Additionally, PowerDVD plays audio files in the most popular lossless formats, and supports all major image formats. Not only is PowerDVD an unrivaled Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and DVD player, it also provides superior playback performance for movie and video files, including MKV, MP4, AVCHD, and XAVC-S. PowerDVD is an all-purpose entertainment station, providing the ability to enjoy virtually any type of digital media. Plays Blu-ray, DVD, ISO, and Video Files.

For a general overview of the features of PowerDirector, see my review of the previous edition, PowerDirector 14 or watch this short video overview. The software also comes with visual and text effects which can be selected from a window and dragged straight onto a video clip. You can smooth out the joins, if you wish, by adding transitions such as fades, blurs, wipes and all kinds of fancy animated effects. You then drop these clips onto multiple tracks in the editing timeline. To create a video, you start by importing one or more video clips, along with any audio clips or images you may want to use.

While it is not aimed at the ‘top end’ or cinematic video specialist, it is certainly capable of creating excellent quality, high definition videos to view online, on a mobile device, on a desktop computer monitor or on an HD TV. Fast and feature rich, it is suitable for creating both professional and ‘serious amateur’ video projects. PowerDirector is one of the best value video editing programs available.

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