PowerDirector 10 Adds Speed, 3D Video Editing

PowerDirector 10

CyberLink PowerDirector 10 is the latest release from the Taiwan-based software house, and it adds the one capability on which it had fallen behind—3D video. The new version also opens up some distance in an area where PowerDirector already held the lead—speed.

PowerDirector can now import standard 3D file formats for both video and still images, such as MVC, dual-stream AVI for video, and MPO and JPS for still images. These formats are used by 3D cameras such as the Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W3. After importing, the software will be able to perform many of the standard video-editing techniques used on standard video content—trimming, as well as adding titles, transitions, and effects. After your 3D video's just the way you like it, the Ultra version of PowerDirector will be able to upload it directly to YouTube 3D.

Not only can PowerDirector now work with existing 3D video and photo content, but it can convert 2D to 3D. Though this practice has a dubious history, CyberLink has improved it greatly, as demonstrated by the latest version of its PowerDVD video-playing software.

In addition to 3D, PowerDirector 10 adds even more speed, with its new TrueVelocity 2 rendering, an enhanced H.264 encoder, and support for OpenCL. This last provides a standard method of taking advantage of graphics hardware from both AMD and Nvidia to accelerate video processing.

The new software also adds and improves on some of the more end-user-focused features, such as a time-lapse tool, one click audio level normalization, the ability to record paint animations, and an audio beat marker to align animations with music.

PowerDirector 10 is available for download from cyberlink.com in two editions, the $99.95 Ultra, and the $69.95 Deluxe, which lacks the 3D capabilities, 64-bit operation, and the ability to import AVCHD. Look for a full review of PowerDirector 10 on PCMag.com in the coming days.

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