Cyberlink PhotoDirector 7 Ultra

Not very impressed with this program. Worth the money to just buy photoshop or use an online editing program. This program freezes on me all the time and is not very user friendly.

When choosing between this and Photoshop & Lightroom it was real close, but ultimately not having to pay a subscription fee pushed me over to Cyberlink PhotoDirector. It has many of the same feat as Adobe, and Ive found it fairly intuitive. Plus paying less than $50 for it made it a steal.

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

A bit more complicated than I was hoping but I havent given it my full attention yet. Ask me in a month or so.

I have played with many photo editing software programs over the years. This one is fairly straight forward and fairly easy to use. I had to hunt and peck for awhile as I was new to its layout. But, overall after you see the breakdown, etc. it is not too hard to navigate. It does have some powerful abilities, but in my opinion not as powerful as photoshop. Although, it does allow layers to be built and merged which is similar to photoshop. I did not see a quick way to control each layers transparency etc. as I am accustomed to in Photoshop. I originally opened the program with a photo to edit and simply wanted to flip it horizontally. I looked for a long time and only found a way to rotate it. Which is not the same at all. While continuing to feel my way around in the program, I ended up importing another pic and then discovered that via layers, you could flip the pic. It will take a bit more exploring and learning the programs abilities to get the entire ease of its use - but overall it does seem to be a strong and solid editing program for its price range.

this program can do so much and I still have a lot to learn

The technical support is among the worse Ive ever experienced. My question was this: the software was not recognizing my camera for importing files, although Windows recognized that the camera was connected. There was an alternate way to import photos, but they would have to be imported one at a time, rather than all the photos on the camera at once. I emailed support (through their web interface) and received a canned answer that clearly didnt address my problem. I replied to them, and they ignored my reply.

This is my initial take on this edition of Cyber Link Photo Director 7 Ultra, to satisfy the needs required by Amazon Vine.

In today’s world, it’s almost silly to not have some type of program that allows you to alters the pictures you take. How often have you taken a picture, just to later upload it and discover a flaw that otherwise would have been a perfect picture? With CYBER LINK PHOTO DIRECTOR 7 ULTRA you have the power at the tip of your fingers to enhance or alter your pictures.

The PhotoDirector 7 Ultra offers many features that I have found very useful in curating various photo heavy accounts. The ability to cut and color correct, as well as prosaic stuff like adding watermarks simply and easily are great features. And there are so many features in this program, I could spend many more months discovering them. Unfortunately, Ill have to do just that: discover through trial and error, because the documentation for this program is confusing and sparse. I also find the interface to be counter-intuitive and often frustrating.