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Mask is a mess. When recording my screen I have to edit out the browers bar at top. A little at the bottom and a little at the right side.There used to be options for Not keeping set aspect ratio. Now that doesn't seem to be a option. In your vid if you wanted to remove the arch ways on the right it used to be a lot easier. The square mask now if you move the right side in it also would move the left towards the dancing girl. The update just seemed to remove options not add new ones

I'm glad I went back to this tut. What I need to do is create some plain background video selfies to experiment with.

You can do some very interesting effects with masks. Thanks for demonstrating that 😊

PowerDirector is still around? I have not used it since 2007. I thought it was obsolete. I will say it was a very solid video editor back in those days.

this is a great find , thanks. Question, can we control the speed of the text movement ?

I am having similar problems with latest PD update. Will try to go back by one version. Or reinstall completely.

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There's always been something wrong with PD. It used to be small things that most users turned a blind eye on, but recently Cyberlink has been doubling down the problems their users are getting. Interestingly, I searched for 'Cyberlink' on Wikipedia, found the entry, and in the references section there's a link to an article titled 'Microsoft claims CyberLink has been breached by North Korean hackers'. Even though it allegedly happened in 2023, the whole company culture seems to be very relaxed and thus the business shouldn't be taken seriously I think. Time to move to another, more professional and client-respecting manufacturer. I won't be renewing the licence.

The main thing I learned from you is to decline the upgrade. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I just don't like what happening with PD... 😟. Thanks for pointing that out...😊

maybe it's time for cyberlink to update their tech department... updates should delete any and all redundant files or at least the new files should replace the existing files with the same name which would rewrite the code in the existing files... why cyberlink hasn't listened to its frustrated customers is beyond me...

I purchased PowerDirector until March 2025 but I uninstalled it and am using Davinci Resolve. I'm learning everything again but I can't stand the constant updates that cause problems 😒😒😒😒

Your recent audio volumes seem to be low. PowerDirector's title positioning is gone. No more bottom, center, high, etc. Also, now when I do more than one PIP I have to move the opacity to 100% manually.

They are most likely chasing the next thing: Windows arm computer compatibility, and breaking things what were not broken on the standard pc's version in the process?

Thanks for your information, I am glad someone like you is there to help PD users. I still find the program difficult but I have devoted much time to learning it.

Hey Harvey, Ive been using my PD with a Loupedeck CT for some time, it has had the jitters using that config for a while, I've not noticed anything excessive, even with the latest version.

Harvey…thanks so much for your knowledge and being in the trenches with the rest of us Power Director soldiers.

Just watched your video Harvey, then updated my 365 PD and low and behold, scrub across the time line and it`s got the jitters. Rolled back to previous version.

Hi. Do you know where is the "sync by audio" button on this version?

WOW, very clever.

Very cool effect ! Thank you !

*So Clearly there is a Huge mistake! I apologize for this. @limitlesswave clearly noticed the error. You can clearly see the video speed on the menu on the left. Off to the opticians tomorrow.Lol.

You clearly need new glasses as Video Speed is shown in your video as clear as day (Between Crop/Rotate and Chromo Key). You even moved your Mouse Pointer over it several times.

If you ramp up the video speed you may have to experiment with the length of the clip.

you are very good, way above my head, i' will keep watching

Davinci Resolve. Goodbye Cyberlink

yes, @dgibbsfl, like you i discovered cyberlink years ago and was thrilled that it was inexpensive and i could use it 'out of the box' without a lot of tutorial help (i do have a background in filmmaking which includes editing via computer, so that helped)... the biggest issue i have with cyberlink now is how horrible their support services is...! i had to chuckle at the reply @pmhelsinki showed - very similar to just one of many gibberish support replies i have received...😜 cyberlink started going downhill a while back but really has gone way downhill since they were hacked (2023 security breach attack by Lazarus Group) and a lot of their updates are crap like @pmhelsinki indicated... cyberlink needs to concentrate on making their core programs solid without a lot of confusion when it comes to the UI as @pmhelsinki shows... 👍 i will continue to use and subscribe to cyberlink but i will also continue to search for an alternative similar to the graphics program i use (and can afford) from affinity (a serif company located in england) - an excellent company and choice compared to the way overpriced and huge learning curve of adobe photoshop...!!

Makes you wonder if I should be paying for Adobe Premier instead of this 365 fiasco. Even doing it your way Harvey, the mask doesn`t seem to work correctly.

You know....I had to make a conscious decision to go with the Cyberlink products several years ago and was happy with the decision for the most part up until they debuted the subscription platform and the knickle and dime extra charges for the AI stuff. The knickle and dime charges didn't bother me so much as I wasn't really interested in the fauxey AI stuff. But chasing all the tweaks to the UI and the mostly useless fizzles, overlays and poptarts along with a cataloging system (music, overlays, transition and on and on) that was a complete waste of time until this..... I have stayed away from the last update because I did not feel like starting over with the UI.....again. I have not watched this video in full yet but you confirmed from the outset that I made a good decision on how not to waste my time which has value and wasting it simply drives the cost of the software up. At this point I am thinking about dumping Cyberlink altogether.

More and more disappointed with PD so using more an more Resolve. 😟😟😟

I agree with you so much. My biggest issue I've had for so long with Power director is the fucking lag! Rather than just optimizing the program so it runs better and smoother the assholes at cyberlink decided to change everything that was already fine. Over the years they've always removed certain tools, changed things nobody wanted changed. They keep choosing to ignore what people keep suggesting. I'm sick of it. The worst part is you can't even downgrade! If you want previous versions you better pray to god you did lifetime purchases or else better hope Amazon has it in stock. This company is garbage! The support is shit! The fucking software barely functions half the time without lagging on big projects! I have version 19 and I'm keeping and staying there. If anyone knows a magical way to make this thing not lag that would be fabulous! Cyberlink has pushed all of us to look for new software to use that's hard asf to use. God knows my brain struggles to use Davinci! I chose PD because it was easy, and I didn't need much for my editing. This is ridiculous. CL has chosen to waste people's time with these so called patches when they could have easily just deleted 2024 and just go back to 21 and fix the damn lag and crashing. This program has gone to shit. I apologize for my sailor mouth but it's annoying. What makes it worst is that PD was the best there is and now it's junk. I used to swear by this program....but now I cannot. Idk what the fuck is going on, but these companies need to stop taking advantage of people. If CL wanted money they should have just made their program more stable, make it look and feel more professional! I doubt they'll ever go back to what made PD easy to use for everyone. They've decided to go towards AI crap. Also...whatever anyone does, don't ever get version 21 from Steam! It's so buggy you can't even use it at all! It crashes so bad all the time.

I have finally given up on Cyberlink and cancelled my subscription. There are too many other programs I can use that do not have the continual interference with what was a good program. I do not expect to go through a hide and seek scenario every time they upgrade.

After the last 2 updates PD has just been constantly crashing on me, even if I left the program idle it would just crash. I have stopped using it now and switched to Capcut (Ive always used CC for shorter projects). Hopefully they will do a bug fix update soon.

Used PowerDirector for a long time.... Sorry but.... Filmora blows it out of the water in a 100+ ways.

Let me start with... I have used PD for 10 years, but....... There emphasis, add-ons, subscription rate AND FAILURE TO LISTEN TO THE END USER IS PATHETIC. We don't need 10 more Japanese fonts, nor all the junk stickers, constantly messing with the interface, emphasis on social media and on and on make it a major pain.

Thanks for your presentation! I am a PD 365 user and I am getting frustrated. I tried to compose a Timelapse but the feature is no longer in the slideshow creator. I contacted Cyberlink but no response? Do have any advice? Thanks.

By design, PD does not have potential to develop. They tweak the interface just give us the impression of some progress and keeping up with other manufacturers' software. One website classified PD as a program primarily suited for creating tutorials and not much else, really. Rightly so.

Mask designer and PIP designer work so well. Why did they change it?

Excellent, thanks for posting

Nice! thank you .

Fun idea! I just finished a project where I used several freeze-frames to transition from one video scene to another. I used a simple fade so that the freeze-frame fades as the new clip begins. My only sad discovery was that PowerDirector's built-in "Freeze-Frame" function inserts the snapshot into a gap. If you have audio, this results a a silence. Pretty useless IMHO.

As usual you are incredible. I have to try that right now. I've used PhotoDirector for unblurring pictures but I was flying blind before.

Personally I find it so much better and far more flexible to create and use a fx track rather than drop an Effect directly onto a Video track

Cyd in the USA This was a super video. I'm just a home movie user. The idea of "mix and match" with the templates never occurred to me. Thanks so much.

Very cool ! TY !

Another excellent tutorial 😂 Harvey. Keep them rolling. Love the channel.

Hold control key and drag to maintain aspect ratio! Wow. One of the recent updates changed it and I didn’t know holding the control would do that. Great tips!

As usual 👍. I must have subscribed after this one was released. So now I find myself back tracking to find what I missed. I don't see myself using body effects very often. But what was important in this tut was how you adjusted or modified them.

added 👍, Add to this tut with a way to start the timer at zero (zed if you prefer) later in the video.

Thanks for another great tutorial. Took me about five hours to get a handle on your 30 minute episode. But I did learn a lot about the various buttons. One thing I can't get my head around is how to adjust a selection once it's been made. When I selected the windows I realised I was a bit out but couldn't move or adjust the selection. Thank goodness for Ctrl+Z. Am I missing something? Or is it something that needs to be done in the edit section of Photo Director? Also, do you have a "Join" function on your YT page? I really appreciate the depth of your tutorials and can see they take up much of your time.