![]() ![]() The enhanced stabilization engine has also been updated and seems to work better now when it comes to remove the effects of multi-axis and rotational shakiness. It should not be forgotten, also, that users have access to a huge quantity of free effects, templates, presets and tutorials at DirectorZone, the website created to distribute contents for the PowerDirector program. PowerDirector 13 also comes with over 500 effects and templates, including over 50 brand new animated PiP objects, animated themes, titles and much more! The Menu Designer, for those that need to create specific layouts, has also been revamped, offering enhanced usability. This feature may not be of much use to most users, as the quantity of transitions available is already extensive – and frankly, many are best forgotten – but if you’re in a DIY mood and want to create your own transitions, the option is there. Simply import an image, PowerDirector will create the transition effect basing on the image you choose. It provides an easy way to customize transition effects from an image. ![]() ![]() The new Transition Designer is one of them. While the interface has not been changed much, there are new options hidden under the menus. As the audio from each clip is essentially the same and the final video will have the audio track chosen as the main, the Audio Sync tool looks at the audio from the different videos and syncs them, making it easier to edit material. That’s what MultiCam Audio Sync does for you. Cyberlink has solved the problem with a feature that allows users to do 100 tracks multicam editing, meaning you can synchronize up to 100 timeline tracks. The idea is interesting, but getting all that footage together may be complex, as sync issues will arise. Imagine a group of persons capturing the same event from different angles – or you placing multiple cameras at different angles and activating them – to obtain different perspectives that could all be included in one single video. With so many video capturing devices in the hands of users these days, collaborative work is, sometimes, interesting and one option to explore. It already offers most of the new interesting features introduced with this version. I would advise the Ultimate version, which costs $129.99 and represents a good choice if you do not want/need the extra programs mentioned above. The suite offers, as expected, the most options, but users buying anything from the PowerDirector 13 Ultra, which costs $74.99, will have access to the a lot of new features, including the XAVC-S and H.265/HEVC formats mentioned above. You can pay anything from $69.99 for the PowerDirector 13 Deluxe edition – which is the entry level – to $299.99 for the Director Suite 3, which includes the programs PowerDirector 13, AudioDirector 5, ColorDirector 3 and PhotoDirector 6 and also some other stuff, like Windows 8/Android versions of PowerDirector Mobile and PhotoDirector Mobile, along with direct access to CyberLink Cloud Service, with 20GB of free space. In fact, the PowerDirector family of products offers a series of options, allowing users to invest within their needs and according to their expectations. Again, this is a feature only available on the versions from PowerDirector 13 Ultra and above. So, if you’re buying, do not go for the cheapest version, Deluxe, which does not offer this new feature.Īlso new in the program, launched one year after the version 12, is the support for H.265/HEVC, which provides the same compression quality of H.264 but allows to reduce the size of files some 32%, important in a world where video is watched on mobile devices or downloaded from the internet. In fact, the version Ultra, which costs $ 74.99, already offers support for XAVC-S. For those aiming to import XAVC-S videos and produce MP4 videos up to 3840×2160/60p, this is a viable option for a cost under $100. The support for XAVC-S, the latest open standard for 4K and HD videos is on top on the list of features present in the new PowerDirector 13 (it was only available for PowerDirector 12 through an update). ![]()
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