Subscribing to PowerDirector 365
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Curt Piper
I was considering upscaling some of my videos from 720p (and lower) to at least 1080p. PD365 advertised that feature so I thought I'd move to a subscription license that you offer over the "perpetual license" that I already have for a number of your products. So, I just plunked down the first year's fee, downloaded and installed the product, uploaded my 9 minute "test vid," and DISCOVERED THAT I WOULD NEED
CREDITS
for the upscaling process. Well, Cyberlink gave me 100, which might sound fair to some, but I consider it a cheat. Nowhere was this promoted; there was no small print, or caveat, or notice that anything would be required other than the provided software. Oh, and the 100 credits provided? That's 100 seconds (1 minute, 40 seconds) of upscaling. I just wanted to see how well the enhancement would work, but my shortest video is 9 minutes long. Those credits are a joke, and I'm not laughing. You also don't seem to sell credits on your website, probably because you don't want customers to be aware that you're charging more than the subscription rates for built-in features of the software. I've already uploaded a complaint to your Facebook page, as well as warned people away from this mistake that I discovered.
It's been a long time since I've gotten so royally screwed with my pants on.
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Kevin Caley
I totally agree, I will never subscribe for PowerDirector.
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Stephen Murray
Agreed. I fell for it too. The only reason I bought 365, was because of terrible distortion in 16 when converting 6x4 from my wife’s phone pictures, to 16x9. I hoped I could use enhancement on some very old, precious videos, but the extra cost of “credits” is just silly.
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QC 2.0
Understood nobody like credits, but that's how cloud AI feature works nowadays.
The credits policy is here, they at least did not hide the info in some deep caves:
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Stephen Murray
QC 2.0Thanks, that kills Cyber link for me. Having another look at Davinci.
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Mary Jolens
This why many long term customers left. Lying, manipulation, crappy performance. Bad UI. So many changes, so less satisfaction. It is too much. Many have already gone to Davinci Resolve. Cyberlink has killed their software and their client loyalty.
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Koen Wagenaar
Mary Jolens
I think this is “Cyberlink killed their software and their customers' loyalty.” very negative though.