CyberLink PhotoDirector

"PhotoDirector lets you manage huge photo libraries, enhance images and showcase your photography."



PhotoDirector 3 makes it easy to create spectacular photos from start to finish. From the moment your images are imported onto your PC, the complete software empowers you with all the tools you need to result in professional-looking images, Including photo management, photo adjustment and advanced editing features.

COMPLETE ADJUSTMENTS TOOLS

• Color Control & Correction
Achieve the exact look and feel you want with adjustment tools for white balance, exposure, color and tonal distribution. Add vibrancy, brightness, contrast, saturation or hue on a color-by-color basis for picture-perfect photos.

• Target Area Color-Tuning
Fine tune tonal distribution with curve-based tools that let you adjust overall image brightness and contrast to specific areas of your photo for even greater result.

• Histogram
Use the histogram to graphically view and identify areas that are overexposed or underexposed or to locate clipped areas of an image.

• Multiple Masks
When applying regional adjustments, you can use up to five masks to apply a range of different adjustments across the photo.

FINE-TUNE WITH REGIONAL ADJUSTMENT TOOLS

• Adjustment Selection
The Adjustment Selection tool intelligently highlights the area you want to mask and enhance parts of a photo. You can select up to 5 masks and apply the complete set of adjustments, such as white balance, colors, sharpness, and more.

• Adjustment Brush
With the smart edge-detection, the adjustment brush intelligently selects the areas you want to enhance. Apply the complete set of adjustments including White Balance, Vibrancy, Exposure, Sharpness, HSL and more.

• Gradient Mask
The only software that allows you to use the Gradient Mask tool to enhance the White Balance, HSL, Vibrancy, Sharpness and Noise Reduction of targeted areas of an image! You can use up to 5 masks to apply a range of different adjustments across the photo.

• HSL / Color – NEW
Now you can enhance the HSL/Color of selected areas of an image with the regional adjustment tools. Selectively increase the brightness and amount of color of specific areas without touching the rest of the photo.

Enhanced Professional Touches

• Download Free Presets
CyberLink’s DirectorZone community provides a dynamic platform for PhotoDirector users around the world to connect with each other. Share your custom editing presets on DirectorZone and download an unlimited number of presets from other PhotoDirector users.

• Vignette – NEW
PhotoDirector 3 lets you correct the vignette effect in your photos and also provides the option to add a vignette to an image.

• Apply Cool Styles – NEW
In PhotoDirector 3, you can apply stylistic effects such as black and white, sepia, tint or blur to create a unique looks for any photo.

• Adjustment Presets
An entire range of powerful yet easy-to-use editing presets are available for taking complex edits and turning them into fast, one-click fixes.

• Noise Reduction
For photos shot in low light or high action settings, the noise reduction tool can effectively remove individual spots or discoloration in a photo.

• Sharpness
Control the sharpness and the range of sharpness applied to the edges. Smart functionality integrated into the edge masking tools let you apply a mask over a selected area and target exactly which areas you want to sharpen and which areas you want untouched.

Quick Photo Corrections

• Keystone Correction – NEW
Keystoning results in distorted or warped perspectives of images. With PowerDirector 3, you can correct this distortion with adjustment sliders so the image is straightened and natural looking as it was intended to be.

• Fisheye Correction – NEW
Easily fix fisheye distortion—also called barrel distortion—usually caused by wide-angle lenses. Bowed-out images can straightened to result in normal-looking images.

• Crop and Align
Easily define areas to crop using helpful crop marks and accurately align photos to the left, right or center using the grid overlay to create the composition effect you want.

NEW EDITING TOOLS

• Eye Blinger – NEW
Unlike simple red-eye removal, Eye Blinger enhances whites of the eyes by removing color casts and brightening the eyes to look more vibrant and make them stand out.

• Wrinkle Removal – NEW
To create photos that show smoother, youthful looking skin, use the wrinkle removal feature to retouch imperfections and blemishes in specific areas of a photo by replacing them with samples from other areas .

• Skin Smoother – NEW
Smooth out skin and even out tones to give your portrait a professional look. Also includes Skin Smoother Eraser Brush to redo or undo brush strokes.

• Tooth Brush – NEW
The Tooth Brush makes it easy to whiten teeth by simply brushing over the yellow area. Select the Tooth Brush Eraser tool and you can fine-tune the areas where you applied the brush.

REMOVE, EXTRACT AND COMPOSE – NEW

• Object Removal – NEW
Precisely remove unwanted objects or people from images as if they never existed with powerful but easy-to-use editing tools.

• Background Removal – NEW
Instead of limiting yourself to editing the elements of one photo, easily extract subjects in a photo and transfer them as overlays onto another backgrounds.

• Photo Composer – NEW
Create interesting photo montages and collages by splicing images of objects or people together into one photo.

MANY WAYS TO PUBLISH AND SHARE YOUR MASTERPIECE

• Photo Slideshows
Choose from several effects, including fade, wipe left soft and motion for cool transitions between images. Add color boards and text to slides and choose your favorite tune as music for your slideshow. Choose from H.264 (M2TS and MPEG4) and WMV files and select the right profile for your video. and upload to YouTube directly.

• Share Directly to Social Communities
Share your favorite photos with friends and family by uploading them directly from PhotoDirector to Facebook or export them directly to Flickr.

• Print High Quality Photos
PhotoDirector 3’s new print module is packed with printing options and presets so you can customize your own print package and print multiple photos on one page in a wide range of different settings.

Once you’ve selected the image you want to print, choose from image settings to zoom or rotate the image to fit the print settings and hide or show grid lines when printing multiple images on a page.

• Export to Files
Export to different color spaces—including sRGB, Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB—based on your preference or the device you’re exporting to. Customize your exports using output resolution, file size, naming convention, file destination, metadata and more.