Powerful Video Editing With Unlimited Possibilities
Enter PowerDirector 8 Deluxe, with an effective, easy to use interface and a boatload of useful effects, transitions, and “magic” tools to clean up your videos and steady some of your shaky camera work. You can’t get any better than PowerDirector 8 Deluxe, which is why it’s the “TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award” winner.
Overview
Disc Menu Designer - Work with new designs featuring "select scenes" navigation and animated chapter thumbnails. Create stylish menus with subtitle on/off controls too! Output to Blu-ray Discs and DVDs. See our disc menu demo.
Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator - Burn discs featuring surround sound audio that you can enjoy on your home-theater system.
Resizable Workspace - Adjust your workspace to make editing even easier. Drag to enlarge the timeline, preview window and effects libraries.
Enhance Videos and Photos with Magic Tools
Powerful Video Enhancements - Transform some of your worst mistakes into your best video content. PowerDirector's video and photo enhancement tools let you adjust the degree of each fix then automatically create the results your are looking for.
Automated Video Editing - Select a movie theme and let PowerDirector complete your video for you. No need to set a single edit point or add an effect. It's totally automatic!
Professional Slideshows - Choose from 7 unique templates, including the new "3D" style and slideshows featuring beat-detection technology to automatically sync your photos to music. The "cell" style gives you complete control, letting you arrange each photo.
Acquire Online Resources Easily
Direct Access to Photos on Flickr™ - Retrieve photos you have already uploaded to Flickr™. Search for photos created by your contacts or available under common license agreements. Import directly to your PowerDirector projects.
Unlimited Audio on Freesound - Never get stuck for a sound effect again. Search by tags and import to your media library.
Connect with other PowerDirector Users on DirectorZone
Your PowerDirector Community - Enjoy free access to DirectorZone, PowerDirector's dedicated online community.
Download Effects - Access new effects created by other PowerDirector users for your projects.
Upload Effects - Share your effects and DVD templates with other users on DirectorZone. Learn about uploading your creations to DirectorZone.
Subscribe to Other Creators - Make sure you always get the latest designs of your favorite creators.
NOTE: Output to Blu-ray Disc and support for AVCHD and other high-definition formats is available in the PowerDirector 8 Ultra version. Please check the version comparison for a complete outline of the features available.
Options for Publishing and Sharing Videos
DVD authoring
- Menu designer
- Subtitle button
- Supported disc types DVD, VCD, SVCD, Double-Layer DVDs DVD, VCD, SVCD, Double-Layer DVDs DVD, VCD, SVCD, Double-Layer DVDs DVD, VCD, SVCD, Double-Layer DVDs
Other authoring features
- Number of menu templates - Unlimited via DirectorZone
- Support for Dolby Digital 5.1
- Widescreen menus -
- Play All, Play Scenes menus
- Background music
- Motion menus and thumbnails
- Uploading of menu designs to DirectorZone
- Moveable buttons and thumbnails -
- Support for imported images -
HD video formats
- MPEG-2 HD
- WMV-HD
- Publishing to YouTube
- Output for iPhone
- Output for iPod and PSP
- MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DV-AVI, QuickTime
- Write back to HDV tape
- Write back to DV tape
- Pack projects for use on other PCs
- Produce multiple projects as a batch
- 16:9 ratio output support
- Set aspect ratio of all videos at once
- Auto save projects
Automated Editing Tools
Slideshow Designer
- Slideshow templates - 7
- 3D style
- Editable "cell" slideshow
- Beat detection technology
- Magic Movie Wizard - time-saving editing guide
Magic Style
- Themed templates for auto editing
- Particle effects and alpha-blended PiPs
- Closing video
Magic Fix
- Enhanced video stabilization
- Photo sharpening
- Red-eye removal
Magic Clean
- Apply multiple fixes at once
- Correct backlight & lighting, and white calibration -
- Extreme backlight correction
- White balance and color correction
- Noise reduction
Magic Cut - auto cut unwanted video
Magic Music - auto fit soundtrack to video
Magic Motion
- Preset motion paths for photos
- Auto animation of photos
- RichVideo file information
Advanced Editing Features
End-to-end HD video production
Workspace
- Adjustable windows
- Faster response times
- Media library tools
- Sort and display tools for effects libraries
- 1-click compacted timeline
PiP Effects
- PiP tracks - Up to 6
- PiP image library
- Number of PiP objects - Unlimited via DirectorZone
- Adjustable transparency
- Advanced preset motion paths
- User-defined motion paths
- Key frame motion paths
- User-defined key frame effects
- PiP format tools
- PiP audio
- Uploading of PiP designs to DirectorZone
Title designer
- Number of effects - Unlimited via DirectorZone
- Dialog balloons
- Multiple title layers
- Animated text
- Support for imported images
- Style format settings
PhotoNow!
- Photo fine tuning
- Aspect ratio options for cropping
Video subtitles
- Subtitle track on timeline
- Import txt and export srt files
- Text styling tools
- Display date/time info as text overlay
Video effects
- Number of effects - 72
- Adjustable keyframes
- Support for multiple effects onscreen
Transition effects
- Number of effects - 142
- Adjustable duration
Audio features
- Audio mixing room
- PiP audio track
- Voice, video, and music tracks
- Waveform display on timeline
- Adjustable audio levels on timeline
- Name chapters on the timeline and track room
- Set chapters on the timeline
- Show/hide tracks when previewing
- Previewing quality adjustment
- High quality previewing
- 4:3/16:9 aspect ratio settings (conversion)
- PreciseCut
- Split
- Adjust speed
Trim Video Features
- Frame-based
- Multi-trim - Improved
- Keep selected or remove selected
System Requirements
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, or 2000 (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture)
1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above
Required for recording voice-overs
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, RealVideo Profiles: Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+
AVCHD and MPEG-2 HD Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400 or Athlon 64 X2 5000+
512 MB required (2 GB DDR2 above recommended for editing HD videos)
5 GB required minimum (note: 400 MB is for Magic Music Library)
10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVD production
60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Disc production
Video Capturing Device
PCI or USB 1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard (i.e. PC Camera and TV tuner with WDM driver)
DV camcorder connected via OHCI-compliant IEEE 1394
DVD camcorder connected via USB 2.0
Sony MicroMV camcorder
JVC Everio camcorder (GZ-MC100, GZ-MC200)
Sony HDR-FX1 (HDV)
Sony HDR-HC1 (HDV)
JVC GR-HD1U (HDV)
Supported AVCHD camcorders
SONY HDR-SR1
SONY HDR-UX1
SONY HDR-CX7
SONY HDR-SR7
Panasonic SX5
Burning Drive
A CD or DVD burner (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD/AVCHD titles
A Blu-ray disc recordable drive is required to burn Blu-ray Discs
NOTE- Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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