One of the most useful improvements is the integrated audio editing. OK, but what’s new in this latest release? For a more in-depth look at its core features, refer to my reviews of previous versions: PowerDirector 16 and PowerDirector 15. In my experience, it can render videos significantly more rapidly than any other video editing package I’ve used. One of the most striking features of PowerDirector is its production speed. Once you’ve finished editing, you can produce the final video in a range of common formats. You can change the colours of video clips, make them look like old black and white films or cartoons and apply a whole batch of other snazzy effects. You can apply ‘transitions’ to fade one clip into another with optional effects such as wipes, dissolves and so forth. This is a video-editing package that lets you import video and audio clips and edit them on multiple tracks arranged on a horizontal timeline.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with PowerDirector, let me begin with a brief overview.

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