Cyberlink MagicDirector

Multimedia is more than a simple means of enjoyment nowadays, with advanced cameras and sophisticated programs that let anyone create clips and share them online. Since there are various ways to record motion, applications like Cyberlink MagicDirector are what you need to build a final clip.

Once the application is installed and launched, it goes in full-screen mode and takes you through an initial setup wizard in order to configure aspect ratio. It only takes a little while to go through, but you can skip at any moment, and access it again from the settings menu.

Cyberlink MagicDirector means business from the start, and you can clearly see this because of the high-quality textures and animations used to build the interface, giving it a professional look and feel. Every button you press and hover the cursor over produces a cool effect, and although there aren’t more themes, this one blends in any environment.

As slick as the interface may be, the application isn’t quite your average movie maker, but this doesn’t make it difficult to use. On the contrary, you’re driven through several navigation menus with which to select both videos and pictures from your computer. This means, you aren’t able to drag items of interest over the main window, while there’s no built-in search engine to quickly locate them.

After the selection is made, you’re taken to a specific screen to manage general output options. Several styles can be selected, such as sports, pets, party, original, and more, but can’t be customized. A custom background sound can also be added in the same way you select pictures and clips.

In case you also load videos, there’s the possibility to chop off custom parts with a dedicated feature. Moreover, you can pick output file format and quality, and whether or not to use CLEV and CLNR to enhance video quality or reduce background noise.

It doesn’t take a lot of time for Cyberlink MagicDirector to bundle your selection of media files in a clip. Before you can start over or quit, a preview is provided, with options to remix the style in case it doesn’t meet demands. What’s more, uploading to YouTube is a mouse click away, and so is generating a file on your computer.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Cyberlink MagicDirector lives up to expectations and manages to get your attention right from the start, at least on the visual side of things. Although there could have been a timeline editor for in-depth management of frames, the set of features is more than enough to create simple presentations, slideshows, or other kinds of clips you might want to save or upload on YouTube.