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THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE! Ynotfish, thank you for sharing your setup! PlaySound was on the right track! It was my graphics card! The only problem is that my graphics card, by default, is set to have a LOT of "enhancements"! I had uploaded a few clips to YT, and the color problem was still there! It turns out that also by default, it is set to apply those "enhancements" to internet video as well! I also have another computer, but it has an ATI AMD graphics card as well, so the all of the settings were the same! (Because those are the defaults) I assumed that since the video still looked bad on both computers even once uploaded, it must be that the rendering was the problem. Turns out is just some settings! I went in and turned off all of the enhancements, and *BAM*, it looks perfect now! No quality loss, no color change, it's perfect! So, thank you PlaySound for saying that! You had the right idea, but since there are stupid defaults with AMD cards (And probably other graphics cards), leaving the settings the same wouldn't fix anything. I had to actually remove settings.
Thank you everyone for testing and helping me! I am now a bit more educated then I used to be. Even though it wasn't neccassary for me to learn a lot of the things I learned XD Thank you ynotfish for telling me that you had all enhancements off. If you hadn't said that, I would have never thought of trying that! Thanks again everyone! ^-^
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Before I reply to PlaySound, I still need someone to share thier setup. (More information in my post above.) I would really appreciate it if someone would do that! I really need something to help and I think that will do the trick! Thank you for your suggestion PlaySound, however there is no way that this will possibly work. I will try it anyways so that no one gets mad at me for not even trying. I have unistalled the drivers and re-installed the latest ones (Which were already installed as stated earlier in this thread "I have updated all drivers") and I left the default settings. Did it work? Short answer: No. Long answer: Graphic cards do not affect rendering unless hardware is checked. Even then, I am not sure if it uses the GPU, CPU or both. Anyways, My problem here is with rendering and since hardware encoding was unchecked, there is no way that the graphics card has anything to do with encoding. It does have to do with how my screen is displayed, but if that was the problem than this forum post wouldn't exist as I wouldn't be aware of any problem. If the screen was the problem, then all of the videos would be messed up. If all of the videos are messed up, then they all look the same. Therefore there would be no difference in the original file and rendered video. Anyways, it did not work. I wish it did, but I knew it wouldn't so my hopes were not very high from the start.
Btw, I may have misunderstood what PlaySound was saying as I don't speak that language. I had to use some translators and they didn't make too much sense, so I was guessing a lot. I also don't know if you are able to read English, so you may not be able to read this.
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Is it possible for someone to show how they have their pc set up? So color profiles, what codec pack you're using, codec set up, etc. I know that sounds crazy, but I'm really running out of ideas... Maybe if someone could show me how their pc is set up, I could figure out what's wrong with mine! Or maybe I could just use the same type of settings and see if that works. Since no one really has any ideas, but all of your tests have been fine, maybe I could learn from how you have things set up.
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Very strange... So it is definitely a problem with my computer (obviously). If your render and oCam capture are that close to the original, than there is no doubt in my mind that it's something fixable. I just don't know what to change to fix this! If it really is a hardware problem, what do I need to upgrade/change? If it's a software problem, what do I change, add, and/or remove? I have no idea where to begin! Anyone have any ideas? I'm lost. XD
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My dad is using a LOT of space on both of my hard drives, but he is going to move it all off today. I also plan on upgrading my RAM as I have needed to do that for awhile...
Well, I have done a LOT of testing. I have found that if I save to WMV, the color is almost the same as the original. (Still has a slight yellow tint to it.) I have checked which formats LAV video is set to decode and WMV is not checked. (Meaning that LAV will not decode WMV right?) Does this mean that the codec pack is at fault? Because if it isn't decoding WMV, that means something else is.
I tried removing all codecs and re-installing many different packs such as CCCP, ffDshow, and maybe a few others. The problem is that if I try to render a fraps video using CCCP, I get this error:
Media Source Error [Error Code2]:
A media file in your project may not fully comply with the file format standard, or your system may lack the required decoding components for this file. Please try again using another media file format.
The result is a black video with audio.
If I use ffDshow, PowerDirector can't open a Fraps file at all!
The only way I can edit a fraps video is if I install the K-lite codec pack. I'm not sure why this is...
I still can't solve the color issue. I have tried messing with the color space settings in the codec preferences, but nothing has helped. I honestly don't know what all of the different color spaces are and what ones to keep checked or if messing with them will help at all... so I'm doing this blindly, but still. Nothing has worked. The video is still over saturated.
I have messed with many different output options in the codec configuration settings, but I still can't fix the messed up color. I don't think it's a hardware problem, but a software problem. I'd like to try everything I can before upgrading. If I spend a bunch of money to upgrade my pc and the color is still messed up, then I have accomplished nothing and have lost money in the process.
I also apologize if I am using encoding/decoding wrong. I'm still kind of confused with all of these terms!
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Interesting... Using the default settings of oCam, what it captured was the same weird vibrancy that PowerDirector was rendering!
Here's the original MC screenshot with no PD rendering. (What I'm seeing): http://i.imgur.com/zUnrEa9.png
Here is what the original screenshot looks like after being rendered in PD: http://i.imgur.com/GJ0SK6j.jpg
This is what the oCam captured: http://i.imgur.com/fG7IJwR.jpg
This is what PD rendered: http://i.imgur.com/tRrwpWn.jpg
OCams original look and PD's render are almost indistinguishable! What oCam captured was definitely not what I'm seeing, but it looks exactly like what PowerDirector's render looks like. The MC screenshot is exactly what I expect to see. Once the screenshot was rendered by PD, it looks EXACTLY like the original oCam capture and the OCam capture after rendering! One thing I have learned from this are that Fraps captures the correct color while oCam (and PD) does not.
Fraps uses its own special codec. Does oCam use codecs already installed on the computer? I believe it does, but I'm not sure. If oCam uses the computers codecs (and not codecs it installed itself), then that means something is probably wrong with my stuff. Fraps' codec is untouched, so it makes sense that the colors are normal. I'm pretty sure this is a codec issue, I just don't know how to fix it. I tried going into the K-lite codec configuration and messing around a bit with color space settings, but nothing has fixed it.
I would also like to note that powerdirector's preview (Rendering and editing) is perfectly normal. It is only AFTER being rendered that it changes. (Again implying that codecs are the problem. That is if I have a decent understanding of what a codec is. XD)
Thank you borgus1 for that idea! I think I may be on to something! Even if I have no idea what I'm talking about, the results of this test could help someone else! ^-^ I am so very glad I decided to ask on this forum! 
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Alright. I have checked and made sure that everything is updated, but I still have the same problem.
Here are the DxDiag files. I will say that my system is fairly old. It is not anywhere near what many people use, but I don't have money for anything greater. If it is a hardware issue, I guess I'll have to upgrade though. Thanks for your help so far! ^-^
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I got it. It did not fix my problem, but I thank you for that! I would have never thought of that being a problem! I wish it was the problem though... Any other ideas? (From anyone. I don't mean to be rude! Sorry if it sounds that way!)
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EDIT: This question has been solved! Thank you so much for your help everyone! It was an issue with my graphics card. Check my final post for more information on how I fixed it. (If you want to know.)
Hello! I am new to this forums, so I apologize if I am not following any guidelines! I have read all of the rules I have found, so hopefully I'm good! XD
Alright. So I've been messing with this forever. I really like PowerDirector, but when I render a video, it really messes up the colors very badly. I'm very frustrated with it. I've tried every default rendering option possible and I've made my own custom render settings. I use Fraps to record my screen, and then edit/render with PD12. Here's an example. (All render settings do this...)
I am using links because the pictures were too big to go on here and I don't know how or if you can make spoilers on this forums. I hope this is acceptable. e-e
This is the original picture: http://i.imgur.com/wsItk3H.jpg
This is a screenshot of about the same spot after it had been rendered. http://i.imgur.com/LVC5usY.jpg
As you can see, the colors are completely messed up. I can not for the life of me figure out what's wrong! It could be my computer maybe, or maybe PD is just not as good as I thought... 
I have no idea what information to give you, so I'll just list some stuff. Here's my versions/stats:
Windows version: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601)
PD version: PowerDirector 12 Ultimate 64-bit 12.0.2420.0 (I assume this is the version anyways...)
SR number: VDE140226-01
The source codec is an .AVI
The only codec pack installed is the K-lite codec pack. I can't use ffdshow because if I install it, (even with no other codecs installed), PD is unable to open my fraps files.
I'm not sure what else to say. If I need to give any files or do anything at all. Any information needed I will get to you. I really want to figure this out! I can only hope that there is some sort of fix for this! :L
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