Cyberlink PhotoDirector 7 Ultra

I am a scrapbook mom. And this is amazing!...It tags the pics, sorts by name, date. Projects and more. Love it!

I was hoping for more suggestions for organizing my photos by category or person.

Kind of steep learning curve, but does virtually everything to replace Picasa and more

Now, this is somewhere between novice and intermediate skill-level. Even though I have been using this (and many other comparable) this program for years (and years), I can still put myself into a newbies shoes and see how intuitive and exciting this would be. I cannot even find areas that could be frustrating or a mystery. This software is extremely forgiving and very welcoming to all of all skill-levels. (And, it has so many playful options, that it is perfect for teens in encouraging creativity).

It would not do the simplest movements for pictures and files, basic information was not provided even though requested!!

This is a high-end photo editing program that consolidates many features offered by several other specialty photo editing programs that I use, yet I found the user interface intuitive and reasonably easy to master. It runs just fine on my Dell Inspiron 64 bit Windows 7 laptop computer, isnt too much of a resource hog and doesnt try to take over my computer. Like other high-end photo editing programs Cyber link Photo Director 7 Ultra gives me the tools to adjust color balance, contrast, brightness, sharpness and do retouching and face/body enhancements. Unlike several of my other photo editing programs, Cyber link Photo Director 7 Ultra will import my RAW photo files, giving me the power to edit their much richer content.

I originally got version 6 as a free download, then upgraded it to version 7 (paid upgrade). I am still learning the program.

Love it. Fun to use

Up to now, the only photo editing Ive done with with the simple crop, contrasts, brightness, and red eye effects with the Windows program that came with my computer. With a backlog of family photo CDs collected over the years, I wanted a program to help me organize and edit the best of them. So, I was pleased at the opportunity to try this program, even though I thought it might be overkill for what I wanted. It is.

I am ranking this 4 stars at this time because I only recently purchased this for my husband who is a photography hobbyist, taking many aerial photos with Go Pro attached to a Kite. So far he likes this software but needs to spend more time really using all the features--he hasnt really scratched the surface yet. The good news is he hasnt given up out of frustration so that tells me its pretty easy to use, and thats huge with software. I will do another review in 30 days. Right now I would have to say I recommend it.