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Power Director Essentials from the Sharper Turtle
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This channel focuses on video editing with Cybelink PowerDirector. The goal of our 4-8 minute tutorials is to answer your question and then get you back to your application. (We offer playlists for other software as well.)
Tips on changing a person's voice with Voice Changer
PowerDirector 365 allows you to change the voice of someone to sound slightly different, or mimic another person. There a host of preset voices you can choose from to make this adjustment. This may not have a lot of practical applications at the present, but it can be something you can experiment with when you are thinking creatively.
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How to remove background audio noise from an interview video
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Sometimes you find yourself in an interview situation where you have unwanted background noise on the audio track. In this tutorial we show you a simple way to eliminate some or all of that noise so that the view focuses more on the subject and the content of what they are saying.
How to produce an animated GIF or an animated PNG
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PowerDirector has the ability to produce either an animated GFI for an animated PNG file. You can choose between multiple image sizes and various frames per second. We also show you differences in the output. The GIF will run when clicked on, the PNG will not. The GIF has a bit depth of 8, the PNG of 24.
Slideshow creation with the Theme Designer class of templates
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Some of the templates in the slideshow creator utilize a class of templates labeled as "Theme Designer". There are some special features of this style of template that impact the way you create your slideshow. We show you some of the steps that are helpful when using this style of template when creating slideshows.
How to export 1 or more frames as digital images
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You can take a single frame or a large group of frames from you project and export them as digital images for uses elsewhere. We show you several methods of doing this in this tutorial.
Use speech to text and text to speech with subtitles
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If you have a track in your project with spoken words that you want to transform into subtitle text, you can now do that quickly and easily with PowerDirector. Inversely, if you have subtitles, you can now use an on-line service to have some or all of them converted into speech using a voice style of your choice by working with a new online tool designed for that purpose.
Save time by using SRT and TXT files to add content to subtitles
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If you have a project that has lots of subtitles, you can create a TXT or SRT file and then quickly import it into PowerDirector for placement on the timeline. TXT files are easier to create, but must have empty subtitles to place them on the timeline. SRT files don't require empty subtitles, but since they have sequence numbers and time codes, they are a bit trickier to edit. (You can also exp...
Manually enter and edit subtitles
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Subtitles provide a powerful way to reinforce the content on the screen. They help you convey content clearly. In this tutorial we look at the basic process of adding subtitles in your project in PowerDirector.
Use markers for precise placement of project elements
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PowerDirector offers both clip markers and timeline markers for notating places in your project or placement of resources. We cover some of the ways you can use these markers including some keyboard shortcuts in this tutorial.
How to rotate graphic images on and off the screen
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If you have a circular graphic image that you want to roll onto or off the screen, check out this tutorial.
Make a title appear on the screen as if typed with a typewriter - with audio
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You can use a few simple tools in PowerDirector to make it look like a title was typed on the screen as might happen with a typewriter. You can use the audio from some keyboard sound effects inside of PD365 or you can use some free sounds that replicate a truly old-fashioned typewriter that are available on the internet. We show you the basic process in this tutorial.
How to add particles and objects to titles
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You can add some surprising elements to your titles in PowerDirector and same them as a title template that you can use in multiple projects. In this tutorial we show you how to add both particles and objects to titles.
100's of new title text options for PD 365 subscribers
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Cyberlink has added hundreds of pre-designed title options for PowerDirector 365 subscribers. You can use any of these as they were created or modify them and save them for future use.
How to draw precise objects with paint designer
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Paint designer allows you to record animated drawing and place it on the screen. But if your hand moves the paintbrush awkwardly, it will show. We show you how to make it look like you are drawing an object, but while actually tracing an object that you already have available. And we add some tips related to masking and achieving a different reveal effect as well.
365 Updates: Preview layout, vertical text, panel placement, and background removal
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This tutorial deals with four updates or changes in PowerDirector as of May 2024. None of them was significant enough for an entire tutorial, so I've grouped them into this collective update for you.
Tips on capturing content from your webcam
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Tips on capturing content from your webcam
Tips on using replacement backgrounds in PhotoDirector 365
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Tips on using replacement backgrounds in PhotoDirector 365
How to recover missing resources when you load an existing project
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How to recover missing resources when you load an existing project
Zoom in on an image to highlight a fact
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Zoom in on an image to highlight a fact
Overview of AI Facial Blur tool in PD365
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Overview of AI Facial Blur tool in PD365
Three ways to trim or cut video clips
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Three ways to trim or cut video clips
Using a wipe animation with a circular graphic
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Using a wipe animation with a circular graphic
Walkthrough the Anime Video Creation Tool
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Walkthrough the Anime Video Creation Tool
How to import PowerPoint Slides (works in PD365 also)
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How to import PowerPoint Slides (works in PD365 also)
Basics of speech-to-text in the new interface
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Basics of speech-to-text in the new interface
Differences in using LUTs in PowerDirector and ColorDirector
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Differences in using LUTs in PowerDirector and ColorDirector
Make titles replace each other using the title reveal mask
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Make titles replace each other using the title reveal mask
Mimic a drone flying through title text
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Mimic a drone flying through title text
How to transfer video content from a DVD disc into your project
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How to transfer video content from a DVD disc into your project
thank you so much your help was I so much appreciate how much you helped me💗🌺
You are so welcome! --Jim
Too bad this software has been riddled with bugs and downgraded usability since late 2023. I used to recommend pd to everyone, now I tell them to stay away.
I hope they are able to gain their footing and make this product as useful as it formerly was. --Jim
Pretty cool there lol
William, It is very interesting technology. --Jim
great video and exactly what i was looking for, thank you
Glad this older video was helpful. Thanks for checking it out. --Jim
For an ordinary human, I wouldn't have any use for this tool, but if I had a character(like a friend of mine's mascot, Charlie T. Bird), I would effect a pitch shift on my own voice while affecting a fake Irish accent. I'd do this using an external programme, Magix(formerly Sony) Sound Forge.
It's a fun tool, a novelty to play around with.
Great timing as I was just using the "Speech Enhancement" (SE) tool. Sadly it uses the same method for replacement as SE whereby it replaces the clip's audio track with the WAV file produced from "APPLY" (of course this replacement only occurs within 365 and not to the original clip) . If I want to undo I could do Ctrl-Z, but if later I want to restore back to the original soundtrack I would have to bring the original clip back in on a different track and replace the SE soundtrack with the original. Is there a better way to undo and get back to the original soundtrack after several edits or reopening the project? The other VERY annoying part is the naming convention used for the generated WAV file. Rather than using the clip's filename as a prefix it just names these WAV files as "AudioDenoise.wav" with subsequent files adding "(1)", "(2)", etc. So you have no idea as to what clip these belong to. Renaming and moving these WAV files to the original clip's folder is doable, but a PITA. For the aforementioned project that's exactly what I did do after the final render, renamed the WAV file to the clip name it was associated with (AudioDenoise(3).wav > 20240730-A-C0002.wav), moved the WAV file to the original clip's folder, reopened the project and then used "Browse" to replace the location/filename used in the project. It helps to go and make a rename table to keep things straight - AudioDenoise(2).wav > 20240730-A-C0001.wav AudioDenoise(3).wav > 20240730-A-C0002.wav AudioDenoise(4).wav > 20240730-A-C0005.wav
I like the logic of how you structure your project with variations on the naming conventions according to the base audio clip. That makes sense to me. Unfortunately, I believe the focus so far is in the novelty of offering different voices rather than looking for ways to make the results easy to use and manipulate. --Jim
Thanks. I actually could use this tool. For anonymous interviews, it should be excellent.
Great that you see a practical application. --Jim
Definitely it is not user friendly.
It certainly could be designed for easier use. --Jim
Where is the home key? I couldn't see that in your video. I am trying to put start and end markers at beginning and end of the video. I have PowerDirector 2024.
On my keyboard it is between the normal keys and the numeric keypad. Your keyboard may be different. You can use the settings-editing-customize button to modify the hot keys you could assign to that command as well. ---Jim
Hello can you help me? Pack all style powerdirector has disappeared from the effects options where and how to find them again to apply the effects of impressionist paintings and others?
highlight the video then click on the edit button. Go to the AI Style Plugin menu. You will find impressionist painting tools there. --Jim
That was a great tutorial on zoom but what about pan? I'm trying to figure out how to use pan to transition from a straight ahead view to a right hand view and a straight ahead view to a left hand view to achieve transitions of three videos I have captured while driving a car down a scenic roadway. CyberLink PowerDirector365 does not have s simple pan to the right or pan to the left transition.
You can pan from the left to the right of one video and then switch to another video, but it will not have the same look as if you were turning your head from forward to right or swiveling your camera in the same direction. The perspective where the two videos meet will be different and cannot be made to look like a normal transition in post production. --Jim
@@SharperTurtle Windows Movie Maker had a 'slide' transition: left to right and right to left that generated an optical illusion fooling ones eyes one was turning their head to the right and left respectively. The only similar transition in CL PD365 I can find is a vertical transition. I'm going to e-mail CL and request they generate a simple slide to the right and slide to the left transitions. The slides they have are not simple smooth. I am attempting to generate a video driving from Finland to Nordkapp where I had two cameras up on the roof looking 45 degrees out to the right and left and a dash view straight ahead. The best transition I can find, sadly is the overlap. Thanks for the reply.
That is great to hear. I hope Cyberlink is able to add that feature to the program. --Jim
I have been trying to find a way to add a background colour like we could before like just a simple colour which we can make darker or lighter but can't see it
If you are thinking about a backdrop for your title, you have to click on the "Advanced" button in the lower right corner of the editing control window. That takes you to the Advanced Title Editor. You have an option there to add a backdrop and change the color, shape, and opacity of the backdrop. --Jim
Can you change what the transition defaults to? Mine defaults to a heart transition and I have to go in and change it to Dissolve. Is there a way to make it default to Dissolve? Thanks!
Adorage is a very old program that does not allow for a lot of customization. I just looked into it again. If it allows you to change the default transition, I can't figure out a way to make that happen. I suspect you have to start out with their default and change yours each time. --Jim
I'm really confused here because my power director doesn't quite look like this, i don't have an "export range" button, and even those hotkeys don't work. I'm just trying to make a gif, but i seemingly have no option to do so
What version of PowerDirector do you have? What platform are you working on? This was created using PowerDirector 365 in a Windows environment. --Jim
@@SharperTurtle ah, turns out i have PowerDirector 15 Ultra, also on windows.
The animated GIF and PNG tools were introduced after your version of PowerDirector was developed. So you won't find them in Ultra 15. --Jim
Just tried PowerDirector and AudioDirector. I found AudioDirector is superior.
Chris, I would expect that. I have not compared the two, but it's good to know that results are even better with AudioDirector. --Jim
that is an amazing one it was right there in my face, but i had to CZcams and here you are, thanks mate, you're awesome!
So glad you found this tutorial. I have 700+ more available. If there is anything I have not covered, let me know. --Jim
To be honest, I thought that the word "Home", in all the "fixed" versions, sounded fake - as if something was artificially cutting it off. I'm wondering if adjustments of some of the other sliders could cure that? It's not a tool that I would have much use for myself (which is a good thing, as I don't have it!). But interesting to know about. Thanks, Jim.
There are other adjustments you can make that would probably make some more minute changes to the audio. The equalizer is one tool that can help fine tune these things. --Jim
Personally I have, at this time, no use for such a sound enhancement utility. However, I do appreciate that many PD users would find this very useful indeed and so well done to you covering all aspects of the PD package.
I am fully aware that some of the things I show are not primary for all my users. There are features I don't even use much myself. Some features are primary. Others are secondary or less. At least if there is ever a need to accomplish a certain task, the channel will offer guidance to help. Thanks for your encouragement and feedback. --Jim
Awesome. I will try it out! I have had really annoying camera mic feedback noise in past video projects. I think this will help! Thanks!
You are welcome. It's not a bad tool. --Jim
Very helpful, Jim. Nice job. Impressive.
Thanks as always. --Jim
Yes, this feature works really well. I sometimes split and retain the original, synched audio track on a muted track "just in case".
It's nice to have the original around at all times. --Jim
I was filming while walking through a farmers market and there was a musician playing a Beatles song. How do I keep the noise of the market yet remove the copyrighted music? Idea for a video?
That is quite a challenge. Since both normal noise and music are frequencies on the audio spectrum, I don't know how to find a way to remove one without removing the other. If they were at different places in the KHz spectrum they could be isolated. But since they share the same range in many cases, I can't see how they could be separated. Our brain identifies them as unique, but I don't know how software could do that. You could try using the vocal removal tool in the Audio Editor. But that would not remove the melody. Or you could experiment with the equalizer using the same tool. --Jim
I'm using a tablet so I don't get all these features...which makes it harder for me to edit my videos. I wonder why it's so different and once I get use to something it's like they change it and then inhave to learn all over again.
I don't know the limits of the program when using a tablet. It must be more difficult than using the program with a full keyboard. There have been a lot of interface changes in the last year, but I suspect there will be fewer going forward. --Jim
Wow, Jim. This is outstanding! I particularly like your demos at the end showing results for a range of resolution settings.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your feedback! --Jim
Do any of these shortcuts work with Mac computers? I tried Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End -- and none of them had any effect at all. I'd just like to find a non-dragging way to go to the start of a project or clip.
I lost my access to a Mac to experiment and find out. In the PC world, Shift+F12 gives you a list of hot keys. Does that do it on the Mac as well? If so, that would be a place to check out. --Jim
@@SharperTurtle The good news: Shift+F12 does open a list of hot keys. The bad news: I didn't see anything that mentioned transport controls other than play, pause, and stop. There must be a way, other than dragging the timeline, to go to the beginning of your project! Also, it would be nice to be able to select a clip and move it right or left frame by frame for precise placement. Or at least be able to type the location where you want a clip placed.
I would expect there might be some keyboard control to do that on the Mac. Can you experiment with the command keys and the PgUp PgDown or arrow keys? --Jim
I Don`t have Export Range with New Window ** I can`t Make GIF
What version of PowerDirector do you have? When you select a range, what options does the screen show? --Jim
@@SharperTurtle Power Director 2024 ultimate WhenI Select A Range then Screen goes To Normal Export window and Down Same Button Start
Actually it's pronounced JIF as in what choosey mothers choose. 😂
Thanks for the correction. --Jim
Love it! Thanks for teaching me something today!
You are welcome! --Jim
Interesting as usual!
Thanks, Don! --Jim
Great tutorial , love it! Can you give a few examples when and where to use these kind of animated gif, png?
I'll have to leave that to someone else. I can't think of a place where I have used these recently, though I'm sure there are some applications that work for others. --Jim
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Thanks, Chris! --Jim
My add and remove brushes stay small when I try to adjust the size of the brush using the slide...
Can you use the scroll wheel on your mouse/trackball to change the size of the brush? Jim
Awesome video
Thanks!
good one how about if i have 16:9 and i want to upload to IG, but iG is 4:3 or 9:16 as we know but what i will do is ask the user to rotate the phone to be able to view video uploaded as 9:16 however, it is recorded and rendered for 16:9 viewing\!
Not sure what I would do in that case. Maybe someone else who is a regular on this channel has some suggestions. --Jim
@@SharperTurtle thanks Jim for all your support and uploads! will let you know how i get it solved
Yes, Please let me know how it works out for you. You can also consult the Cyberlink Forum for help. --Jim
@@SharperTurtle i made it work :)
@@SharperTurtle i completed the render as 16x9, then imported it to a new project, changed the aspect to 9x16, and rotate the video from within the timeline 90 degree, and made it fit while considering TV safe zone, above is the end product within IG reel
Very useful tutorial. I haven't tried the theme designer templates, but now I will. Thank you.
You are welcome. --Jim
Thanks Jim, very useful. How in the world did you figure out how all of these bits and pieces fit together? Had to be labor intensive.
Don, Good observation. I didn't do it overnight. Lots of trial and error, but I hope it simplifies the process for others. --Jim
Looks like a lot of work, but probably a great result! By coincidence, i just published a slideshow a couple of days ago. I used one of the stock designs, but i was thrilled that it offered lots of customization. Unfortunately, there was a bug that meant anything after the first 2:25 minutes just came out black. Sigh. I worked around it and was pleased with the results: czcams.com/video/SOQakIA30YY/video.html
Don, That's the kind of creativity and flexibility I expect of you. Thanks for sharing the link to all your hard work. --Jim
Very informative.... Awesome 👍👍👍
Glad to offer it. --Jim
Great video! For clarity, it seems that ctrl-P does the same thing as clicking the camera (snapshot) icon in the preview panel. Is that correct? Thanks!
Yes. there are two ways to do the same thing. --Jim
I have an interview video from zoom with one person on the left of me on the right and it's a half hour interview but when I trim the videos to get all the black screen out towards the end of the video the audio goes out of sync. How do I fix this?
That's not good. It's difficult for me to figure out what might be going on with your video. What do you mean by getting all black screen toward the end of the video. Is that what you want? Is that the place where the audio loses sync? --Jim
On the left side someone I'm interviewing and I'm on the right side. He did his in portrait View and I did mine in 16.9 aspect ratio. There is black in between his video not mine. Also audio is out of sync towards the end@@SharperTurtle
My best guess is that there may also be a difference between the two clips regarding the frame rate. Are there issues when you are working with his video/audio by itself? Does it stay in sync when you isolate it? Jim
Thanks.... I will definitely find use for this.
That's great. Glad you see potential here! --Jim
Been grabbing single frames for some time. Love the additional options! Thanks, Jim!
You are welcome. Glad to show you a new twist. --Jim
I’ve been doing this on a regular basis with my 4K 30p drone videos using Lightroom. Results are in JPG and of course only at 3840x2160. Imagine the frame captures from 6K and 8K videos😄👍
That's great to know. I'm guessing you have some great results. Thanks for sharing that! --Jim
Thanks for the great video. Can you tell how to maximise the image resolution during export?
Once you have the image as a graphic you can adjust the size, depending on the software you are using with it. But if you enlarge it you may encounter some grainy issues.
I learn something every time with your videos, Jim! Exporting a sequence of images....who knew?
Glad I touched on something you had not already discovered, Don! --Jim
One place that I've found snapshots of frames particularly useful, is at the ends or beginnings of clips. If I need to transition a clip in or out, and the material just isn't there, sometimes a snapshot will work.
Great idea. A single frame can have all kinds of uses. --Jim
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Thanks for the like! --Jim
Good to know about that choice in the export window. Hadn't noticed that.
There are lots of small things that almost everyone overlooks. Glad to point this out for you. --Jim
i just purchased this app on my iPhone....i now have the app installed on my mac desktop. I don't have to purchase it again on my Mac right? I know stupid question buti just bought a mac desktop and still learning how to use it as well UGH! 😩😫!
You ask a good question. I hope some of these tutorials help you get grounded in PowerDirector. Unfortunately, I don't know the marketing strategy Cyberlink uses between the phone apps and the computer versions. My guess is that you could find a clear answer by going to the online Cyberlink Forum. The moderator of that forum is employed by Cyberlink and may know the answer to your question. --Jim
sou, you just use a mask as small as you want it but is not a line following a path like in after effects and its the same or similar result
That's another way to describe this technique. It's not that elegant, but it can work. --Jim