It supports super High Definition (4K) video and it also provides tools to let you create and customise animated titles and transitions between adjoining clips. PowerDirector 13 has a 100-track editor so you can place and edit numerous video and audio clips on synchronized horizontal tracks of the timeline (though I have to say that, personally, about 10 tracks is my limit). Even though the software is at the budget end of the market, it is by no means under-powered. Down the left-hand side of the screen there are icons to select other tools such as video effects, titles and audio-recording.Įase of use and speed of rendering – in my opinion, those are the two most striking features of PowerDirector 13. The editing environment is divided into three principal areas: the media library where you can store video and audio clips and images the timeline where you actually do the editing and the preview window that shows either a selected clip or the fully-edited video. The slick, multi-page environment is just as before – the Capture, Edit, Produce and Create Disc (DVD and Blu-Ray design-and-burn) tools are all grouped together in their own selectable pages. At first sight this new release of PowerDirector looks little changed from the previous version. I reviewed the previous release of this software earlier this year (when I compared PowerDirector 12 with Sony’s competing video editor software, Movie Studio Platinum). PowerDirector 13 Ultimate - the editing environment In fact, in spite of its modest cost, it is perfectly capable of producing extremely high-quality results. CyberLink PowerDirector 13 (for Windows) is one of the best choices for serious video-makers on a tight budget. And whether you are recording your holiday highlights or a home-made blockbuster, in order to transform the raw video into a slick movie you are going to need to edit your clips using dedicated video-editing software. The fact of the matter is that most of us own some sort of video-recording equipment, be it a mobile phone, a GoPro or a dedicated digital-video camera. Or maybe you just want to upload funny cat videos to YouTube…?

You might even be directing a full-scale movie with actors, multiple cameras, stunts and special effects.

Or possibly you are producing eLearning videos for sites such as Coursera or Udemy.

Maybe you need to make a promotional video for your business.

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