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Cyberlink Power Director for Video editing?

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I had Cyberlink Power Director recommended to me and loaded the free version. I like to shoot videos when I take friends up for a flight. I do not have much experience with video editing but was able to combine sound from the interior camera with video from the wing camera with the program. I would like to try switching video from camera to camera and Im not sure this program does it. It isnt too expensive - $60 year so I will probably just give it a try but thought I would ask if anyone else uses it or has a different program they like.

Any video editing suggestions that are not too advanced or expensive? Thanks.
 
I found the program to be buggy and unreliable. The price is right, but be sure to save frequently and backup your projects. As I got more sophisticated in what I wanted to do, I made the investment in Davinci Resolve. Davinci is a professional tool. It is not perfect, but it is incredibly capable, and much more reliable than Cyberlink. There is a large learning curve to learn the program, so it is not great for "tinkering." It is free, but over time I have invested in the Studio version, which costs $300, for the advanced features it offers. You can build compelling, high quality content with the free version. You can check out my channel to see my work. My video production has definitely improved over time.

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rockwoodrv9 said:
I had Cyberlink Power Director recommended to me and loaded the free version. I like to shoot videos when I take friends up for a flight. I do not have much experience with video editing but was able to combine sound from the interior camera with video from the wing camera with the program. I would like to try switching video from camera to camera and Im not sure this program does it. It isnt too expensive - $60 year so I will probably just give it a try but thought I would ask if anyone else uses it or has a different program they like.

Any video editing suggestions that are not too advanced or expensive? Thanks.
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I've had Power Director for nearly 20 years and used it frequently until I stopped creating inflight and travel vids about three years ago. My videos were not complicated but I found the software to be more than capable of what I wanted to create. I paid about $70 one time 15 years ago for the software. I'm not familiar with the free version, but if it is similar to what I used combining multiple camera files is easily done.
 
Power director leaves a watermark on finished videos for the free version. I know they have to make money but that bugs me. That is what is keeping me from purchasing their program.
I will look into the Davinci program recommended above. Im ok paying for a good program so this may be the one to at least try out. The videos RCSILVMAC is making are great. Thanks for the suggestions
 
Not sure if your Apple or PC but I got a new computer about 6 months ago. I had purchased Cyberlink for my old computer and I used it for a long time with no problems. My new computer has Microsoft Clipchamp on it and I decided to give it a try and I've been very satisfied with the free version so far. I believe it is a free download from Microsoft, but they also have a paid version. I think the free version won't let you produce movies over 30 minutes.
 
MikeyDale said:
Not sure if your Apple or PC but I got a new computer about 6 months ago. I had purchased Cyberlink for my old computer and I used it for a long time with no problems. My new computer has Microsoft Clipchamp on it and I decided to give it a try and I've been very satisfied with the free version so far. I believe it is a free download from Microsoft, but they also have a paid version. I think the free version won't let you produce movies over 30 minutes.
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The free version has a watermark on finished videos. I downloaded the Davinci program yesterday and it is much harder in my opinion to use so I think I will just pay the $60 and stick with Cyberlink Power Director.
 
I've done, and still do a lot of video editing for work, both Windows and Mac. I've tried a lot of editing platforms but always have ended up with Adobe Premiere Elements ($99). It's simple to use and has been reliable for me. More extensive (and expensive) editing programs end up having more features than I need and tend to be more hardware dependent. Premiere Elements works really well even from my MacBook Pro laptop. The program works exactly the same on whichever of the two OS platforms I'm using it on at the time. I actually buy it packaged the Adobe Photoshop Elements, an excellent photo imaging editor that I've used for more than a decade. I do use Insta 360's proprietary software for editing video with their 360 camera for flying videos. The 360° format isn't really needed or desirable for work videos and Powerpoints but works great for airplane videos.
 
MacCool said:
I've done, and still do a lot of video editing for work, both Windows and Mac. I've tried a lot of editing platforms but always have ended up with Adobe Premiere Elements ($99). It's simple to use and has been reliable for me. More extensive (and expensive) editing programs end up having more features than I need and tend to be more hardware dependent. Premiere Elements works really well even from my MacBook Pro laptop. The program works exactly the same on whichever of the two OS platforms I'm using it on at the time. I actually buy it packaged the Adobe Photoshop Elements, an excellent photo imaging editor that I've used for more than a decade. I do use Insta 360's proprietary software for editing video with their 360 camera for flying videos. The 360° format isn't really needed or desirable for work videos and Powerpoints but works great for airplane videos.
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I have always had and do have Adobe Photoshop so I will check Premiere out. They do produce good software.
 
Sam Buchanan said:
Premiere Elements is the "lite" version of Premiere which should be fine for what you are doing.
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Yes, I should have clarified. I've used Premiere a lot over the years, as well as Final Cut Pro. Both are great editing programs if you're making TV shows or commercials and/or need a lot of special effects, but far more expensive than I'm willing to pay for my simple needs. Elements does provide useful titling and transitions with some clever effects and is more than sufficient.
 
rockwoodrv9 said:
Any video editing suggestions that are not too advanced or expensive?
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I have had good luck with the free open source Openshot Video Editor software. They have Windows, Mac, and Linux versions if that is an issue. I use the Windows version. The price is certainly right.

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