Thanks. Best overview of the new PD that I have seen yet! Many of the questions submitted to the PowerDirector's Facebook user group are explained very clearly here. Great job.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@katdeskinner
5 ай бұрын
If previous versions were great, its because of fine tuning updates and patches. This first release has yet to develop into its full potential. I am good with it. It will only get better.
@pmhelsinki
5 ай бұрын
Good afternoon @katdeskinner. I have always enjoyed Cyberlinks powerdirector suite of progammes, the speed and ease of use. However as of late I have noticed a slight speed decrease, this could be because of bloatware, all the extras that they have introduced. They have added way too much AI instead of finessing it, now I have found out that they are introducing a pay for credit to use AI in the future. Something I will not be purchasing unless their AI gets sooo much better. Look out for my next vid it's all about photodirector and colour grading raw files. Have a great day.
@graphguy
11 ай бұрын
It sucks. crashes and support tells me it must be Windows 11. Despite the fact that zero changed in Windows and the only change was doing the update to PD365. Zero reason for the interface change no value Taking away some of the resource rooms and doing what for what? A big zero.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Too big an update, if only they had changed a few pieces at a time. It always happens when they update too much.
@craigwesson1788
6 ай бұрын
I just started editing my drone video and found this program. Do you have a beginner tutorial on power director 365 newest version ?
@pmhelsinki
6 ай бұрын
Hello Craig. Unfortunatly I don't have a beginners tutorial, however here are some links that you may want to look at. They explain what settings I use and I still use those same settings as they work really well. And a tips and tricks tutorial that should help you get up to speed. Hope they help. kzitem.info/news/bejne/1m5um6iOaZ6np2k preferences kzitem.info/news/bejne/qGaFmKmHmJN_dIo tips and tricks Enjoy your day Harvey.
@craigwesson1788
6 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki thank you !
@curllyboy
10 ай бұрын
This version is like a whole new program in that it is so different it has to be learned all over. I figured out as much as I can but I cannot seem to add a transition at the end of the last clip in my video. Fade out is OK but I wanted something a little more dramatic. Then there is the missing line that allows you to manually adjust opacity on a clip. There are several steps just to adjust the opacity manually. All in all I'm sorry I bothered to update the last version. BTW, I love your teaching style.
@pmhelsinki
10 ай бұрын
Hello. OK, try spreading out the video so you have a lot of room. move the slider along so that the end of the clip is kind off in the middle of the timeline with nothing to the right of it, grab your transition and go to the empty area and move left staying in the center of the clip and it should go. I just tried it myself to make sure it worked ok, if your mouse is just slightly above or below the middle of the clip it will not do anything. Hope this helps. Enjoy your day.
@curllyboy
10 ай бұрын
It worked! Thanks you for that. BTW, how did you figure it out?@@pmhelsinki
@pmhelsinki
10 ай бұрын
Ha ha, I can't give away all my secrets. Have a great day.@@curllyboy
@KTHKUHNKK
11 ай бұрын
Hello again my friend Well as far as the new 2024 version with your package I think I'll stay with what I have. I'm very happy with my 2021 version it does everything I need and I don't feel like trying to get used to another program even though it does look nicer I'm loving power director because you turn me on to it😮. So far I've had great luck with it a few crashes but nothing major you can always recover those. As far as your key frames in your audio editor I'm sure maybe if you check it out you could probably go to do an undo if there's something you just did and you want to undo it maybe that'll work maybe not. Keep them coming Harvey I love it buddy. Keith
@dgibbsfl
11 ай бұрын
This latest release is a CPU and memory (overhead) pig. Playback on the editing tracks is all but unusable in my limited initial experience. When you finally do get a project finished to the point of rendering, the render goes OK and the finished edited clip in whatever playback app you use is also OK. The actual editing workflow is now horrible however. I am running a maxed out Lenovo with the quad core AMD (and built in graphics) and 32gb of installed RAM on a native 64 bit bus. What has your experience been in this regard and is there anyway to get this latest updated beast a little more under control?
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Personally I haven't noticed anything major, I did notice a slight second slow down at the beginning after install but yesterdays vid was done with 2024 and it was faster when I clicked produce. I also have a 3 month old Lenovo desktop maxed ram 32 and all ssd harddrives it also has a dedicated graphics card. I will install it this weekend on my 5 year old laptop with an Intel graphics chip and see what happens. PS. Will check out the options and see what is causing it to be a pig with other peoples machines.
@dgibbsfl
11 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki I played around with the "preview" display options. The high resolution setting was clunky at best in responsiveness while editing, the normal setting was still clunky but less so and the low resolution was not clunky but unusable for actual editing. When they say low resolution they aren't kidding. I turned on the ultra high HD and Cyberlink warned me "unusable due to too many frame drops" and did I want to render the preview to avoid the problem. So I said yes and the preview rendering took thirty minutes but did work. Editing in HD is pretty cool if you have some time to kill waiting for the preview rendering process. I have some new photography/cinematography gear and I really want PowerDirector to continue to be my editing solution but spending time re-learning the user interface every time they do an update along with all the advertisements and suggestions, they make it challenging. And lastly, if I cannot do some meaningful sound design including importing outside soundtracks, I may just dump Cyberlink anyway.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
30 mins Ouch! I'm free from work tomorrow, so I will give it a thorough workout and use some of your suggestions. Hopefully I will be able to give you some good news. Lets see.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Just a quick thought, under preferences/Hardware acceleration are they both selected and have you tried re-running the optimize and restart after? A shot in the dark but you never know.
@dgibbsfl
11 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki Yes, I had already checked to see that both the hardware acceleration buttons were activated and also ran the optimization, that was the first thing I did actually. Since our last exchange above I also went in to the Windows startup list and turned off the few additional non essential services that were new since the last time I went into startup and turned off non essential stuff at startup. With everything else shut down (i.e. nothing else running) I opened PowerDirector and was able to start and finish a slideshow fairly efficiently so there's that. I pulled the plug on Adobe products several years ago when they went to a more expensive yearly subscription business model and I found PowerDirector as my alternative. Many years ago. I have and had been impressed with what Cyberlink was doing with PowerDirector as a less expensive and nearly as powerfull editing platform. Cyberlink's tutorials have always sucked and you guys have been great. Then Cyberlink decided to go the same route as Adobe and start pushing a bunch of stuff that came with the annual subscription. I tolerate it. I don't have much interest in a million new stickers every other month. What Cyberlink did with the incorporation of the CMA and system adjustments necessary to run the CMA and these last couple of hoggish updates that also completely rearranged the user interface has approached my tolerance level and I am beginning to think that if I have to do a subscription, I may as well go back to Adobe where 85% of the photographers and cinematographers are working and refining and showing what they are doing on the Adobe platform. I went to ACDSee for photo editing (a long time ago) but had also been impressed with Cyberlink's PhotoDirector platform lately with the exception that it is a monster to find your way around on, i.e. not at all very intuitive, i.e. I just about have to re-teach myself where everything is at just about every time I open the program.
@KTHKUHNKK
7 ай бұрын
Hey buddy Keith here I'm glad you're enjoying that new interface. I have been working on my project and no crashes yet so perhaps you were right could have been a bad audio file😅
@pmhelsinki
7 ай бұрын
Hello Keith. Yeah, sound files look ok and load in ok, but for some reason they mess with the software. Not just PowerDirector but other software as well.
@KTHKUHNKK
11 ай бұрын
I forgot to tell you I like your new intro it sounds like a news broadcast coming on very professional like. I will be sending you a new video that I'm working on and about a week or so I hope you enjoy it.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Can't wait!
@KTHKUHNKK
11 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki Don't worry I promise I will send it and I also will keep watching your videos. I love them
@VEGTheAgingHippie
11 ай бұрын
Very unhappy with the update. It's terrible. The previous version was far better. There are actually less features and this version has caused my almost new computer to crash 4 times while trying to make a video. I really regret updating it.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
I hear you, I'm getting the Corel Video Studio de ja vu feeling. Unless of course they have hired people from Corel to work on this update.
@VEGTheAgingHippie
11 ай бұрын
I can't understand why they did this. It was rated the top video editor by PC magazine. I emailed them to see if I could restore the previous version, but they told me it wasn't possible. Now I have to buy another software suite because this version is so bad that it's unusable. @@pmhelsinki
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
I'm not a big fan of major updates for software that is relied on by so many. Kind of feels like they dont care about their user base. Small increments would have been better.
@VEGTheAgingHippie
11 ай бұрын
I could deal with the update if it didn't crash. I spent hours working on a video only to have it repeatedly crash. I had to go back to square one. This almost seems like a beta version that was rushed into production. In any case, I'm a new subscriber and very much appreciate your channel. Keep up the good work. All the best from Canada.@@pmhelsinki
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Lesson learnt from my Corel VideoStudio days, Aahhh! I always set up a new project first and have it save every two minutes, you could drop that down to 1 minute. The crashing is strange, have you checked the log files to see if it is something causing the problem, like a virus programme running or windows saving to harddrive at the same time. These are all hardware and memory intensive for that moment and it could cause a crash. Just a thought. Have a great day, and greetings from Helsinki Finland.
@vocaldjiane
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for your video. Do you happen to know what happened to the "apply all" button to apply set coloring to all clips on that track?
@pmhelsinki
10 ай бұрын
Good morning. Yeah... The button has gone bye bye, I think because now you have to keyframe clips alot more. So its colour your clips one at a time. In their advert it says user friendly but I'm going to have think about that one.
@vocaldjiane
10 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki yes I have been searching too. They way I solve it now is selecting all clips on one track and edit them all at the same time
@pmhelsinki
10 ай бұрын
@@vocaldjiane Same here, although mostly I colour grade my clips using colourdirector has it gives me a lot more control. Glad you found a solution.
@barrydrocknrail2231
10 ай бұрын
I can't see a "save project" icon which I have on Powerdirector 18 and previous.
@pmhelsinki
10 ай бұрын
Good morning Barry. Yeah, I'm afraid that has gone out the window. Wow version 18, I started from 2020 so my preference is to start a new project and immediatly go to file 'top left corner' and save project as.. and make sure in options that it saves automaticaly every 1 to 2 mins. Coming from Corels videostudio I learnt this the hard way. Then when you open PD the launcher will show you your last projects.
@KTHKUHNKK
11 ай бұрын
Hello my good friend I'm going to listen to your video and get back to you shortly
@tiagopeggau6256
Ай бұрын
Hi. Do you know where is the "sync by audio" button on this version?
@pmhelsinki
Ай бұрын
Hello, I think you will find it under the magic cut tool. There is a button on the left hand side that say sync audio if I remember. Hope this helps.
@j15elevencontentresearch
11 ай бұрын
Does anyone know what happen to the ability to add keyframes directly on the Video clips on the navigation bar for manually fading in and out opacity video clips? It was so easy and fast!!
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
OMG. Don't go there, I miss that so much. Now I have to click twice as many times to do what was easy b4 the update.
@guerraldo
6 ай бұрын
It is something that you will not find, it was the most practical thing, simply unusable, I do not understand how the Cyberlink programmers went back in product quality 20 years It is terribly slow, poorly optimized, impractical, I had a 4.5 Mhz machine with 24GB SSD and I couldn't work comfortably, previous version works 10 times better
@VoetbalMedia
11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@curllyboy
6 ай бұрын
Hi again. The last update I did a couple of days ago has screwed with the audio. It plays audio fine and then stop and after awhile it starts up again and then stops again. I've tried every thing I can think of but no success. Can you help?
@pmhelsinki
6 ай бұрын
Is it intermittent just on one file or does it do it on all your files? if its all of them you could try updating the sound drivers of your computer. If its just the one file then that file may not be linking properly with the updated version. Can you redo the file and try again. The update may have changed the Codac slightly and that may be the reason.
@curllyboy
6 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki The one thing I didn't do was open another project to see if that one had the same problem. It worked fine so I opened a new project and put my media in that and it worked fine too. Same videos and audio and no problems. Perplexing. Once again, thank you for your help.
@jefferyguyett2162
7 ай бұрын
no Storyboard, they should tell you what they are taking away before you upgrade
@pmhelsinki
7 ай бұрын
Ha ha, good point. They always tell you what's new, but then when you've upgraded you find out about the missing bits. I remember Corel doing the same thing. business tactics to get your money.
@costaskarseras6052
8 ай бұрын
Hello my friend, When I Export my project it takes very long time for rendering say 3 or more hours for 30 minute video. Is this normal?
@pmhelsinki
8 ай бұрын
Good morning Costas. Yes this can be normal if you have colour graded your vids with LUTs. So a little info, if you dont have a dedicated graphics card in your pc, or it is a laptop with an intel graphics chip then this can take some time., Here is a link to my options that I use, I have used these on my laptop and still use the same setup on my desktop. kzitem.info/news/bejne/1m5um6iOaZ6np2k%22 Also make sure in Edit/preferences/Hardware Acceleration that you have both selected at the top and click optimise and let it do it's thing. Also ram memory is a big factor as well. Let me know if it helps. Have a great Christmas and New Year.
@snappagrabba
11 ай бұрын
Any idea how to save an altered Title? Can't see anywhere how to do it. Just done simple stuff like changed the text and colours.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Good morning. If you go to advanced a new window opens where you can edit even more. There is an option to 'save as' and you then can save it as a template, give it a meaningful name. I usually go with my Surname and then which video idea i'm using it for. Click OK and when you go back to project designer it will be in your 'My Content' folder. Hope this helps. Enjoy your day.
@snappagrabba
11 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki I don't see any of those options for a "Motion Graphics Title". Are you referring to a Template (like and intro ...?)
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Lol,. Ahh motion graphics. OK, when you have edited your motion title you have to produce it has a video file and then you can reuse it in your projects.
@snappagrabba
11 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki but then it won't be an transparent element. I used to be able to change the text and colours and save them
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
I will look into this.
@afoxyjim6625
10 ай бұрын
how to green screen with 2024 update ??? It worked easy until now did someone forgot to add it ?
@pmhelsinki
10 ай бұрын
Oooh ok. I will look into it this morning, I love doing green screen stuff.
@pmhelsinki
10 ай бұрын
OK. So select your clip then click on edit just above the timeline or double click your selection, then at the top left of the project window under 'Tools' there you will find 'Chroma key' and 'Mask Designer' they appear to be the same as b4.
@PeterWoodstorrechianca
11 ай бұрын
The new version is good you need a decent computer to use all features, one of my computers the graphics card is too old and weak, one is fine, but if you buy you can still make a video with an old pc just no body effects, I think people will soon get bored with body effects anyway
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Everything is now keyframe orientated even the sound, visually I like it but it seems to have increased my mouse click count even more. Too much AI increase I think.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Never liked the body effects, a lot of the stuff that powerdirctor has seems childish and I dont like to use them.
@tkb2325
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for your input. Do you know how to move the playhead from clip to clip accurately? I'm having a difficult time figuring it out. :( Thanks again.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Good Morning. The keyboard shortcut which I use is 'Ctrl /' the forward slash is on my number pad. However this doesn't always work. So Hover your mouse over the clip and it will show you the start and end time, now you can input that time in the preview window bottom right which says current time, This is more exact. What I have noticed also is if you double click a sound file you can click once on any clip and it will take you to the beginning of that clip.
@tkb2325
11 ай бұрын
THANK YOU. I appreciate you getting back to me SO quickly! You can't beat the cost of the program, however there are too many issues for this software to make it into the big leagues.
@shoop4040
10 ай бұрын
Dam it they changed everything
@pmhelsinki
10 ай бұрын
I know right. Full A.I mode everywhere, time to learn all over again.
@guerraldo
6 ай бұрын
This version is a real disappointment, the worst is its incredible slowness, the optimization for Intel processors is terrible, not even with a powerful video card, I had to go back to my previous version to finish a project, the new GUI interface is totally impractical and slows down even more Still working, I returned to the V21 version of the year 2023 and I am looking for another editor for the future
@pmhelsinki
6 ай бұрын
Sorry to hear that. I've heard some other people have had some of the same symptoms, here is a link to my preferences that I still use. Give them a try and see if it helps. kzitem.info/news/bejne/1m5um6iOaZ6np2k I used these preferences on an old laptop before adding them to a desktop pc.
@SeppoPalander
11 ай бұрын
Vanha versio toimi hyvin, mutta kun latasin tuon uuden ohjelman, ei se toimikaan enää. Tukikaan ei pystynyt auttamaan. Pitää taas hankkia joku toinen toimiva ohjelma.
@harveyroberts5109
11 ай бұрын
Pahus. Voit toki yrittää poistaa kokonaan ja asentaa uudestaan uudempi versiosta.
@SeppoPalander
11 ай бұрын
Kiitos vastauksestasi. Tuo uudelleen lataus joskus auttaa, mutta nyt ei. Pitäisikö ohjelman toimia Windows 11:ssä?
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Näyttä etta et ole ainoa joka on ongelma tätä uutta versio kanssa. Voisitko näyttökortti ongelma tai ajureita?
@SeppoPalander
11 ай бұрын
Nyt meni kummalliseksi. Kaivoin vanhan romuläppärini esiin. Siinä on Windows 10. Asensin siihen Powerdirectorin ja kas kummaa, siinä ohjelma toimii. No, tämä ei kuitenkaan ongelmaani ratkaise.
@harveyroberts5109
11 ай бұрын
@@SeppoPalander lol. Backwards compatible.
@SileMichaela765
11 ай бұрын
This update blows.
@pmhelsinki
11 ай бұрын
Good morning. I have a new vid coming this weekend, that might give some insight. However, remember when Windows tried to look and work like that stupid windows phone, Thats what I think Cyberlink is trying to do. Have there products look and work the same.
@panta114
11 ай бұрын
@@pmhelsinki😢😢ㄱ😅😅ㅋ😅
@curllyboy
8 ай бұрын
I think sucks is a better word for the new PD than blows.
@CountryMan73436
7 ай бұрын
Has any one had issue with Voice Over not saving with PD 365? e.g., kzitem.info/news/bejne/05eFmXqDhJN2m44
@pmhelsinki
7 ай бұрын
Now that is weird. I've just got home, after some zzz's I will look into this. Your vid shows that it is recording but I don't see any wave lines being added to the timeline. This could be that it is an empty file and so it gets discarded. Just a thought. When I wake up I will give it a try and let you know the outcome.
@pmhelsinki
7 ай бұрын
Good morning. Sooo, after checking all over. The voice over module in PowerDirector is no longer available. Mine is grayed out, the only way to do voice overs is with the PD app for mobile phones. So sorry I'm unable to assist you. Bummer! You could watch the video while recording your voice on your pc, and then bring that file into PD. Maybe that is an option.
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