Dear CyberLink Forum Members,

Thank you for using CyberLink PowerDirector 12. We are pleased to announce that a free patch update is available for PowerDirector 12, which fixes many known issues and more.

Please go to the PowerDirector Update Center to download and install the update. This will update your version of PowerDirector 12 to the latest build.

Build Number
2420

New Features
1. Increases contrast of waveform display on timeline.
2. Allows for lower bitrates in customized H.264 video profiles to reduce file size.

Updates
1. Adds support for Holiday Pack vol.5
2. Implements workaround to fix the memory allocation issue in NVIDIA’s new VGA driver.
3. Resolves the audio/video out of sync issue after saving and reopening a project when the default transitions duration in
preferences is a non-integer.
4. Resolves miscellaneous issues when applying Magic Style templates.
• Resolves program crash issue when adding a video clip to the last slot of downloaded Magic Style templates in Theme Designer.
• Resolves the Magic Style issue where templates are sometimes black once applied to clips.
• Resolves the Magic Style issue where clips disappear after applying "Interactive" template.
• Resolves program crash issue when switching Windows user, changing screen resolution or entering sleep mode while previewing applied Magic Style.
5. Improves the project transition compatibilities from previous version.
6. Resolves the issue where produced MPEG-4 videos using the H.264 codec (high profile type) cannot be uploaded to YouTube.
7. Resolves the issue of block artifacts in 3D produced videos.
8. Resolves the issue where some characters cannot be typed in the Menu Designer.
9. Improves program stability when using the Magic Movie Wizard, Slideshow Creator, and Menu Designer.
• Resolves an unexpected crash issue reported by CyberLink Issue Reporter when using the Menu Designer..
• Resolves the issue of inserted images disappearing when switching to Root menu from Titles/Chapters/Subtitles menu.
10. Improves program compatibility with Pixelan CreativeEase and FilmTouch plug-ins in the Menu Designer.
11. Resolves the fixed preview window size issue with Pixelan plug-ins.
12. Resolves the burning unsuccessful issue when using 3D MPO image as background in menu template.
13. Resolves miscellaneous unexpected program crash issues.
• Resolves the unexpected crash issue reported by the CyberLink Issue Reporter when burning discs.
• Resolves program crash issue when inserting titles in Arabic and Chinese in the Title Designer.
• Resolves an unexpected crash issue reported by CyberLink Issue Reporter when continuous thumbnails is enabled.
• Resolves program crash issue when producing video with the Memory Field template.
• Resolves program crash issue encountered when trying to capture copyrighted BD-J content.
• Resolves program crash issue when dragging clip with overlap transition from one track to another.
• Resolves program crash issue when an applied title character type has deleted characters in the Title Designer.
• Resolves program crash issue when deleting a character after inputting more than 255 characters in the Menu Designer.
• Resolves issue of program not responding when rotating default "Item" object in the Menu Designer.

Regards,
CyberLink Community Forum Team