The Muvipix.com Guide to CyberLink PowerDirector 12 Ultimate Section 1 PowerDirector Basics Chapter 1 Get to Know PowerDirector 12... 3 What s what and what it does Welcome to easy yet powerful moviemaking! 4 PowerDirector Rooms 5 The Media Room 5 The FX Room 6 The PiP Objects Room 6 The Particle Room 6 The Title Room 6 Media Room views 6 The Transition Room 7 The Audio Mixing Room 7 The Voice-Over Recording Room 7 The Chapter Room 7 The Subtitle Room 7 The Preview Window 8 Grab a Snapshot/Freeze Frame 8 Configure your Preview for 3D Editing 9 Playback controls 9 The Timeline 10 Custom name your Timeline tracks 11 Re-order your Timeline tracks 11 Zoom in and out of your timeline 11 Widen or narrow your timeline 11 Basic editing moves 12 i
Section 2 Easy Editing Modes Chapter 2 Make Simple Movies with the Easy Editor...19 Instant Moviemaking Chapter 3 Create Slideshows with the Slideshow Creator...25 Giving Life to Your Still Photos Section 3 Full Feature Editing Chapter 4 Start a New Project...33 Smart beginnings Open into a project in progress? 34 Start a new project 34 Add media to your project 35 Capture video from a minidv or HDV camcorder 35 Batch Capture your tape-based video 37 Import video from AVCHD camcorders, smartphones and other video recording devices 38 Rip video files from your AVCHD camcorder or device 39 Capture video from a live Webcam, microphone or TV tuner 41 Rip video or audio from a CD, DVD or BluRay disc 41 Import video and audio already on your hard drive 42 Indicating 3D video 42 Break a clip into scenes 46 Content Aware Editing 46 Trim a longer clip 47 Add media clips to the Timeline 48 Trim a clip on your timeline 48 Split a clip on your timeline 49 Delete clips from your timeline 50 Select, copy and paste clips 50 Insert one project into another 51 Add a Fade In or Fade Out 52 Remove audio or video from a clip 52 Function buttons 52 The Modify/PiP Designer function 53 The Fix/Enhance function 54 Power Tools 55 The Keyframe function 56 Select and output a Range of your timeline 57 Storyboard View 57 Working with 3D 58 Set your 3D Source Format 58 Preview window settings for your 3D footage 58 2D to 3D 59 Output your 3D video 60 Chapter 6 Edit MultiCam Video...61 Cutting between camera angles Chapter 7 Magic Tools...67 Easy ways to create cool movies and effects Magic Movie Wizard 68 Magic Fix 68 Magic Cut 69 Magic Style 70 Magic Music 72 Chapter 5 Edit on the Timeline...43 Turning clips into movies Chapter 8 Video Effects and Animations...75 Color tone and special effects ii Media Room views 44 Filter your media views 44 Sort your media files 44 Change how your media files are displayed 45 Create media in the Media Room 45 Color Effects presets 76 Add Video Effects 77 Adjust your video effect 79 Disable or Remove effects 80 iii
The Effects Mask 79 The Tilt/Shift effect 80 Apply Chroma Key 81 Masks and Garbage Mattes 83 Add a Particle effect 84 Make a non-transparent Particle transparent 86 Modify a Particle 86 Non-square objects 89 Keyframing 90 Keyframe Settings for effects and enhancements 93 The Video Crop panel 94 Chapter 9 Audio Editing...97 Mixing audio and adding audio effects Add audio and music clips to your timeline 98 Mix your audio levels with keyframes 98 Adding keyframes with the Audio Mixer 99 Creating Gain keyframes right on the Timeline 102 Setting audio levels with Keyframe Settings 103 Remove a clip s audio keyframes 104 Record a Voice-Over or narration 104 Detect beats in your music 106 Edit your audio with WaveEditor 108 Open a PowerDirector audio clip in WaveEditor 108 Use WaveEditor as a standalone audio editor 110 Chapter 10 PiPs and Multi-Track Video Effects... 111 Working with layers of video Create a Picture-in-Picture effect 112 Create a Picture-in-Picture effect on the timeline 112 Create a Picture-in-Picture effect in the PiP Designer 114 Animate your Picture-In-Picture in the PiP Designer 115 PiP Designer Properties 117 PiP Designer Motion presets 118 PiP Designer Masks 119 Tell stories with multiple video tracks 120 L-cuts and J-cuts 120 Create the Brady Bunch effect 121 Use Grids as guides 122 The PiP Object Room 123 Create and animate graphics with the Paint Designer 124 Chapter 11 Add Text and Titles... 125 Working with layers of video The Title Room 126 Add a title from the Title Room 127 The Title Designer 128 Customize your template s text 129 Add text to your title 130 Add Motion to your text 130 Add an animated Particle to your title 130 Add a custom image or background to your title 131 Edit elements from your title template 131 Text Masking 131 The TV Safe Zone 133 Chapter 12 Add Transitions...135 Effects for getting from one clip to another Fade ins and fade outs 136 Add a Crossfade 137 The Transition Room 138 Apply a transition 139 Customize a transition 139 The Transition Settings panel 140 Add transitions to all of your movie at once 141 Remove a transition 142 Chapter 13 Add Subtitles... 143 Optional text for your movie Create subtitles in PowerDirector 144 Import subtitles from a text file 146 Set your subtitles behavior 147 iv v
Section 4 Output Your Finished Movie Chapter 14 Output a Video File...151 Sharing your movie Produce a video file 152 3D video outputs 153 Web video 154 Editable video for use in another project 154 Disc-ready video 155 Intelligent SVRT 155 Other video output options 156 Output your video for a device 156 Post your video to a Social Media site 157 Chapter 15 Disc Authoring...159 Creating DVDs and BluRay discs Chapter 16 An Appendix...175 More things it s worth knowing What s the difference between PowerDirector Deluxe, Ultra and Ultimate? 176 What is the directorzone? 176 How can I grab a freeze frame or take a snapshot of my video? 177 How can I speed up or slow down my video? 178 What are shadow files? 178 Where can I set my project to edit my audio 5.1 surround sound rather than stereo? 179 What is 3D Depth? 179 What is Intelligent SVRT? 179 How can I add a time stamp to my videos? 180 What are Favorites? 180 How do I blur a face like on TV s COPS? 181 Need some Basic Training? 183 Timeline Markers 160 Add Chapters to your video 160 3D disc authoring 161 Create your disc menus 162 Content 163 Select a menu Template 164 Edit your menu s text 166 Add music and add a first play video 166 Navigate the disc s Menu Structure 168 Preview your menus 168 Create and modify templates in the Menu Designer 168 Design a Root Menu, Titles/Chapter Menu and Subtitle Menu 169 Text, objects and button highlights 169 The menu background and additional objects 170 Final tweaks 172 Save your template design 172 The 2D Disc and 3D Disc option panels 172 vi vii