CyberLink PowerDirector 8 Comments

ive just tried this and I cant trim videos ive taken with my samsung NV8. The output has sound but the video is utterly screwed up. Any idea what im doing wrong? Kinda useless to me if I cant edit videos I take. Probably my fault though

Excellent review format and detail in information. I'm evaluating several video editing software options and this review is the closest to the actual experience of trying out the trial version (which I am doing currently). The primary advantage of PD8 is it's ability to write high quality AVCHD DVD disc which Adobe still cannot do.

Good visual method of assembling video, image, and audio into a finished project. BUT, the product crashes frequently even on the fastest PC running only 1 application, PowerDirector. The menuing system is very poor and a let down after the very good editing options offered for the project overall.

On the face of it, this is an excellent program but in reality it has numerous bugs and problems. It crashes regularly and things don't work as they say they should.

What is worse, tech support seems to ignore you if their first suggestions don't fix the problem - and their suggestions seem much the same for all problems.

When it works it does an excellent job but be prepared for much heartache on the way.....

First try it worked for 20 mins then I got the Blue Screen of Death. Uninstalled, contacted tech support who told me to edit registry and run MS clean up tool. Second try no blue screen of death, PC just froze and wouldn't even load Task Manager. System Restore in safe mode took 3 hours. I've Paid £49.99 for something that is completely useless - for the 20 mins it did work I did like what I saw, but this is unacceptable. No reply after 24 hours from Tech Support on pc crash caused by PD8. Very disappointed!!!