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PowerDirector 8
Powerful Video Editing With Unlimited Possibilities
Create pro results with 16 tracks, particle effects designer & more
5X faster video rendering with support for CPU/GPU acceleration Upscale SD video to HD-like quality. Fix video problems instantly
Learn editing tricks from other users on DirectorZone
Share videos on YouTube and Facebook, output to mobile devices, and burn to discs

CyberLink PowerDirector 8 Overview
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. Spice up your projects too by downloading any of the 18,000+ free effects and templates already uploaded to DirectorZone by PowerDirector users.

Video Upscaling and fixing
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.

Pro Results
PowerDirector 8's suite of design tools¡ªfor creating titles, animated objects, and disc menus¡ªnow offers a Particle Effects Designer, letting you experiment with movie-like special effects. As with PowerDirector's other design tools, particle effects can be uploaded and shared with other users on DirectorZone, PowerDirector's community website.

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™.

While the expanded 16-track timeline offers more creative possibilities including the ability to cut & paste sequences to other parts of your production.

Faster Performance
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.

Shared Creativity
Ever wondered how home movies achieve their memorable effects? Find out how by viewing other PowerDirector users' timelines on DirectorZone.com. This glimpse into other editors' creativity is a remarkable learning tool, offering insight for your own video projects.

Also, download and upload DVD menus, particle effects, PiP objects, and more, via DirectorZone.com .

Ways to show and tell
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.

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 files for playback on your iPhone, iPod, or PSP. PowerDirector allows you to output AVCHD projects to an SD Card too.

CyberLink PowerDirector 8 System Requirements:
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7, Vista or XP (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is required for HDV capture)

Screen Resolution
1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above

CPU Processor
PowerDirector 8 is optimized for CPU with MMX/SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/3DNow! Extension/HyperThreading technology.

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+

Memory
512 MB required (2 GB DDR2 above recommended for editing HD videos)

Hard Disk Space
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/AVCHD 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

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