD menus that grow in amount every day. Publish to Social Networks – Users can choose to upload to Facebook or YouTube in Full HD quality directly from PowerDirector. On-the-Go Media – Output videos directly to the iPad, iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, PSP, Zune and many other mobile devices. Simply select your device type and PowerDirector does the rest.Minimum System Requirements
For Optimised Video Effects Rendering:
Burning Devices:
Microphone:
Internet:
Product Description
The latest version of CyberLink's award-winning video editing software, PowerDirector 9, is designed with high usability for consumers and powerful, pro-like features for prosumers. Unleash your full creative potential with performance-driven technologies including CyberLink's new TrueVelocity Engine.
Video Production at Blazing Speed
Introducing TrueVelocity for the HD video era. Speeds up video processing time in every possible way.
- Maximizing System Memory ' TrueVelocity 64 takes advantage of PowerDirector's 64-bit OS support utilizing the entire system memory to process multiple HD video files efficiently.
- Optimizing CPU Utilization ' TrueVelocity Parallel makes video processing smoother and faster by splitting tasks into smaller segments and simultaneously processing them across all available CPU threads.
- Harnessing the Power of the CPU/GPU ' TrueVelocity Accelerator taps into the power of Intel, AMD and NVIDIA video processing technology for hardware-enhanced video decoding and encoding.
Powerful Editing Tools
Powerful yet easy-to-use tools let you enhance videos and create sophisticated visual effects
- Timeline Interface ' Up to 100 video and audio timeline tracks for a flexible workspace, easier media management, and more creative projects.
- Video Enhancement Tools ' PowerDirector's suite of advanced TrueTheater' technologies improves the video quality, offering SD-to-HD quality up-scaling, video noise removal, color and light adjustment, smooth slow-motion playback, and more.
- Advanced Audio Editing ' New WaveEditor® allows users to edit their audio tracks with effects and includes VST plug-in support for third party effects.
- Full HD Previews ' Preview your video in real-time with full HD quality like never before.
Maximized Creativity
Bigger and more flexible workspace
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
n.b. I have also used Sony Movie HD Suite and Sony Vegas Pro. The System I am running is Windows7 64 bit, i7 930 (2.8 gig) CPU with 12 GB ram.
PD9 Ultra 64 is the first consumer Movie editing program that runs on 64 bit code. (You need a 64 bit operating system to run this, otherwise you have to buy the 32 bit version.) The Sony Consumer program is only 32 bit while the Professional program (Vegas) is available as 64 bit as well as 32 bit. The 64 bit program allows the program to access more system memory, allowing the program to render High definition video much more easily ( a problem I had with the Sony consumer program,) and allows you to have more video and audio tracks/ effects on the time line.
I have found that it installed (slowly) but with no problems and the program itself does not conflict with any other programs on my computer (unlike the Sony alternatives, but this has been resolved).
I have found that PD9 is more intuitive to use vs the Sony alternative as each stage of the movie edit is segregated into the four categories of Capture, Edit, Produce and Create Disc.
The Software does come with a paper manual which does give you the basics on how to use the software and there are quite a few YouTube movies online. There is also a Cyberlink forum for PD9.
One feature of PD9 is the GPU (graphics card) render feature which can cut down render times. (I found Sony Professional 64 was faster at rendering than Sony Movie HD (32 bit) by around 15 %.)
On initial testing, comparing PD9 64 bit to Vegas Pro 64 bit, I found PD9 rendered files significantly faster than Sony Vegas (using CPU render only on WMV files e.g. rendering a 15 minute 720p video to 640 x480, PD9 took 3 minutes 40 seconds while Sony Vegas Pro took 5 minutes 15 seconds). Enabling the GPU to help with the rendering can further reduce the render times by up to 40%! But I have found on some large files (4gigabyte files/ 3hrs of video), using the GPU to render can also actually increase the render time. Weird! So check GPU and CPU render estimation times before choosing which render method you are going to use.
Nvidia and ATI/AMD cards are supported (please check for your card though,) but there is a caveat, the GPU render only works with H264 AVC (AVCHD- m2ts files) and MPEG4. There is no GPU render with AVI, WMV, MPEG 1 or 2, .MOV! (Although Sony Vegas Prof supports GPU render I have personally found the render times to be un-inspiring.) The only other program that I know that supports GPU render is Adobe Premiere, a professional editing program that also costs around 12 x price of PD9.
I have found that PD9 also supports a wider range of AVI codec files than the Sony programs e.g. Xvid and Dvix. (You cannot open these files in the Sony Programs.)
With PD9 you can only choose the standard size render templates e.g. 800x600, 720 x 576 to High definition levels e.g. 1080p etc and you cannot choose an unconventional custom size e.g. 800x450, 640 x360. You can change the bit rates eg constant, variable, and how high or low the bit rate is for the video and audio. ( The Sony programs allow you to alter the template size and bit rate.) I have also found adding text to the video is more `crude' in PD9 vs Sony.
While using the Sony Program I haven't found any bugs yet. With PD9 I have found that enabling the preview widow for the final render, if you minimize PD9 and then maximize the PD9 window, the render will stop then restart itself from the beginning! So if you want to browse the internet, do not enable the preview window when you render.
Overall I found PD9 to be easy to use, faster at rendering most types of video and stable, but you do lose some flexibility/ sophistication vs the Sony programs.
PD9 also comes with a simple sound editing program.
Conclusion: Overall I think this is a well designed and user friendly editing program and is worth considering if you want an easier/ quicker life, but you do lose some flexibility/ sophistication over the Sony alternatives.
PD9 Ultra 64 is the first consumer Movie editing program that runs on 64 bit code. (You need a 64 bit operating system to run this, otherwise you have to buy the 32 bit version.) The Sony Consumer program is only 32 bit while the Professional program (Vegas) is available as 64 bit as well as 32 bit. The 64 bit program allows the program to access more system memory, allowing the program to render High definition video much more easily ( a problem I had with the Sony consumer program,) and allows you to have more video and audio tracks/ effects on the time line.
I have found that it installed (slowly) but with no problems and the program itself does not conflict with any other programs on my computer (unlike the Sony alternatives, but this has been resolved).
I have found that PD9 is more intuitive to use vs the Sony alternative as each stage of the movie edit is segregated into the four categories of Capture, Edit, Produce and Create Disc.
The Software does come with a paper manual which does give you the basics on how to use the software and there are quite a few YouTube movies online. There is also a Cyberlink forum for PD9.
One feature of PD9 is the GPU (graphics card) render feature which can cut down render times. (I found Sony Professional 64 was faster at rendering than Sony Movie HD (32 bit) by around 15 %.)
On initial testing, comparing PD9 64 bit to Vegas Pro 64 bit, I found PD9 rendered files significantly faster than Sony Vegas (using CPU render only on WMV files e.g. rendering a 15 minute 720p video to 640 x480, PD9 took 3 minutes 40 seconds while Sony Vegas Pro took 5 minutes 15 seconds). Enabling the GPU to help with the rendering can further reduce the render times by up to 40%! But I have found on some large files (4gigabyte files/ 3hrs of video), using the GPU to render can also actually increase the render time. Weird! So check GPU and CPU render estimation times before choosing which render method you are going to use.
Nvidia and ATI/AMD cards are supported (please check for your card though,) but there is a caveat, the GPU render only works with H264 AVC (AVCHD- m2ts files) and MPEG4. There is no GPU render with AVI, WMV, MPEG 1 or 2, .MOV! (Although Sony Vegas Prof supports GPU render I have personally found the render times to be un-inspiring.) The only other program that I know that supports GPU render is Adobe Premiere, a professional editing program that also costs around 12 x price of PD9.
I have found that PD9 also supports a wider range of AVI codec files than the Sony programs e.g. Xvid and Dvix. (You cannot open these files in the Sony Programs.)
With PD9 you can only choose the standard size render templates e.g. 800x600, 720 x 576 to High definition levels e.g. 1080p etc and you cannot choose an unconventional custom size e.g. 800x450, 640 x360. You can change the bit rates eg constant, variable, and how high or low the bit rate is for the video and audio. ( The Sony programs allow you to alter the template size and bit rate.) I have also found adding text to the video is more `crude' in PD9 vs Sony.
While using the Sony Program I haven't found any bugs yet. With PD9 I have found that enabling the preview widow for the final render, if you minimize PD9 and then maximize the PD9 window, the render will stop then restart itself from the beginning! So if you want to browse the internet, do not enable the preview window when you render.
Overall I found PD9 to be easy to use, faster at rendering most types of video and stable, but you do lose some flexibility/ sophistication vs the Sony programs.
PD9 also comes with a simple sound editing program.
Conclusion: Overall I think this is a well designed and user friendly editing program and is worth considering if you want an easier/ quicker life, but you do lose some flexibility/ sophistication over the Sony alternatives.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I bought this after using version6 without any bother, I also bought a new computer with video editting in mind. I installed the programme onto my Phenom 2 Quad Core GTX460, 8bg RAM, 500gb Hard Drive, 1gb Graphics Card, computer, well within the basic requirements. It keeps crashing (not reponding)after only a short time editting a DVD. I've tried several times with the same result. Very very disappointing. I originally give this product one star. I have been in touch with the support, who to be fair replied quickly, and carried out what changes they recommended to my system. It stopped the crashing but that is all. The supposedly blazingly fast software takes 2-3 minutes to change a transition by clicking to change it. As my computer is above the spec I expected this software to to what it says on the box, I think trading standards should look into this as in my mind it isn't fit for purpose. I have returned it to Amazon and await a refund. I now need to find a product that works properly out of the box!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I originally gave this one star (see below) as simply would not run.
However I then resisted immediate uninstall and spent some time exploring various forums. Eventually found the solution was to upgrade to the latest version of the driver for the graphics card. But took some searching on my part. I wish software companies and the relevant hardware companies would talk to each other about this kind of issue a it seems to be a known one - known on some forums at least.
So I'm going to re-rate the software with three stars and once I've had the chance to have a thorough play with it I'll raise it again if it seems to deserve it. The presence of so many high ratings suggests it does (but I need to see for myself) but I really could do without the kind of issue I encountered when I first installed it. So frustrating...
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Had PowerDirector 8 installed and all fine.
But PowerDirector 9 offered promise of faster rendering times etc as my laptop runs on a 64 bit version of Windows 7. In fact Cyberlink use this as a selling point (maximise your installed memory). Anyway have just installed PowerDirector 9 Ultra 64 and it simply fails to run. Keep getting a Windows error message and it then fails. I noted a previous review that simply needed to update the graphics card but my graphics card claims to have the latest drivers etc.
So have to give this version 1 (one) but would rather give it 0 (zero) as it just doesn't work.
Won't even launch so the promised improvements and extra features are irrelevant.
Job for tomorrow is to uninstall version 9 and re-install version 8.
Only buy if you're feeling lucky.
However I then resisted immediate uninstall and spent some time exploring various forums. Eventually found the solution was to upgrade to the latest version of the driver for the graphics card. But took some searching on my part. I wish software companies and the relevant hardware companies would talk to each other about this kind of issue a it seems to be a known one - known on some forums at least.
So I'm going to re-rate the software with three stars and once I've had the chance to have a thorough play with it I'll raise it again if it seems to deserve it. The presence of so many high ratings suggests it does (but I need to see for myself) but I really could do without the kind of issue I encountered when I first installed it. So frustrating...
>>>>>>>>>
Had PowerDirector 8 installed and all fine.
But PowerDirector 9 offered promise of faster rendering times etc as my laptop runs on a 64 bit version of Windows 7. In fact Cyberlink use this as a selling point (maximise your installed memory). Anyway have just installed PowerDirector 9 Ultra 64 and it simply fails to run. Keep getting a Windows error message and it then fails. I noted a previous review that simply needed to update the graphics card but my graphics card claims to have the latest drivers etc.
So have to give this version 1 (one) but would rather give it 0 (zero) as it just doesn't work.
Won't even launch so the promised improvements and extra features are irrelevant.
Job for tomorrow is to uninstall version 9 and re-install version 8.
Only buy if you're feeling lucky.
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AVOID this or the new version
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