Upscaling Video Quality   |   Magical Results in Seconds   |   Customizable Slideshows

Upscaling Video Quality NEW

PowerDirector enhances your videos and photos dramatically by leveraging TrueTheater Technologies from the world's #1 Blu-ray/DVD playback software, PowerDVD. You'll be amazed how fast and how effective video refining can be.

Upscaling Video Resolution CyberLink TrueTheater HD technology upscales SD videos to HD-like content, sharpening images and removing video noise.	Fixing Colors & Lighting CyberLink TrueTheater Lighting corrects backlighting problems, enhances brightness and colors, and helps compensate for poor lighting.
Adding Surround Sound CyberLink TrueTheater Surround lets you add a pro-like touch to your disc authoring process by including virtual surround sound on your discs.	Smoothing Slo-mo Effects Cyberlink TrueTheater Motion enhances your slow motion sequences, using frame interpolation to reduce jitters and smooth out scenes.

Magical Results in Seconds

PowerDirector's magical editing tools provide video and photo enhancements automatically.

Customizable Slideshows - IMPROVED

PowerDirector 8’s slideshow tools let you produce photo productions fast & easy. A choice of 8 animation styles helps you customize your photo slideshows. Advanced features let you switch themes and manually arrange the sequence and framing of each photo. And when it's time to add music, intelligent beat detection technology synchronizes your photos.

Auto-Shutdown

When working with especially large videos, a lot of time is consumed in producing the final video files and discs. PowerDirector 8 conveniently shuts down your PC on completion, saving valuable power and time.

Optimized for Intel Core i7  |  Optimized for NVIDIA CUDA  |  Optimized for ATI STREAM

Faster Performance

The first consumer video editing software to be optimized for Intel Core i7, NVIDIA CUDA, and ATI Stream technology, PowerDirector delivers up to 5X faster performance for rendering effects and transcoding videos, with vastly improved editing and previewing speeds.

CPU/GPU Optimization - IMPROVED

Video editing software, PowerDirector, lets you take full advantage of multi-processing CPU and GPU computing technologies in order to deliver faster rendering times. Our lab tests have shown significant performance gains in rendering HD video when combining PowerDirector with the latest technologies from Intel, NVIDIA and AMD, letting you spend less time waiting for produced content and more time enjoying and sharing your videos.

Optimized for Intel® Core i7™

PowerDirector enhances overall HD video editing performance. Intel Core i7 technology harnesses the full power of the CPU to deliver higher performance and better energy efficiency during HD video editing.

Improved Performance Gains

Intel Core i7 technology enables PowerDirector to improve overall performance including previewing, effects rendering, format conversions, and burning to DVD or Blu-ray disc.

Optimized for NVIDIA® CUDA™

NVIDIA CUDA technology empowers PowerDirector to encode HD video in H.264 format significantly faster by leveraging the power of the GPU for improved rendering times for certain video effects.

Optimized for HD Encoding to H.264

PowerDirector allows the output of H.264 content for playback on PSP, iPod, iPhone and PS3. A choice of video profiles, offering high quality and relatively small file sizes, is the perfect solution for creating content for today's media players.

Optimized for ATI® STREAM™

PowerDirector ensures faster video transcoding for high-definition content. By leveraging ATI Stream technology accelerate the conversion of standard and HD video content.

Optimized for HD Transcoding

In conjunction with ATI Stream technology, PowerDirector accelerates the conversion of standard and HD video into multiple formats for use on differing consumer electronics devices. PowerDirector thus provides quick output of video content for playback on PSP, iPod, and iPhone platforms.

Free Effects at DirectorZone  |  Movie Secrets Revealed  |  Free Flickr® Photos, Audio

Shared Creativity

Ever wonder how home movies achieve memorable effects? Now you can by viewing other users' timelines and even sharing your own on DirectorZone.com. This unique glimpse into others' creative approaches is a remarkable learning tool, offering incredible insight for your own projects.

13,000+ Free Effects at DirectorZone

Populated by thousands of members and growing daily, DirectorZone, PowerDirector's video editing community, is where you can download, upload, share, subscribe and comment on other users' effects. Expand your editing options by downloading title effects, particle effects, PiP objects and DVD menu templates. Or, let the world embrace your creativity by using your killer effects in their movies.

Movie Secrets Revealed

With PowerDirector 8, project timeline details can be shared in the form of a timeline view, which gives you a glimpse into the unique creative approaches of other users. It's a great way to share your editing techniques too.

Free Flickr® Photos, Free Freesound Audio

Don't have enough colorful photos? Need more instrumental audio in your movies? You can access all the photos your project needs at flickr®, with PowerDirector's search tool & download feature. At freesound™, search for audio and music clips via PowerDirector's user interface too before downloading them into your project.

Upload to Facebook & YouTube  |  Burning & Authoring  |  Playing on Mobile Devices

Ways to Show and Share

Video editing software, PowerDirector, provides direct HD video uploading to Facebook and YouTube, enabling easy sharing on today’s most popular social networks and video blogging sites.

Or enjoy your finished movie in HD at home by producing Blu-ray Discs or AVCHD discs in high-definition resolution. If it's mobility you are after, you can produce playback files for your iPhone, iPod, or PSP.

Upload to Facebook & YouTube

You can upload videos and photos directly to Facebook and YouTube in HD quality with video editing powerhouse, PowerDirector. Add tags to your media, choose among upload qualities, and set your account info for instant uploads.

Burning & Authoring

PowerDirector offers production of stunning high-definition Blu-ray Discs and AVCHD DVDs. During the authoring process, you can view your disc structure with PowerDirector before you start burning.

Before burning to disc, you can add creative menus, make or customize menus from your built-in library, DirectorZone, or start from scratch. For that finishing touch, include professional disc features like subtitles, 5.1 channel audio, and first-play video intros.

Playing on Mobile Devices

For playback on any mobile device, PowerDirector exports video files to your favorite media players such as iPhone, iPod and PSP so you can enjoy them where ever you are. Other output options include backing up to HDV or DV tape by writing back to your camcorder.

Design Tools   |   Particle Effects   |   Disc Menus   |   16 Tracks   |   Adjustable Workspace

Pro Results

PowerDirector 8's suite of design tools—for creating titles, animated objects, and disc menus—now offers a Particle Effects Designer, letting you experiment with movie-like special effects. As with PowerDirector's other design tools, particle effects can be uploaded and shared with other users on DirectorZone, PowerDirector's community website.

Design Tools - IMPROVED

PowerDirector 8 expands your creative options with a new Particle Effects Designer to produce customizable special effects. When combined with the existing design tools—titles, animated PiPs and menus—your video productions will look better than ever. PowerDirector's "open editing" approach lets you share your effects and disc templates with other users on DirectorZone.

Particle Effects NEW

PowerDirector 8 lets you add sophisticated particle effects to projects to achieve everything from simple animations to dramatic special effects. Start quickly with a wide range of templates and then customize to fit your video's style.

A slew of special effect parameters are at your fingertips:

Disc Menus, Titles, Animated Objects MORE

PowerDirector's design tools are the perfect way to customize the look of your video. With thousands of templates available on the DirectorZone website, you have all the inspiration you need to get started.

DirectorZone: Select from one of the template categories, then download the effect you like directly into your project.	PiP Designer: Create pro-like picture-in-picture (PiP) effects such as video overlays and animated objects.
Titles: Add funny thought bubbles, dialogs, credit sequences, or even TV-like captions to your videos.	Disc Menu Designer: Create a stylish menu for navigating your video production when burning to Blu-ray Disc, AVCHD disc, or DVD.

16 Tracks MORE

More video tracks and audio tracks give you ample room to flex your creative muscles. PowerDirector's nine PiP tracks allow multiple layers of video and objects to be animated simultaneously. You can create 3x3 video walls, more sophisticated animations, split screens, and chroma-key effects. Four audio tracks let you layer richly textured audio. Other tracks are for titles, transitions and effects.

Adjustable Workspace - IMPROVED

When working on video masterpieces, you'll want as much legroom as possible. PowerDirector 8's new workspace is more flexible—simply drag to resize. Hone in on specific tasks such as organizing your media library, previewing current clips, or making subtle refinements to timeline effects. Dual Monitor Support

Total Creative Control NEW

The new Zoom-in Cut™ edits at microscopic levels, right down to a single frame. When you want to retain your best video shots with the most interesting camera angles, try PowerDirector's new cropping videos feature.

HD Input and Output

PowerDirector lets you create high-quality, high-definition projects from captured HD videos and photos. Import from your captured devices, edit in HD or use proxy editing, and then output in a range of HD formats according to your playback device like iPhone, PSP, and Xbox. Or let PowerDirector export to HD discs such as Blu-ray and AVCHD. Other HD formats supported: AVCHD, H.264, MPEG-2 HD, and WMV-HD.

Proxy Editing IMPROVED

PowerDirector 8 improves the user experience when working with HD content. When you import HD files, PowerDirector creates lower resolution proxy files, allowing for faster previewing and more responsive editing by reducing CPU loading.

Non-Real Time Preview

Non-real time previewing allows you to preview every frame of your video by slowing the playback speed. Intelligent analysis of the video content enables PowerDirector to adjust playback speed according to the current system loading.