Yes, of course! It works fully well with 360 video, I'm using it mainly for that myself! I never said it doesn't.
But the
View Designer is a
single module in PowerDirector. And the View Designer was
designed to create 16:9 video out of 360 video. That is the sole and only function of View Designer.
As stated on the Powerdirector page in short:
View Designer View Designer is a unique PowerDirector innovation that enables you to use 360-degree video footage in standard video projects. It's like you've filmed a scene with multiple cameras from multiple angles.
And explained in more detail on the official Cyberlink youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGh8yfoXlvU
You can do a lot of cool things with 360 video in PowerDirector. I really did buy it for that, and I did so fully understanding what I would get and what it would be capable of. After I informed myself, I knew from the beginning View Designer was NOT creating 360 videos, but
flat, 16:9 videos out of 360 footage.
This is a video I created using View Designer shortly after I bought PD 15. It is made using 360 video from my XDV pano View camera, and in View Designer I panned, tilted and zoomed and created a 16:9 flat, regular video of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MOhzU1RCw
With all respect, if you were under another impression, you have not informed yourself well enough before buying. Nonetheless, you have bought one of the most capable 360 editors out there, at least on consumer/prosumer level.
I'm currently very happy with the new 360 video stabilizer. It is a godsend! No other consumer level video editor has this. Just take a look at what it can do! Now I can just walk, run, dance, drive with my camera without worrying too much about shaking camera's and wobbly videos. I can just do my thing and still get smooth flowing videos.
An example: This 360-video I shot with my LG 360 Cam and created in PD 15 WITHOUT stabilising:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je_2bcqaTKs
And this is the SAME 360-video, but I used the stabiliser in PD 16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwT0hFnt66k
So yeah, 360 is big in PowerDirector. But the View Designer was fully, intentionally and with all the info surrounding it to input 360 video and output 16:9 flat video. Never was any other way, nor did they suggest it would do otherwise.
kind regards, Frank
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