CyberLink PowerDirector Help

Select an image, video, or audio clip in the timeline and then click the Fix/Enhance* button to apply fixes and make enhancements to these clips.

You can apply fixes and enhancements to the entire duration of a media clip, or click the Keyframe button to customize how they are displayed using keyframes. See Utilizing Keyframes on Media for more information on customizing the way the fixes and enhancements are displayed in your video production.

Applying Fixes

Select a media file on the timeline and then click the Fix/Enhance button to apply instant fixes, such as lighting adjustments, lens correction, video/audio denoise, video stabilization, and more. In the Fix section, the following options are available:

Lighting Adjustment

Adjusts the brightness/contrast/saturation ratios. Best used to change the color settings if the video clip or photo contains portions that are overly dark or bright. Use the slider to adjust the intensity of the lighting adjustment. Enable the Extreme Backlight option to adjust the back lighting in a clip. Best used to provide separation between a subject and the background, or reduce the silhouette effect caused by too much backlight, for example from the sun. Once enabled, use the slider to adjust the intensity of the backlight.

White Balance

The Color temperature option adjusts the clip's color temperature or creates a specific atmosphere, such as winter or summer. Once enabled, use the slider to adjust the Color temperature in the media clip. A lower value applies a colder temperature, while a higher value applies an atmosphere that is warmer. Use the Tint slider to adjust the color level of the clip.

Select the White calibration option, and then click the button to use the eye dropper to select an area in the video or image that should be white. By indicating which portion of an image should be white, CyberLink PowerDirector automatically adjusts the other colors accordingly to be more vivid and true. If you use white calibration, you cannot use other fixes or enhancements.

Video Stabilizer

Employs motion compensation technology to correct shaking videos. This tool is ideal for use with videos taken without a tripod or recorded while moving. Once enabled, drag the slider to increase or decrease the level of correction. Select the Fix rotational camera shake* option if the clip has segments where the camera rotates from side to side. The Use enhanced stabilizer option improves the output quality of video clips that have video stabilizer applied.

If editing a 360° project, you can apply CyberLink VR Stabilizer on 360° video clips. Use the Sliding Window Duration to set the intervals (in seconds) when CyberLink VR Stabilizer analyzes and corrects the shakiness of the video. Use the Spatial Domain Range to set the analyzed range (up and down) from the central horizon line of the screen. Adjusting the sliders will auto apply CyberLink VR Stabilizer on your video clip. If required, click the Advanced button to manually apply VR Stabilizer in the Enhanced VR Stabilizer window.

Lens Correction

Select the Lens Correction* option to use lens profiles to auto correct distorted images/videos. Select the lens profile, using the Maker and Model drop-downs, that matches the camera your image/video was shot with. Once selected, CyberLink PowerDirector will auto correct the image/video.

You can also use the Fisheye distortion control to manually correct clips that have fisheye distortion. Use the Vignette Removal sliders to manually remove an unwanted vignette effect on photos that was caused by a camera lens or the lighting environment:

•Vignette amount: use this slider to adjust the level of vignette removal on the photo.

•Vignette midpoint: drag the slider to the left to increase the size of the area (towards the center of the photo) where the vignette removal is applied. Drag it right to decrease the size, towards the corners.

Video Denoise

This tool removes video noise from a video clip, including High-ISO and TV signal noise. Once enabled, drag the slider to increase or decrease the level of denoise on the video.

Audio Denoise

Use audio denoise on video clips that were recorded outdoors, in a room with poor acoustics, in a car, or other noisy locations. The audio denoise tool uses CLNR (CyberLink Noise Reduction) technology to improve your video's audio quality and reduce background noise. Select the Noise type from the drop-down menu and then use the Degree slider to adjust the amount of denoise applied.

Remove Red-eye

When enabled, CyberLink PowerDirector will detect the faces in the selected image and remove red-eye automatically.

Apply Re-focus

Enhances images that are out of focus. Drag the slider to increase or decrease the degree of enhancement.

3D Orientation

If your 3D media was shot with a camera that uses a plug in lens to create the 3D effect, the resulting media may not display correctly if the lens angles are slightly off. Use the sliders to adjust the horizontal and vertical orientation of the two images to fix the 3D effect on the media.

Enhancing Media Clips

Select a media file on the timeline and then click the Fix/Enhance button to enhance the media by adjusting its color, applying edge enhancement or the HDR effect, and much more. In the Enhance section, the following options are available:

Edge Enhancement

Gives standard definition videos the look and feel of true high definition, through the use of CyberLink's TrueTheater HD intelligent resolution up scaling. Once enabled, drag the slider to increase or decrease the degree of enhancement on the video.

Color Adjustment

Lets you manually adjust the color attributes (exposure, brightness, contrast, hue, etc.) of the video image or a photo. Once enabled, you cannot use other fixes or enhancements. Use the sliders to adjust the attributes as follows:

•Exposure: use on media clips that are over or underexposed. A lower value darkens all the colors in the clip, while a higher value lightens them.

•Brightness: use to increase or decrease the brightness of the media clip's image.

•Contrast: use to adjust contrast, or the difference between light and dark areas of the media clip.

•Hue: use to fine tune the shade or purity of the colors in the media clip.

•Saturation: use to adjust the saturation of the colors in a media clip. A smaller value moves the colors towards black and white, while a higher value increases the overall intensity of color in the clip.

•Vibrancy: use to make the colors in a media clip brighter and more vivid, by enhancing the duller colors.

•Highlight healing: is applied to areas of media clips that are overexposed to recover detail in the highlights and brighter areas.

•Shadow: use to enhance detail in dark sections of the media clip by lightening shadows and underexposed areas.

•Sharpness: use the slider to adjust the amount of sharpness applied to the media clip.

Color Enhancement

Color Enhancement dynamically adjusts the color saturation ratio in video. Use the available slider to make the colors in the video more vivid, without affecting skin tones.

Color Match

The Color Match feature lets you change the color in a selected video or image, by matching it to another clip in your project. To use Color Match, do this:

1.Select two clips on the timeline and then click the Color Match button. Or select one clip, click Fix/Enhance, and then the Color Match option and button to enter the Color Match panel.

2.If you haven't yet done so, select the reference media clip on the timeline. The reference clip contains the colors you want matched in the target clip.

3.In the Reference frame, use the playback controls to find the frame of video that has the exact color you want to match.

4.Click the Color Match button to match the colors.

5.Use the Level slider to adjust the strength of the matched colors.

6.If required, use the Hue, Saturation, and Brightness sliders to manual customize the color in the target clips.

7.When you are satisfied with the results, click Apply to exit and apply the changes.

Split Toning

The Split Toning option lets you produce creative color effects on your videos, such as the Lomo effect. Select a video on the timeline, click Fix/Enhance and then Split Toning in the Enhance section to use the following controls:

Highlights

Click the colored box to choose the exact color you want used in the highlights, by selecting it or entering the color's HSL/RGB color code in the fields provided. Use the sliders to adjust the hue and saturation of the highlights, or the brightest areas of a selected video.

•Hue: use this slider to set the hue or color of the highlights in the video image.

•Saturation: use this slider to set the saturation of the color used, or its amount/strength. Dragging the slider right makes the color more saturated, while dragging it left makes it less saturated.

Balance

•use the Balance slider to set the balance between the split toning effect applied on the highlights and shadows in the video image. Drag the slider left to increase the influence of the Shadows sliders on the video image, drag it right to increase the influence of the Highlights sliders. Set the Balance slider's value to 0 if you want both the effects on the highlights and shadows equally applied.

Shadows

Click the colored box to choose the exact color you want used in the shadows, by selecting it or entering the color's HSL/RGB color code in the fields provided. Use the sliders to adjust the hue and saturation of the shadows, or the darkest areas of a selected video.

•Hue: use this slider to set the hue or color of the shadows in the video image.

•Saturation: use this slider to set the saturation of the color used, or its amount/strength. Dragging the slider right makes the color more saturated, while dragging it left makes it less saturated.

HDR Effect

Select a video on the timeline, click Fix/Enhance and then HDR Effect in the Enhance section to apply an HDR effect on your videos. The HDR (high dynamic range) effect adjusts the lighting range on the edges in the video image, allowing you to recover any loss of detail caused by contrasting brightness during video exposure. Users can also use this effect to give videos a more dramatic tone.

Glow

Use the Glow sliders as follows to apply an HDR glow effect, or a "halo" edge, on contrast edges in the video image:

•Strength: use this slider to adjust the amount of the HDR glow effect applied to the video image.

•Radius: use the slider to adjust the radius of the HDR glow effect, or the amount of contrast applied to the edges in the video image.

•Balance: use the slider to adjust the balance (where it is applied) of the HDR glow effect. Moving the slider right applies it on the brighter parts (highlights) of edges. Moving it left applies it to the darker parts (shadows) of edges.

Edge

Use the Edge sliders as follows to apply the HDR effect on contrast edges in the video image:

•Strength: use this slider to adjust the amount of the HDR edge effect applied to the video image. Dragging it right will reveal more detail on the contrast edges. Dragging it left will blur them.

•Radius: use the slider to adjust the radius of the HDR edge effect, or the amount of contrast applied to the edges in the video image.

•Balance: use the slider to adjust the balance (where it is applied) of the HDR edge effect. Moving the slider right applies it on the brighter parts (highlights) of edges. Moving it left applies it to the darker parts (shadows) of edges.