UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

INTRODUCTION TO ICT SPECIALIZATION 2

SUBJECT CODE: TLE 025
TOPIC OR LESSON: VIDEO EDITING
WEEK: 12-13
SUB-TOPIC/S:

OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC

This lesson introduces CyberLink PowerDirector and the digital video editing
process. It also outlines all of the latest features, available versions, and reviews
the minimum system requirements for CyberLink PowerDirector.
You are expected to accomplish the content of this module within two weeks
and to achieve the desired learning outcomes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the unit, the students should be able to:

a. gain better understanding of the video editing software;
b. edit and produce videos; and
c. appreciate the importance of video editing software for content creation.

ENGAGE

WORD CLOUD
DIRECTIONS: List all the video editing software or application you use in content
creation. Describe each during the class discussion.
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EXPLORE
The Power of PowerDirector
DIRECTIONS: Watch the online video. Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_dYp2KnJU

Process question:
1. What is CyberLink PowerDirector?
2. How do you edit videos with CyberLink PowerDirector?

EXPLAIN

CyberLink PowerDirector

CyberLink PowerDirector is a digital video editing program that lets you

create professional-looking videos and photo slideshows, complete with music,
voice-overs, special effects, transitions, and much more. You can then output your
project to a file, camcorder, portable device, upload it directly to various online video
sharing web sites, or burn it to a disc, complete with stylish menus.

PowerDirector Versions

The features that are available to you within CyberLink PowerDirector are
completely dependent on the version you have installed on your computer.
Supported file formats, editing features, disc-making functions, and other features vary
depending on the version that you have.

To determine your version of CyberLink PowerDirector, click on the CyberLink

PowerDirector logo in the top right corner or select? >AboutCyberLink PowerDirector.

DirectorZone

DirectorZone is a free
web service that lets you search
for and download Magic Style
templates, PiP objects, paint
animations, title templates,
particle objects, and disc menus
created by other users of
CyberLink PowerDirector.
Whenever you see the icon, you

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can click it to download free effects and templates into your CyberLink
PowerDirector libraries.

You may also share your own creations by uploading them to DirectorZone.
To sign in to DirectorZone, click the Signinto DirectorZone link on the top of the
CyberLink PowerDirector window. Go to http://directorzone.cyberlink.com to find
out more information on the features and benefits of the DirectorZone web service.

System Requirements

The system requirements listed below are recommended as minimums for

general digital video production work.

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10, 8/8.1, 7 (64 bit OS only) •

Processor: Intel Core™ i-series or AMD Phenom® II and above.
• Memory: 4 GB RAM.

• Graphics: 128 MB VGA VRAM or higher.

• Storage: 7 GB available space.

• Sound Card: Windows compatible sound card is required.

PowerDirector Editing Modes

CyberLink PowerDirector now has three separate editors to suit your editing
requirements. When you launch the program from the start menu or the CyberLink
PowerDirector shortcut on the desktop, you are prompted to choose one of the
following editing modes (Note: before selecting your preferred editing mode, be
sure to set the aspect ratio for your project (16:9 or 4:3) in the top right corner of the
dialog that display):

• Full Feature Editor: select this option to enter the classic editing mode of CyberLink

PowerDirector, where all of the program's features are available to you. • Easy
Editor: if you are new to the editing process and not sure how or where to get
started, then the Easy Editor can help. The Magic Movie Wizard takes you through a
step-by-step process to import, style, adjust, and preview your finished movie, in
just a few steps. You can then edit the created production, output it to a video
file, or burn it to a disc.
• Slideshow Creator: with the Slideshow Creator you can instantly turn your photos
into a dynamic slideshow. Follow the steps in the Slideshow Creator to import
your photos, add background music, and stylish slideshow templates. Once
done, you can preview the slideshow, before outputting it as a video file or
burning it to disc.

Note: select the Always enter the full feature editor at startup option at the bottom of
 this dialog to skip this window at startup. You can always reset this selection at any
time in Confirmation Preferences.

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PowerDirector Workspace

This lesson outlines the CyberLink PowerDirector workspace, and all of its features. The
workspace in the Edit window is where you will spend most of your time when using
CyberLink PowerDirector, so getting familiar with everything is has to offer is helpful.

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Rooms
 The various rooms in the Edit
window of CyberLink PowerDirector are
where you can access all of your media,
effects, titles, and transitions when editing
your video production.

You can also gain access to

controls for recording and mixing audio,
adding chapters or subtitles. By default,
the library window displays the Media
Room.

• Media Room - provides access to your media

library. The media library contains your video, audio, and image files. You can
also access a number of useful color boards and backgrounds for use in your
video productions.
• Effect Room - contains a library of special effects that are used on the video files
and images in your project.
• PiP Objects Room - contains a library of PiP objects, or graphics, that you can add
on top of the video or images on a video track. You can place PiP objects
onto any track in the timeline. The PiP Objects Room also includes paint
animation objects and access to the Paint Designer.
• Particle Room - contains a library of effects you can place on a video track to add a
particle object (snow, dust, smoke, etc.) on top of a video or image on a video
track. You can modify particles in the Particle Designer.
• Title Room - contains the library of titles that when applied to your project, add
credits or comments to your production.
• Transition Room - contains transitions that you can use on or between clips in your
project. Transitions let you control how media appears and disappears in
your project, and changes from one clip to the next.
• Audio Mixing Room - you can use controls to mix all of the audio tracks in your
project.
• Voice-Over Recording Room - you can record a voice over for your video, while
you are watching it play back.
• Chapter Room - you can automatically or manually set chapter markers for your
project. Setting chapters on your final disc allows viewers to jump from the
menu page to the chapter markers you have set in order to navigate through
your disc.
• Subtitle Room - you can add subtitles to your video production manually or
through the import of a TXT or SRT file.
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Library Window

The library window contains all of the media in CyberLink PowerDirector,

including your video, images, and audio files. When you are in other rooms (Effects,
PiP Object, etc.), it contains the effects, titles, and transitions you apply to your media.

The media content and available buttons that display in the library window
depend on the room you are currently in.

• Explorer View - In the explorer view you can organize the media in your library
folders into subfolders. It also lets you quickly browse through and filter the
media in each room.
• Filtering Media in the Library - Use the available drop-down menus at the top of
the library window to filter the media in it. For example, when viewing the media
in the Media Room, use the All Content drop down to display your media, the
available color boards, or the available backgrounds. Use the All Media drop
down to display all or one type of media file if you want to find a certain type
of media file quickly.
• Library Menu - In the library menu you can sort or change the display of the
content in the library window, depending on your preference. Other options
are available in the library menu and depend on the specific room you are in.
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The Preview Window

The Preview window displays a playback of the clips or movie on your

timeline. Also, when a clip is selected in the Media Room, this panel will show you a
preview of it.

Among the many features of this panel is an option for setting the quality level of
your video playback. This feature can be accessed by right-clicking on the preview itself
or
by clicking on the Preview Quality button, as illustrated above. Higher quality playback
demands more power.

If your system is struggling to play your video, lowering the Preview quality
can often smooth your video’s playback. In the event your project is still lugging your
machine (i.e., if you’re using several tracks of video or you’ve applied several video
effects), you can set your playback to Non Real-time Preview.

In Non Real-time Preview, the audio is muted and your video will play slower
than normal. However, your playback will show every frame of your video at full
quality. The toggle on your playback controls can be set to play either a single, looping
Clip on your timeline or to play your entire Movie.

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Grab a Snapshot/Freeze Frame

Clicking the camera icon on the playback controls will grab a Snapshot of the
frame from your movie displayed in the Preview window. This Snapshot can then be
used as a freeze frame in your movie or saved for use in another program or medium.

Configure your Preview for 3D Editing

If you are editing 3D video in your project, you’ll want to set up your Preview
panel to interpret and display the 3D image.

To toggle the Preview window into 3D mode, click on the 3D button, as

illustrated in the sidebar above. A number of 3D editing Preview modes will be
displayed. The most basic setting for 3D editing is Auto Detect 3D mode. In this
mode, the program will automatically recognize the 3D footage in your project and
display it accordingly.

The easiest mode for editing 3D – if you want to see the imagery in 3D as you
work – is the Anaglyph/Red-Cyan mode. In Anaglyph the right-eye and left-eye
video channels are displayed as red and cyan-tinted video. If you wear red/blue 3D
glasses as you work, you’ll actually see the 3D video displayed as three-dimensional.
The beauty of Anaglyph 3D is that it requires no special TV or video equipment to
display it. All you need is a pair of inexpensive red/blue glasses to view it on any
device. PowerDirector is also capable of working with and outputting more advanced
3D
video options.

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The Timeline
 The Timeline is where your media files becomes a movie. The PowerDirector
Timeline includes tracks for adding video, audio, narration, titles, effects, subtitles and
disc chapter markers. One thing worth noting about the PowerDirector timeline is
that it is “upside-down,” compared to more traditional video editing timelines. In other
words, you layer video from the top track down rather than from the bottom track
up. Video on Video 2 will appear.

The PowerDirector Timeline is made up of several tracks, some of which can

be optionally displayed.

• Chapter track (optional), for adding DVD and BluRay chapters to your movie. •
Subtitle track (optional), for adding subtitles to your movie.
• Music Beat track (optional), for pacing your movie to music.

• Video tracks, on which you can place video, still photos, graphics or titles. •
Audio tracks, on which you can place music or other audio.
• FX track, on which video effects can be added to your movie. (In PowerDirector,
video effects can be added directly to a clip on your timeline or to this
separate track, in which case it works as an adjustment layer, applying the
effect to every video paired with it on Video 1.)
• Title track (although titles can also be added to any video track). • Voice-over

track, to which any voice-overs are recorded into your project. • Music track
(although any audio can be added to this track, and music can be added to any
audio track).

Additional video and audio tracks can be

added
to your timeline as needed – up to 100 additional
video
and 98 additional audio tracks. To add video
and audio
tracks, click the Add Tracks button on the top left of the
Timeline or simply right-click on an empty spot on the
Timeline and select the option. Tracks can be locked into
place by clicking the Padlock icon on the track header, to the left of the timeline. Tracks

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can also be temporarily disabled (made invisible or muted) by unchecking the checkbox
on the track header.

Custom name your Timeline tracks

Your PowerDirector Timeline tracks have, by

default, generic names. (If you can’t see these track
names, drag the seam between the track header
and the main timeline to widen the track header.) To
custom name a track, simply click on the generic
track name and type over it.

Re-order your Timeline tracks

Your video tracks are displayed as a stack, with the higher-numbered tracks
(which appear lower on the Timeline) appearing “on top of” the lower-numbered tracks
in your movie. To change the stacking order of your tracks, click on the track
header and drag it above or below other tracks. (The track numbering will
automatically update.)

Zoom in and out of your timeline

Sometimes you want to step back and see much or all of your
movie at once. Other times you want to zoom in on a single
clip or individual frame. To zoom in or out, adjust the slider in
the lower left of the Timeline or click its + or - buttons – or click
and drag left or right over the ticker along the top of the
Timeline. Alternatively, you can zoom out or in by pressing the - key or the+ keys (Shift+=)
on your keyboard.

Widen or narrow your timeline

If you’re working on a high-level video, with

lots of
effects and video and audio tracks, you may find
that the
Timeline gets pretty crowded pretty quickly. There
are a
couple of things you can do to streamline this
workspace.

Remove empty tracks. Right-click anywhere on your timeline

and you’ll find the option to Remove Empty Tracks. This strips
your timeline view down to only the tracks that you’re
actually using.

Adjust your tracks’ heights. Right-click on any track on your timeline and you’ll find the
option to change your track’s height. The track heights can be displayed as Small,
Medium or Large.

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Basic editing moves

No matter what you plan to do with your video and no matter how creatively you
plan to do it, the video editing process itself will still fit the same basic structure. Here’s
a brief walkthrough of the basic steps you’ll take creating a video project in
PowerDirector.

1. Gather your media

The assets, or
media, you
gather to create your
movie
can come from a
variety of
sources. It can be video,
audio,
music, photos or
graphics. It
can be captured from a
tape
based HDV or miniDV
camcorder or web cam, from a
hard drive or storage
camcorder (such as an AVCHD
camcorder) or other recording
device, from a live TV signal or
ripped from a DVD or CD.

To get your media from a camcorder, recording device or disc, click the Capture
tab along the top of the program’s interface. In the Capture workspace, you’ll find
options for interfacing with these devices.

Once you’ve selected the appropriate tool, set the location the media will be
captured to and properly configure your connection to the device, stream the video
or other media and select the segment you want to capture. Your media file will be
saved to your hard drive and automatically added to your project’s Media Room.

If your video, still photos, music or other audio is already on your hard drive,
you merely need to import it into your project’s Media Room. To import media into
your project, click the Import Media button at the top of the Media Room and
browse to the media files you’d like to add to your project.
2. Assemble the clips on your timeline

Once you’ve imported your media clips into a project, you can begin the
process of assembling your movie. PowerDirector offers two views for your timeline:
The more traditional Timeline view and the quick-assembly Storyboard view.

You can switch between these views by clicking the buttons on the upper left
of the Timeline. Gather Media on the Timeline. Clips are added to your timeline by
dragging them from the Media Room to a position on the Timeline. When a clip is
dragged onto or will overlap an existing clip on your timeline, a pop-up menu will offer
you the option of

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overlaying the existing
clip or splitting it and
inserting the new clip
into
your movie, rippling the
rest of the timeline
aside
to accommodate it.

Once your video

or audio clips are added
to your timeline, you can
begin the process of
actually editing your
movie clips: Trim your clips. Trimming means removing footage from either the
beginning or the end of a clip. To trim a clip, click to select the clip on your timeline and
then drag in either the beginning or end to shorten it, as in the illustration above.

Split your clips. Splitting means slicing through your clips so that you can
remove footage from the middle or delete one sliced-off segment completely. To
split a clip, position the playhead over your clip where you’d like the split to happen,
then click the Split button along the top of the Timeline. Place your clip-on upper video
or audio track. The use of multiple tracks of video is the key to the creation of many
of the more advanced video effects, including Chroma Key and Picture-in-Picture
effects.

3. Add and adjust effects

CyberLink PowerDirector
comes loaded with a library of
professional effects for adding
magic to your movies –
everything from fixes, like color
adjustments and video
stabilizers, to cool visual effects
for stylizing the look of your
movie, to Particle tools for
creating snow and rain effects.

Adding and customizing effects for your movie is fun and easy. When a clip is
selected on your timeline, a number of Function Buttons will appear along the top of the
Timeline.

Modify gives you access to tools for creating a Chroma Key effect, for adding
Fade Ins and Fade Outs, rotating, sizing and positioning the clip and for using a Mask to
cut your video into any of dozens of shapes.

Fix/Enhance gives you access to tools for correcting your video clip’s lighting
or color as well as for stabilizing, or taking the shake out of your videos.
Additionally, the library of Color Effects tools available in this panel allow you to
change to mood or color tone of a sequence with a single click.

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The FX Room includes a library of tools for creating unusual video effects, like
making your video look like a beat-up old home movie or a pencil-sketched cartoon.

The Particle Room includes a number of high-level tools for adding

snowflakes, rain, clouds or even outer-space effects to your movie.
Every effect is easily customized to fit your unique need or vision. All of these
effects can be added overall to your movie or to an individual clip or sequence – or
they can be keyframed to vary their intensity or create a motion or animation with
the effect. Among the unique effects available in PowerDirector is the ability to make
your 2D video into a 3D movie. And it’s remarkably effective!

4. Add and adjust transitions

Transitions are the effects or animations that take your movie from one clip
to another. Some are subtle and nearly invisible – others are showy and draw attention
to themselves.

Most transitions are

added to
your timeline and adjusted
similarly to effects:
a. Select the Transition
Room
from the tabs that run
along the left side of
the
interface.
b. Apply a transition.

Apply a transition by dragging it from the Transition Room onto the intersection of
two clips on your timeline.
5. Add titles

Titles are text, and sometimes graphics, placed over your clips to provide
additional visual information for your video story. You can choose an existing template,
or create a custom title in the Title Designer.

a. Select the Title Room from the tabs that run along the left side of the interface.

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b. Add the title to your
timeline. Drag a
selected
title template to your
timeline, on a track
below
the video you’d like it
to
appear over.

c. Customize your title’s look. Double-click the title on your timeline. This will open the
Title Designer, in which you set your text’s color, font and style as well as select
a Motion animation.

6. Produce your movie

When you’re happy with the video project you’ve created, you’ll find a
number of options for publishing and sharing it. We’ll show you how to publish it as a:
a. Computer file. Create an AVI, MPEG, AVC, WMV, MP4, MOV or MKV in standard
or 3D format!
b. Device file. Create a video for your smartphone, Apple, Sony or Microsoft device,
or send it back to your camcorder for archiving.
c. Web file. Load your finished video directly to Facebook, YouTube, Daily
Motion, Vimeo or Niconico.
d. Disc. PowerDirector includes tools for adding chapter markers, creating disc
menus and authoring your DVD or BluRay disc.
 And that’s basically it! You gather your assets; you assemble them on your timeline;
you add effects, transitions and titles; then you share your masterpiece with the world.
But between the lines of this simplicity are the countless variations that can elevate
your movie project from the realm of a basic structure to something truly amazing!

ELABORATE

TUTS TIME
DIRECTIONS: Visit the Cyberlink PowerDirector user forum or see the video tutorials at
http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/tutorial/pdr/ or download the User Guide at
http://download.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/user_guide/powerdirector/10/PowerDirector_
UG_ENU.pdf/.

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EVALUATE
IDENTIFICATION
DIRECTIONS: Identify the terminology that is being describe on each item.

1. The last step in video editing process.

2. It includes a library of special effects which you can add to
your video.
3. This room includes a number of cool graphics – many of them animated – which
can be overlayed or added to your movie project. 4. It gives you access to a huge
library of video transitions, including transitions which will look three-dimensional when
added to a 3D project. 5. It displays a playback of the clips or movie on your timeline.
6. This is where your media files become a movie - includes
tracks for adding video, audio, narration, titles, effects, subtitles and disc chapter
markers.
7. It means slicing through your clips so that you can remove
footage from the middle or delete one sliced-off segment completely.
8. The process of removing footage from either the beginning or
the end of a clip.
9. It gives you access to tools for correcting your video clip’s lighting or color as well as
for stabilizing, or taking the shake out of your videos. 10. It includes a library of tools
for creating unusual video effects, like making your video look like a beat-up old home
movie or a pencil-sketched cartoon.
 ASSIGNMENT

VIDEO EDITING ACTIVITY

DIRECTIONS: Using the videoclips from your previous activity, finalize/edit your 20-minute
video lesson using Cyberlink PowerDirector video editing software.

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REFERENCES

Cyberlink PowerDirector User’s Guide

Platform: Google Meet; PPT

Prepared by:

ANTHONY C. CANDELARIO, LPT, MA. Ed

Instructor

Reviewed:

DECINA M. FRANCISCO ROSELL P. CULTIVO BTLEd, Coordinator, North

Campus BTLEd, Coordinator, South Campus
Recommending Approval:

DR. RAMONA A. PRADO

College of Education, Dean

Approved:

Atty. RODERICK P. VERA, LLM

Vice President, Academic

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