Cyberlink PhotoDirector 7 Ultra

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.

This software was misrepresented in the Online reviews. It did not organize my photos in date order. Nor was it intuitive. Several settings were required to print a picture! I returned it to Amazon and had to eat the cost since Amazon does not credit opened software. I was not told this before I returned it, so at this point I am equally unhappy with Amazon.

very hard to use

This is an excellent photo editor. It isnt as dumbed down as Photoshop Elements and it has many of the features of Lightroom (its clear they patterned a lot of its capability after Lightroom). I couldnt find anything in PhotoDirector that was lacking. In fact, they make it easier to use some of the more advance features of Lightroom. For example, in Lightroom you can see the effects of the Masking tool under Sharpening by holding the ALT key while moving the slider. In PhotoDirector, you dont have to learn about the ALT key option from some other source - they have a button near these tools that allow you to see a preview (the ALT key works in PhotoDirector as well).

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

I purchased a photodirector from Amazon. It’s installed in my computer and everything worked fine. After 3 months, I decided to delete the photodirector. because had problem on computer. And I reinstalled(with product key) it, but every time I launched the program, a massage from dialog box coming out, saying, Cyber link photodirector was not activated because connection to the activation server could not be established. Check your internet connection and try again. You have xx day(s) left to use photodirector without online activation.

I am so angry. I just purchased 10 mins ago, I clicked on the MAC icon twice to get it to accept. It finally did and I paid for it. When I went to pay for it and download it on my computer, it gives me this long spill that it is for a windows computer not a mac. I am demanding my money back, This is false advertisement and you can not do that. I have already spoken with our corp attorney and he advises that you return the money. What you are doing is illegal. Shelia Hudgins [email protected]