The upgrade cost to PD14 Ultra was around $70 I believe. Bummed to find out it's not a better version. I was already sold on the laptop and thought that PD12 was icing on the cake. The PD12 DE actually came with the HP Envy laptop I purchased. In the meantime, there is, as Barry suggested, Levelator, which will sort out your audio levels for now. It's always the far better option to go with the "full" version(Deluxe up to Ultimte) in Power Director, right up to PD14, that way you're not missing out on features which may prove vital for what you're trying to achieve, like normalising audio levels for a start. These DE or OEM versions can really restrict you in what you want to do when editing video. These low-end versions are otherwise referred to as, or are similar to OEM versions and, as pointed out elsewhere, lack several of the features normally found in the "full" versions normally bought as Power Director packages in their own right(Delux through to Ultimate). It is more than likely you got this version bundled in with an analogue-to-digital capture device(advertised with blurb: " Turn your old VHS tapes into DVDs!"). I am able to produce audio in my PD12 version, so I assume I'm good to go.īarry The Crab has clearly sorted things out for you! The problem with "Normalise" being greyed out and also not being available upon right-clicking on the audio track lay in the fact that you were using a DE version of PD12, the very bottom end of the range in each version. NOTE: This was educational for me, I did not know Normalize could work across multiple tracks simultaneously. I did just that with a 4 camera shoot in a very large room and the results were excellent. You can also run the new audio file through Levelator again if you think another round would yield better results. If you CAN extract the audio as a new distinct file, you can then run that audio file in Levelator, there are no settings or controls in Levelator, it just does one thing very well, it lowers loud sounds and raises meek sounds, and you end up with a new audio file with smoother more consistent audio levels throughout. If your version cannot extract audio, stop reading this. Right click the file in the library and if possible extract the audio. Start a new project (in PD) bring your new completed video file into the library of your new project. Produce your video to a file, you may consider muting any added music. A key here is if your version of PD can extract audio from video. On my site is a link to Levelator, a free program that will take "erratic" audio levels and equalize them to similar volumes. If you are unwilling or unable to upgrade to a higher version of PD, I think I may have a solution, workaround actually.
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