Cyberlink PowerDirector - 8.0 Instruction Manual

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PowerDirector 8

User’s Guide

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Contents

Introduction............................................ 1

Welcome .................................................................................................................... 1

Latest Features ................................................................................................... 2

DirectorZone ....................................................................................................... 4

PowerDirector Versions ...................................................................................4

PowerDirector Modes ...................................................................................... 5

System Requirements ........................................................................................... 6

The PowerDirector Workspace............... 9

Rooms .......................................................................................................................10

Media Room ......................................................................................................10

Effect Room .......................................................................................................10

PiP Objects Room ............................................................................................10

Particle Room ....................................................................................................11

Title Room ..........................................................................................................11

Transition Room ...............................................................................................11

Audio Mixing Room ........................................................................................11

Voice-Over Recording Room .......................................................................11

Chapter Room ...................................................................................................11

Subtitle Room ...................................................................................................12

Library Window .....................................................................................................12

Explorer View ....................................................................................................12

Library Menu .....................................................................................................13

Expandable Workspace ......................................................................................13

Fit/Scroll in Timeline .......................................................................................14

Resizing the Ruler ............................................................................................14

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Preview Window ...................................................................................................15

Zoom In/Out ......................................................................................................15

Display/Preview Options ..............................................................................16

Media Viewer ....................................................................................................17

Editing Workspace ................................................................................................17

Timeline View ...................................................................................................17

Storyboard View ..............................................................................................20

Pre-Production ..................................... 21

Importing Media ...................................................................................................21

Downloading Media ............................................................................................22

Downloading Photos From Flickr ..............................................................22

Downloading Audio From Freesound .....................................................23

Downloading Templates from DirectorZone ........................................23

Capturing Media ...................................................................................................24

Capturing from a DV Camcorder ...............................................................25

Capturing from an HDV Camcorder .........................................................26

Capturing from a TV Signal ..........................................................................26

Capturing from a Digital TV Signal ............................................................26

Capturing from a Webcam ...........................................................................27

Capturing from a Microphone ....................................................................27

Capturing from a CD ......................................................................................27

Capturing from a DVD ...................................................................................27

Capturing from an AVCHD Camcorder ....................................................27

Captured Content ...........................................................................................28

Quality Profile Setup ......................................................................................28

Capture Settings ..............................................................................................28

Capture Preferences .......................................................................................28

Detecting Scenes and Extracting Audio .......................................................29

Detecting Scenes in a Video Clip ...............................................................29

Extracting Audio from a Video Clip ...........................................................30

PowerDirector Preferences ...............................................................................30

File Preferences ................................................................................................31

General Preferences .......................................................................................32

Contents

Editing Preferences .........................................................................................33

Confirmation Preferences ............................................................................34

Capture Preferences .......................................................................................34

Produce Preferences ......................................................................................35

DirectorZone Preferences ............................................................................36

Creating Your Story .............................. 37

PowerDirector Projects .......................................................................................37

Setting Project Aspect Ratio ........................................................................37

Adding Media to the Editing Workspace .....................................................37

Magic Movie Wizard .......................................................................................38

Slideshow Designer ........................................................................................38

Adding Video, Photos and Audio to the Workspace ..........................42

Adding Video Effects, PiP Objects, Particle Effects, Titles and Transi-

tions ......................................................................................................................44

Editing Your Media ...............................................................................................47

Splitting a Clip ..................................................................................................47

Trimming Video and Audio Clips ...............................................................47

Setting Clip Duration .....................................................................................49

Muting Media Clips .........................................................................................50

Editing Images ..................................................................................................51

Fixing and Enhancing Photos/Videos ......................................................51

Power Tools .......................................................................................................51

Freeze Frame Effect ........................................................................................52

Time Info .............................................................................................................52

Setting Video Clip Interlacing Format .....................................................52

Adjusting Video Clip Aspect Ratio ............................................................53

Using Magic Tools .................................................................................................53

Magic Movie Wizard .......................................................................................54

Magic Fix .............................................................................................................54

Magic Motion ....................................................................................................54

Magic Cut ...........................................................................................................56

Magic Style .........................................................................................................56

Magic Music .......................................................................................................57

Modifying Effects ..................................................................................................57

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Modifying a Video Effect ...............................................................................57

Modifying PiP Objects ...................................................................................58

Modifying PiP Effects in the PiP Designer ..............................................58

Modifying Particle Effects in the Particle Designer .............................64

Modifying Title Effects in the Title Designer ..........................................66

Mixing Audio and Adding Voice Overs .........................................................71

Splitting Audio from a Video Clip ..............................................................71

Change Audio Clip Volume Levels ............................................................71

Record a Voice-Over .......................................................................................74

Chapters ...................................................................................................................75

Setting Chapters ..............................................................................................75

Setting Chapter Thumbnails .......................................................................75

Subtitles ....................................................................................................................76

Adding Subtitles ..............................................................................................76

Editing Subtitles ...............................................................................................76

Importing Subtitles from Text Files ..........................................................77

Syncing Subtitles with Dialogue ................................................................77

Producing Your Video .......................... 79

Viewing SVRT Information .................................................................................79

Produce Window ..................................................................................................79

Outputting to a File ........................................................................................81

Outputting to a Camcorder .........................................................................83

Uploading Video to YouTube .....................................................................84

Uploading Video to Facebook ....................................................................85

Creating Discs ...................................... 87

Importing Disc Content ......................................................................................88

Disc Menu Preferences .......................................................................................88

Selecting Pre-designed Templates ...........................................................89

Customizing Disc Menu Properties ...........................................................89

Disc Preferences ....................................................................................................94

Contents

Burn to Disc .............................................................................................................95

Burn Your Movie to Disc ...............................................................................95

Creating Folders ...............................................................................................96

Erasing Discs ......................................................................................................96

Appendix .............................................. 97

Hotkeys .....................................................................................................................97

System Hotkeys ................................................................................................97

Project Hotkeys ................................................................................................98

Workspace Hotkeys ........................................................................................98

Smart Guide Hotkeys .................................................................................. 100

Main Panel Hotkeys ..................................................................................... 100

Library Hotkeys .............................................................................................100

Capture Hotkeys ........................................................................................... 102

Voice-Over Hotkeys ..................................................................................... 102

Preview Window Hotkeys ......................................................................... 103

Title Designer Hotkeys ................................................................................ 103

SVRT: When Can I Use it? ................................................................................. 105

Licenses and Copyrights ................................................................................. 105

Dolby Laboratories ...................................................................................... 106

Technical Support............................... 107

Before Contacting Technical Support ........................................................ 107

Web Support ....................................................................................................... 108

Index .................................................. 109

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Chapter 1:

Introduction

This chapter introduces CyberLink PowerDirector and the digital video editing process. It also provides an overview of the program, outlines all of the new features, and includes the system requirements for this version of CyberLink PowerDirector.

Note: this document is for reference and informational use only. Its content and the corresponding program are subject to change without notice.

Welcome

Welcome to the CyberLink family of digital video tools. CyberLink PowerDirector is a digital video editing program that lets you create professional-looking videos and photo slideshows, complete with music, voice-overs, special effects,

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transitions and much more. You can then output your video to a file, upload it directly to YouTube or Facebook, or burn it to a disc, complete with stylish menus.

Latest Features

This section outlines the latest features within the CyberLink PowerDirector program.

Workspace

• Explorer view

- Use the explorer view to better manage your media library.

• Previewing video

- Preview your video at full screen or on a secondary display device, such as a monitor or a DV camcorder.

• Range selection

- Use the range selector to select segments of media on the timeline to copy or remove it from your creation.

• Grid lines and boundary

- Use grid lines and the boundary, which you can snap to as a reference point, to assist in the precise placement of PiP media and titles.

• Expandable Workspace

- Expand the CyberLink PowerDirector workspace to fit your needs and personal preference

• Zoom in/out on preview window

- Useful tool that lets you zoom in or out on the preview window when using PiP media in your video.

Edit

• Enhanced Slideshow Designer

- Customize cell, 3D, highlight and motion slideshows using the Slideshow Designer.

• Power Tools

- Use Power Tools on your video to crop, rotate, play it in reverse or change the speed.

• Fix and enhance your media

- Stabilize, adjust the lighting in, or enhance/upscale your videos with TrueTheater technology.

- Apply video or audio denoise to your video files.

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- Adjust the brightness, remove red-eye or apply focus to photos.

• Particle Designer

- Use the Particle Designer to create cool PiP effects, such as falling snow.

• Track Manager

- Add additional PiP tracks to the timeline, allowing you to have up to nine PiP tracks on a video at the same time.

- Add additional music tracks to the timeline, allowing you to have up to three separate music tracks in a video at the same time.

• Previewing content

- Preview your video production at full screen in the Media Viewer.

- Preview your video production on a separate display device or camcorder when you enable dual displays.

Produce

• Produce window

- All new, easy to use Produce window, that makes outputting your video a breeze.

• Mobile phone format

- Output videos into H.264 format for WOOO video.

• Upload to Facebook

- Uploaded your video productions directly to your Facebook page.

• Share timeline info

- Share your project’s timeline info on DirectorZone to show others how you created your video production.

Create Disc

• Create Disc window

- All new, redesigned user interface.

- Add multiple video titles to a created disc.

- Ability to preview the entire disc structure.

• Enhanced menu creation:

- Multi-layered menus and a more easy-to-use and powerful menu designer.

• Burn to removable disk

- Burn your video projects to a removable disk in the AVCHD format.

Green features and space saving

• Auto shutdown

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- CyberLink PowerDirector can automatically shut down your computer after producing your video or burning it to disc, to save energy.

• Manually delete temp files

- Ability to manually delete temp files to quickly free up disk space on your computer.

Miscellaneous

• Full UI integration of DirectorZone

- Browse, view and search for PiP objects, title templates, particle objects and disc menus on DirectorZone, from within the CyberLink PowerDirector user interface.

• CPU/GPU optimization

- CyberLink PowerDirector is optimized with the latest technology to provide performance gains during the rendering of HD video content when producing videos or burning them to discs.

DirectorZone

DirectorZone is a web service that lets you search for and download PiP objects, title templates, particle objects and disc menus created by other users of CyberLink PowerDirector. You may also share your own creations by uploading them to DirectorZone.

To sign in to DirectorZone, click the Sign in to DirectorZone link on the top of the CyberLink PowerDirector window. Go to http://directorzone.cyberlink.com to view more information on the features and benefits of the DirectorZone web site.

PowerDirector Versions

The features that are available to you within CyberLink PowerDirector are completely dependent on the version you have installed on your computer. File format support, editing features, disc-making functions, and other features vary depending on the version that you have.

Check the readme file for detailed versioning information. To determine the version and build number of your installed program, click on the CyberLink PowerDirector logo in the top right corner.

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Upgrade Your Software

Software upgrades are available from CyberLink. To upgrade your software, click the Upgrade button on the About CyberLink PowerDirector window. The Upgrade window will open and you can select to download new upgrades and updates for CyberLink PowerDirector. You will be redirected to CyberLink’s cyberstore if you choose to purchase new upgrades.

Note: you must connect to the Internet to use this feature.

PowerDirector Modes

CyberLink PowerDirector has separate modes that enable you to perform different tasks: Capture, Edit, Produce and Create Disc.

Mode Description

Capture

Edit

Produce

Create Disc

By default, CyberLink PowerDirector opens in the Edit mode, but you can easily switch between modes to perform your required task by using these buttons.

Captures media in a variety of formats, from a variety of sources. See "Capturing Media" on page 24.

Edit your production by adding video and photos to the timeline, then add transitions, effects, titles and much more. See "Creating Your Story" on page 37.

Output your created video to a file, camcorder (DV, HDV or HDD), or upload it to YouTube or Facebook. See "Producing Your Video" on page 79.

Create and burn your video to a disc, complete with a professional looking disc menu. See "Creating Discs" on page

87.

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System Requirements

The system requirements listed below are recommended as minimums for general digital video production work.

System Requirements

Screen Resolution

Memory

CPU

Video Capturing Device

• 1024 x 768, 16-bit color or higher

• Windows 7/Vista/XP (Windows XP Service Pack 2 is

required for HDV capture).

• 512 MB required

• 2GB DDR2 or above recommended for editing HD

videos

• AVI Capture/Producer: Pentium II 450 MHz or AMD

Athlon 500 MHz

• VCD Quality (MPEG-1) Profiles: Pentium III 600 MHz

or AMD Athlon 700 MHz

• DVD Quality (MPEG-2) Profiles: Pentium 4 2.2 GHz or

AMD Athlon XP 2200+

• High Quality MPEG-4 and Streaming WMV,

QuickTime, RealVideo) Profiles: Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+

• AVCHD and MPEG-2 HD (for BD/HD burning)

Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400 or Athlon 64 X2 5000+

• PCI or USB1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with

WDM standard (i.e. PC Camera and TV tuner with WDM driver)

• DV camcorder connected via OHCI-compliant

IEEE1394 (check CyberLink web site) for supported model list)

• DVD camcorder connected via USB2.0 (check

CyberLink web site for supported model list)

• Sony MicroMV/AVCHD/HDV camcorder (check

CyberLink web site for supported model list)

• JVC Everio camcorder (check CyberLink web site for

supported model list)

System Requirements

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Hard Disk Space

• 5 GB required (400MB for SmartSound Quicktrack

Library)

• 10 GB (20 GB recommended) required for DVD

production

• 60GB (100GB recommended) required for BD/HD/

AVCHD production

Burning Devices

• A CD or DVD burner (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or DVD-

R/RW) is required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD/AVCHD* titles

• A Blu-ray Disc recordable drive is required to burn

Blu-ray Disc titles*

Microphone

Note: please consult the CyberLink web site for the most recent system requirements information. http://www.cyberlink.com. * optional features in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the readme file for detailed versioning information.

• A microphone is required for recording voice-overs

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J H EFGM L K I

The PowerDirector Workspace

This chapter outlines the CyberLink PowerDirector workspace, and all of its features. The workspace is where you will spend most of your time within CyberLink PowerDirector, so getting familiar with everything is has to offer will be helpful.

A - Rooms, B - Library Window, C- Explorer View, D - Expandable Workspace, E - Fit/Scroll in Timeline, F Resizing the Ruler, G - Preview Window, H - Display/Preview Options, I - Zoom In/Out, J - Media Viewer, K Take Snapshot/Preview Quality, L - Editing Workspace, M - Range Selection, N - Track Manager, O Timeline/Storyboard View

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Rooms

The various rooms within the Edit module of CyberLink PowerDirector are where you can access all of your media, effects, titles, and transitions when editing your video. You can also gain access to controls for recording and mixing audio, adding chapters or subtitles. By default, the library window displays the Media Room.

Media Room

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. You can also gain access to a number of useful color boards in the Media Room when within the explorer view.

Managing the Library

Use the button to manage the media within your library. The options include:

• exporting your entire media library as a PDL file.

• importing a media library PDL file, exported from another project or version of

CyberLink PowerDirector.

• emptying the entire contents of the media library.

Effect Room

The Effect Room contains a library of special effects that are used on the video files and images in your project. For more information, see "Adding

Video Effects" on page 44.

PiP Objects Room

The PiP Objects Room contains a library of graphics that are added on top of the video or images on the master track. There are three main types of

objects:

• static graphics.

• motion graphics that fly through clips.

• decorative borders that are added to frame your clip.

Inserted objects are displayed on the PiP Track and modified in the PiP Designer. For more information, see "Adding PiP Objects" on page 45.

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Particle Room

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.

Title Room

The Title Room contains the library of titles that when applied to your project, add credits or comments to your production. For more information,

see "Adding Title Effects" on page 46.

Transition Room

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. For more information, see "Adding Transitions" on page 46.

Audio Mixing Room

In the Audio Mixing Room you can use controls to mix all of the audio tracks in your project. For more information, see "Mix Audio Levels in the Audio

Mixing Room" on page 72.

Voice-Over Recording Room

In the Voice-Over Recording Room you can record a voice over for your video, while you are watching it play back. For more information, see

"Record a Voice-Over" on page 74.

Chapter Room

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. For more information, see "Chapters" on page 75.

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Subtitle Room

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. For more information, see "Subtitles" on page 76.

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.

Explorer View

Select the button to toggle the explorer view within the library windows. Within the explorer view you can gain access to your library folders in order to organize your media into subfolders. In the explorer view you can:

• click on to add a new subfolder in a library window.

• select an existing folder and click to delete a previously created

subfolder.

• browse a folder’s contents in the library window by selecting it.

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Note: you can also gain quick access to library folders by selecting them from the available drop down menu or clicking on the UI.

Library Menu

Click on to gain access to the library menu. In the library menu you can sort or change the display of the content in the library window, depending on your preference. Other options are available in the library menu and depend on the specific room you are within.

Expandable Workspace

The look of the CyberLink PowerDirector workspace is fully expandable and customizable based on your personal preference.

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.

Fit/Scroll in Timeline

After you have resized your workspace to your liking or added additional PiP or

music tracks to the timeline using the Track Manager, click on the button so

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that all tracks are displayed within the existing timeline. This ensures that you don’t need to scroll to view certain tracks.

Click the button for a larger display of the tracks in the timeline, and enable scrolling up and down in the timeline.

Note: when scrolling is enabled within the timeline, the Master Video Track will

always remain on top of the other tracks when scrolling through the tracks.

Resizing the Ruler

You can resize the timeline ruler for a more expanded or condensed view of your production. To resize the ruler, click on the ruler and drag it. Expanding the ruler is

especially handy when aligning clips and effects, while condensing it gives you a global overview of your entire production. You can also use the timeline slider

to resize the timeline.

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Preview Window

While creating your video production, preview your production in the preview window using the available playback controls.

Click the Clip button to play back the clip that is selected in the timeline, or Movie to play the entire video production. You can also control the quality of the previewed video (as well as take a photo snapshot of the current frame of video)

by selecting and then the preview resolution from the list. CyberLink PowerDirector also offers several other preview methods for viewing

your production, including viewing your production at full screen in the Media Viewer or on a secondary display device.

Zoom In/Out

When you place media on the PiP track of the timeline, use the Fit drop-down to zoom in or out on the preview window. Zooming in is useful for precise placement of PiP media, while you can zoom out if you want to add PiP media that begins off screen.

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Display/Preview Options

CyberLink PowerDirector includes some display and preview options that help

make your editing experience easier. Click on to enable the TV safe zone, display grid lines, use a dual preview, and select a preview mode.

TV Safe Zone/Grid Lines

When you place media on the PiP track of the timeline, use the TV safe zone and grid lines to help with the precise placement on your video’s image.

• Click the button and then select TV Safe Zone to enable a box that

indicates the on-screen area of most TV displays.

• Click the button, select Grid Lines and then select the number of lines you

want to display in a grid over the video image. Use this grid to more precisely place the PiP media where you want on the video image.

Once enabled, select Snap to Reference to have the selected objects snap to the grid lines, TV safe zone and the boundary of the preview window.

Dual Preview

If you have a secondary display device, such as a monitor, TV, or DV camcorder

connected to your computer, click the button and select Dual Preview to extend your workspace and preview your project on a secondary display.

Note: to use a connected monitor or TV as a secondary preview window, you must first enable extend desktop to a secondary display within the Windows Display Properties Settings.

Once enabled, when you select play on the preview window, you can preview your production on both your primary and secondary display ( TV or monitor), or on a connected DV camcorder, depending on your selected preference.

Preview Mode

CyberLink PowerDirector provides two modes you can use to preview your video production:

• Real-time: synchronizes and renders clips and effects in real-time, displaying a

preview of your video at the standard 25 (PAL)/30 (NTSC) frames per second.

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• Non Real-time: mutes the audio and displays a preview at a reduced speed to

help make editing much more fluid. Useful when editing high-definition video, using multiple PiP tracks on a less powerful computer, or when you receive dropped frames when previewing. By muting the audio and slowing down the video, CyberLink PowerDirector lets you view more frames per second when your computer has trouble providing a smooth preview during editing.

Media Viewer

The Media Viewer is similar to the preview window, but provides a larger display of your production, including an option to view it at full screen.

To use the Media Viewer:

• click in the preview window to launch the Media Viewer.

• click in the Media Viewer to view your production at full screen.

• click in full screen mode to return the window to the normal size.

• click in full screen mode to close the Media Viewer.

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, which are accessed by clicking on the

or buttons.

Note: you can set which workspace view is displayed by default in "Editing Preferences" on page 33.

Timeline 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 timeline view also provides a view of all the tracks, media and other content (chapter markers, subtitle markers) that are displayed in the

timeline. To switch to timeline view, click .

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Media Tracks

The timeline contains the following tracks:

Tra ck Description

The Master Video Track contains your project’s main video and/or image clips.

The Effect Track contains special effects that apply to the video or image clip in the Master Video Track at the same location.

The PiP Track contains video clips, images, objects and particle effects that are inserted over any clip in the Master Video Track that appear during the PiP effect’s duration. Within the Track Manager you can add up to eight additional PiP tracks into the timeline. The PiP tracks are numbered within the timeline accordingly.

Title Track contains title effects that appear over any clips in the Master Video Track that occur during the title effect’s duration.

Voi ce Track contains a narrative voice-over or second audio clip.

Music Track contains your project’s main audio and music clips.

Within the Track Manager you can add up to two additional music tracks into the timeline. The music tracks are numbered within the timeline accordingly.

Chapter Track contains all of the chapters markers in your current video production. This track only displays when you are within the Chapter Room.

Subtitle Track contains all of the subtitle markers in your current video production. This track only displays when you are within the Subtitle Room.

SVRT Track displays the SVRT information for your current project. See "Viewing SVRT Information" on page 79 for more information.

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Range Selection

Click and drag one of the arrows on either side of the timeline slider to select a range of media on the timeline.

Once selected, you can cut or copy and then paste the selected media to another position on the timeline.

You can also use this feature to manually highlight a portion of a clip that you want to then remove or trim out.

Track Manager

Within the Track Manager* you can add additional PiP or music tracks to the timeline. This allows you to have up to nine PiP objects displayed on a video at the same time, or up to three pieces of music in your production. To add tracks to the

timeline, click on and then select the number of PiP or music tracks you would like to add.

Note: * optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the readme file for detailed versioning information.

Locking/Unlocking Tracks

To lock a track in the timeline, click at the left of the track. When a track is locked, you cannot add new clips to the track, nor move or edit the clips it

contains. To unlock a track in the timeline, click at the extreme left of the track.

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Showing/Hiding Tracks

To hide a track in the timeline*, first click Movie in the Preview window, then click

at the extreme left of the track. When a track is hidden, it is not displayed in the Preview window. This way you can preview your project by tracks and concentrate on the track you are working on.

Note: * optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the readme file for detailed versioning information.

To display a track that is hidden in the timeline, first click Movie in the Preview window, then click to the left of the track.

Storyboard View

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. To

switch to storyboard view, click .

Note: a number of features are unavailable in the storyboard view. If you try and perform a function that is not available in this view, CyberLink PowerDirector automatically switches back to the timeline view.

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