For example the Media Room contains the video clips that you’ve imported. Instead of storing assets in ‘bins’ it uses ‘rooms’. PowerDirector uses different terminology to other non-linear editors. Here you can add a variety of animation presets (such as scroll or crawl) to make the text move around the screen.

Once you add a title to the timeline you can double click on it to access the Title Designer. Assets such as Titles and Effect (fx) filters can be accessed by clicking on an icon in the vertical toolbar (which is reminiscent of the way Adobe Premiere Elements organizes similar tools). You can watch your edited show take shape in the view panel at the top right. Media content can be accessed from a top left panel while the timeline along the bottom is where you trim clips and add post-production assets such as titles and transitions. If you’ve used any non-linear video editing software then PowerDirector’s workspace will look comfortingly accessible. Use the CyberLink Application Manager to download new templates and LUTs every month to keep your projects looking fresh (Image credit: George Cairns/Digital Camera World)

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