Dissappointed - PowerDirector 14 Trial Version

JohnDough

Newbie Joined: Oct 16, 2015 11:09 Messages: 2 Offline

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Oct 16, 2015 11:15

Hello,

I am using the trial version of PowerDirector 14 to see if it will suit my needs.

Unfortunately, when I output the video (Produce) it is very grainy and not at all sharp.

Is this a trial limitation or software issue?

The output format was QuickTime Full HD 1920 x 1080/30p

And the input was 1080p video in MOV format.

Very dissappointed with the output.

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Oct 16, 2015 15:15

There are some significant limitations in the output formats of the trial version. See here for the details: http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/powerdirector-ultra/download_en_US.html

You may want to double check the output details of the test clip using a 3rd party media player like VLC to verify that you actually have full HD resolution. The bit rate may also have been be reduced from the original which could be why the result is grainy.

None of those issues would be present in the full version of PD, and Cyberlink does offer a 30-day money-back guarantee so you can use the unlimited version and verify that everything works with your clips.

If you wanted, you could pack the project and upload everything to a OneDrive or DropBox folder and post the link here. That would allow someone on the forum to produce your clip and then post a link to the output file so you could see the real quality.

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Martini2771

Newbie Location: Riga, Latvia Joined: Apr 02, 2013 12:10 Messages: 6 Offline

Oct 28, 2015 16:55

Hello, I'm also using the trial version of PowerDirector 14 to see if it will suit my needs.

The thing I noticed is when producing same project to identical outputs from PD 12 and PD 14 the rendering time in PD 14 is quite longer. Output was 30 second clip with some transitions, video enhancment and reduced contrast - MPEG-4 1280x720/25p (16 Mbps), Hardware video encoder enabled. Results were 0:48 seconds in PD12 and 1:04 in PD14

I wonder is this also some sort of limitation to trial version or that's the way it is in PD 14? i7-3770 | Gigabyte GTX 660 | Asus P8H77-V | Kingston HyperX 16 Gb RAM | Intel 330 180 Gb SSD | 2 Tb Seagate HDD | FSP Raider 550W 85+ | Nexus Prominent R case

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Oct 28, 2015 17:06

It's hard to say directly, but if you look at the limitations shown in the above link you'll see that the trial version of PD14 does not include any codecs for H.264 (which includes MPEG-4), so it's using whatever codecs are already installed on your system.

I can't say if those are optimized for the format you chose or if you'll see better results in the full version. Your graphics driver and system hardware are also factors, and the only way to know for sure is to buy the full version from Cyberlink and test it out.

They have a 30 day money back guarantee, so if you're not happy with the performance you'd be able to return the product. You can also check for any specific issues you have here on the forum, and we'd be happy to help make sure everything's running correctly if you still see slower producing times.

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