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-- I imported some video files to test and I found that with some of the files the audio is not recognized by PD10. Files imported included .avi (worked fine) and .mov (some worked but others had no audio). All the the .mov files that did not have audio were created with a Casio ZR100.
-- I just upgraded from cyberlink power director 12 to 13 and now all my black magic camera footage ".mov files" wont work in either versions. I've contacted customer support they said the files are no good,but i had them working in 12 before...? Can i convert them to another file type if so what would suit?
Cyberlink PowerDirector is a powerful video editing suite and MOV file format seems one of PowerDirector supported native video formats for import. But the weird thing is that PowerDirector will reject to import some .mov files created by iPhone, GoPro, Canon camera, DJI drone, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, and more. The error message goes like, "an unsupported format", "the file is broken", "protected video content". Or PowerDirector only imports audio from MOV files for you. You can only add the MOV video to the timeline of PowerDirector as an audio track, instead of a video track.
Analysis: The supported file formats depend on the version of CyberLink PowerDirector you have installed on your computer. So, if you're using an old version, please upgrade it to the newest version.
Analysis: This is the main cause for "PowerDirector MOV file import error". PowerDirector supports MOV files, but MOV is a multimedia container format which contains various types of data encoded using one of several different codecs. A MOV file can use MPEG-4, MJPEG, H.264, HEVC, GoPro CineForm, or other video codec for compression while PowerDirector only prefers MPEG-4 and H.264 codecs. Therefore, transocding MOV file is the the most effective yet easiest solution recommended by us.
To import MOV files successfully, CyberLink PowerDirector needs to be compatible with the specific codecs used in the MOV files. If not, you'll experience MOV importing error. One possible solution is to download and install certain codec packs, e.g. K-Lite Codec Pack, and sometimes this way will work.
To do this, you can try this easy-to-use yet powerful tool - EaseFab Video Converter. It is able to work with various MOV files, no matter what codecs are wrapped in and no matter what devices record. With it, you can easily and fast convert incompatible MOV format/codec to PowerDirector compatible format and codec without quality loss. Besides MOV, you can also throw up any other video formats like MKV, VOB, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc. into it for batch conversion.
Step 1. Download and launch EaseFab Video Converter on Windows PC or Mac. Click Add Video to import your MOV video. Dragging and droppping works too. (Note: batch conversion is supported, so you can several mov videos to the program to convert at a time.)
After the conversion, click "Open Folder" icon to locate the result videos. Start up Cyberlink PowerDirector 18/365 OR lower version, follow "Open Folder" > "Import Media Files" to import the converted MOV files without any trouble.
I don't know. I've only used PD, now up to version 17, and nothing else, so I don't know what PP, and FCP, and Resolve have that I would need. Perhaps some of the graphical color correction displays and waveforms? I've produced over 500 videos for a very limited special interest audience using Power Director. But I'm guilty of using inexpensive cameras and 1080P as well, so my needs are much less demanding than a commercial professional requires. I may never need any more capability than I have from Power Director because I am an amateur hobbyist. And I'm old and don't want to change.
However, the base PD only has very rudimentary color grading tools. Even with the ColorDirector add-on, another problem is being able to consistently apply grading across clips. There's no easy way to copy-and-paste settings from one clip to another; you either have to save your settings as a preset and then manually apply them one-by-one, or use the overly-broad "apply to all" which most certainly will not be practical the moment your videos have mixed lightning and/or mixed cameras that require different color grading.
I briefly played around with Resolve, color grading there is much, much more powerful and you can easily take the same settings and... uh... "attach" (not sure if that's the right term) it to multiple clips, and even better making changes to the color later on affect all attached clips together. However the rest of Resolve was waayyy more complicated than I liked so I stuck with PD.
(edit) And since you already have PD16 you might as well just try using it first and see if it is sufficient for your needs. In the very broad, general sense PD17 is going to work the same as PD16 (at least in terms of interface, workflow, how certain things are done, etc). However I did notice they took some things out of PD17 that used to be automated in PD16, like it is no longer straightforward to rotate videos in PD17 and that you cannot just right-click on a clip and produce a freeze frame at the current position of the timeline. (Not saying they completely took it out, just that the convenient options are gone and you have to perform more steps to do that).
I have been using PD for a few months on and off and so far it is doing almost everything I want except a way to somehow adjust LUT intensity, better color grading (like for eg reduce magenta/red/orange from faces of people once you have applied a LUT) etc.
I also keep hearing that PP does previews a lot smoother than PD. My PD preview is okay because I use shadow files but as soon as a LUT is applied and maybe add stabilizer etc, the whole preview just craps out. I have a decent machine with i7 16gb ram, 6gb nvidia, ssd m2. etc so should be a lot smoother.
With that said though though... I really don't know how big of a difference PP will make. But IIRC they do have a 30-day trial so I guess you should really try before you buy. And besides that, there are also other ways to get by with PD, even though they may take more time and effort. For example, not applying effects until the basic cutting and editing is done, or spending time generating render previews. But as they say, time is money... so depending on what you are doing, that should dictate where your priorities lie.
With that said though though... I really don't know how big of a difference PP will make. But IIRC they do have a 30-day trial so I guess you should really try before you buy. And besides that, there are also other ways to get by with PD, even though they may take more time and effort. For example, not applying effects until the basic cutting and editing is done, or spending time generating render previews.
Sorry for lots of questions, what exactly do you mean by spending time generating render previews? Just Googled it, so it basically renders the applied effect for a selected portion of your timeline/clips and renders preview based on what resolution I have chosen for previews.
So for eg, I have 3 clips a, b and c. I apply a LUT, stabilizer, couple of effects to the clip b and do "render preview" for clip b, it takes time. Once done, I choose to preview the whole timeline, the whole a, b and c plays smoothly without lagging because I have already rendered the complex effects already. Am I on the right track?
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