PowerDirector
Partly paidCyberLink
- Category
- Video
- Version
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- Size
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- Licence terms
- Free Essential edition · paid from ₩87,000 a year or ₩227,000 outright
- Supported OS
- Windows 11 · 10
- Install method
- Manual install
- Developer
- CyberLink
- Downloads via this site
This links to CyberLink’s own download source. AfterFormat neither stores nor modifies installer files.
Check before installing
- The free Essential edition covers basic editing and effects. Generative AI, advanced effects and templates sit behind the paid editions.
- The installer is large and pulls down more content while it runs. On a slow connection, allow time.
What it is
A video editor from CyberLink. Clips go on a timeline to be cut, joined, subtitled and given effects — the usual arrangement — but it offers a beginner-facing mode alongside the full one. A free Essential edition exists, with generative AI and advanced effects reserved for the paid editions.
When to pick this
A reasonable starting point if you have never added subtitles or transitions to a video. Bandicut is built for cutting and joining and falls short of real editing; conversely, if all you need is to trim the ends, this is more than the job requires.
Details
Free Essential and paid editions
Essential covers basic editing and effects at no cost. Generative AI, advanced effects, templates and stock material belong to the paid editions: ₩87,000 a year for the 365 subscription, or ₩227,000 for a perpetual licence.
A separate mode for beginners
On first launch it asks how you want to work. Storyboard mode builds a video from clips laid out in order; once that feels limiting, you switch to the timeline.
Installation takes a while
The installer is large to begin with and downloads more effects and material as it goes. On a slow connection, start it when you have time to spare.
After a reformat
CyberLink account or product key
A subscription activates by signing in; a perpetual version by product key. The key is in the purchase email or the product list on your CyberLink account.
Project files and sources
Project files (.pds) remember the paths of your video and photos. If the source files move, it asks you to relink them on opening. Restore project and sources to the same folder structure and they open as-is.
Distribution
- Redistribution policy
- Official source link only
