CyberLink PhotoDirector 7 Deluxe is the easiest way to create amazing photos. Effortlessly manage, and touch-up your family photos with an array of powerful, yet intuitive features. Remove unwanted objects from your shots without damaging the rest of your image with Content-Aware Removal, capture perfect group photos that always show the best smiles with Face Swap, instantly apply hundreds of one-click presets and more. With PhotoDirector 7 Deluxe, you can create memories to cherish & share.
PhotoDirector 7 Deluxe is a unique photo editor that provides a streamlined photography workflow – efficient photo management, complete adjustment and creative editing tools, PhotoDirector 7 Deluxe lets you adjust your images in a non-destructive environment and provides all you need to turn your RAW images to works of art.
Photo Editing Redefined
- Magic Object Removal with the Content-Aware Removal tool– Remove unwanted objects from your pictures without damaging the rest of the image with intelligent object removal.
- Smile Every Time with Face Swap– Merge multiple group photos and intelligently identify & replace faces with closed eyes.
- Always Beautiful people with People Beautification Tools– With the Skin Tone feature NEW, you can instantly give yourself a perfect tanned look in just seconds.
- Creative Photo Composition with Photo Composter– Easily take objects from images and add them as overlays onto other photos. Includes intelligent tools to easily select the objects or people you want to extract.
- Apply Instant Effects with One-Click Presets & Bracket HDR– Merge up to 5 shots into one dramatic HDR photo, or instantly apply one-click presets for quick, creative image adjustments.
- Find Photos Fast with Face Tagging & Filters– Organizing photos in your library is almost effortless with automatic face tagging. Make searching for the photos you need faster with powerful filters that let you narrow down search results.
- Share & Showcase on Social Media, Print, and now by E-Mail– Share your favorite photos by email or uploading them directly Facebook or Flickr. Export your photos, and use the print module to quickly print them using a wide range of printing sizes.
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Reviews for CyberLink PhotoDirector 7 Deluxe
When you talk about photo editing, some of the top applications that will come to mind are Photoshop and Lightroom. However, given the rather professional and skillful approach that the two applications require, there is always room for other editing programs to find a share in the photo editing market. Rightfully so, there is CyberLink PhotoDirector 6 Deluxe that claimed to offer exactly that. I tried out the software to see how effective and easy it is to use it.
The First Impression
In terms of size, CyberLink PhotoDirector 6 Deluxe is a bit of tone down when compared to Photoshop. However, downloading the 246 MB program and installing it will take you anywhere between 10-20 minutes. The interface is well laid out hence does not present a clustered arrangement. The main editing options run at the top bar of the program as their respective sub-options show on the left side of the interface.
Pros
Load of Edition Options
A quick overview of the main options like the Library, Adjustment, Edit, Slideshow and Print revealed a whole bunch of other sub-options. Apart from being easy to understand what each of the options would do, they only require single clicks or simple sliding to the right or left.
Useful View Modes
While using CyberLink PhotoDirector 6 Deluxe to edit photos, I found its four view modes to be really helpful. The View Modes are: Viewer & Browser Mode, Viewer only, Browser only and Fullscreen. Of the four, I mainly toggled between Full screen and Viewer & Browser Mode to check out my modifications.
The Feature Packed Edit Option
Although the other editing options in CyberLink PhotoDirector 6 Deluxe still have a good number of sub-options, it was the Edit option that was the winner for me. Just but to mention a few, the sub-options further fall under People Beautifier, Photo Effects, Object Removal, Extract or Compose, Photo Merge and Watermarks. However, it was the Face Swap option under Photo Merge that impressed me the most. I was able to merge two photos to get the best smiles on the subject’s faces.
Cons
Heavy on Computer Resources
I was using CyberLink PhotoDirector 6 Deluxe alongside Photoshop and Illustrator and I found it to be a little bit laggy. At the same time, its memory usage was among the top. As such, if you have a personal computer with limited RAM, expect the program to slow you down.
Problematic Share Button
It was thoughtful of CyberLink PhotoDirector 6 Deluxe’s developer to include the Share button. However, the option did not work for me. Every time I tried choosing between Facebook and Flickr, I got the Check your internet connection error.
Verdict
CyberLink PhotoDirector 6 Deluxe offers an alternative to the already industry leaders in photo editing. Its collection of one-click editing options may be the main for you to choose it. As such, you will not be disappointed if you choose to download it.
CyberLink PhotoDirector is a high quality image editor which can be used by a complete amateur with ease. I installed it mainly because I need its intelligent object removal feature. I tested that out on half a dozen images today, and the results were excellent. The unwanted objects were removed cleanly without detectable traces, and with never more than two passes needed. The cleverly designed area selection tool is easy to control, allowing the whole process to be fairly quick and painless. (Of course context-aware removal is just one of the many features available, but I don’t have time to test the others today.) The clean and clear UI, the 140-page user guide and the instructional videos on YouTube also made a strongly positive impression on me. Many thanks to CyberLink and SharewareOnSale for this great giveaway.
In a field that has been dominated by Adobe Lightroom, Cyberlink PhotoDirector offers direct competition with the inclusion of impressive digital photography editing tools and an intuitive user interface. For those familiar with Adobe Lightroom, it is easier to tell that Cyberlink PhotoDirector is indeed aping what the former offers and only adding a few tweaks to bring a feel of uniqueness. Nevertheless, it is still an inexpensive alternative that’ll come in quite handy.
Pros
A minimalist user interface
For a software that’s already heavy, you don’t want to add a clustered user interface with graphics that will increase its size or make it slower. The manufacturers behind this product made sure to consider this option by creating a simple but very effective interface. The editing and settings options are clearly laid out and can be used with ease.
Wide range of photo editing tools
Cyberlink offers more than just minor adjustments on the photos. There is an edit and adjustment tab, both offering the same thing but at different levels. In the adjustment option, you can combine images, edit faces with the beautification tools, create panoramas, and edit and remove objects in the background, among many other things. The editing options acts adds a small variety of effects, adds watermarks, and merges HDR exposures.
Photo Stacking
Cyberlink PhotoDirector allows for stacking of photos of the same subject together and you can create a timestamp for each. You can also create a stack manually by clicking on the bottom section of photos and then choose a manual stack. Both manual and automatic stacks will appear in the library in the same way.
Corrects lens profile
This software provides a really useful option to correct issues that have been introduced by the lens that was used to shoot the photo. Although this option is useful, the lens database isn’t that populated and you may not find your camera lens. You are also required to use original camera files for this to work properly.
Cons
Takes long to load photos
I find Cyberlink PhotoDirector slow in loading photos to the editor. Although speeds vary with the size of the photo, it is generally slower than lightroom.
Doesn’t support plugins
Plugins serve to increase the functionality of software and PhotoDirector could have benefited a lot from their inclusion.
Less powerful editing tools
Although Cyberlink PhotoDirector allows for a wide range of editing options, it is not as powerful as a photo editor should be. There are many actions that can be done better with a regular editor.
Conclusion
Although the PhotoDirector offers improved editing tools than its previous version, they don’t perform as expected. It is not the best digital photography tool but an inexpensive option to Adobe Lightroom. It is worth downloading.
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