PowerDirector 21 Ultimate

Professional Grade Video Editing
Tell your story the way you imagined with the fastest video editor designed for all creators. Create cinema quality edits with industry-leading smart AI tools, easy-to-apply effects, and a massive royalty-free stock video, image, and audio library.

Feature Introduction

• AI Object Detection With Video Effects NEW
  Automatically apply masks around people or objects to remove backgrounds, unwanted objects, or add effects.
• AI Sky Replacement ENHANCED
  Enhance or totally replace the sky for perfect scenic shots. Select from a range of presets or import custom images.
• AI Audio Enhancements
  • AI Wind Removal 
    Remove gusts of wind for crisp, clear, distraction-free audio.
  • AI Speech Enhancement 
    Reduce unwanted background noise for refined, high-quality vocal tracks.
• AI Motion Tracking NEW
  Create text and VFX that smoothly follow the motion of objects or even the camera itself.
• Green Screen Editing
  Create Hollywood-style green screen effects with an improved chroma key engine and multi-key color sampling.
• GIF Maker NEW
  Easily create and share viral animated GIFs.
• Mask & Blend ENHANCED
  Layer, shape, and blend like never before with enhanced keyframe controls.
• Video Intro Designer NEW
  Discover and create attention-grabbing video intros alongside our community of creatives.
• NVIDIA Broadcast Support NEW
  Experience state-of-the-art AI capabilities designed to enhance audio and video quality.
  • AI DeReverb
  • AI Audio Denoise
  • AI Video Denoise
• Live Streaming & Recording
  Easily capture everything that’s happening on your screen and stream to Twitch, Facebook, or YouTube.
  • Screen Recording
  • Live Streaming
• In/Out Animations NEW
  Bring dynamic energy to your footage with a vast collection of animations for PiP objects.
• Cinematic Effects ENHANCED
  Enhance your shots with particles, transitions, and other visual effects.

Minimum System Requirements
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 11, 10, 8/8.1, 7 (64 bit OS only)
*Windows 11 or 10 required for AI tools and features

Processor (CPU)
Intel
Intel Core™ i-series and above.
Haswell (4th generation) processor: Core i7-4770 (only Core and Xeon branded), and above required for AI features.
AMD
AMD Phenom® II and above.
AMD A8-7670K and above, AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 and above required for AI features.

Graphics Processor (GPU)
Standard Video: 128 MB VGA VRAM or higher
360-video: DirectX 11 compatible
AI Plugin: 2GB VGA VRAM or higher
NVIDIA Audio/Video Denoise and Room Echo Removal: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000, NVIDIA TITAN RTX, or higher.

Memory
4GB required (6GB or above recommended)
8GB or higher required for NVIDIA Audio/Video Denoise and Room Echo Removal��Hard Disk Space
7GB required

Burning Drive
Supported recordable drive is required for disc burning

Sound Card
Windows compatible sound card is required

Internet Connection
Internet connection also required for initial software & file formats activation and online services.

Screen Resolution
1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above

Format Support:
Video File Importing 

• H.265/HEVC     
•  MOD
•  MVC (MTS)     
•  MOV (H.264/alpha PNG/ProRes 4:2:2 [Ultimate only])
•  MPEG-1    
•  MPEG-2
•  MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
•  FLV (H.264)     
• MP4 (XAVC S)
•  MKV (multiple audio streams)
•  TOD
•  3GPP2     
•  VOB
•  AVCHD (M2T, MTS) 
•  DVR-MS
• Top-under Video
• Dual-Stream AVI    
• WTV in H.264/MPEG2 (multiple video and audio streams)
• DV-AVI     
• DSLR video clip in H.264 format with LPCM/AAC/ Dolby Digital audio*
• VRO
•  AVI    
•  WMV
•  DAT    
•  WMV-HD
•  WebM (VP9)
• HDR (HEVC&VP9 HDR10 & HLG) (Ultimate only) 
• MXF (AVC 4:2:0) (Ultimate only) 
• XAVC (4:2:0) (Ultimate only) 
• V210 4:2:2
• Side-by-Side Video

360° Video     
Equirectangular format MP4 (H.264/265). Supports up to 4K resolution in 2:1 aspect ratio.

Audio Importing
File: WAV, MP3, WMA, M4A, OGG, FLAC, AAC, AMR-NB, Opus
Format: AAC, Dolby Digital*, Dolby Digital Plus*, WAVE, MPEG-1 Layer III, FLAC, ALAC, ADPCM                                                                          
*Windows 8/8.1/10/11  OS is required.

Video File Exporting (Production)

• High-Definition: AVCHD, AVCHD 2.0 (3D/ Progressive) MPEG-2 HD, WMV-HD
• 2K/4K resolution: H.264 AVC, WMV, H.265 HEVC, XAVC S
• MKV H.264 AVC/H. 265 HEVC (.MKV) with LPCM/AAC/5.1 Dolby Digital Audio*
• M2TS H.264 AVC/H.265 HEVC (.M2TS) with LPCM /Dolby Digital Stereo*
• MPEG-2 (.MPG) with LPCM /Dolby Digital Stereo*
• XAVC S (.MP4 with AAC Stereo/5.1 audio)
• Windows Media (.WMV)
• DV-AVI, Windows AVI (.AVI)
• AVCHD2.0 for SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS memory card or flash memory
• 3GPP2 for 3G mobile phones
• 3D Video: MVC, Side-by-Side, Anaglyph
• Image (Animated GIF/PNG, Image Sequence JPG/PNG)
• 360 Video: Equirectangular format MP4 (H.264 AVC/H.265 HEVC)
• MPEG-4 H.264 AVC/ H.265 HEVC (.MP4) with LPCM//Dolby Digital Stereo*

Audio File Exporting (Production)

• AAC (.M4A),  WMA, LPCM (.WAV)

Formats Supported for Disc Creation

• 3D Disc Burning: DVD/AVCHD/BD
• DVD
• BD Burning: BDMV
• AVCHD disc burning 
• DVD & BD disc burning with LPCM 2ch