More powerful and even faster, CyberLink PowerDirector 8 offers more video enhancement and editing tools, designer tools and more timeline tracks to let you create great videos. Spice up your projects too by downloading any of the 18,000+ free effects and templates already uploaded to DirectorZone by PowerDirector users.

Achieve Professional Results with New Design Tools.

Upscaling Video Quality with TrueTheatre Technology.

Faster Performance with Multi-Processing.

Upload HD Videos to Facebook and YouTube.

Share Your Creativity with DirectorZone Members.

Powerful Video Editing with Unlimited Possibilities.
CyberLink PowerDirector 8 Deluxe is an easy-to-use yet powerful video editing software application. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, PowerDirector makes video editing an enjoyable experience. It features many new video enhancement and editing tools to let you create great videos. Upscaling technology will help improve your video quality with just a click of a button. Designer tools and more timeline tracks offer even more power, and you can simply spice up your projects by downloading any of 13,000+ free effects and templates already uploaded to DirectorZone.com, PowerDirector's online community. With broad format support and the options to upload videos to YouTube & Facebook, or output to on-the-go media players, you can share your creations with anyone and everyone.

Quick and Easy Video Enhancing
A host of new tools and technologies are designed to save editing time and improve your video quality. Leveraging PowerDVD's video enhancing TrueTheater technology, PowerDirector delivers HD-like results from standard definition content by upscaling video resolution, smoothing out playback in slow motion and enabling virtual surround sound. With easy-to-use settings, PowerDirector's TrueTheater technologies fix common video shooting errors such as extreme backlighting, poor white balance, and inadequate lighting.

Achieve Pro Results
PowerDirector 8's suite of design tools--for creating titles, animated objects, and disc menus now offers a Particle Effects Designer, letting you experiment with movie-like special effects. As with PowerDirector's other design tools, particle effects can be uploaded and shared with other users on DirectorZone, PowerDirector's community website. Enjoy working with more editing tools such as Reverse, Crop, Speed and Rotate video tools. For precise trimming, retain frame-level control with the patented Zoom-In Cut. While the expanded 16-track timeline offers more creative possibilities including the ability to cut & paste sequences to other parts of your production.

Faster Performance
The first consumer video editing software to be optimized for Intel Core i7, NVIDIA CUDA, and ATI Stream technology, PowerDirector delivers up to 5X faster performance for rendering effects and transcoding videos, with vastly improved editing and previewing speeds.

Share your creativity and learn from others
Ever wonder how home movies achieve memorable effects? Now you can by viewing other users' timelines and even sharing your own on DirectorZone.com. This unique glimpse into others' creative approaches is a remarkable learning tool, offering incredible insight for your own projects. PowerDirector's unique "open editing" experience also lets you share special effects, video editing secrets, and a chance to learn from other users. Download, upload, and share an unlimited amount of effects, DVD menus, particle effects, and PiP objects via DirectorZone.

Ways to Show and Tell
Video editing software, PowerDirector, provides direct HD video uploading to Facebook and YouTube, enabling easy sharing on today's most popular social networks and video blogging sites. Or enjoy your finished movie in HD at home by producing DVD Discs in high-definition resolution. If it's mobility you are after, you can produce playback files for your iPhone, iPod, or PSP.

Key Features

• Create pro results with 16 tracks, particle effects designer, & more
• 5X faster video rendering with support for CPU/GPU acceleration
• Upscale SD video to HD-like quality. Fix video problems instantly
• Learn editing tricks from other users on DirectorZone
• Share videos on YouTube and Facebook, output to mobile devices, and burn to discs
• PowerDirector 8 has been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be Compatible with Windows 7

Tags: Video editing, social networks, mobile devices, white balance, TrueTheatre Technology, editing tools

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PowerDirector 8 Deluxe

Finale PrintMusic is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life - with professional results. The Setup Wizard helps you create scores of up to 24 staves. Note entry is a breeze, whether you enter with a mouse, MIDI device, microphone, or scanner. Human Playback makes your music sound like it's being performed by live musicians. PrintMusic includes a software synthesizer with over 128 professional grade instrument sounds, plus Marching Percussion from Row-Loff, and can save MP3s for making your own CDs. Enter notes with a mouse, MIDI keyboard, microphone, or scanner. Play your composition, print publisher-quality sheet music, or make MP3s for CDs of your musical creations. PrintMusic 2011 integrates many advances from Finale 2011, the worldwide standard in music notation. Lyrics are more easily entered, instantly appear as they print out, and automatically space with even further precision. Many tasks are simplified, from moving or reordering staves to creating handbell charts. We've added new music fonts that provide percussion, handbell, and mallet images to place in any score, and much more. You'll be proud of the results you get with Finale PrintMusic.

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Finale PrintMusic 2011

Edit, animate, mix, grade, and deliver on a Mac with Final Cut Studio. It includes more than 100 powerful new features. Use new versions of the ProRes codec to edit at high quality with reduced file sizes in a wide variety of workflows. Work with clients or colleagues in real time from anywhere in the world using iChat Theater. Add dramatic 3D graphics, repair common audio problems, and automate delivery in just a few clicks. The leading post-production suite now includes significant upgrades to Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Soundtrack Pro and updated versions of Color and Compressor. It also includes DVD Studio Pro, the industry standard for DVD authoring.

Tags: high quality, Final Cut Pro, file sizes

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Final Cut Studio Upgrade [OLD VERSION]

Imagination Studio Suite is the easiest way to get the most out of your digital video, music, and pictures. Turn your video shoots into Hollywood-style movies, make your own original music, and organize all your photos. Author your project to CD, DVD or burn it to Blu-ray Disc. Includes interactive Show Me How tutorials.

Tags: digital video, Sony Creative Software Imagination Studio, Technology Internet

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Sony Creative Software Imagination Studio 3 V.3

Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition software has everything needed to produce spectacular HD movies. Powerful tools for video compositing, color correction, and surround sound mixing help you get feature-film results in your home studio. To share, upload movies to YouTube, burn to Blu-ray Disc, or author DVDs with custom menus and graphics.

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Sony Creative Software Movie Studio HD Platinum 11

Sound Forge Audio Studio software is the easiest way to record, edit, encode, and master audio on your home computer. Capture live performances in high-fidelity sound at the touch of a button. Expertly edit recordings to balance sound levels, trim unwanted sections, or synchronize audio with video. Restore old vinyl and cassette recordings. Customize your creations with built-in effects such as EQ, reverb, delay, and chorus. To share, simply burn your own CDs or convert audio to formats ideal for Web streaming or portable music players including the PSP, iPod, and iPhone. The interactive Show Me How tutorials will have you up and running in no time.

Tags: Technology Internet, Compact Disc, music players

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Sony Creative Software Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 - 2011

ACID Music Studio is the best way to bring your music to life and share it with others. Multitrack audio and MIDI recording, pro-quality editing and effects, and over 3,000 genre-spanning, studio-quality loops to use in remixes, mash-ups, and original music creations. Share songs on CD, PSP and iPod. Includes Show Me How tutorials.

Tags: pro-quality editing, PlayStation Portable, studio quality, studio 8, Musical Instrument Digital Interface

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Sony Creative Software ACID Music Studio 8.0 - 2011

The latest version of the world's best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! 165 comprehensive lessons cover everything from the basics through chord strumming, playing melodies and fingerpicking. Over 50 large-format videos include split-screens and close-ups of both hands. Includes an animated fretboard, multi-track audio, variable-speed MIDI and over 70 popular songs including hits from Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and more! Now includes interactive feedback on melodies. Also features an automatic tuner, metronome, recorder and 250-chord dictionary. This latest version includes larger easy-to-read screens, enhanced audio and video, and custom animated fretboard skins. eMedia Guitar Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play guitar!

Tags: popular songs, close ups, version

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eMedia Guitar Method V5

Sound Forge Audio Studio is everything you need to edit and master professional-quality audio on your home computer. Record live instruments and vocals, edit and restore audio, apply studio-quality effects, and convert files with lightning speed. You can even create your own karaoke tracks with the Vocal Eraser tool. With a few basic commands, you can produce high-fidelity audio on your PC.Capture your performance To record live audio, simply plug a microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card and click Record. Easily capture instruments, vocals, keyboards, and more. You can also import audio from your own CDs and MP3s or use the Vinyl Recording and Restoration tool to record audio from LPs and cassettes. Monitor audio levels in real time for accurate mixing. Record voiceover tracks for your videos, and create custom audio effects and textures.Powerful editing tools Simply drag and drop to expertly balance sound levels, trim unwanted sections, and synchronize audio with video. You can also use Sound Forge Audio Studio software to create your own music loops and samples to use with ACID Music Studio software.Create your own karaoke tracks Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 software includes the Vocal Eraser plug-in. Easily remove vocals from most recordings or isolate vocals. You can also use this plug-in to extract vocals from songs for remixing. The Vocal Eraser plug-in contains presets for various recording and vocal types.Extensive video support Sound Forge Audio Studio makes it easy to synchronize audio with video for video scoring. Import popular video formats including Windows Media, QuickTime, and more.Customize audio with effects Customize your audio with more than 30 built-in audio effects such as EQ, delay, chorus, and reverb, as well as the included 1,001 Sound Effects. DirectX and VST support expands the number of effects you can apply and increases your mastering flexibility.Learn as you go with easy tutorials Sony's exclusive Show Me How tutorials

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Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 10

The iLok2 from Pace is smaller, stronger, customizable, and has a much higher capacity than the original making this portable software license solution better than ever before. iLok 2 is small enough that you can fit two of them side by side in adjacent USB ports, and the sturdier USB connector and solid body makes each one tough enough for constant usage. Best of all, thanks to the latest in technology, the smaller iLok can now hold over 500 software license authorization while allowing you to add a custom label under the protective sleeve so you know more which iLok is which. iLok2 is also compatible with the original. You can download any licenses that are available for download in your iLok com account to your new iLok. The new iLok is backward-compatible and except for the License Card slot, does everything the original iLok does. You can also move your licenses from an original iLok to a new iLok in your account with the iLok com Move Licenses utility, subject to software publisher restrictions.The iLok2 is also fashionable with a sleek black design and cool blue LED to let you know when it's in use.

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Pace iLok 2

Video Editing and Playback: Easily create photo slideshows. Add advanced personal touches for stunning results Create and edit videos and movies and export to create HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. Apply high quality movie themes to your slideshows and videos with the automatic slideshow creator Share photos and videos on social media communities Disc Burning: Burn with the world’s most trusted award-winning burning engine. SecurDisc technology helps ensure data accessibility regardless of scratches, age, or deterioration. Automatically convert saved audio files into other formats. Compile CDs that contain both audio and data files. Create Audio CDs from mp3s for playback on various media players. Backup and Recovery: Back up your entire system in a few easy steps. Backup to hard drives, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, FTP server, memory cards or online storage. Recover files, folders, drives and the entire OS after a computer crash, hard drive failure or virus attack. Restore photos, mp3s, documents and folders from scratched or damaged CDs and DVDs. Retrieve deleted files from hard drives, CDs, DVDs, flash storage and floppy discs.

Tags: quality movie themes, blu ray discs, server memory, entire os, audio cds, Suite Platinum HD, flash storage

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Nero 10 Multimedia Suite Platinum HD

Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Pro Pack takes HD video and audio production even further with tools for professional-level sound design and more video effects and transitions. Use the included Sound Forge Audio Studio software for precise audio editing and CinescoreStudio software for soundtrack creation. Upload movies to YouTube, burn to Blu-ray Disc, or author DVDs.

Tags: studio 9, video, professional level, studio software

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Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pack

Experience perfect video editing and dubbing. Movie Edit Pro 17 is the ideal solution for beginners as well as ambitious users: Effortless video capture, straightforward editing, spectacular 3D effects, a large selection of preset titles and fades, brilliant dubbing, with the finished product burned to an interactive video DVD/Blu-ray Disc, or exported to the Internet or a mobile player. With the fastest MAGIX Movie Edit Pro ever, you will get perfect results in no time. You can’t lose with this multi award winner!

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Movie Edit Pro 17

Copy your favourite tapes and records to CD and MP3 the easy way. Includes all the cables needed to plug your tape / record player to your PC and easy step-by-step software.
Works with all types of tapes and records from commercial albums to homemade recordings and audio books.
Remove hiss, pops and clicks with a single click and apply RIAA equalisation effects. Record 45 or 78 rpm records on a 33 rpm turntable with the speed change effect.
Add artist, album, year, genre and cover art to the tracks. Integrates with iTunes and Windows Media Player for one-click saving to your music library, or burn to an audio CD with the built-in disc burning software.
Certified compatible with Windows 7.

Tags: audio books, 33 rpm, burning software, favourite tapes, Windows 7

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Cassette to CD and MP3

ACID Music Studio is the best way to bring your music to life and share it with others. Multitrack audio and MIDI recording, pro-quality editing and effects, and over 3,000 genre-spanning, studio-quality loops to use in remixes, mash-ups, and original music creations. Share songs on CD, PSP and iPod. Includes Show Me How tutorials.

Tags: studio quality, IPod Touch, studio 8, sony acid music, Entertainment Culture, share songs

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Sony Acid Music Studio 8.0