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Power Director 3 | 
 enlarge | From: Avanquest
Category: Software
This item is no longer available
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 6459
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows NT
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 2.6
MPN: POWERDIRECT
Model: 3520
UPC: 018059035201
EAN: 0018059035201
ASIN: B0000VYK1O
Release Date: January 19, 2004
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| Features:
| • | Enhance camcorder videos and produce professional home movies | | • | Great for both advanced or entry-level video editors | | • | Intuitive new interface; PiP and title designer; SVRT II; DV QuickScan | | • | Improved editing interface, CD/DVD authoring program, and more | | • | Creating eye-catching movies has never been easier |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
PowerDirector 3 - it's everything you need to enhance your camcorder videos! Turn simple home movies into high-quality productions, with the suite of editing tools included here. SVRT II DV QuickScan for faster scanning and rendering of digital video Burn your recordings right to CD or DVD with the easy authoring program Dolby Digital & AC3 decoding support for better audio and even soundtracks
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Athlon Unsupported? February 16, 2005
Joshua Timari (Staten Island, NY USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm sure all of the wonderful features of PowerDirector are extolled in other reviews, so I need not get into them. I will say this: Power Director is a powerful piece of software with many good ideas, but the level of "power" given to the home-movie "director" seems a bit of a paradox at times. Case in point: I want to zoom in on a picture for a slide show, but I can't set the zoom point-- it can only zoom to center. But hey, at least I can do PiP and move that around the screen (albeit only in preset configurations like top-left to right, etc.)
The Problem***
After spending about a month on correspondence with tech support (who are quite nice by the way), I still have the same issue: when VCDs, DVDs, and even SVCDs are created, they are created with randomly appearing screen artifacts (purple and green squares). They appear whenever there's action going on, or during a transition, or when text is (dis)appearing. HOWEVER, when I generate an AVI file, this doesn't happen! I get a crisp clean file. I'm not sure exactly why this is, but tech support is telling me to send them an image of my installation CD and a copy of my DxDiag.txt output from directX diagnostics. After all this, they still aren't aware of any problems with Athlon processors (they say) yet they can't figure out the problem.
I know that Avid FreeDV has issues with Athlon processors, which is why I can't use that product (trying to save money one way, get bitten another way). So I figured Power Director might have issues with the same. Apparently they do not. I beg to differ.
If you have an Athlon processor, beware. That's the only reason why I have to give this product 2 stars. I can't produce any media. What's the point in having video editing software if you can't distribute the final creation? Hmm....
Version 3 is a Beta version - Too Many Bugs! February 2, 2005
Kenneth M. Chambers (PA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was using ArcSoft but bought PowerDirector 3.0 based on a review and the advertising. It has some slick features (mainly effects and transitions) that I like but the program is so quirky I have yet to finish a movie with it. I make short mpegs with it and import them into my ArkSoft program to get what I want. Examples of negatives - Losses picture file names or mixes them up,losses pictures, crashes with no warning sometimes, once was unable to set the default duration time for picture display - had to set everyone manually or start all over, cannot select all pics and perform the same function on them. My advice, wait for a few versions before buying.
Not up to paar! January 4, 2005
P. Reitz (Seattle)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I am very dissapointed in how DVD's burned using PowerDirector 3 are hard to play on other computers other than the one they were created on. Time and again the video's I have produced "crash" when played on another computer. The player bundeled with the program, ostensibly to make the videos playable on other platforms, does not do the job. I think I'd consider getting another product if my goal was to share video with family or friends!
 Easy to use, but lacks a few features November 21, 2004
gman863
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
After going through a crash-fest trying to install Pinnacle Studio 9.0, I finally decided to download a free trial version of Power Director 3.0 from the manufacturer's website, www.cyberlink.com.
Editing with Power Director 3.0 is easy, and the results are great. My only issue is that, to effectively author a DVD with multiple chapters, you need to use CyberLink's Power Producer. While an "Express" version of Power Producer is included at no charge as part of Power Director, it's menu options (such as moving preview/chapter windows and adding title text) are very limited. If you want the real version of Power Producer which does all this, prepare to shell out $69.95 for the latest full version.
If you don't mind a basic DVD as a finished product, Power Director is a great choice for beginning or intermediate software - just don't expect to be able to do disc intros and menus that are Hollywood quality.
 Not worth it October 14, 2004
S. J. Williams
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I had previously been using a copy of trial type Pinnacle that came with a video card, but had decided on Video Director 3 for my full blown software after reading an online review, not Amazons. The product was extremely glitchy to load and initially would not recognize my Sony HC-40. When I finally was able to capture video, it dropped 300+ frames in only 19 seconds of video. Pinnacle NEVER dropped a single frame on me. Tech support cost $30 per phone call after the initial one free call, use it to ask for a refund. The one star rating if for the art work on the packaging. I went out and got Pinnalce 9 and have had no problems since.
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