Hello Members,

The PowerDirector 17 patch update v.2314 is now available. Install this patch update to enhance program stability and enabling NVIDIA NVENC hardware acceleration with driver version 416 or above.

Note: this patch is NOT for the subscription version, OEM versions, UWP versions, volume license, or versions purchased via Steam.

Release notes:
- Adds sort by date modified in the Media Room.
- Adds support for enabling OpenVINO* hardware acceleration for the AI Style Plugin.
- Adds support for precut information in packed projects.
- Adds support for applying color look-up tables (CLUTs) in the Action Camera Center.
- Adds support for enabling NVIDIA NVENC hardware acceleration with driver version 416 or above**.
- Adds support for adjusting the speed of Fire/Lightning/Electric Wave effects in Title Designer.
- Improves the preview performance when using undo/redo in Title Designer.
- Improves the preview performance when applying Fire/Electric Wave effect on a long title.
- Improves the program stability when editing 360 video.
- Improves the program stability when editing titles in the Title Designer and on the preview screen.
- Improves the program stability when selecting multiple clips on the same track and then clicking “More features” or right clicking to access to context menu.
- Improves the program stability when editing in the Video Speed Designer.
- Improves the program stability when applying lens correction in the Action Camera Center.
- Improves the program stability on Windows 7 when editing video in Crop/Zoom/Pan.
- Improves the performance of DV-AVI video preview.
- Improves the compatibility for long file named color look-up tables (CLUTs).
- Fixes the issue that title text moves unexpectedly when adjusting blur of font face with border applied.
- Fixes the issue that the opening video is repeated during the disc preview.
- Fixes the issue that converted video from AI Style Plugin is upside down if the source video is rotated 180 degrees.
- Fixes the issue that clips with auto rotate information is not displayed correctly in Video Collage Designer.
- Fixes the issue that the program sometimes crashes when switching capture source when capturing from a TV signal.
- Fixes the issue that the rotate control on preview screen cannot be used if it is overlapped by another object.
- Fixes the issue that some images in an Express Projects are not displayed on the timeline.
- Fixes the issue that produced video is trimmed unexpectedly if the end of project is audio only.
- Fixes the issue that variation of wave (frequency) is reset after previewing.
- Fixes the issue that program sometimes selects a different on top object after selecting the bottom object in Keyframe Settings.
- Fixes the issue that applied audio effects in the Audio Editor are gone after opening a project.
- Fixes the issue that SVRT becomes 0% workload reduced after adding a clip to the timeline.
- Fixes the issue that the track with title template is disabled if saved twice in Title Designer.
- Fixes the issue that an error message is displayed after producing H.264/H.265 M2TS and then clicking "Back to the Edit page" if set to a different time zone.
- Fixes the issue that Theme Designer 16:9 templates can be used in the Slideshow Designer in 9:16 project aspect ratio.
- Fixes the issue that sometimes opacity modifications on the timeline cannot be saved with the project.
- Fixes the issue that opacity modifications on the timeline cannot be undone.
- Fixes the issue that sometimes a snapshot captured from an .MP4 video is flipped upside down in Theme Designer.
- Fixes the issue that the Settings button is not grayed out when it is disabled in the Capture window.

*Intel Skylake or newer CPU, and Windows 10 64bit required.
** this update does not remove support for the previous API used in older drivers.

Software update pages:
- ENU: http://www.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_en_US.html
- CHT: http://tw.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_zh_TW.html
- CHS: http://cn.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_zh_CN.html
- JPN: http://jp.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_ja_JP.html
- DEU: http://de.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_de_DE.html
- ITA: http://it.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_it_IT.html
- ESP: http://es.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_es_ES.html
- FRA: http://fr.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_fr_FR.html
- KOR: http://kr.cyberlink.com/support/powerdirector-ultra/patches_ko_KR.html

Cheers,
PowerDirector Moderator

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