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HP PCs - Using CyberLink PowerDirector to Perform Digital Video Editing (Windows 8)

This document applies to HP Desktop and Notebook computers with CyberLink PowerDirector and Windows 8.

CyberLink PowerDirector is a digital video editing plan for creating professional-looking video movies and photo slideshows that tin be emailed to friends, burned to disc or uploaded to the Internet. PowerDirector offers three editing modes for your media: Full Feature Editor, Easy Editor, and Slideshow Creator.

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This document provides bones instructions for using CyberLink PowerDirector. For more than detailed information, use the CyberLink PowerDirector application assist. To access CyberLink PowerDirector application Help, click the Assist icon, from within ane of the editing programs, and so select PowerDirector Help from the menu.

Opening CyberLink PowerDirector

Apply the following steps to open up CyberLink PowerDirector.

1. At the Start screen, type CyberLink PowerDirector to open the Search Charm.

2. Click CyberLink PowerDirector from the list of results.

3. PowerDirector displays the PowerDirector principal menu.

   Effigy : PowerDirector chief menu

   

   The carte du jour offers three methods for creating media files:

   • Full Characteristic Editor accesses all of the PowerDirector features for capturing, editing, and producing media.

   • Easy Editor provides a quick and easy method to create videos using your media files.

   • Slideshow Creator creates photograph slideshows.

Using the PowerDirector Full Feature Editor

The Total Feature Editor gives you full admission to all the features for capturing, editing, and producing media.

1. Click Full Feature Editor in the CyberLink PowerDirector master menu.

   Effigy : PowerDirector main menu

   

2. PowerDirector displays the Edit window.

   Figure : PowerDirector Edit window

   

   1. Library window

   2. Workspace

Importing video and photos

Import videos and photos for your moving picture from the hard disk drive or an external source.

Follow these steps to import videos and photos:

1. In PowerDirector, click File, then click New Project from the dropdown carte.

   PowerDirector opens to the Edit window.

2. Click the Import Media push.

3. Click Import Media Files. Browse to the file and highlight information technology.

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   You can also import a media folder instead of importing each file separately.

4. Click Open to add videos or photos to the library.

   Figure : Open window

   

   PowerDirector imports the file and places it in the library.

Capturing media

Capture devices can exist either analog or digital.

• Analog devices are devices such every bit TV tuner cards, older VCRs, and older video cameras. The TV tuner is installed in the computer. VCRs and older analog video cameras connect to the S-video port or the Blended (RCA) port on the figurer.

• Digital devices such as digital video cameras and webcams connect to the Firewire port or the USB port on the computer.

Preparing the capture device

Follow these instructions for preparing the capture device you are going to use:

• DV camcorder and HDV camcorder: Connect the camcorder to the USB or Firewire port on the computer. And then plough on the device and ready it to VCR or style.

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  If your digital camcorder connects to your computer via USB, you lot must import video files as if your camcorder is another hard bulldoze. For help, see the previous section, Importing video and photos.

• Digital Idiot box: Connect the digital Television set to the computer and turn it on to the program you desire to capture.

• TV: Connect the TV to the South-video port or the Blended (RCA) port on the computer. And so turn it on to the plan you want to capture.

• VCR: Connect the VCR to the Due south-video port or the Blended (RCA) port on the reckoner. Turn on the device and insert the video tape you want to capture.

• Video camera (analog): Use the post-obit steps:

  1. Connect the video camera to the Southward-video port or the Composite (RCA) port on the estimator.

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     If your video camera has only a Composite (RCA) output port and your computer has simply an S-Video input port, you need a Composite (RCA) to S-Video adapter to connect the camera to the computer.

  2. If you are using a Composite (RCA) connectedness, connect the audio (white plug) from the video photographic camera to the computer Audio-In port.

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     Some computers, such as HP TouchSmart products, are shipped with an adapter you lot must apply to connect the audio RCA connector to the computer.

  3. Set the camera to the advisable way and plough it on. If you lot are capturing segments from a previously recorded video, set the camera to VCR or mode.

  4. If you are capturing alive video, press the record button on the camera.

  5. To check the device settings, on the PowerDirector menu bar, click the Capture tab on the bill of fare bar, then click Device Settings.

• Webcam: If your webcam is not already born to the monitor, position and connect it to the USB or Firewire port on the figurer.

• Microphone: If your microphone is not already congenital-in to the computer, connect information technology to the mcrophone port on the computer.

• CD and DVD: Insert the CD or DVD in the CD/DVD histrion on the estimator.

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  Some DVDs are protected past technology that does not allow you to capture the content they contain.

Capturing media from different devices

You can capture audio and video to employ in your project from a variety of devices in MPEG-ane, MPEG-ii, MPEG-4, and AVI formats. PowerDirector automatically detects bachelor devices connected to your estimator, and displays them as options in the capture window.

Figure : Capture window



1. Capture device options

2. Capture preview window

3. Captured content window

4. Information window

The sections below provide instructions for capturing media from different types of devices. Follow the instructions for the blazon of capture device you are using.

Capturing from DV camcorder and HDV camcorder

Employ the following steps to capture content from a DV or HDV camcorder:

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Make certain your camcorder is in VCR mode earlier capturing.

1. Connect the camcorder to the Firewire or USB port on the reckoner.

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   If your digital camcorder connects to your computer via USB, you must import video files equally if your camcorder was another difficult bulldoze. For help, see the previous section, Importing Video and Photos.

2. Click the Capture tab on the menu bar to open the Capture mode.

3. To capture from a DV camcorder, click the DV camcorder button.

   To capture from HDV camcorder, click the HDV camcorder button.

   The digital capture function opens. You might have to expect a few minutes as PowerDirector switches capture modes.

4. Use i of the post-obit methods to locate the position where you want to brainstorm capturing:

   • Use the playback buttons.

   • Enter a timecode, then press the Enter cardinal on your keyboard to seek that timecode.

   • Drag the time slider.

5. Set your capture options (if necessary).

6. To capture, click the Capture push button.

   To stop, click the Stop push button.

7. The clip yous capture displays in the captured content window.

Capturing Television

Complete the following steps to capture alive TV from the computer.

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You must have a Television set tuner installed on the computer to capture live Tv set images.

1. Click the Capture tab on the menu bar and await while PowerDirector detects the devices that are currently bachelor.

2. Click the Telly push to open the Idiot box capture function. (You lot might have to look a few minutes equally PowerDirector switches capture modes.)

   Figure : Capture mode for TV

   

3. Fix your capture options (if necessary).

4. Use one of the post-obit methods to notice the channel you want to capture:

   • Click the arrow buttons to go upward a channel or to become down a aqueduct.

   • Click the Dorsum button to return to the previous aqueduct.

   • Enter a channel number in the channel box.

5. To capture, click the Capture push.

   To stop, click the Stop button.

6. The content yous capture displays in the captured content window.

Capturing from an older VCR or video camera

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Y'all must have a Boob tube tuner card installed on your computer to capture analog video from a VCR or video camera.

To capture video from an older VCR, employ the following steps:

1. Connect the video camera to the South-video port or the Composite (RCA) port on the computer

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   If your video camera has but a Blended (RCA) output port and your computer has only an S-Video input port, you need a Blended (RCA) to S-Video adapter to connect the camera to the computer.

2. Connect the audio cable from the video camera to the figurer Audio-In port.

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   Some computers, such as HP TouchSmart products, are shipped with an adapter y'all must use to connect the audio cablevision to the figurer.

3. Turn on the VCR or video photographic camera.

4. Fix the device using one of the following methods:

   • VCR: Insert the tape from which you desire to capture video, and printing play on the VCR.

   • Video camera: If you are capturing segments from a previously recorded video, insert the tape, and prepare the video camera to VCR or play mode.

   • Video camera: If yous are capturing live video, set the video photographic camera to Camera style.

5. Click the Capture tab on the carte du jour bar and wait while PowerDirector detects the devices that are currently available.

6. Click the Telly button to open the analog capture role. (You might have to wait a few minutes as PowerDirector switches capture modes.)

7. Click the Capture tab on the carte bar, and so click Device Setup.

   The Analog Video Settings box opens.

8. On the Video Setup tab in the Capture source box, set the blazon of connection you are using; Composite or S-Video.

   If the video-out port on the camera or VCR is Composite, click Composite. If the video-out port on the camera or VCR is S-Video, click S-Video in the Capture source box.

   Figure : Analog Video Settings window set up to Composite video

   

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   Setting the Capture source incorrectly can result in black and white video instead of colour video.

9. To capture, click the Capture push button.

   To stop, click the Stop button.

10. The content you capture displays in the captured content window.

Capturing from the webcam

To capture images from the webcam, consummate the following steps.

1. If your webcam is not already congenital into the monitor, position and connect it to the USB or Firewire port on the computer.

2. Click the Capture tab on the menu bar and wait while PowerDirector detects the devices that are currently available.

3. Click the Webcam button to open up the PC camera capture role. (Yous might have to look a few minutes as PowerDirector switches capture modes.)

4. Set your capture options (if necessary).

5. To capture, click the Capture push button.

   To terminate, click the Stop push.

6. The content you capture displays in the captured content window.

7. To capture a snapshot, click the Snapshot button. Enter a file name in the Capture File Name box and click OK. The snapshot you lot capture displays in the captured content window.

Capturing from the microphone

Apply the following steps to capture from the microphone:

1. If your microphone is not already built-in to the computer, connect it to the Microphone port on the estimator.

2. Click the Capture tab on the menu bar and await while PowerDirector detects the devices that are currently available.

3. Click the Microphone push to open the microphone capture function. (You might have to wait a few minutes equally PowerDirector switches capture modes.)

   Figure : Capturing with the microphone

   

4. Set your capture options (if necessary).

5. To capture, click the Capture button.

   To finish, click the Stop button.

6. The content yous capture displays in the captured content window.

Capturing from CD

Apply the following steps to capture audio tracks from a CD.

1. Insert a CD in the CD/DVD drive.

2. Click the Capture tab on the menu bar and look while PowerDirector detects the devices that are currently available.

3. Click the CD push button to open up the CD capture function. You might take to expect a few moments as PowerDirector switches capture modes.

4. In the Disc selection box, click the disc bulldoze where the CD is inserted.

5. Select the track you lot want to record from the drop-down list. You lot can preview the runway by using the player controls.

6. To capture, click the Capture push.

   The unabridged track records automatically.

   To capture an excerpt of the song, click the Stop button to stop capture.

   The audio content you capture displays in the captured content window.

Capturing from an external or optical device

Use the following steps to capture audio tracks from a CD or other external device.

1. Insert a DVD in the DVD bulldoze.

2. Click the Capture tab on the bill of fare bar and wait while PowerDirector detects the devices that are currently bachelor.

3. Click the DVD/External Device push button to open the DVD capture function. You might accept to wait a few moments as PowerDirector switches capture modes.

4. Select the disc drive where the DVD was inserted by clicking the DVD Bulldoze push.

5. Use the DVD disc navigation tree on the left to select the chapters or titles you lot want to capture. You can preview the DVD by using the histrion controls.

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   Some DVDs are protected by technology that does not allow you to capture the content they comprise.

6. Set your capture options (if necessary).

7. To capture, click the Capture push button.

   The selected chapter(s) and/or title(s) are captured and and so displayed in the captured content window.

Creating the movie

You can utilise the Magic Film Sorcerer to turn media into a movie. Then edit and refine the pic in the workspace.

1. In the Media Library, click the file or files for the picture show.

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   To select more than one file, printing and concur the Shift key while clicking the files.

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   To import a file, click the Import Media push at the meridian left of the screen to locate and select files from the computer directory.

2. Click the Magic Movie Wizard push on the left side of the PowerDirector workspace window.

3. The Import Your Media window displays. Click Selected items, then click Side by side.

   Figure : Import Your Media window

   

4. The Select Style windows displays. Select a way and click Next.

   Figure : Select a style window

   

5. The Adjustment window displays. Click the Add music button and browse to select the groundwork music for the moving-picture show.

   Effigy : Add Music

   

6. Move the slider to prepare the ratio between music and videos.

7. In the Specify the movie duration box, set a duration for the movie or click Fit duration to background music, then click the Next button.

8. Click the Play button to preview the style, then click the Next button.

   Figure : Preview Fashion

   

9. The Finished window displays.

   Effigy : Finished

   

10. Select Produce Video, and then click Finish.

    On the message that displays, click OK to use the movie made past the Magician to the timeline.

    Effigy : Adding movie to timeline message

    

    The picture timeline displays in the workspace at the lower portion of the screen.

    Figure : Timeline view of new movie in the workspace

    

    1. Library

    2. Workspace in the timeline view

When the movie is in the workspace, y'all can edit or add media clips, transitions, voiceovers, and other special effects. Y'all can identify media and effect clips into specific tracks in the workspace, move them to different locations in the movie or remove them from the workspace.

The workspace has two different views, the Timeline view and the Storyboard view. Access these by clicking the Timeline or Storyboard buttons.

The Storyboard view is a large graphical brandish of your projection. The Storyboard view is useful to aid you lot visualize the scenes and the overall production.

Figure : Storyboard view

The Timeline view lets you view the entire projection based on running time. This is useful when you are inserting effects at a specific moment or time. The Timeline view also provides a view of various tracks and where they appear in the timeline.

The Timeline view contains the following tracks:

• Video Track contains the main video and photo clips.

• Sound Rail contains the audio portion of a video or music clips.

• Effect Track contains special effects such as transitions that utilise to the clip in the Master Video Track at the same location.

• PiP (film in picture) Track contains video or photo clips and objects that are inserted over any prune in the Principal Video Track that appear during the PiP effect'south elapsing.

• Title Rails contains championship furnishings that appear over whatever clips in the Primary Video Track that occur during the championship effect'southward elapsing.

• Voice Track contains a narrative vocalism-over or 2nd audio clip.

• Music Track contains the main sound and music clips.

For help with these features, utilise the CyberLink PowerDirector application assist by clicking the Assist icon, and then clicking PowerDirector Aid.

Editing video and audio clips

Edit video and audio clips to shorten, to merge 2 or more than clips together or to carve up 1 clip into ii clips. Follow these steps to edit video and audio clips.

1. Select a movie or sound clip in the timeline and click the Trim tab.

   The Trim window opens.

2. Click the Seek by button in the disc window to change the seek element. PowerDirector automatically seeks by frame.

3. Use the controls in the Trim window to edit the prune.

   • Click the Play button to view the video.

   • Click the Stop button to stop viewing the video.

   • Click the Previous and Next buttons to motion through the video.

   • Click Volume buttons to suit the volume level of the video.

   • To change where the video starts or stops, set the Mark In and Mark Out points for trimming.

     Move the slider arrow to the frame where y'all want to start the video and click the Mark-in indicators. And so movement the slider arrow to the frame where you want to end the video and click the Marker-out indicators.

     Effigy : Video prune in the Trim window

     

   When finished, click OK.

4. To split an audio or media clip into two clips, select the clip and move the timeline slider to the position for the carve up. Click the Split up tab.

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   Splitting a prune does not delete whatever part of the clip.

5. To preview the movie after the changes, click the Media Viewer button in the Preview window.

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   The Media Viewer allows you to preview media clips in addition to your entire movie production in a large, resizable window.

   The Media Viewer displays. Click the Play button.

Producing the finished movie

When the edits are complete, use the Production Wizard to compile (or return) the split up elements it contains into a playable movie file. The movie can and so be copied to a disc or to a device such as a smartphone, or tin be uploaded to an Cyberspace site such as Facebook or YouTube.

1. Click the Produce tab on the bill of fare bar.

   The Product Magician displays.

   Figure : PowerDirector Product Sorcerer

   

2. Select the output format for your motion picture file by clicking one of the tabs: 2nd, Device or Online button.

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   Creating in 3D format requires an upgrade to PowerDirector. Click the Upgrade button to open the Upgrade carte du jour.

3. To create a second video file, click Standard 2D.

   1. Adjust the output settings for the production. The following settings are available:

      • File format: Select an bachelor file format (AVI, MPEG2, AVC, WMV, MPEG4 or sound file).

      • Profile type: Select the Profile.

      • Contour name/Quality: Select the quality for the final movie.

      • Land/video format of disc: Select the country from the list.

   2. To change the file name, enter a new name in the file name box. To change where the file is saved, click the Browse button.

   3. When yous are finished making changes to the settings, click Start to create the picture file.

   4. To stop the production process earlier the movie is compete, click Pause or Cancel Rendering.

   5. When the rendering process is complete, a message displays.

   6. PowerDirector saves the file and places the completed picture in the Library window.

4. To create a file for a device, such as a smartphone or an XBox, click Device.

   1. Adjust the output settings for the production. The post-obit settings are available:

      • File format: Create a file to record on a device by selecting from the listing of available file formats (DV record, smartphone, Apple device, Sony device or Microsoft device).

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        HD formats require an upgrade to PowerDirector. Click the Upgrade button to open up the Upgrade carte du jour.

      • Profile type: Selects the Profile.

      • Profile proper noun/Quality: Selects the quality for the final movie.

      • Phone model: Selects the phone model from the list.

   2. To change the file name, enter a new name in the file name box. To change where the file is saved, click the Scan push button.

   3. When finished making changes to the settings, click Commencement to create the motion picture file.

   4. To cease the production process before the motion picture is compete, click Suspension or Cancel Rendering.

   5. When the rendering process is consummate, a message displays.

   6. PowerDirector saves the file and places the completed movie in the Library window.

5. To create a file to post online to Facebook or YouTube, click Online.

   1. Adjust the output settings for the production. The following settings are bachelor.

      • Select an online site: Select from a listing of available online sites (Facebook, YouTube, DailyMotion or Vimeo).

      • Profile type: Select the Profile.

      • Contour proper name/Quality: Select the quality for the final movie.

      • Title: Enter the title of your video.

      • Description: Enter a description of the contents of your video

      • Video categories: Select a category that describes the contents of your video.

      • Username, Countersign: Enter your username and password for the online site.

   2. To change the file proper name, enter a new proper noun in the file name box. To change where the file is saved, click the Browse button.

   3. When finished making changes to the settings, click Get-go to upload the video to the online site.

   4. To terminate the production process earlier the video is compete, click the Suspension or Cancel Rendering push.

   5. When the rendering process is consummate, a message displays.

   6. PowerDirector saves the file and places the completed movie in the Library window.

Creating the disc carte du jour

Follow the steps in this section to transfer the completed pic to a DVD disc.

1. Make certain the completed movie is selected in the Library window and is shown in the Preview window.

   Figure : Completed movie in the Library window

   

2. Click the Create disc tab on the carte bar. The Create Disc way opens.

   Figure : Create Disc mode

   

   1. Admission the Carte du jour Designer

   2. Author/Preview window

   3. Add music and starting time video

   4. Burn now button

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   If you desire the disc to skip the menu and start playing automatically when it is inserted in the player, click Create a disc without a carte du jour.

3. Click the Menu Preferences tab to select a carte template for the disc.

   Effigy : Select menu template

   

4. If in that location are chapters in the movie, in the Buttons per page window, select the number of buttons (clickable chapter thumbnails) for the bill of fare folio. If there are no chapters in the movie, skip this step.

5. To customize the disc menu, click the Create Carte du jour button. The Carte Designer displays.

   In the Menu Designer, edit the menu text, alter the font style and color, select special characters or add shadows.

   Figure : Cull fonts in the Menu Designer

   

   Make any changes and click Save. If prompted, enter a file name for the edited template.

6. To add music to the carte du jour, click the Add groundwork music button and scan to the music file. The Choose Card Background Music window displays. Click the Browse button and find your music.

   The following options are available for the bill of fare background music.

   • Fade in/fade out.

   • Repeat the audio file.

   • Employ the music to all pages.

   • Move the slider arrows to trim the audio.

   Figure : Choose menu background music

   

   Make adjustments and click Utilize.

7. Adjust the book in the Create Disc card.

8. To set a clip to play before the carte du jour page displays, click the Add first video button.

9. To modify the disc settings, click the 2nd Disc tab.

   Figure : Modify disc settings window

   

   The following settings are available:

   • Disc format - Select the disc type for the moving picture.

   • Recording format: (DVD but) Select the display format.

   • Video quality: (DVD only) Select a video quality for the disc.

   • Sound blazon: LPCM is an uncompressed audio format (default).

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     The video quality and audio blazon options depend on the disc format.

10. To preview the card, click the Preview tab.

    The carte du jour displays automatically. Click the Stop tab to return to alter disc settings window.

11. When the carte is consummate, go along to the adjacent section to burn the movie to disc.

Burning the movie to disc

Follow these steps to burn the movie to disc.

1. To gear up the burning configuration, click the Burn down at present icon.

   The Final Output window displays.

   Figure : Final Output window

   

2. In the Final Output window, click the Settings push button.

   The following settings are available.

   • Recording drive: Selects the recording drive.

   • Recording speed: Selects the recording speed.

   • Include buffer under-run protection: Select to prevent errors when the difficult bulldoze is busy or system resources are low.

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   Later the configuration is fix, PowerDirector uses the same configuration until the settings are changed.

   Figure : Burn settings

   

3. Click OK to set the configuration and return to the Final Output window.

4. To change the volume characterization, enter a new name in the Disc volume label box.

5. Nether Concluding Output, click Burn to disc.

6. In the Number of copies box, enter the number of copies.

7. To save all the movie files so that another re-create can exist burned in the future, click Create a DVD folder.

   Click the Browse button to change the folder name.

8. Insert a blank, recordable DVD disc in the CD/DVD drive, or insert a blank, recordable Blu-ray disc in the Blu-ray bulldoze.

9. Click Start Burning.

   PowerDirector burns the disc.

   Effigy : Called-for progress

   

10. When the disc is consummate, a congratulations message displays. Click OK.

    Figure : Burning successful

    

Using the PowerDirector Like shooting fish in a barrel Editor

Utilise the Easy Editor to quickly create a video from your media files.

1. Select Easy Editor in the CyberLink PowerDirector main menu.

   Figure : PowerDirector main menu

   

2. The Magic Motion-picture show Sorcerer window displays.

   Click the Import media push to import your media files. When all your media files have been imported, click Adjacent to go along to the next step.

   Figure : Magic Movie Magician add source files

   

3. From the Style carte, select click the template you want to use for your flick. Click Next to proceed to the next step.

   Figure : Magic Picture Sorcerer select fashion window

   

4. In the Adjustment screen, add background music, adapt the audio level, and specify the motion-picture show elapsing.

   Figure : Add Music screen

   

   • Click the Add music button to scan for music tracks to add to your picture show.

   • Motion the slider to suit the ratio between the music and the video's audio.

   • Prepare the elapsing for the movie.

   Once all the music has been added and the adjustments have been made, click Next to go along to the adjacent step.

5. Preview your motion-picture show.

   Effigy : Preview movie

   

   If you want to make whatsoever adjustments, click Previous to go back and make changes. Otherwise, click Next to proceed to the final step.

6. In the Production menu, click Produce Video, so click Finish to create your pic.

   Figure : Produce Video

   

Using the PowerDirector Slideshow Creator

Employ Slideshow creator to create a slideshow video from your photos.

1. Click Slideshow Creator in the PowerDirector main card.

   Figure : PowerDirector master carte

   

2. The Slideshow Creator carte displays.

   Click the Import media button to import your photos. When all your photos have been imported, click Next to go on to the adjacent step.

   Figure : Slideshow Creator add media files

   

3. In the Way & Music screen, select a slideshow style.

   1. Click the Add music button to browse for music files.

   2. Click Music Preferences to make the following adjustments to the music, so click OK:

      • Select Fade-in and Fade-out.

      • Trim the audio past moving the slider.

      • Accommodate the volume.

        Figure : Select manner and music

        

   3. After making your style and music selections, click Adjacent to preview your slideshow.

4. View your slideshow in the Preview window.

   Figure : Preview slideshow window

   

   1. To add custom features to your slideshow, click Customize. In the screen that pops upwardly, brand changes to the following, then click OK to return to the Preview screen:

      • Add or delete photos.

      • Select the maximum number of photos on a slide.

      • Remix the society of the photos in the slideshow.

      • Set up the focus window in a photo.

   2. To modify the style or music, click Previous to return to the Style & Music screen.

   3. Click Next to produce your slideshow.

5. The Production screen displays. Select Produce Video, and then click Finish to produce your video.

   Figure : Produce video

   

Additional Resource

For detailed information on using all features of CyberLink PowerDirector, download a re-create of the User Transmission from the CyberLink website.

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