H.265/HEVC to PowerDirector 19/18/17/16/365 workflow

About the latest PowerDirector

Making a wonderful movie is a painstaking effort, and editing video is the most complicated task in the process. Here, the CyberLink PowerDirector can be your best companion, as it can take your creations to new heights of perfection. It opens a world of more than 600 high quality effects and transitions. And this software supports end-to-end editing of 4K videos. You can import ultra HD video content from your camera, and edit it with the TrueVelocity technology to produce outstanding 4K movies. If you want to enjoy 3D movies, CyberLink PowerDirector lets you produce 3D movies right from your PC, even convert normal 2D videos into 3D format quickly and easily. PowerDirector is one of the most popular video editing platforms and can help both beginners and professionals alike to display their skills and creativity to the world.

Import H.265/HEVC to PowerDirector – ERROR

If you use PowerDirector 19, 18, 17, 16, or PowerDirector 365 frequently, and if it is usually the 4K/1080P H.265/HEVC files that you import to the program for editing, you need an efficient converter that can make those files compatible for PowerDirector. This is because by default, PowerDirector can’t handdle H.265/HEVC format well. In fact, some of the extensions that can be imported to PowerDirector include M4V, MOV, MPG, MP4, etc. Among all these, MP4 is widely used as most of the players, and PowerDirector prefers MPEG-4 and H.264 codecs.

Solution: Convert H.265/HEVC to PowerDirector Supported Format

As mentioned earlier, you need an efficient converter to turn an H.265/HEVC file into PowerDirector compatible format. PowerDirector only supportes H.265/HEVC in 8bit /10 bit (4:2:0 MP4/MKV/M2TS). Other 8K, 6K, 4K H.265/HEVC footage or movie is not supported by PowerDirector The definition of ‘efficient’ in the context of a conversion tool is that it must support multiple formats to import and convert the source files, it must have a simple UI, and the entire process must remain smooth and quick. One such program that has all the above advantages and is also enriched with plenty of other functions like built-in video editor, video compressor, VR converter, rip Blu-ray, rip DVD, etc. is Video Converter Ultimate by Acrok.

With Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, you can do batch conversion from universal H.265/HEVC videos originated from Canon, Fujifilm, GoPro, Panasonic, DJI and Sony cams into to PowerDirector best compatible formats like H.264 MP4. without losing any quality. Just get the free trial and follow the guide below to convert and import H.265/HEVC files to PowerDirector 19, 18, 17, 16, 365 so you can make engaging movies.

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How to transcode H.265/HEVC for PowerDirector?

The guide below shows how to convert H.265/HEVC files to MP4 in Windows 10. The steps to convert H.265 files to MP4 on Mac are the same. Just make sure you download the right version according to your computer’s operating system.

Add H.265/HEVC videos

Download and install Acrok Video Converter Ultimate on your Windows or Mac computer, launch the best H.265 Video Converter. Click "Add file" icon to load your H.265/HEVC files. You can play the loaded videos via right preview window, double click this window, you can watch your video material in full screen, so this software is also a free video player.

Choose output profile

Click the Format: from the upper-right section of the window, go to the Common Video tab, select a PowerDirector compatible format from the left pane ( MP4 is selected here). If you want to get 4K video files, please select 4K MP4 video from 4K category.

Edit your H.265/HEVC videos (Optional)

Select the video that you plan to edit, click "Edit" icon then you’ll see Trim, Crop, 3D, Effect, Watermark, Subtitles and Audio 7 video editing functions as follows. You can trim your favorite part from the video to convert for more fun.

Start video conversion

In the "Output" at the bottom, select a destination folder to save the exported file to, and click the "Convert" from the right side of the imported video to convert H.265/HEVC to PowerDirector format using Acrok Video Converter Ultimater.

Edit converted videos in PowerDirector

When the H.265/HEVC to H.264 MP4 conversion is done, click "Open" button to locate the converted video files, and then you can import the converted files to for editing Cyberlink PowerDirector 19, 18, 17, 16, 365 via its “Import Media Files” option.

CyberLink PowerDirector 19 supports the following video formats:

The following is the format that the latest software can support. The compatibility of the old version of the software is far less than that of the latest version. However, please rest assured that you can use the same method to solve the problem that video cannot be imported.

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