As an Engineer, I haven't taken the time to look up what all that 4xx stuff means. But speaking as a (pragmatic) engineer, can one really tell the difference in quality? Especially nowadays when most people view on subpar dispalys and/or tiny size?

Perhaps I'm cynical from my college days, when we (inclding me back then) used to argue about freq response and THD in stereos. Or later, whether CD's or vinyl sound better.

For me, with my old eyes, the only 'distortion' I notice is pixelation/blockiness from the compression algorithms. (Even when I went to a movie theater and paid to watch a professionally produced Blu-Ray for the Big Screen.)

Quote All of my produced video is rendered in yuv 420. Does powerdirector support rendering in yuv 422 or yuv 444?

Just want to improve the quality of my video rendering.

No, it can not render them. And, as far as I know, it cannot read them. If shadow files are used, the shadow files are in yuv 4:2:0 mp4.

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Actually, YES!
It involves installing PD as a 32 bit application by removing the 64bit installer. I have done this with my trusty PD12 and use it for analog lossless capture, but I can also produce.

However...
You lose benefit of 64bit performance, so that is why I use an older version of PD and keep current version as is.
You need to download and install the K-lite mega-pack which I think includes the VFW interface.
You need to download lossless codecs if that is what you need, though VFW also has it own bundle including AVC.
VFW seems to top out at 1024x768 and does not support widescreen.
You will also have access to DivX codec which does full HD and widescreen, but lacks control over color space.

It's a whole new way to utilize PowerDirector, but has it's limits, though I may have missed a few backdoors as I only use it to capture and process older analog (VHS) video. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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