How to Use Video Quick Actions in PowerDirector

Q: Can it clean up the sound as well as the picture?

Yes. Audio Denoise and Wind Removal sit in the same list as the picture fixes, with the same checkbox and slider, so a clip with hiss behind it or a windy outdoor recording gets sorted in the same pass. Use the playback controls with the sound on when you judge those two, since the Before and After panes can only show you the picture.

Q: How do I tell whether a fix actually helped?

Play it. The Before and After panes at the top of the window run the same moment of the clip side by side from one set of controls, so you are comparing like with like rather than remembering what it looked like a minute ago. Watch a few seconds of real motion, not a single frame, and untick anything that is not earning its place.

Q: What's the difference between Add to Timeline and Export?

Where the clip lands. Add to Timeline puts the fixed version straight into your project, ready to cut, trim and build on, which is what you want when this clip is one piece of a longer edit. Export writes it out as a file instead, which is the quicker route when the clip was only ever going to be a clip and the fix was the whole job.

Tick the fixes a clip needs, watch Before and After side by side, then send it to the timeline.

Updated Aug. 17, 2026 · 5 min read

In a hurry? Use the Video Quick Actions quick guide instead.

Most clips need the same small repairs before they are worth keeping: a bit more bite in the picture, less hiss on the audio, a steadier frame. PowerDirector's Video Quick Actions puts all of those in one window with a checkbox next to each, so you can fix a clip without opening a single separate tool.

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⚡ Quick Answer: How to Use Video Quick Actions in 2 Steps

Open Video Quick Actions on the clip you want to fix in PowerDirector, then tick what it needs under Adjustment and set each slider.
Play the clip to compare the Before and After panes, then click Add to Timeline to keep editing or Export to save it as a file.

Steps to Use Video Quick Actions

Step 1: Tick the Fixes Your Clip Actually Needs

Open Video Quick Actions from the GenAI menu at the top of the window. Everything this window can do sits in one list, so the first job is deciding what this clip needs rather than switching all of it on.

The GenAI menu open in PowerDirector, with Video Quick Actions highlighted at the top of the Video section. — GenAI, then Video.

Under Adjustment you get seven fixes, each with its own checkbox: Light Adjustment, Color Enhancement and Sharpness for the picture, Video Denoise for grainy footage, Audio Denoise and Wind Removal for the sound, and Video Stabilizer for anything shot handheld.

Video Quick Actions window with the Adjustment list highlighted, Sharpness ticked and its slider at maximum, and the Use Recommended button highlighted — Seven fixes, seven checkboxes. Only the ones you tick are applied.

Ticking a fix brings its slider and its value box to life, so you can set how hard it works. Our driving clip only has Sharpness ticked, pushed all the way up, because the picture had gone soft and nothing else was really wrong with it.

Would rather not judge that by eye? Use Recommended in the bottom left corner sets the fixes for you, and every row has its own Advanced link when one slider is not enough.

Take it a fix or two at a time. The panes at the top of the window will show you whether it helped before you commit to anything.

Step 2: Compare Before and After, Then Send the Clip On

This is the part that saves you from guessing. The two panes at the top play the same moment of the same clip: Before on the left as it came in, After on the right with your fixes on.

Video Quick Actions window with the Before and After preview panes highlighted, the playback controls highlighted, and the Add to Timeline and Export buttons highlighted — Before on the left, After on the right, one set of controls for both.

One set of playback controls sits under both of them, so they move together and the comparison stays honest.

Press play and watch a few real seconds rather than judging a frozen frame. The fixes that matter most in movement, stabilizing and denoising, barely show up in a still.

Once it looks right, the two buttons in the bottom right corner decide where the clip goes: Add to Timeline drops it into your project, and Export writes it out as a file of its own.

Not convinced? Nothing is committed. The list of fixes is still below.

The Result

Here is the driving clip after its Quick Actions pass. Same drive, same length, same sound, but the road markings, the curb and the tree line hold together instead of smearing as the car moves.

One window, one checkbox, one slider, and it happens before the clip reaches your timeline.

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FAQ About Video Quick Actions

1. Do I have to use every fix in the list?

No, and you probably shouldn't. Each of the seven fixes has its own checkbox, and the ones you leave unticked are left alone, with their sliders grayed out. Pick the one or two things that are genuinely wrong with the clip: our driving footage only needed Sharpness, so that is all that was switched on.

2. Can it clean up the sound as well as the picture?

Yes. Audio Denoise and Wind Removal sit in the same list as the picture fixes, with the same checkbox and slider, so a clip with hiss behind it or a windy outdoor recording gets sorted in the same pass. Use the playback controls with the sound on when you judge those two, since the Before and After panes can only show you the picture.

3. How do I tell whether a fix actually helped?

Play it. The Before and After panes at the top of the window run the same moment of the clip side by side from one set of controls, so you are comparing like with like rather than remembering what it looked like a minute ago. Watch a few seconds of real motion, not a single frame, and untick anything that is not earning its place.

4. What's the difference between Add to Timeline and Export?

Where the clip lands. Add to Timeline puts the fixed version straight into your project, ready to cut, trim and build on, which is what you want when this clip is one piece of a longer edit. Export writes it out as a file instead, which is the quicker route when the clip was only ever going to be a clip and the fix was the whole job.