Cyberlink PowerProducer - 5.0 User’s Guide
CyberLink
PowerProducer 5
User’s Guide
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Contents
Introduction............................................. 1
Welcome .................................................................................................................... 2
New Features ...................................................................................................... 2
The PowerProducer Program ............................................................................. 3
PowerProducer Projects ................................................................................. 4
Getting Started ........................................................................................................ 5
Producing a Movie Disc ...................................................................................5
PowerProducer Versions ................................................................................ 6
Supported Formats ........................................................................................... 7
System Requirements ........................................................................................... 8
Producing a Movie Disc......................... 11
Selecting a Video Format ...................................................................................12
Acquiring Content ................................................................................................14
Capturing Video ...............................................................................................15
Capturing Photos from a Removable Device ........................................16
Editing Clips ............................................................................................................18
Adjust a Video Clip’s Aspect Ratio .............................................................18
AB Cut ..................................................................................................................18
Merge ...................................................................................................................19
Split .......................................................................................................................20
Advanced Editing for Video (Optional) ...................................................20
Commercial Cut ...............................................................................................21
Editing Photo Slideshows ..................................................................................23
Add Photos to a Slideshow ..........................................................................23
Set Background Music for a Slideshow ...................................................24
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Set Slideshow Duration .................................................................................25
Set Slideshow Effects .....................................................................................25
Back up Photos on Disc .................................................................................26
Set Photo as Title Thumbnail ......................................................................26
Auto Rotate Photos ........................................................................................26
Advanced Editing for Photos (Optional) .................................................26
Browsable Slideshow .....................................................................................27
Creating Disc Menus ............................................................................................28
Selecting Pre-Defined Templates ..............................................................28
Customize Your Disc Menu ..........................................................................29
Setting Chapters ..............................................................................................32
Organize Your Story .......................................................................................34
Add a Playlist .....................................................................................................35
Finalizing Content ................................................................................................36
Preview Disc Content .....................................................................................36
Burn Your Production to Disc .....................................................................37
Save Your Production as a Disc Image ....................................................38
Create a Folder .................................................................................................39
Edit a Disc After Burning ....................................................................................40
Right-to-Disc ......................................... 41
Burn Video Right to Disc ....................................................................................42
Disc Utilities........................................... 45
Erase a Disc ..............................................................................................................46
Copy a Disc ..............................................................................................................47
Make a Disc DVD Player-Compatible .............................................................49
Finalize/Unfinalize a Disc ...................................................................................51
Burn a Disc From a Disc Image .........................................................................52
Save as a Disc Image ............................................................................................53
Burn a Disc from a Folder ...................................................................................54
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Export to File ...........................................................................................................55
Production Preferences ......................... 57
Project Preferences ..............................................................................................58
Video/Audio Preferences ...................................................................................60
General Preferences .............................................................................................61
Technical Support.................................. 63
Before Contacting Technical Support ...........................................................64
Web Support ..........................................................................................................65
Index ..................................................... 67
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Chapter 1:
Introduction
This chapter introduces CyberLink PowerProducer and the digital movie
production process, including what you need to have on hand before you begin
working on a project. If you are looking for instructions on how to start
producing a movie immediately, see "Producing a Movie Disc" on page 11.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• "Welcome" on page 2
• "The PowerProducer Program" on page 3
• "Getting Started" on page 5
• "System Requirements" on page 8
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Welcome
Welcome to the CyberLink family of digital video tools. CyberLink
PowerProducer is the ultimate disc authoring tool, allowing you to
make creative VCD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc and AVCHD media. You can
import video from a variety of sources, perform light editing tasks and
then burn it to disc after creating a disc menu similar to those found on
standard commercial discs.
CyberLink PowerProducer also lets you create stunning photo
slideshows, burn video right-to-disc and utilize its handy disc utilities to
erase and copy discs, create and burn disc images, and more.
New Features
The following new features are available in the latest versions of
CyberLink PowerProducer:
• Create Blu-ray Disc and AVCHD movies with menus.
• Enhanced menu creation, including multi-layer menus and a
more easy-to-use menu designer
• Create photo slideshows with unlimited photos, motion and
multiple audio tracks as background music.
• Enhanced performance improvements for burning and
importing tasks
• Create movies with high quality six channel sound output using
the Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator
Note: The features available to you may differ due to the version installed on
your computer. To purchase the full version, please go to the CyberLink
online store.
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The PowerProducer Program
The following is a list of the main functions you can perform in
CyberLink PowerProducer:
The Produce Movie Disc task lets you create a
professional looking disc in a variety of formats,
including video CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc and AVCHD.
With the Right-to-Disc you can burn video content
from a DV camcorder, HDV camcorder, TV, webcam or
VCR directly onto a DVD or Blu-ray Disc without the
intermediary step of first writing to your hard drive.
If you burned your production onto a rewritable disc,
you can go back and edit the content at a later time
using the Edit Disc function.
If you saved your disc project previously, use the Open
Project task to quickly access it. You can use any saved
projects as a template for future disc productions.
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The Disc Utilities task includes a number of useful
features including erasing and copying discs, burning
discs from images or folders, saving disc images, and
much more.
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New Save Preferences
Open Save As
Help
PowerProducer Projects
When you save a CyberLink PowerProducer project, it is saved as a .PPP
file. This project file is the collection of all of your movie content, your
special effects and your settings, but is not the final production.
Note: Any edits made to your video clips, audio files or photos in CyberLink
PowerProducer do not affect your original media.
You can create a new CyberLink PowerProducer project file, as well as
open or save existing files. The buttons for these tasks are located at the
top of the window under most CyberLink PowerProducer functions.
Note: These tools are not always available in all functions.
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Getting Started
Where you get started with CyberLink PowerProducer depends on the
function you want to perform. Even when creating a disc menu, you
may decide to skip specific functions, depending on the kind of menu
you want to create. Either way, this section offers a quick overview of
what you need to do to create a finished disc and all the other
functions.
Producing a Movie Disc
The following outlines the complete process for creating a full
functioning movie disc, complete with a custom menu, chapters, etc.
Where you choose to begin and the path you take is up to you.
Note: Before you begin creating your disc, it is suggested that you first set
your video, audio and other preferences. See "Production Preferences" on
page 57 for more information.
Step 1 - Selecting a Video Format
Step 2 - Acquiring Content
•Importing video and photos
• Capturing video and photos
Step 3 - Editing Clips
Step 4 - Editing Photo Slideshows
Step 5 - Creating Disc Menus
• Selecting a disc menu template
• Customizing your disc menu
• Setting up chapters
• Organizing your story
Step 6 - Finalizing Content
• Previewing content
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• Burning content to disc, saving as disc image or creating a disc
folder
PowerProducer Versions
The features that are available to you within CyberLink PowerProducer
are completely dependent on the version you have installed on your
computer. Click on the CyberLink PowerProducer logo anywhere within
the program to view the version number of your installed program. To
purchase the full version, please go to the CyberLink online store.
Upgrading Your Software
Software upgrades may be periodically available from CyberLink. To
upgrade your software, click in the row of buttons across the top of
the window.
A web browser window opens to CyberLink’s online store, where you
can upgrade your program as well as receive other information about
CyberLink and CyberLink’s products.
Note: You must be connected to the Internet to use this feature.
Activating Your Software
If you have a CD key that will upgrade your current version of CyberLink
PowerProducer to a newer version, do this:
1. Click the Preferences button, which is available on most
windows.
2. Click the Activate button.
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Supported Formats
Before getting started with the creation of your disc, you may want to
know what type of files can be imported into your project. CyberLink
PowerProducer allows you to import files into the program in the
following formats:
Audio Input Formats: .mp3, .wav, .wma
Image Input Formats: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .png
Video Input Formats: .mpg, .mpeg, .avi, .dat, .wmv, .asf, .vob, .dvr-ms,
.mod, .tod, .tpd, .m2ts, .mts, .mp4, .ts, .m2t, .pds
The disc and file formats that CyberLink PowerProducer supports are
listed below:
Disc Types File Formats
BD-RE, BD-R BDAV, BDMV
DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R,
DVD+R DL
DVD-RW DVD-Video, DVD-VR, DVD+VR,
DVD+RW DVD-Video, DVD+VR, AVCHD
DVD-RAM DVD-VR
CD-R, CD-RW VCD, SVCD
DVD-Video, AVCHD
AVCH D
Note: The features available to you may differ due to the version installed on
your computer. To purchase the full version, please go to the CyberLink
online store
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System Requirements
The system requirements listed below are recommended as minimums
for working with the program. You may find that your system, while
meeting these recommended minimums, requires expanded capacity
for specific tasks.
Minimum System Requirements
CPU
Memory • 512 MB (1 GB or above recommended)
OS
Windows
Desktop
Resolution
HDD Space
DV/HDV
Capture
Burning
• Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon 1500+ and
above for basic DVD authoring
• Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 3000+
and above for high-definition authoring and direct
DV/HDV recording
• Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 (Home or Professional
editions)
• 1024 x 768
•1GB for making VCDs
• 5GB for making DVDs
•25GB for making Blu-ray Discs
• OHCI IEEE 1394 compliant device
• Analog video capture: USB or PCI capture devices
compliant to WDM standards
• DV Camcorder video capture: IEEE 1394 I/O
devices compliant with OHCI standards
• DSC photo import: USB interface
• A burning device is required for burning CDs,
VCDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. See our web site
(http://www.cyberlink.com) for additional
information on burning device requirements.
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Optional System Requirements
• To preview HDV content while capturing videos, an nVidia 6200
(or better), or ATI X700 (or better) graphic card is recommended.
• AVCHD playback is very system consuming. A CyberLink
PowerDVD Ultra compatible graphic card is recommended.
Please refer to http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/support/
answerbox_productfaq.jsp?FID=2577&nProdId=31&ProdVerId=
175&nCateId=5.
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Chapter 2:
Producing a Movie Disc
This chapter leads you through the process of producing a movie, from capturing
content to burning your finished production to disc. It includes instructions for
creating a full-feature video production or photo slideshow, customizing your
disc and editing a disc after burning.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• "Selecting a Video Format" on page 12
• "Acquiring Content" on page 14
• "Editing Clips" on page 18
• "Editing Photo Slideshows" on page 23
• "Creating Disc Menus" on page 28
• "Finalizing Content" on page 36
Note: The functions available to you may differ due to the version installed
on your computer.
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Selecting a Video Format
The first step in producing a movie disc is selecting the video format of
the disc you want to create.
To begin producing a movie disc, do this:
1. Open CyberLink PowerProducer.
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2. Click Produce Movie Disc.
3. Select the video format you want to use:
• Video CD: to create a lower-quality video or a slideshow.
• DVD: to create a longer, high-quality video.
• Blu-ray Disc: to create a high-quality high definition video that
will play back on a Blu-ray Disc player.
• AVC H D: to create a high-quality high definition video that uses
the MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video codec.
Note: The creation of Blu-ray Disc and AVCHD media is optional and only
available in some versions of CyberLink PowerProducer. If you insert an
AVCHD disc into a disc player that doesn't support AVCHD, you may have
difficulty getting it out of the player or you may damage the disc.
4. Set your other options as necessary:
• Specific video recording format: select a specific video
recording format.
• Disc capacity: select the capacity of the disc you are using.
• TV Aspect Ratio: select the TV aspect ratio for your disc.
5. Click Next to continue.
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Acquiring Content
Your production can contain a mixture of video and photos. The import
and capture functions are located on the Content window within the
Produce Movie Disc function.
Note: Some camcorders are recognized as external disk drives on your PC. In
this case you can use the Import Video Files
directly from the external drive (camcorder) to your hard drive.
To open the Content window, do this:
1. Start CyberLink PowerProducer.
2. Click Produce Movie Disc.
3. Select your disc type and then click Next. The Content window
opens.
function to import the files
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4. Select whether to import or capture media from the list of
available options on the left-hand side.
• Import: video files, photos or scenes on a disc
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Note: Some discs are protected by technology that does not allow you to
import the content they contain.
• Capture: from a variety of sources
Capturing Video
With CyberLink PowerProducer you can capture video (including the
audio) from:
• a DV camcorder
• an HDV camcorder
•a TV
•a PC webcam
•a VCR
To begin capturing video, do this:
1. Click Video under the Capture function on the Content window.
2. In the window that opens, select the source you want to capture
from the drop-down list.
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Note: Make sure that your DV or HDV camcorder is turned on and set to VCR
mode in order for it to be detected by CyberLink PowerProducer.
3. Locate the content you want to capture, in one of the following
ways:
• when capturing from an HDV or DV camcorder, you can use the
playback controls under the Preview window.
• when capturing from a TV, use the buttons to select the channel
you want to capture video from.
4. If required, select Auto-recording duration and then enter the
length of the video you want CyberLink PowerProducer to capture.
5. Click to begin capture.
6. Click to end the capture when you have captured the video you
want. If you selected Auto-recording duration, CyberLink
PowerProducer will stop capturing automatically once the
duration has been reached.
Note: Non-realtime capture continues capturing and processing after the
video has finished playing in order to ensure that no frames are dropped
during capture.
Capturing Photos from a Removable Device
You can capture photos from a removable device, such as a digital
camera or other USB device, for use in CyberLink PowerProducer by
selecting the Photos option.
To capture from a removable device, do this:
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1. Click Photos under the Capture function on the Content window.
The Slideshow Photos dialog box opens.
2. Select your removable device from the drop-down menu.
3. Check the photo(s) you want to capture.
•Check the Select all option to select all of the photos.
• To switch to a larger or smaller thumbnail, click .
• If the number of thumbnails on your device surpasses one page,
use the and buttons to display further pages of
thumbnails.
4. Click , then select the directory where you want to save the
photos.
5. Click OK.
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