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PowerDirector 12 System Requirements & File Format Support
System Requirements
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 8/8.1, 7, Vista(32bit/ 64bit)
Microsoft Windows XP (32 bit with Service Pack 3)
Screen Resolution
1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above
CPU Processor
PowerDirector 12 is optimized for CPUs with MMX/SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/3DNow! Extension/HyperThreading/ Intel AVX2 technology.
AVI Capture/Produce: Profiles: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2
DVD Quality (MPEG-2) Profiles: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2
High Quality MPEG-4 and Streaming WMV, QuickTime) Profiles: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2.
Full-HD quality H.264 and MPEG2 Profiles: Intel Corei5/7 or AMD Phenom II X4
AVCHD and BD burning Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400, or AMD Phenom II X4
2K/4K/3D video editing profile: Intel Corei7 or AMD FX series with 64 bit OS 6 GB RAM
Memory
2GB required
3GB or above recommended for 32 bit OS
6GB or above recommended for 64 bit OS & 3D editing
Hard Disk Space
6.5 GB required minimum (note: 400 MB is for Magic Music Library)
10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVD production
60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Disc/AVCHD production
Burning Drive
A CD or DVD burner (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD/AVCHD titles
A Blu-ray disc recordable drive is required to burn Blu-ray Discs
Graphics Card
128 MB VGA VRAM or higher (1 GB or higher VRAM and OpenCL capable are recommended)
NVIDIA:
GeForce 8500GT/9800GT and above
GeForce GT/GTS/GTX 200/400/500/600 Series
AMD / ATI :
AMD APU Family with AMD Radeon™ HD Graphics: A-Series, E2-Series, C-Series, E-Series, G-Series
AMD Radeon™ HD Graphics: HD 7000 Series, HD 6000 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD Graphics: 5900 Series, 5800 Series, 5700 Series, 5600 Series, 5500 Series, 5400 Series
ATI FirePro™ Graphics
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD: 5800 Series, 5700 Series, 5600 Series, 5400 Series
ATI Mobility FirePro™: M7820, M5800
Internet Connection
Internet connection is required for activating some import/export formats, including AVCHD, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, H.264, & MPEG-2. The activation is quick and easy
Other
Windows Media Player 9 or above is required
Format and Device Support
| Video File (Import) |
* To enable DivX, please download the DiVX codec online. Available for 32-bit Windows OS only.
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| Audio File (Import) |
▪ WAV, MP3, WMA, M4A, OGG
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| Audio Format (Import) |
▪ AAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, WAVE, MPEG-1 Layer III
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| Photo File (Import) |
▪ MPO, JPS, RAW, GIF, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, Animated GIF
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| Video Capturing Device Support |
▪ Analog TV tuner
▪ PCI or USB1.0/2.0 capture device compliant with WDM standard
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| Video Camcorder Support |
The list above represents camcorders from major camcorder brands that were tested by CyberLink, however, the list is not comprehensive. If your camcorder or format is not on the list it may still be compatible with PowerDirector, so please feel free to download the free trial to test your camcorder and file formats. Free trial
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Camera Support
| Canon EOS - D30, D60, 5D, 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III, 1D X, 7D, 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, 60D, 300D / Digital Rebel / Kiss Digital, 350D / Digital Rebel XT / Kiss Digital N, 400D / Digital Rebel XTi / Kiss Digital X, 450D / Digital Rebel XSi / Kiss Digital X2, 500D / Digital Rebel T1i / Kiss Digital X3, 550D / Digital Rebel T2i / Kiss Digital X4, 600D / Digital Rebel T3i / Kiss Digital X5, 650D,1000D / Digital Rebel XS / Kiss Digital F, 1100D / Digital Rebel T3 / Kiss Digital X50, D2000C, EOS-1D, EOS-1DS, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS 6D, EOS M PowerShot - 600, A5, A5 Zoom, A50, Pro70, Pro90 IS, Pro1, G1, G2, G3, G5, G6, G9, G10, G11, G12, G15, G1X, S30, S40, S45, S50, S60, S70, S90, S95, S100, S110, SX1 IS, SX 30 IS Nikon D1, D1H, D1X, D2H, D2Hs, D2X, D2Xs, D3, D3s, D3X, D4, D40, D40X, D50, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D90, D100, D200, D300, D300s, D600, D700, D3000, D3100,D3200, D5000, D5100, D7000, E5000, E5400, E5700, E8400, E8700, E8800, Coolpix P6000, Coolpix P7000, CoolPix P7700, P7100 (decoded by Nikon SDK), 1 J1, 1 J2, 1 V1, 1 V2 Olympus C3030Z, C5050Z, C5060WZ, C7070WZ, C70Z,C7000Z, C740UZ, C770UZ, C8080WZ, X200,D560Z,C350Z, E-1, E-3, E-5, E-10, E-20, E-30, E-300, E-330, E-400, E-410, E-420, E-500, E-510, E-520, E-620,E-M5, E-P1, E-P2, E-P3, E-PL1, E-PL1s, E-PL2, E-PL3, E-PL5, E-PM1, E-PM-2, SP310, SP320, SP350, SP500UZ, SP510UZ, SP550UZ, SP560UZ, SP570UZ, XZ-1, XZ-2 Panasonic DMC-FZ8, DMC-FZ18, DMC-FZ28, DMC-FZ30, DMC-FZ35/FZ38, DMC-FZ40, DMC-FZ50, DMC-FZ100, DMC-FX150, DMC-FZ150, DMC-FZ200, DMC-G1, DMC-G2, DMC-G3, DMC-G5, DMC-GF1, DMC-GF2, DMC-GF3, DMC-GF5, DMC-GH1, DMC-GH2, DMC-GH3, DMC-GX1, DMC-L1, DMC-L10, DMC-LC1, DMC-LX1, DMC-LX2, DMC-LX3, DMC-LX5, DMC-LX7 Pentax *ist D, *ist DL, *ist DL2, *ist DS, *ist DS2, K10D, K20D, K100D, K100D Super, K200D, K2000/K-m, K-x, K-r, K-5, K-5II, K-7, Optio S, Optio S4, Optio 33WR, Optio 750Z, 645D Samsung EX1, EX2F, GX-1S, GX10, GX20, NX10, NX11, NX20, NX100, NX200, NX210, NX1000, WB550, WB200 Sony DSC-F828, DSC-R1, DSC-V3, DSC-RX1, DSC-RX100, DSLR-A100, DSLR-A200, DSLR-A230, DSLR-A290, DSLR-A300, DSLR-A330, DSLR-A350, DSLR-A380, DSLR-A450, DSLR-A500, DSLR-A550, DSLR-A580, DSLR-A700, DSLR-A850, DSLR-A900, NEX-3, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-7, SLT-A33, SLT-A35, SLT-A37, SLT-A55V, SLT-A57. SLT-A65V, SLT-A77V, XCD-SX910CR Casio QV-2000UX, QV-3000EX, QV-3500EX, QV-4000, QV-5700, QV-R41, QV-R51, QV-R61, EX-S20, EX-S100, EX-Z4, EX-Z8, EX-Z50, EX-Z55, EX-Z60, EX-Z75, EX-Z750, EX-Z850, EX-Z1050, EX-Z1080, Exlim Pro 505, Exlim Pro 600, Exlim Pro 700 Fujifilm E550, E900, F600EXR, F700, F710, F770EXR, F800, F800EXR, F810, HS30EXR, S2Pro, S3Pro, S5Pro, S20Pro, S100FS, S5000, S5100/S5500, S5200/S5600, S6000fd, S7000, S9000/S9500, S9100/S9600, S200EXR, HS10/HS11, HS20EXR, F550EXR, X10, X100, X-Pro1, X-E1, X-F1, X-S1 IS-1 Kodak DC20, DC25, DC40, DC50, DCS200, DCS315C, DCS330C, DCS420, DCS460, DCS460A, DCS520C, DCS560C, DCS620C, DCS620X, DCS660C, DCS660M, DCS720X, DCS760C, DCS760M, EOSDCS1, EOSDCS3B, NC2000F, ProBack, PB645C, PB645H, PB645M, DCS Pro 14n, DCS Pro 14nx, DCS Pro SLR/c, DCS Pro SLR/n, C330, C603, P850, P880, Z980, Z981, Z990, Z1015, KAI-0340 Konica KD-400z, KD510z Leaf AFi 7, AFi-II 12, Aptus 17, Aptus 22, Aptus 54S, Aptus 65, Aptus 75, Aptus 75S, Cantare, CatchLight, CMost, DCB2, Valeo 6, Valeo 11, Valeo 17, Valeo 22, Volare Leica Digilux 2, Digilux 3, D-LUX2, D-LUX3, D-LUX4, D-LUX 5, V-LUX1, V-LUX 2 Minolta RD175, DiMAGE 5, DiMAGE 7, DiMAGE 7i, DiMAGE 7Hi, DiMAGE A1, DiMAGE A2, DiMAGE A200, DiMAGE G400, DiMAGE G500, DiMAGE G530, DiMAGE G600, DiMAGE Z2, Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 5D, Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 7D Phase One H 20, H 25, P 20, P 25, P 30, P 45, P 45+ More Supported Digital Cameras AgfaPhoto DC-833m, Apple QuickTake 100, Apple QuickTake 150, Apple QuickTake 200, AVT F-080C, AVT F-145C, AVT F-201C, AVT F-510C, AVT F-810C, Contax N Digital, Creative PC-CAM 600, Epson R-D1, Foculus 531C, Hasselblad CFV, Hasselblad H3D, Hasselblad H4D, Hasselblad V96C, Imacon Ixpress 16-megapixel, Imacon Ixpress 22-megapixel, Imacon Ixpress 39-megapixel, ISG 2020x1520, Logitech Fotoman Pixtura, Mamiya ZD, Micron 2010, Motorola PIXL, Nokia N95, Nokia X2, Pixelink A782, Polaroid x530, Rollei d530flex, RoverShot 3320af, Sarnoff 4096x5440, Sinar 3072x2048, Sinar 4080x4080, Sinar 4080x5440, Sinar STI format, SMaL Ultra-Pocket 3, SMaL Ultra-Pocket 4, SMaL Ultra-Pocket 5, STV680 VGA
The list above represents cameras from major brands that were tested by CyberLink, however, the list is not comprehensive. If your camera is not on the list it may still be compatible with PowerDirector, so please feel free to download the free trial to test whether it is supported. Free trial
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| Video File Exporting (Production) | |
| Output Device Support |
The list below consists of devices from major brands that were tested by CyberLink, however, the list is not comprehensive. If your device is not on the list it may still be compatible with PowerDirector, so please feel free to download the free trial to test it out. Free trial
▪ iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic
▪ Android Phones
▪ Blackberry
▪ PlayStation Portable (PSP), PlayStation 3 , PlayStation VITA
▪ XBox 360, Zune
▪ Casio Hitachi mobile phones (in 3GPP2 format)
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| Formats Supported for Disc Creation |
▪ 3D Disc Burning: DVD/AVCHD/BD
▪ SVCD, VCD, DVD ▪ BD Burning: BDMV ▪ AVCHD disc burning ▪ DVD & BD disc burning with DTS audio |
| Language Support |
PowerDirector
ColorDirector and AudioDirector
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