CyberLink PowerDirector 8 Ultra

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CyberLink PowerDirector 8 Ultra is a comprehensive video editing and enhancement software specifically designed for professional video editors and home users alike. This incredibly versatile visual utility suite can be used to create, edit, and compile original videos equipped with music, voice-overs, special effects, transition effects and more. Cyberlink has impeccably designed a useful program that transforms mediocre clips and full-length videos into brilliant compilations and vivid high definition masterpieces.

Each and every project created in CyberLink PowerDirector 8 Ultra is enhanced with the patented TrueTheater technology, which noticeably improves video resolution, corrects minuscule playback errors by editing the media in slow motion, and even adds surround sound to each media item automatically. This patented TrueTheater technology also corrects common production errors, such as poor lighting, strong backlighting, and bad white balance.

A newly added feature that is particularly worthy of mention is the one-of-a-kind Zoom In Cut feature, which offers one of the most precise trimming tool in the industry. Users can now create incredible videos with very little effort due to the revamped interface and new selection of automated tools. With CyberLink PowerDirector 8 Ultra Video enhancement and creation has never been easier.

Once the media is created, it can then be shared quickly and easily, either via email or via internet upload to popular social sites such as YouTube or Facebook. Alternatively, users can export the media directly to DVD, Blu-ray or watch it on their iPhone, PSP, Xbox, or Xbox. The software cna export to all stanbdard media formats, as well as the following HD formats - AVCHD, H.264, MPEG-2 HD, and WMV-HD.

Aside from creating their own masterpieces, users can also enhance ordinary media to colorful HD quality with state-of-the-art video enrichment technology. Users can even add incredible effects to their favorite movies, such as floating captions, with no scripts required. This feature can give your movies a narrative theme that enhance the overall entertainment value of them.

Although the software is extremely capable and feature-rich it does not consume an exuberant amount of system resources. This year's edition has been redesigned to optimize GPU and CPU usage, producing videos up to five times faster than other video enhancement and editing software. In fact, PowerDirector 8 Deluxe is the first video enhancement software to be fully optimized for Intel Core i7, ATI Stream and NVIDIA CUDA technology.

CyberLink PowerDirector Ultra: What We Liked

• Video enhancement is an automated process that only requires the selection of a few user preferences.
• Exporting and/or sharing media is an extremely simple and convenient process.
• Correcting video flaws was simpler than one would expect, as the software seems to find these flaws automatically and correct them without instruction.

CyberLink PowerDirector Ultra: What We Didn't Like

• Although the software is faster than most other video enhancement software, it does use quite a bit of memory when used extensively.

CyberLink Support

CyberLink offers support for all of their products online via their customer support center. Users can find a plethora of helpful information, ask questions and share information at the online forums, download software updates, view Frequently Asked Questions, and receive technical support via phone or email.

About CyberLink

Since 1996 Cyberlink has built it's reputation as a leading developer and distributor of digital multimedia software. Over the years CyberLink has garnered quite a few accolades, even receiving awards from Forbes magazine. CyberLink has become a crucial contributor to the video software industry with best-selling products like PowerDirector and PowerDVD. CyberLink is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

     

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CyberLink PowerDirector 8 Ultra is a digital video editing program that lets you create professional-looking video movies and photo slideshows, complete with music, voice-overs, special effects, transition effects and much more. If you don't have experience making movies or creating slideshows, don't worry. CyberLink PowerDirector is an easy to use tool that, with just a little practice, will have you making movies like a Hollywood director.

In no time you will be creating creative videos and stylish slideshows that you can email to friends, burn to disc to show your family, or upload to the Internet to share with the world.

More powerful and even faster, CyberLink PowerDirector 8 offers more video enhancement and editing tools, designer tools and more timeline tracks to let you create great videos. A host of new tools and technologies are designed to save editing time and improve your video quality. Leveraging PowerDVD's video enhancing TrueTheater technology, PowerDirector delivers HD-like results from standard definition content by upscaling video resolution, smoothing out playback in slow motion and enabling virtual surround sound. With easy-to-use settings, PowerDirector's TrueTheater technologies fix common video shooting errors such as extreme backlighting, poor white balance, and inadequate lighting.

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. Enjoy working with more editing tools such as Reverse, Crop, Speed and Rotate video tools. For precise trimming, retain frame-level control with the patented Zoom-In Cut.

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.

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.

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.

Designed with unique features backed by advanced technologies, PowerDirector is also easy to use. Key highlights of the new version include:

• Effortless Pro-Like Results: Automated video enhancement and editing tools, combined with an improved interface and more advanced editing options, let users create the videos they imagine quickly and easily.
• Video Upscaling Technology: PowerDirector boosts standard definition video to HD-like results, allowing users to enjoy their content on high-resolution displays in color-rich quality.
• Unique Editing Effects: Powerful effects templates and design tools allow users to easily customize free-floating objects with random navigation. No action script required.
• Up to 5X Faster Video Production: Optimization for CPU and GPU accelerated processing ensures faster video rendering and disc authoring.

CyberLink PowerDirector 8 delivers a powerful array of unique video editing features:

Video Enhancement Tools-Powered by CyberLink TrueTheater Technology, PowerDirector's suite of advanced audio-visual technologies improves the video quality of users' projects, offering SD-to-HD quality up-scaling, video noise removal, smooth slow-motion playback, virtual surround sound, and lighting adjustment.

CPU/GPU Optimization-As the first consumer editing software to be optimized for Intel Core i7, ATI Stream and NVIDIA CUDA technology, PowerDirector delivers faster video rendering and saves production time.

Particle Effects Designer expands the creative possibilities for adding animated objects to projects. Users can begin with PowerDirector's built-in templates then customize to match their video content.
Power Tools-Video cropping, reverse video, and precise "zoom in" trimming deliver pro-like editing results with just a few clicks.

Improved Timeline Interface-16 timeline tracks, an adjustable workspace, and easier media management, provide a flexible working environment for creating more advanced projects.

Sharable Effects, Disc Menus, and Timeline Views-The DirectorZone.com website features uploaded content created by other PowerDirector users-such as customized effects and DVD menus-which can be downloaded for free. More importantly, users can also share their creative processes in the form of a timeline view published on DirectorZone.com. The timeline view lets other users see and learn how each video was created.

Multiple Publishing Options-Direct uploading of HD videos to Facebook and YouTube, and output to playback devices such as iPhone and PSP, allow the sharing and enjoyment of completed projects almost anywhere. Users can also author Blu-ray, AVCHD and DVD discs.

Customizable Photo Slideshows-Editable slideshow styles generate stylish video-like productions in minutes. Users can automatically sync their slideshows to music, reposition photo framing, and rearrange the sequence of each photo.