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CyberLink PowerDirector
on-screen area of most TV displays.
Grid lines: select the number of lines you want to display in a grid over the
video image in the preview window. Use this grid to more precisely place the
PiP media and title text where you want on the video image.
Dual preview*: if you have a secondary display device, such as a monitor, TV,
or DV camcorder connected to your computer, you can select it from this
drop-down to extend your workspace and preview your project on a
secondary display. See Dual Preview for more detailed information.
3D* display configuration: from the drop-down select your default 3D display
device. See 3D Configuration for more detailed information.
Note: * optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version
table on our web site for detailed versioning information.
Hardware Acceleration
Preferences
In the Preferences window, select the Hardware Acceleration tab. The available
options are as follows:
Hardware acceleration:
Note: ensure you download and install the latest drivers, and any related
hardware acceleration software, for your computer's graphics card to
enable this feature in CyberLink PowerDirector.
Enable OpenCL technology to speed up video effect preview/render: if your
computer supports GPU hardware acceleration, select this option to speed up
the rendering of some video effects by tapping into the multi-core parallel
processing power of your computer.
Note: to activate hardware acceleration technology during production,
select Hardware video encoder in the production preferences section of
the produce window before production. If your computer does not support
Open CL, the wording on the UI will be replaced with the supported
hardware acceleration technology (Intel Effect Acceleration, NVIDIA CUDA,
or AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing).
Enable hardware decoding: if your computer supports NVIDIA CUDA/AMD
Accelerated Parallel Processing/Intel Core Processor Family technology, select