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PowerDirector

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What is PowerDirector?

CyberLink in Taiwan offers PowerDirector as a consumer-grade video editing platform with a wide array of features and capability of publishing to social media sites.

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Great Video Editing Software for Business Presentations

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Neil SipeView profile
IT & Digital Marketing Manager in Marketing at Rogers Property Group (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Video Editing
  • Audio Editing
  • Presentations
  • Cropping, Splitting, Effects & Transitions

Cons

  • More transition effects
  • More animated text features

Most Important Features

  • Cropping, splitting videos
  • Adding transition effects

Return on Investment

  • Making video editing a lot quicker
  • Easy to upload directly online (Youtube, Facebook)

Alternatives Considered

Filmora

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe InDesign, Nitro Productivity Suite

PowerDirector: Video Editing Made Easy and Affordable!

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Matt JamesView profile
Junior Systems Administrator | POS Programming Specialist in Information Technology at AIKG LLC (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Almost everything you need is on one screen and very little configuration is needed.
  • Support for many different file types and the ability to upload to social media from the program is great.
  • Editing video is super easy!

Cons

  • The advertisements to upgrade need to go. I understand you guys gotta make money but I already paid for the product I have and I don't need a popup every time I open the program telling me there is an upgrade available for $xx.99.
  • Better documentation on how to use certain plugins.
  • DirectorZone is pointless.

Return on Investment

  • Positive. Makes my life easier as the "go to guy" for editing videos that need to be done "yesterday"
  • Positive. The price point is fantastic for a full feature video editor.
  • Positive. Saves on us having to have an Adobe license just for Premiere Pro.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro

Other Software Used

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Acrobat DC, Atom, Microsoft Office 365, Notepad++, Oracle VM VirtualBox

PowerDirector - it works great and you should use it

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Chad Von DetteView profile
Director / Lead Presenter in Corporate at Chad Von Dette's Self-Defense & Martial Arts (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • It does everything the more expensive versions provide. Plus they send updates to give you the best version of their program.
  • I like that the program comes with many transitions, etc. to give you the most options available for video editing.
  • I really like that they started a yearly service that gives you all of their programs and updates as they come available. I've upgraded for years and now I don't have to. I have all the upgrades as they come.

Cons

  • Some areas of the program can be hard to find when you get the most recent updates.
  • It would be nice to have more tutorials to find out where the different upgraded options for editing are located in the program.
  • Some of the plugin features can be hard to find once installed. It would nice to have a "Plugin" button that could take you to all of the options available.

Return on Investment

  • I've had plenty of compliments on the professional editing of my videos.
  • The ROI is so minimal it's worth every penny spent. Professional videos that you can do yourself is always a winner.
  • The only negative is the potential learning curve. It takes some time to learn the program and find where all of the features are located.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Photoshop

Easy to use video editor app

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Vijay KumarView profile
Founder & CEO in Information Technology at ConnectUpz (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Easy to use.
  • Relatively easy to learn.
  • Simple UI/UX.

Cons

  • Could have more features available.

Return on Investment

  • Fast turn around on editing.

Other Software Used

Skype, Trello

PowerDirector Lives Up To Its Bold Name

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Verified User
General Manager (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Quick and easy video and audio editing.
  • Great transition options.

Cons

  • The blurring feature can be tricky to figure out and remember how to do. It can also be inconsistent in how implementation works.
  • The feature for putting title cards into the video is a little tricky too.

Return on Investment

  • I think it helps assure the customers that there is support for the product.
  • It offers more peace of mind.

Alternatives Considered

iMovie

Other Software Used

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator CC, G-Lock EasyMail7, Jira Software, Bitly, TweetDeck, Dropbox, 1&1