CyberLink Launches PowerDirector 9 – World’s First Native 64-bit Consumer Video Editing Software

PowerDirector 9’s new TrueVelocity rendering engine with native 64-bit OS support brings speed and efficiency to HD video editing

London—November18, 2010—CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) today released the latest version of its award-winning video editing software, PowerDirector 9. Designed with enhanced usability for consumers and powerful, pro-like features for prosumers, PowerDirector 9 supports users’ full creative potential with performance-driven technologies such as CyberLink’s new TrueVelocity Engine.

PowerDirector 9 is designed to make the editing process not only easier, but also faster. TrueVelocity editing technologies take advantage of native 64-bit OS support and leading CPU/GPU components to significantly reduce video processing time. New powerful, high quality tools such as the unified keyframe control and a greatly improved timeline editor allow users to create even the most demanding and complex video productions.

“When designing PowerDirector 9 we focused on four fundamental aspects of the video editing process – speed, power, creativity and sharing,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. “Through innovations like TrueVelocity and significant advancements to existing technologies we have been able to deliver a product that will dramatically improve consumers’ video editing experience.”

Key features of CyberLink PowerDirector 9 include:
Speed

Maximised Memory usage with TrueVelocity 64.

Optimised CPU Utilisation with TrueVelocity Parallel.

Hardware-enhanced video decoding and encoding with TrueVelocity Accelerator.

Powerful Tools

TrueTheater™ technologies for improved video quality Advanced Audio.

New WaveEditor® for enhanced editing of audio tracks.

Availability of Full HD Previews.
Maximized Creativity

New Timeline Interface with Up to 100 video and audio timeline tracks.

Customized Particle Effects to add animated objects to projects.

MagicStyle Movie Wizard to convert existing photos and videos into 3D movies in seconds.
Sharing

DirectorZone.com to share content with other users.
Direct upload to Social Networks such as Facebook or YouTube in Full HD.

On-the-Go Media to Output videos directly to your iPad, iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, PSP, Zune and many other mobile devices.

Product Availability:
PowerDirector 9 is available online supporting the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, and Korean. CyberLink offers OEM versions to PC and CE manufacturing customers, while a free trial download is also available from the CyberLink website.

CyberLink PowerDirector 9 Versions
PowerDirector 9Ultra64: ￡79.99
PowerDirector 9 Deluxe: ￡59.99

Upgrade to Deluxe:: ￡39.99
Upgrade to Ultra from v.7/8 (Retail): ￡49.99

About CyberLink

CyberLink Corp is the leader and pioneer in enabling digital multimedia on PCs, CEs and mobile devices through the use of video editing software, video player software, and other multimedia solutions. Backed by a group of high-caliber software engineers, CyberLink owns its core codec and a number of patented technologies. CyberLink has built a solid reputation for delivering high-quality, interoperable, and fast time-to-market solutions that keep our OEM partners on the leading edge. Our business partners include leaders in the PC industry: top-5 desktop and notebook providers, optical drive manufacturers and graphic-card makers. Today, CyberLink’s software solutions include: complete applications for Blu-ray Disc playback and creation; digital home entertainment; and touch-enabled media solution. With customers spanning from multi-national corporations to small/medium-sized businesses, and from power users to home users, CyberLink has enjoyed rapid and consistent growth leading to a record breaking IPO in 2000 on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). Currently, CyberLink is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: 5203.TW). CyberLink's worldwide headquarters is located in Taipei. To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, including Japan. For more information, please visit CyberLink's website at www.cyberlink.com.