News: CyberLink PowerDirector 9 released locally

The latest version on Cyberlink’s video editing software, PowerDirector 9, has been released in South Africa via Edutain Distribution. PowerDirector 9 makes the video editing process simpler as well as quicker, largely due to the fact that its the world’s first native 64-bit consumer video editor.

Designed with usability in mind for consumers and powerful, pro-like features for prosumers, PowerDirector 9 unleashes users’ full creative potential with performance-driven technologies including CyberLink’s new TrueVelocity Engine. TrueVelocity editing technologies take advantage of native 64-bit OS support and leading CPU/GPU components, in order to considerably reduce video processing time.

Powerful tools, the likes of the new unified keyframe control and a greatly improved timeline editor, enable users to create even the most demanding and complex video productions.

“When designing PowerDirector 9 we focused on four fundamental aspects of the video editing process – speed, power, creativity and sharing,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink.

“Through innovations like TrueVelocity and significant advancements to existing technologies we have been able to deliver a product that will dramatically improve consumers’ video editing experience.”

Users can get it for a recommended retail price of R1155 (including VAT) via Edutain and other selected retailers.

Key features of CyberLink PowerDirector 9:

Blazing Speed

Maximising the memory - TrueVelocity 64 takes advantage of PowerDirector’s 64-bit OS support to utilise a system’s entire memory resources reducing latency issues, improving system efficiency and enabling the simultaneous processing of multiple HD video files.
Optimising CPU utilisation - TrueVelocity Parallel makes video processing smoother and quicker by splitting tasks into smaller segments and simultaneously processing them across all available CPU threads.
Harnessing the power of the CPU/GPU - TrueVelocity Accelerator taps into the power of Intel, AMD and Nvidia video processing technology for hardware-enhanced video decoding and encoding.

Powerful Tools

Video Enhancement Tools -- PowerDirector’s suite of advanced TrueTheater technologies improves the video quality of users’ projects, offering SD-to-HD quality up-scaling, video noise removal, smooth slow-motion playback, virtual surround sound, and lighting adjustment.
Advanced Audio Editing – New WaveEditor allows users to edit their audio tracks with effects and includes VST plug-in support for third party effects.
Full HD Previews – Preview your video in real-time with full HD quality like never before.

Maximised Creativity

Timeline Interface – Up to 100 video and audio timeline tracks yields a more flexible workspace, easier media management, and more creative projects.
Customized Particle Effects -- Particle effects expand the creative possibilities for adding animated objects to projects. Users can begin with PowerDirector 9’s built-in templates, and then customize to match their video content.
MagicStyle Movie Wizard – Select existing photos and videos, choose a built-in 3D template and audio track, and MagicStyle puts it all together into an amazing 3D movie in seconds.

Sharing on all media

100 000+ free effects - DirectorZone.com features uploaded content created by PowerDirector users, including customised effects, templates, tips, tutorials and DVD menus that can be downloaded for free.
Publish to social networks - Users can choose to upload to Facebook or YouTube in Full HD quality directly from PowerDirector.
On-the-go media – Output videos directly to the iPad, iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, PSP, Zune and many other mobile devices. Simply select your device type and PowerDirector does the rest.

CyberLink PowerDirector 9 released locally

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