For the prosumer editor looking for both basic and advanced features with a simple, easy-to-use workflow, the CyberLink PowerDirector 21 Ultimate bundle is an excellent solution. It offers numerous basic and advanced tools, such as frame-by-frame motion tracking, picture-in-picture and theme design, distortion, and other correction tools. For your social media projects, PowerDirector 21 Ultimate allows 1:1 square video editing for Instagram and Facebook, vertical video editing for your smartphone footage, and 360° VR photo and video editing. There's also a screen recording toolset for YouTube tutorials and green screen editing for background replacement.
The Ultimate version includes five CyberLink and 3rd-party premium content packs, and effects plug-ins, including the new Bloggers Social Media Pack. Additionally, 25GB of cloud storage is included for one year, so you can access your projects remotely from anywhere. Check out the section below for the full list of content packs and all the new and existing features of this release.
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Your order provides a box containing an installation DVD and a download code for alternatively downloading and activating the software without a disc.
New and Enhanced in PowerDirector 21
- New AI DeReverb
- New AI Body Effects
- New AI Powered Motion Tracking
- New Intro Designer
- New Title Blending Mode
- New Intel Hyper Encode
- New Import animation PNG (APNG)
- New Output to animated GIF and APNG
- New AI Sky Replacement
- New Audio Smart fit
- New Audio Denoise by NVIDIA Broadcast/Maxine
- New DeReverb by NVIDIA Broadcast/Maxine
- New Speech To Text
- Enhanced Mask Designer
- Enhanced Motion Graphics Title
- Enhanced BorisFX Film Style and Stylize
- Enhanced BorisFX Restoration and Lights
Creative Editing Tools
- 1:1 square video editing and production
- 9:16 and 4:5 video import, editing, and export
- Produce 120/240 fps high frame rate video
- Color presets and look up table (LUT) support
- Audio ducking
- TrueTheater color and Stabilizer
- Keyframe opacity adjustments
- Screen capture (Screen Recorder v4 SE)
- Built-in audio editor
- Action camera editing tools
- Apply titles and images to motion path
- Point-of-use video tutorial
- Title reveal mask
- AI object segmentation
- AI wind removal
- AI speech enhancement
- AI sky replacement
- Audio smart fit
- Audio Denoise by NVIDIA Broadcast/Maxine
- DeReverb by NVIDIA Broadcast/Maxine
- Speech To Text
Precision Design Tools
- Selection mask
- Keyframe interpolation: Hold
- Sketch designer
- Keyframe: Modify anchor point
- Multicam designer
- Video collage designer
- AI-powered motion tracking
- Transition designer
- PiP designer
- Shape Designer
- Adjust particle and PiP display speed
- Customize particle and PiP ending action
- Snap alignment
- Theme designer
- Mask designer
- Motion graphics title
- Title designer
- Paint designer
- Subtitle room
- Menu designer
- Crop, zoom, and pan tools
- Audio scrubbing
- True360 view designer
Professional Video Editing Features
- Nested project editing
- Video pre-cut
- Color match
- Multi-sample chroma key
- Split toning and HDR effect
- Video blending modes
- Produce image sequence
- 360-degree video editing
- Advanced 360-degree video stabilizer
- Convert titles and PiP to 360-degree object
- Correct distortions (lens, color)
- 4K video editing preview
- Library preview
- Extra-large thumbnail preview
- Hotkeys for timeline behavior
- Reverse timeline order
- Undock library and timeline
- Clip/timeline markers
Performance and Formats
- 8K video import
- AAC 5.1-ch output
- Native 64-bit support
- Import .MXF (8-bit 4:2:0 AVC/XAVC)
- Import .MOV Apple ProRes (10-bit 4:2:2)
- Import 10-bit and 10-bit HDR video (HDR10 and HLG)
- Autosave dual-screen settings
- TrueVelocity 10
- Multi-GPGPU acceleration with OpenCL support
- Media Foundation GPGPU transcoding (non-full frame acceleration)
- Best-matched profile
- 10th-generation Intel Core Processor (Ice Lake) optimization
- AMD Ryzen 3000 processor optimization
- nVIDIA, Intel, and AMD H.265 (HEVC) hardware encoding and decoding
- WebM/VP9 support
- AVCHD 3D/Progressive and XAVC-S camcorder support
- Import, edit, and produce 120/240 fps video
- DVD, AVCHD, and Blu-ray authoring
- Volume meter display
CyberLink Premium Content Packs
- Bloggers Social Media Pack
- Wedding Pack 2 and Holiday Pack 11
- Content Pack Premium 1, 2, 3, 4
- Content Pack Premium 5
- Bonus background music tracks: 50 tracks and 100+ clips
3rd-Party Plug-Ins and Effects
- BorisFX Film Style and Stylize
- BorisFX Restoration and Lights
Supported Video Files (Import)
- (New) ProRes 4:2:2, (New) V210 4:2:2, (New) HDR (HEVC HDR10 and HLG), (New) MXF AVC 4:2:0, (New) XAVC 4:2:0, (New) H.265/HEVC (8/10-bit, 10-bit with HDR10 and HLG), MVC (MTS), Side-by-side video, top-under video, Dual-Stream AVI, FLV (H.264), MKV (multiple audio streams), 3GPP2, AVCHD (M2T, MTS), AVI, DAT, WTV in H.264/MPEG2 (multiple video and audio streams), Dolby Digital audio (formats only available on Windows 8/8.1/10), WebM (VP9), MOD, MOV (H.264/HEVC/alpha PNG/Apple ProRes 10-bit 4:2:2), MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MP4 (XAVC S, XAVC 8-bit 4:2:0), TOD, VOB, VRO, WMV, WMV-HD, DV-AVI
- 360 video: equirectangular format MP4 (H.264), in up to 4K resolution in 2:1 aspect ratio
Supported Audio Files (Import)
- WAV, MP3, WMA, M4A, OGG, FLAC, AAC, AMR-NB, Opus
Supported Audio Format (Import)
- AAC, Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus (only available on Windows 8/8.1/10), DTS, WAVE, MPEG-1 Layer III, FLAC, ALAC
Supported Photo Files (Import)
- MPO, JPS, RAW, GIF, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, Animated GIF, HEIC
- 360 photos: equirectangular format JPG/TIF in 2:1 aspect ratio
Look Up Table (LUT) Import
- 3DL, MGA, M3D, CUBE, CSP, CMS, RV3DLUT, VF
Video File Import
- H.265/HEVC (8/10/10-bit with HDR10 and HLG)
- MOD
- MVC (MTS)
- MOV (H.264/HEVC/Alpha PNG/Apple ProRes 10-bit 4:2:2)
- Side-by-side video
- MPEG
- Top-under video
- MPEG-2
- Dual-stream AVI
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
- FLV (H.264)
- MP4 (XAVC S, XAVC 8-bit 4:2:0)
- MKV (multiple audio streams)
- TOD
- 3GPP2
- VOB
- AVCHD (M2T, MTS)
- VRO
- AVI
- WMV
- DAT
- WMV-HD
- WTV in H.264/MPEG2 (multiple video and audio streams)
- DV-AVI
- Dolby Digital audio
- DVR-MS
- WebM (VP9)
- HDR (HEVC HDR10 and HLG)
- ProRes 4:2:2
- MXF AVC 4:2:0
- V210 4:2:2
- XAVC 4:2:0
- 360 video: Equirectangular format MP4 (H.264).
- PowerDirector supports your movie editing specifications up to 4K resolution in 2:1 aspect ratio
Video File Export
- High-definition: AVCHD, AVCHD 2.0 (3D/progressive) MPEG-2 HD, WMV-HD
- 2K/4K resolution: H.264 AVC, WMV, H.265 HEVC, XAVC S
- MKV H.264 AVC/H.265 HEVC (.MKV) with LPCM/AAC Stereo/5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo
- MPEG-2 (.MPG) with LPCM, Dolby Digital Stereo
- M2TS H.264 AVC/H.265 HEVC (.M2TS) with LPCM, Dolby Digital Stereo
- MPEG-4 H.264 AVC/ H.265 HEVC (.MP4) with LPCM/AAC Stereo/5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo
- XAVC S (.MP4 with AAC Stereo/5.1 audio)
- Windows Media (.WMV)
- Windows AVI/DV-AVI (.AVI)
- AVCHD2.0 for SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS memory card or flash memory
- 3GPP2 for 3G mobile phones
- 3D video: MVC, Side-by-Side, Anaglyph
- Image Sequence (JPG/PNG)
- 360 video: Equirectangular format MP4 (H.264 AVC/H.265 HEVC)
Audio File Import
- WAV, MP3, WMA, M4A, OGG, FLAC, AAC, AMR-NB, Opus
Audio Format import
- AAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, WAVE, MPEG-1 Layer III, FLAC, ALAC, ADPCM
Audio File Export
Photo File Import
- MPO, JPS, RAW, GIF, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, Animated GIF, HEIC, APNG
- 360 Photo: Equirectangular format JPG/TIF in 2:1 aspect ratio
Look Up Table (LUT) Import
- 3DL, MGA, M3D, CUBE, CSP, CMS, RV3DLUT, VF
Video Capture Device Support
- Analog TV tuner
- CI or USB capture device compliant with WDM standard
Output Device Support
Compatible devices from major brands that were tested by CyberLink with movie editing specifications in mind, including but not limited to:
- iPad, iPhone
- Android phones
- PlayStation Portable (PSP), PlayStation 3/4 , PlayStation VITA and VITA TV
- XBox 360 and One
- Zune
Formats Supported for Disc Creation
- 3D disc burning: DVD/AVCHD/BD
- DVD
- BD burning: BDMV; AVCHD; DVD and BD with LPCM 2-ch
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