Software Evaluation Guide for CyberLink PowerDirector 7* Edit and encode HD home movies
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Chapter 1

CyberLink PowerDirector 7*

1.0 Software Description

CyberLink PowerDirector 7* is a powerful video editing software that allows editing and fine-tuning of high-definition videos. It includes such features as adding effects, transitions, and picture-in-picture. When youre ready to produce, PowerDirector* allows you to export in formats for YouTube, iPods, PSPs, DVDs, Blu-ray and AVCHD discs. For more information, please visit http://www.cyberlink.com/.
Test Workload Description
The workload consists of a one minute high-definition AVC-HD 1080P video clip from a HD camcorder where the second pencil sketch effect is applied over the duration of the movie as the movie is exported out to an HD MPEG-2 1080i video file.

Chapter 2

Procedure for Evaluating Performance in CyberLink PowerDirector 7
The following is a procedure for evaluating performance in CyberLink PowerDirector 7* 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Install CyberLink PowerDirector 7* with default options. You may be asked to install other applications during the process. Apply the latest updates. Create a local folder C:\PowerDirector_WL and copy the workload files to it. Reboot the system. Launch CyberLink PowerDirector 7* by clicking on the Start menu, then selecting All Programs->CyberLink PowerDirector->PowerDirector. Click on the icon of a folder with a green arrow coming out of it and select Import Media File(s). Locate the file fishingboat.MTS in C:\PowerDirector_WL and open it. Once the fishingboat.MTS video is imported, insert it into the timeline by dragging it to the video track located at the bottom of the screen. Upon first run, you will get a warning about a TV Format Conflict. Uncheck Always prompt me when TV format conflicts and press OK.
Click on the Effects tab on the left. Insert the Pencil Sketch 2 effect into the timeline by dragging it to the effect track. Stretch the Pencil Sketch 2 effect so that it is the same length as the fishingboat.MTS file as shown below.
Click on the Produce tab at the top of the screen.
10. Select Create a File and configure the settings so the output file is.MPEG2, NTSC, Default Profile Type, (HD) MPEG-2 1080i (shown in the screenshot below).
11. Click Next to proceed.
12. Press Start rendering to begin. 13. Once the output file is created, the elapsed time to complete the process is shown in the bottom left of the Production Wizard screen. Record this time as your measurement. 14. Exit the program and delete the created file. 15. Repeat steps 4-14 four more times and take the median of the 5 measured run times.

Winner of PC Magazine Editors Choice Award
Thebestallaroundconsumereditingapp,andonethat'swell worthyofourEditors'Choiceforconsumervideoediting.
JansOzer,VideoEditor,PCMagazine,June12,2008
CyberLink PowerDirector 7 offers powerful and easy-to-use video editing tools that deliver pro-like results. Featuring end-to-end support for high-definition videofrom importing to editing and outputPowerDirector allows users to create and then author videos onto stylish Blu-ray Discs and DVDs. As the first open video editor designed for consumers, PowerDirector lets users access a wealth of online resources for their video projects. Quick access to music on freesound and photos on Flickr provides a huge library of original content thats available for use under common licensing rules. PowerDirector also provides direct access to countless resources on DirectorZone, CyberLinks online community dedicated to video editors. Users can share effects they have customized themselves using PowerDirector's built-in design tools, as well as download effects created by other users for their own projects. With optimization for NVIDIA CUDA technology, PowerDirector leverages the power of parallel processing to deliver incredibly fast rendering for a range of popular video effects. Production times are thus dramatically reduced while CPU utilization is kept to a minimum.
PowerDirector 7 offers powerful video editing tools and ease of use, for pro-like results

NEW FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

End-to-end high-definition video support, including AVCHD Full support for Blu-ray Disc authoring, stunning new menu templates, and real DVD subtitles option Optimization for NVIDIA CUDA technology delivers faster speeds for rendering video effects and reduces loading on the CPU Up to 6 independent PiP tracks for creating sophisticated animations 3D engine for photo slideshows, new styles and soundtrack beat detection, for synced, video-like results Key frame control editor for video effects, new preset motion paths for animating photos Improved Magic Tools for fixing, enhancing and editing videos with one click New online community DirectorZone, for sharing templates, effects, and ideas Direct access to photos on Flickr, audio on Freesound Adjustable user interface and better media management
FEATURES & BENEFITS in DETAIL Powerful Tools for Creating Video Masterpieces
Improved! End-to-end high-definition: complete production process for highdefinition (HDV) and widescreen (16:9) videos, from importing, to editing, producing and authoring/outputting. Supports high-definition formats such as AVCHD, Blu-ray Discs (BDAV and BDMV) and HDV.
Author Blu-ray Discs with pro-like results
New! Flexible working environment: the workspace can be resized to focus on the timeline, preview window or library, and features new drag-and-drop support throughout.
Editing windows can be resized to suit a users needs
Improved! Easier management of media files: easy importing, downloading and accessing files, and new options for the management of media libraries, including subfolders and the saving of a library for later access.
Easier access to all media and easier organization of the library
Improved! More responsive user interface: up to 30% faster loading and launch times of PowerDirectors editing and authoring features, and quicker importing of photos and videos into the library.
New! Professional-looking PiP effects: support for 6 independent PiP tracks and new key frame settings allow users to create sophisticated video and photo overlays, with customizable motion paths and the effect of their choice.
Countless effects and objects, and 6 independent PiP tracks offer endless creative possibilities
Improved! Multiple output options: publish on YouTube, create files for playback on iPod and PSP, write back to DV and HDV tape, or on HDD. Author to Blu-ray Discs and DVDs. New! Menu template designer featuring DVD subtitles option: users can design their own DVD menu template, and choose whether to add subtitles to single clips or to their whole movie. Subtitles can then be toggled on/off from the main menu of the DVD/Blu ray disc, just like in professional discs.
Hollywood DVD-like subtitles options for authored discs
New! Display time information setting: users can choose to display recording time and date on acquired videos (from DV and HDV camcorders) and photos (extracting EXIF info from digital cameras) as additional subtitles for their productions. New! Home theater audio: support for 5.1-channel Dolby Digital allows users to create discs for their home theater systems, for pro-like results that sound as good as they look. New! Key frame control in the effects room: users can now edit the properties of all the hundreds of effects in PowerDirectors Effects Room, to create exactly the result they want by controlling the key frames.

Key frame controls in the Effects Room mean fully customized results
New! Freeze frame feature: users can now capture snapshots from their video clips to be added to the movies timeline as freeze frames, for even more professional-looking results. Resources at ones fingertips: a huge collection of built-in video effects, styles and templates, for creating unique videos.
Hundreds of customizable effects built in and downloadable from DirectorZone, for unlimited creativity
Optimization for NVIDIA CUDA Technology
New! Faster Production Times, Lower CPU Loading: optimization for NVIDIA CUDA technology offers enhanced performance for users rendering video effects. By leveraging parallel processing power, PowerDirector ensures significantly faster speeds for performing complex computational tasks. More efficient utilization of the CPU provides added capacity for working with multiple features at once.
PowerDirector is optimized for NVIDIA CUDA technology to improve performance while rending the following video effects: GaussianBlur RadialBlur LightRay PenInk Abstractionism Kaleidoscope ColorEdge ReplaceColor ColorPainting Glow
PowerDirector is optimized for performance using the following NVIDIA graphics cards: NVIDIA GeForce, NVIDIA GeForce Mobile, NVIDIA Quadro, NVIDIA Quadro Mobile, NVIDIA Tesla. For a complete list of specific card models, please check online at: http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_4_en_US.html
Magic Tools for Enhancing Videos and Photos
Improved! 1-Click Editing: automated enhancing and editing with CyberLinks Magic Editing Tools, for one-click fixing of problem videos with auto backlight, stabilizing, and white balance adjustments. Features improved include: Magic Clean, featuring more powerful auto-lighting, white-balance and coloradjustments results, which can be applied independently, or at once.
PowerDirector 7s Magic Editing tools give pro-like results in just one click
Magic Motion, with more predefined motion paths and customizable key frame settings, for advanced pan/zoom controls;
Magic Motion now offers a choice of predefined motion paths or total control over key frames for advanced pan/zoom effects
Magic Fix, offering better stabilization of shaky videos Magic Cut automatically edits videos to keep the best scenes Magic Music compiles complete soundtracks by selecting audio then dragging it to the required length Magic Style automatically creates a complete video featuring effects, an opening sequence and music, based on a selection from popular event themes, like weddings and birthdays Magic Movie Wizard: the guided movie-making process blends in styles, music, and transitions to videos and photos of the users choice in just a few clicks, creating a stunning edited movie in just a few clicks. New & Improved! Customized Animated Slideshows: 7 amazing slideshow styles, featuring a new 3D style, and beat-detection engine for automatically syncing photo playback with the rhythm of the selected soundtrack. The cell style now allows users to fully customize their slideshow. Advanced Slideshow Editing lets users replace the photos displayed in individual cell slides, as well as adjust the framing within each photo. The Remix button lets users reshuffle the sequence of cell styles of their slideshow.

Acquiring Online Resources Easily
New & Improved! Unlimited source of audio and photos: direct download of photos from Flickr and audio clips from Freesound. Through the Creative Commons licensing agreement, users can pick among hundreds of thousands of photos and sounds to be used in their creations. Resources are easily found with PowerDirectors built-in search function, using tags, descriptions and titles. In addition, Flickr allows to search by most recent, most relevant, or most interesting.
Access to unlimited audio and photo resources with direct download from Freesound and Flickr
Connecting with Video-Editing Enthusiasts Worldwide
New! Unlimited effects: DirectorZone, PowerDirectors own dedicated website, is an online community for users to download customized styles and templates to add to their productions. Users can check out which templates, effects, and styles have been uploaded by creators all over the world, and freely download them.
PowerDirector users can find and download the custom effects they need from DirectorZone, the online community for video-editing enthusiasts
New! Creative community: PowerDirector users can become creators themselves, and upload the customized templates theyve created, to share them with other PowerDirector users worldwide. Also, users can subscribe to a creator, to receive updates about his/her newly uploaded templates and effects.
Users can customize title templates, DVD menu templates, static objects, frames and motion PiPs through PowerDirector, and then share them on DirectorZone
New! Effects for other products: DirectorZone is compatible with other CyberLink software. Users of the latest versions of CyberLink YouCam can download and use Motion PiP templates and customized frames for their video chats. PowerProducer users can browse through the hundreds of DVD menu templates on DirectorZone and use them for their authored discs.
The ever-growing library of effects and templates on DirectorZone is also a treasure trove for users of CyberLink YouCam and PowerProducer

SUPPORTED FORMATS

Users can import, edit, author, and burn the following video formats:
Video formats (import, editing, authoring) BDAV, BDMV DVD-Video, DVD-VR (import only), DVD+VR (import only) AVCHD MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 HD, MPEG-4 (h.264) JVC Everio MOD/TOD AVI, DAT, WMV, MOV, DOB, VRO, ASF, DVR-MS, TGC, M2TS, MTS, TPD VCD, SVCD, CD Audio (import only) Disc formats (burning) Blu-ray Discs DVD
Users can capture from the following sources: HDV and DV camcorders AVCHD camcorders SONY HDR-SR1,
HDR-UX1, HDR-CX7, -SR7; Panasonic SX5
Microphone TV tuner DTV (DVB-T) Webcam

DVD/Audio CD

Versioning: PowerDirector 7 Ultra and Deluxe
Ultra Blu-ray Disc Dolby Digital import and output AVCHD disc capture, authoring, burning AVCHD file import/export iPod/PSP/H.264 TOD HDV DVD/VCD/SVCD Magic Music Multiple PiPs Key frames (PiPs/Effects) Motion Designer Content level Access DirectorZone Yes 5.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Yes Deluxe No 5.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full Yes

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Operating System Screen Resolution Memory Hard Disk Space Windows Vista/XP (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture) 1024 X 768, 16-bit color or above 512 MB required (2 GB DDR2 above recommended for editing HD videos) 5 GB minimum 10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVD production 60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Disc production CyberLink PowerDirector 7 is optimized for CPU with MMX/SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/3DNow!Extension/HyperThreading technology AVI Capture/Production: Pentium MHz or AMD Athlon 500 MHz VCD Quality (MPEG-1) Profiles: Pentium 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: Pentium4 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+ AVCHD and MPEG-2 HD Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400 or Athlon 64 X2 5000+ VGA For Optimized Video Effects Rendering: -NVIDIA GeForce and GeForce Mobile -NVIDIA Quadro and Quardro Mobile -NVIDIA Tesla 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 Microphone Internet A microphone is required for recording voice-overs. An internet connection is required to access online services.

Burning Devices

Note: Please consult the CyberLink web site, www.cyberlink.com, for the most up-to-date system requirement information.