The footage does appear to look fine in PowerDirector, put the output option seem to be very limited.
Theres nothing in the preferences to let you change the output codec or anything.
You just click produce movie
then it takes you to a screen with the following options:
Create a file – Produce a DV-AVI, Windows-AVI, MPEG-1 or MPEG-2
Create a Streaming File – WMV or Realvideo for streaming on Net
Create a File (GZ-HD Series) – For putting back on my camera
Make a Disc – Make a dvd of footage
So I always choose Create a file
Which gives me the following options:
AVI
MPEG1
MPEG2
DIVX
Now since MPEG & DIVX don’t work in AE, I choose AVI
It gives two options in a section called Profile Type
DV-AVI or Windows AVI
If I choose Windows AVI, I get the following message:
Warning,..This profile does not support wide screen
So I end up choosing DV-AVI
Thats all the options that are given,..seems a bit crappy really.