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Video Editing Evolution & Tools

This document summarizes the key versions of the video editing software PowerDirector over time. It provides release dates and lists fixes, improvements, and new features for several major versions from 2014 to 2018. The versions showed ongoing updates to improve compatibility, stability, and support for new video formats and hardware.

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COMSCI 208

Computer Information
Technology (CIT)

Power
Director
Presented by:

JOANGELETTE Q. DELA CRUZ


ANA MARIE B. MARTIN
The Kinetograph The First Cut
 The First Motion
Graphic Projector  1900
 Thomas Alva Edison  Scissors and Tape
& William Laurie
Dickson
 1890
Moviola Ampex
 The First Editing Machine
 The first video recorder
 Iwan Surrier
 Magnetic Tape
 1924
 1956
CMX 600 The Period of Revolutionary Inventions
(1985-1991)
 The First Non Linear
Computerized Machine  Harry (1985) by Quantel
 Avid Media Composer (1987) by
Apple
 Premiere (1991) by Adobe
Harry By Quantel Avid Media Composer by Apple Adobe Premiere Pro

The Digital Revolution


POWERDIRECTOR
Is video editing developed by CYBERLINK

is a Taiwanese multimedia software


company headquartered in New Taipei City,
Taiwan.

LINEAR VIDEO NON- LINEAR VIDEO


EDITING EDITING
 refers to editing using  refers to digital editing.
analouge equipment
DEFINITION
OF
TERMS
DEFINITION OF TERMS

“Audio Video Interleave” is a multimedia container


format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as
AVI part of its Video for Windows software.

Known as Format Media Container.


MOV - Video, Audio, Text
VIDEO

“Smart Video Rendering Technology” is a proprietary


rendering technology from CyberLink that assists in the
SVRT output of your video productions.
DEFINITION OF TERMS

“Advanced Audio Coding” is an audio coding standard


for lossy digital audio compression.
AAC

Ampere or Amplifier
AMP
GRAPHICS

“for video object” is the container format in DVD-


VOB Video media
VIDEO
DEFINITION OF TERMS
"Matroska Video file.” The carrier for high
definition online video
MKV  Descriptions
 Ratings
VIDEO  cover art
 chapter

“High Efficiency Video Coding” and is also known as


H. 265.
HEVC

“Advanced Micro Devices”


AMD
HARDWARE
DEFINITION OF TERMS

GIF “Graphics Interchange Format”

“Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation” that


varies the size of the quantization step, to allow further
ADPCM reduction of the required data bandwidth for a given
signal-to-noise ratio.

High Efficiency Image File Format is a container format


HEIC for individual images and image sequences.
IMAGES
DEFINITION OF TERMS

A fisheye lens is an ultra wide-angle lens


that produces strong visual distortion
FISH EYE intended to create a wide panoramic or
EFFECT hemispherical image.

refers to the technique of


compositing two images (or
CHROMA video clips) together based on
KEY color hues.
BEHIND
THE
SCENES:
VINCENZO
BEHIND
THE
SCENES:
VINCENZO
BEHIND THE SCENES:
AVENGERS
BEHIND
THE
SCENES:
AVENGERS
SOURCE: Storyboard View | PowerDirector (helpmax.net)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 14 BUILD 2527


RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 18, 2016

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 SVRT  GENERATING SHADOW  SUPPORT FOR PiP


 UPLOADING VIDEO ON FILES ROTATION
FB & YT  COMPATIBILITY OF AVI
 CRASH ISSUE ( COLOR & MOV
PRESET & FISH EYE  STABILITY OF
EFFECT) TITLE/PiP/PARTICLE
DESIGN
 STABILITY OF DESKTOP
CAPTURE
 SOFTWARE
PERFORMANCE
(PREVIEWING VIDEO
CLIPS)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 14 BUILD 2707


RELEASE DATE: MARCH 14, 2016

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 SVRT  GENERATING SHADOW  SUPPORT FOR PiP


 UPLOADING VIDEO ON FILES ROTATION
FB & YT  COMPATIBILITY OF AVI
 CRASH ISSUE ( COLOR & MOV
PRESET & FISH EYE  STABILITY OF
EFFECT) TITLE/PiP/PARTICLE
 CRASH ISSUE (PATCH DESIGN
v2527)  STABILITY OF DESKTOP
CAPTURE
 SOFTWARE
PERFORMANCE
(PREVIEWING VIDEO
CLIPS)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 14 BUILD 2820


RELEASE DATE: MAY 17, 2016

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES ( VIDEO SPEED,  USABILITY TO  SUPPORT FOR EDITING


SHADOW FILE, INTEGRATE DEFAULT ACTION DIRECTOR
BLURRED VIDEO, KEYFRAMES FOR THE PROJECTS
PRODUCING A 2K/4K “ZOOM IN” AND  UPDATED NICO NICO
VIDEO, TRANSITION “ZOOM OUT” EFFECT SIGN-IN MECHANISM
DIALOUGE)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 15 BUILD 2309


RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 25, 2016

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES (TEMPLATES,  MY FAVORITE


SCRT MALFUNCTIONS, TRANSITION
SHADOW FILES,  MASK TYPE OPTIONS
THUMBNAILS, (MOSAIC EFFECT)
WAVEFORMS)  9:16 PROJECT SUPPORT
 RECORDING CUSTOM
AREA
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 15 BUILD 2509


RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 2017

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES (CHROMA KEY,  FONT SIZES IN TITLE


HARDWARE DECODING, AND MENU DESIGNER
COLOR ENHANCEMENT)  SUPPORT FOR NIKON
 ISSUE ( AUDIO KEYMISSION 360
DISTORTION) CAMERA
 FADE-IN AND FADE-OUT
OPTIONS
 SUPPORT FOR
CHOOSING SVRT
PROFILE
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 15 BUILD 2820


RELEASE DATE: MAY 18, 2017

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 OPACITY WHEN  AAC AUDIO ENCODING


PREVIEWING IN TITLE  COMPATIBILITY OF
DESIGNER H.264 MPEG-4 AND AVI
 ANIMATED GIF VIDEO CLIPS
 FACEBOOK UPLOADING  AMD GRAPHICS
 COLOR ENHANCEMENT
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 16 BUILD 2313


RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 27, 2017

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES (INSERTED  ACOMPATIBILITY WITH  SUPPORT FOT CMS LUT


PARTICLES OBJECT, WINDOWS 10 FALL FILES
PROGRAM STOPS CREATORS UPDATE  OPACITY ADJUSTMENT
WORKING, 360 START  PROGRAMS STABILITY
VIEWING SETTING,  HARDWARE DECODING
SELECTION HIGHLIGHTS  MOV AND MKV
OF 360 TITLE, ALPHA
CHANNEL
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 16 BUILD 2524


RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 14, 2018

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES ( VIDEO  COMPATIBILITY WITH  MORE LENS


PRODUCED BY SVRT ADCPM AUDIO FORMAT CORRECTION PROFILES
HAS NO SOUND, TEXT  PROGRAM STABILITY  MORE COLOR PRESETS
NOT APPLIED, VERTICAL  VIDEO QUALITY WHEN
CENTER DOESN’T APPLYING 360 VIDEO
WORK, TRANSITION STABILIZER
SETTINGS, MAGIC CUT,
“FIT PHOTOS TO
MUSIC” GREEN LINE,
CLUT)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 16 BUILD 2816


RELEASE DATE: MAY 1, 2018

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES ( PROGRAM  PROGRAM STABILITY


CRASHES, 9:16 VIDEO (MULTICAM DESIGNER,
GETS STRETCHED, 9:16 VIDEO, 3D VIDEO)
GREEN LINE
APPEARANCE, AUDIO
WAVEFORM)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 17 BUILD 2126


RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2018

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES – PROGRAM
CRASHES ( SELECTING
TITLE TEMPLATES,
RIGHT CLICKING ON AN
EMPTY STORYBOARD,
ANALYZING GPU
CAPABILITIES)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 17 BUILD 2314


RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 26, 2018

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES ( PRODUCED  PREVIEW PERFORMACE  SORT BY DATE


VIDEO IS TRIMMED,  PROGRAM STABILITY  OPENVINO
VARIATION OF WAVE, (TITLES, VIDEOS,  NVIDIA NVENC
SVRT BECOMES 0% SPEED., ETC)
WORKLOAD, OPACITY
MODIFICATIONS, AUDIO
EFFECTS)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 17 BUILD 2514


RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 12, 2019

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES ( AUDIO TRACKS,  COMPATIVILITY OF  OPTION IN


TIMELINE MARKERS, HEVC WITH AMD PREFERENCES
TIMELINE PREVIEW, HARDWARE
PRODUCTION STALLS,  VIDEO QUALITY WITH
PREVIEW TURNS BLACK, INTEL QUICK SYNC
PROGRAM CRASHES, VIDEO
FONT PREVIEW,  AUDIO CAMPATIBILITY
PREVIEW COLOR, FOR VIDEOS
PROGRAMS POPS UP  SHADOW FILE
INCORRECT DISK SPACE) CREATION AND MP4
VIDEOS
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 17 BUILD 2727


RELEASE DATE: APRIL 23, 2019

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES ( DUAL PREVIEW  SUPPORT FOR


SETTINGS, PROGRAM KEYBOARD QUICK
CRASHES, TIMELINE SEARCH
MARKER POSITION,
AUDIO TRACK, FONT
SIZE, OVERLAPPED PiP
OBJECTS, INCORRECT
PATH ERROR DISPLAYS,
VOCAL REMOVAL, HEVC
VIDEO, SPLIT VIDEO)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 17 BUILD 3005


RELEASE DATE: JULY 9, 2019

FIXED IMPROVED ADDED

 ISSUES ( FONT  PERFORMACE ( MPEG  SUPPORT FOR


SELECTION, PREVIEWS VIDEO, OPENING KEYBOARD QUICK
GET STRETCHED, PROJECTS WITH AE SEARCH
UNSELECTED CLIPS, ADJUSTMENTS)
PRAGORAM CRASH)  PROGRAM STABILITY (
THEME DESIGNER
OBJECTS, SPECIAL
EFFECTS, VIDEO
EFFECTS)
 COMPATIBILITY ( HEIC
IMAGES, VOB VIDEOS)
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 18
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 2019

FEATURES:

 Shape Designer
 Audio Scrubbing
 Motion Graphics & Animated Titles
 1:1 Square Video
 Nested Project as Picture in Picture
VERSIONS OF POWERDIRECTOR

VERSION 19
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 2020

FEATURES:

 Anchor point
 Vertex Selection Masks
 Sketch Designer
 Better color correcting
 Enhanced Audio mixing Room
SOURCE: Storyboard View | PowerDirector (helpmax.net)
THE POWERDIRECTOR WORKSPACE

D
C
B
A

A- ROOMS B- LIBRARY WINDOW C- EXPANDABLE WORKSPACE

D- PREVIEW WINDOW E- EDITING WORKSPACE


A. ROOMS
A. ROOMS
The Media Room provides access to your media library.
The media library can contain your video and audio files,
as well as many types of images.

The Effect Room contains a library of special effects


that are used on the video files and images in your
project.

The PiP Objects Room contains a library of


graphics that are added on top of the video or images
on the master track
A. ROOMS
The Particle Room contains a library of effects that
are placed on the PiP track to add a particle effect
(snow, dust, smoke, etc.) on top of a video or image
on the master track.

The Title Room contains the library of titles that


when applied to your project, add credits or
comments to your production.

The Transition Room is a library of transitions that


are used between video clips or images in your
project, helping to make edits appear smoother and
more professional.
A. ROOMS
In the Audio Mixing Room you can use controls
to mix all of the audio tracks in your project.

In the Voice-Over Recording Room you can


record a voice over for your video, while you are
watching it play back.

In the Chapter Room you can automatically or


manually set chapter markers for your project.
Setting chapters on your final disc allows viewers to
jump from the menu page to the chapter markers
you have set in order to navigate around your disc.
A. ROOMS
Within in the Subtitle Room you can add subtitles
to your video production manually or through the
import of a TXT or an SRT file.
B. LIBRARY WINDOW
The library window contains all of the media in CyberLink PowerDirector,
including your video, images and music files. It can also contain the
effects, titles and transitions you apply to your media.
The media content that is displayed in the library window depends on the
room you are currently within.
C. EXPANDABLE WORKSPACE
Simply drag the borders of the preview window and timeline to resize
them to your liking. This allows you to get the most out of your display
device space and customize the size of the preview window as you work.
D. PREVIEW WINDOW
D. PREVIEW WINDOW

A. PREVIEW PLAYER
CONTROLS
B. TAKE SNAPSHOT
C. PREVIEW
QUALITY/MEDIA
VIEWER
D. ZOOM IN/OUT
E. DISPLAY/PREVIEW
OPTIONS

A BC D E
E. EDITING WORKSPACE
The editing workspace is where you create your project by adding your
media, various effects, transitions, and titles. The editing workspace has
two different views, the Timeline and Storyboard view.

Timeline
and
Storyboard
view.
E. EDITING WORKSPACE
The editing workspace is where you create your project by adding your
media, various effects, transitions, and titles. The editing workspace has
two different views, the Timeline and Storyboard view.

The timeline view lets you view your entire project


based on running time. This view is useful if you want
to insert effects, subtitles, etc. at a specific moment in
production.

The storyboard view is essentially a large graphical


display of your project, which can help you visualize
the scenes and the overall production more clearly.
FUNCTION BUTTONS
MAGIC TOOLS
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