What are the supported file formats in CyberLink PowerDirector 2026/365?
CyberLink PowerDirector 2026/365 supports the following file formats:
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Import
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Video
| ▪ MP4 (H.264 8-bit, H.265* 8-bit/10-bit, H.265* 10bit with HDR10 and HLG***, H.265* 10bit 4:2:2****, XAVC-S 8bit, XAVC 8bit) ▪ MOV (H.264 8-bit, H.265* 8-bit/10-bit, H.265* 10bit 4:2:2****, alpha PNG, Apple ProRes* 10bit 4:2:2, V210* YUV in 10bit 4:2:2) ▪ MKV (multiple audio streams, H.264 8-bit, H.265* 8-bit/10-bit) ▪ M2TS (H.264 8-bit, H.265* 8-bit/10-bit) ▪ WEBM* (VP9) ▪ MXF* (8bit 4:2:0 AVC/XAVC) ▪ MOD ▪ MPEG-1 ▪ MPEG-2 ▪ Dual-Stream AVI ▪ FLV (H.264) ▪ TOD ▪ 3GPP2 ▪ VOB ▪ AVCHD (M2T, MTS) ▪ VRO ▪ AVI ▪ WMV ▪ DAT ▪ WMV-HD ▪ WTV in H.264/MPEG2 (multiple video and audio streams) ▪ DV-AVI ▪ 360° Video: Equirectangular format MP4 (H.264). Supports up to 4K resolution in 2:1 aspect ratio. PowerDirector does not support the editing of videos, which are encoded with 4:2:2 (except Apple ProRes and H.265* 10bit 4:2:2****) or 4:4:4 color sub-sampling. |
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Image
| ▪ MPO ▪ JPS ▪ BMP ▪ GIF ▪ Animated-GIF NEW ▪ JPEG ▪ PNG ▪ APNG ▪ TIFF ▪ HEIC** ▪ Raw Image: CyberLink PowerDirector also supports the import of the following camera RAW image formats, which are then converted to JPEG once imported: ▪ ARW (SONY) ▪ CR2 (Canon) ▪ DNG (Ricoh) ▪ ERF (Epson) ▪ KDC (Kodak) ▪ MRW (Konica Minolta) ▪ NEF (Nikon) ▪ NRW (Nikon) ▪ ORF (OLYMPUS) ▪ PEF (Pentax) ▪ RAF (Fujifilm) ▪ RW2 (Panasonic) ▪ SR2 (SONY) ▪ SRF (SONY). ▪ 360° Photo*: Equirectangular format JPG/TIF in 2:1 aspect ratio. | |
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Audio
| ▪ WAV ▪ MP3 ▪ WMA ▪ M4A ▪ OGG ▪ FLAC ▪ AAC | |
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CLUT
| ▪ 3DL ▪ CUBE ▪ CSP ▪ CMS ▪ RV3DLUT | |
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Export
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Video
| ▪ H.264 AVC MPEG-4 (.MP4) in 8 bit with AAC/LPCM ▪ H.264 AVC (.MKV) in 8 bit with LPCM/AAC ▪ H.265 HEVC* (.MP4) in 8 bit with AAC/LPCM ▪ MPEG-2 (.MPG) Windows Media Video (WMV)2 HDR Video (supported only in PowerDirector 365 start with the January 2026 release) ▪ H.265 HEVC* (.MP4) in 10-bit with HDR10, Rec. 2100 HLG, and Rec. 2100 PQ*** with AAC |
| Image | ▪ Image Sequence in JPG or PNG ▪ APNG ▪ Animated GIF | |
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Audio
| ▪ AAC (.M4A) ▪ WMA ▪ LPCM (.WAV) |
Note:
* Optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector.
** Does not support the editing of animation content encoded in HEIC photos.
*** Editing 10-bit HDR videos in an HDR color space is supported only in PowerDirector 365 (starting with the January 2026 release). In PowerDirector 2026 (non-subscription), imported 10-bit HDR videos are automatically downsampled to SDR with 8-bit color depth when added to the timeline.
**** H.265 10-bit 4:2:2 video decoding is supported only in PowerDirector 365 (starting with the March 2026 release). If the system GPU does not support hardware decoding, PowerDirector will use software decoding instead. In PowerDirector 2026 (non-subscription), H.265 10-bit 4:2:2 videos are still not supported.
1. Importing video with Dolby Digital audio is only supported on Windows 10/11(24H1 and before) with Windows inbox codec. CyberLink does not provide the codec for Dolby Digital audio in the product.
2. Windows 11 ARM platforms do not support exporting in WMV format.
