What are the limitations of CyberLink PowerDirector Essential?

Certain premium features are accessible during the 30-day trial period. However, once the trial period ends, these premium features will no longer be available. In Addition, some premium features are only available for previewing purposes, and projects with these premium features applied cannot be exported.

Premium features limited to the 30-day period are:

• Create Disc
• Capture

Premium features only available for previewing are:

• Meta Background Music
• AI Background Remover
• AI Voice Changer
• AI Face Blur
• Auto Edit
• Video Denoise
• Video Stabilizer
• iStock (Getty Image)

Premium features are not available before purchasing are:

• Soundstripe Background Music
• AI Audio Denoise
• AI Speech to Text

Other limitations:

• Watermark appears on the produced video
• Limited templates and effects
• Importing and producing H.265 video files is not available
• Importing .WEBM (VP9 video) and .MOV 10bit 4:2:2 video files is not available
• Producing 2K/4K resolution H.264 video files is not available
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