![]() ![]() That being said, the only thing innovative about PhotoDirector is its price point. Essentially a competitor’s version of “Lightroom Elements”, consumers could easily grow into Lightroom later. Exported images are copies of the originals with the adjustment settings provided in the software.Ĭyberlink will be releasing PhotoDirector 2011 soon for a retail price of $99. Simply adding a Ken Burn’s style motion makes this section 10x more useful than Lightroom’s Slideshow module. The Slideshow section came as a surprise because while sparse in features, I have to say I like it better than Lightroom. You won’t see any Lens Corrections or Camera Calibration, but Cyberlink has made it clear they are targeting the consumer market. ![]() Panel options in the Adjustment section include White Balance, Tone & Sharpening. Anyone familiar with Lightroom will be able to dive into PhotoDirector as the tools work almost identically to how Adobe wrote them. Start to edit photos in the Adjustments section and the similarities to Lightroom continue right down to the Spot Removal Tool & Adjustment Brush. Marking photos is done with Pick & Reject Flags, Colors or Stars. You can view images as thumbnails, singles or do comparisons of two or more images. Photos are managed in the Library section which offers the same utilities as Lightroom’s Library module. The database design is the same edits & changes to images are written to PhotoDirector’s project file, not directly to the images stored on your computer hard drive. PhotoDirector imports image information into “projects” which are similar to catalogs in Lightroom. This may be fine for consumers, but professionals using Windows 7 will want full 64 bit capabilities. Also, I cannot speak for the final release, but the beta version I tested was 32 bit only. The product is Windows only, so Mac enthusiasts can keeping using iPhoto, Aperture or Lightroom. Many initial reviews have compared PhotoDirector to Lightroom, and you cannot deny the striking similarities bordering on an exact clone of Adobe’s software. I had the opportunity to take a look at the program, and compare it to existing programs, i.e., Adobe Lightroom 3 & Apple Aperture 3. Last month over 75,000 people participated in the beta program for Cyberlink’s new photo editing tool PhotoDirector 2011. ![]()
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