In Detail - Software

Video Advantage PCI includes a full-featured video software suite that lets you:

• Capture video from your analog or digital tapes
• Author a movie using the captured video clips
• Create slide shows from your digital photos
• Transfer video to a delivery media such as DVD, SVCD, VCD or streaming video

Feature Highlights Include:

Real-time Color Correction Real-time adjustment of picture quality while you watch.
Analog Video to DV Format Real-time DV encoder converts analog video into high-quality digital format for frame accurate editing.
Time Stretch Adjusts video playback speed without affecting the audio pitch.
Transitions Includes an extensive library of transitions, video effects and titles.

The Complete Video Advantage Software Suite includes:

AD FullCap™ Video Capture Program Capture video in AVI or DV type-1 & type-2 formats Adjust picture quality of analog videos in real-time Capture analog video in DV format for a high-quality digital video file that allows frame-accurate editing Create snapshots of your videos while capturing. Capture in a wide variety of frame resolutions. View video capture statistics while recording. Create timed recordings.
PowerDirector™ DE Video Production Program Capture videos in AVI or MPEG-1, -2 formats. Author movies using video clips and digital photos. Create slide shows from digital photos. Enhance movies and slide shows with transitions, titles, effects, music and sound effects (from the included clip library), or narrations. Create a movie file in the proper format for the destination media you choose (e.g. DVD, SVCD, VCD, etc.)
PowerProducer™ Express CD/DVD Burning Program Transfer the movie or slideshow created in PowerDirector to DVD , SVCD, VCS, DV Tape or streaming video for the Web. Create a simple DVD from a collection of photos and videos without having to produce a movie. Burn video from a camcorder directly to disc. Includes utilities for managing DVD content and video files. Edit a rewritable disc to add video without having to erase the full disc or burn a new one. Erase portions of a rewritable disc to reuse the disc. Copy a disc to another disc for others to enjoy, or to make backup copies. Copy a project to a disc for archiving or for moving from one PC to another. Burn a folder of media files to a disc for backup.
AudioSurgeon™ Audio Editing Program Edit digital audio files for use in PowerDirector movies. Record your own sounds. View sound as a graphical waveform showing every peak and valley. Zoom in and change every nuance until it sounds the way you want it, then drop it into your PowerDirector movie. Add sound effects.
The Video Advantage Sound Library A sound library of music and sound effects for enhancing movies and photo slide shows Music files are provided in three different lengths 'Full' is a complete rendition of the song '3 sec' is a three second clip from the song, useful for closing or opening a video clip '30 sec' is a thirty second clip from the song, useful for short clips or to edit into other medleys Song clips may be inserted as-is into the audio timeline in your movie or edited with AudioSurgeon to customize the length Sound effects are grouped into different style folders describing the category of sounds