Cyberlink Director Suite Quick Start Guide

CyberLink Director Suite Quick Start Guide

Welcome

Welcome to the Quick Start Guide for
CyberLink Director Suite. This document
provides an overview of the programs in
Director Suite, and outlines how to use the
round-trip editing features for seamless
editing of all of your media.

Director Suite

CyberLink Director Suite includes these four
best-in-class software programs to perfect
every step of your creative projects:

• PowerDirector 11

• PhotoDirector 4

• ColorDirector

• AudioDirector

Consult the help files in any of these Director
Suite products for more detailed
information on each program and its media
editing features.

PowerDirector

CyberLink PowerDirector 11 gives you the
most powerful and fastest video editing
program available on the market.

It is packed with innovative video
technologies to automate and speed up
video processing time, and now supports
the 2K and 4K resolution formats.

Round Trip Editing

CyberLink PowerDirector 11 Ultimate offers
full round trip editing, giving you a complete
solution for all your video editing needs.

What this means is while you are creating
your video production you can do the
following, all without closing down
CyberLink PowerDirector:

• touch up or transform the photos in

your slideshows into works of art with
CyberLink PhotoDirector.

• enhance and perform advanced fixes on

the audio in your production with
CyberLink AudioDirector.

• use CyberLink ColorDirector to turn

video clips into eye-catching footage
through the use of video color creating
and correcting.

Using PhotoDirector to Transform Your
Production’s Photos

You can access the advanced fixes and
enhancements available in CyberLink
PhotoDirector directly from within
CyberLink PowerDirector. The adjustments
you make to your photos are then imported
back into your current video production.

To adjust a photo in CyberLink
PhotoDirector, do this:

1. Select the photo on the timeline, and
then click the Fix / Enhance button
above the timeline.

2. In the Fix/Enhance panel, click the
PhotoDirector button. The CyberLink
PhotoDirector program opens.

3. Perform all the edits and adjustments on
the photo as required in CyberLink
PhotoDirector.

Note: please consult the help file in
CyberLink PhotoDirector for detailed
information on adjusting and editing photos
in that program.

4. Once you finish adjusting the photo in
CyberLink PhotoDirector, click the Back
button within the program. Your
changes are saved and the adjusted

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photo is imported right back into the
timeline.

Advanced Audio Editing in CyberLink
AudioDirector

If the audio in your production contains
unwanted noises or you feel it could use
some enhancements, CyberLink
AudioDirector can perform advanced
editing on it. Whether the audio is a music
clip, voice over narration, or the background
audio in a video you shot, CyberLink
AudioDirector can quickly transform all the
audio into the impressive soundtrack your
production deserves.

To edit an audio clip in CyberLink
AudioDirector, do this:

1. Select an audio or a video clip (with
audio) on the timeline, and then click
Edit Audio above the timeline.

2. In the pop-up menu that displays, select
AudioDirector. The CyberLink
AudioDirector program opens.

3. Perform adjustments and apply effects
on the audio clip as necessary.

Note: please consult the help file within the
program directly for detailed information on
editing audio.

4. Once you finish editing the audio file in
CyberLink AudioDirector, exit the
program, and then click Ye s to save your
changes and import your edited audio
clip back into the timeline.

Using ColorDirector to Color Correct and
Enhance Video Clips

CyberLink ColorDirector is a brand new
product from CyberLink that offers you a
new and exciting way to enhance the video
clips in your video production.

If, while editing your production, you find
the colors in a video clip to be dull, or you
think the lighting could be better, all you
need to do is select it to begin editing it in
CyberLink ColorDirector.

To adjust a video clip in CyberLink
ColorDirector, do this:

1. Select the video clip on the timeline, and
then click the Fix / Enhance button
above the timeline.

2. In the Fix/Enhance panel, click the
ColorDirector button. The CyberLink
ColorDirector program opens.

3. Perform all the edits and adjustments on
the photo as required in CyberLink
ColorDirector.

Note: please consult the help file in
CyberLink ColorDirector for detailed
information on adjusting video clips in that
program.

4. Once you finish editing the video clip in
CyberLink ColorDirector, click the Back
button within the program. Your
changes are saved and the adjusted
video clip is imported back into the
timeline.

PhotoDirector

CyberLink PhotoDirector is a photography
program that lets you manage and adjust
your digital photos, creating spectacular
photos from start to finish.

The latest version of the program includes
great new features such as tagging faces,
applying the HDR effect, using content
aware removal to magically extract objects
in photos, and much more.

CyberLink PhotoDirector 4 also lets you
export photos you have edited and
adjusted, right from your library into
PowerDirector.

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