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Photo editing software with AI. * * * Seller [CyberLink](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cyberlink) Discussions [PhotoDirector Community](https://www.g2.com/products/photodirector/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Umar Butt (Student at University ) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/photodirector/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Adobe Photoshop](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adobe Photoshop") Adobe Photoshop 4.6/5(13,405) ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-photoshop/reviews) [ ![Adobe Photoshop Lightroom](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom") Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.6/5(3,298) ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-photoshop-lightroom/reviews) [ ![GIMP](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GIMP") GIMP 4.3/5(1,485) ](https://www.g2.com/products/gimp/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/photodirector/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 51 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Music](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Music") UM Verified User in Music Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/28/2018 "Simply amazing, professional, fun and friendly editing software" 5/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? You can easily create slideshows and videos within this program with the possibility of adding music and fade effects. These slideshows can be shared to YouTube directly from within PhotoDirector. You can also share your photos directly to Facebook and Flickr as well as emailing a photo from within the program. This software helps you store your photos online by letting you upload your photos to the CyberLink Cloud for free. You can import photos from a camera, the CyberLink Cloud or from your computer. Unique to PhotoDirector is the ability to post directly to DirectorZone, a social sharing site for users of CyberLink's Director software series. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? You cannot organize your photos by calendar date.but i'm sure that's something which will be added soon as a feature in one of the upcoming updates. sure can be a lot worse than just that with other tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? One of CyberLink PhotoDirector 10's highlights is the new AI Style Transfer tool. This isn't just a set of filters - it uses deep learning to recreate the style of a particular drawing or painting, and apply it to your photo using the same techniques as an actual artist. Each effect is also customizable; you can choose whether to use the photo’s original colors or use those from the style template, adjust the strength, and even apply them selectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite PZ Patricia Z. Web Designer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/31/2018 " The best organizer and photo editor" 4/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? This photo manager gives you plenty of organizing options and is easy to use and has face recognition software to help you organize your photos faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? You cannot password-protect your files and albums using this software and you cannot organize your photos by calendar date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhotoDirector: If you are looking for a complete quality software that allows you not only to organize photos and videos but also allows you to edit them with a large number of tools, PhotoEditor is the software you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? This program not only allows you to filter thousands of photos and easily find the one you need, but also allows you to correct and transform your photos with its extensive editing tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/11/2019 "Learning curve" 3/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? It took some time to get used to this program but once I did, there were lots of great features to utilize. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? It was tough understanding all of the features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhotoDirector: More instruction on use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? Photo editing for business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Josh H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Josh H.") JH Josh H. Pro Services Sales Specialist Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/28/2018 "PhotoDirector 9 Is Quick, Fun, Affordable" 4.5/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? I purchased Director Suite 6 and PhotoDirector 9 came bundled with the Suite. I wasn't sure how I would like this program, seeing that I had no idea what it was at the time. I was also under the impression that it had a limited tool set compared to other photo editing programs. I was wrong and I am glad I was wrong. There are so many cool things you can do with your photos in PhotoDirector 9. I love the Color Splash effects, the HDR Photo Merge effects, and my personal favorite - the Panorama effect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? There is a slight learning curve, but with the awesome help guide, I was able to figure out solutions for some of issues I was having. I will say that running PhotoDirector 9 on a laptop with a small screen can be a pain. At least it is for me, mainly because of all of the docker panels. You aren't able to collapse them like you can in other photo editing software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhotoDirector: I wanted to leave this for the end of the review. PhotoDirector is available in 3 desktop versions. You can buy it as a single application or get it bundled with CyberLink Media Suite and the Director Suite. Whichever version you buy, you can sign up for their member site for free, which is called Director Zone. This is a free site where CyberLink product users share templates, presets, dvd menus, and more. It is definitely worth checking out. A word of caution though, all of the files that you download from Director Zone can only be used with certain Cyberlink products. They will not work with non-Cyberlink software. I strongly suggest checking it out if you buy PhotoDirector. Cyberlink will also send you an email about it as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? With my job, I often take photos of job sites, product damages, finished projects, etc. Using PhotoDirector to edit these photos is a huge help. Making a Panorama in HDR is very helpful for my customers to see what certain finished projects will look like in different lighting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Francisco V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Francisco V.") FV Francisco V. Director fundador Music Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/28/2018 "Basic with some good features." 4/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? Affordable and quite powerful The versions of PhotoDirector that I have had occasion to use so far have seemed interesting tools for users of basic and intermediate level.  One of its most outstanding features is the possibility of working only on an isolated area of ​​a photograph, so that the filters and any other effect have no impact on the other areas of the snapshot. On the other hand, the histogram is of great help to correct with enough precision the overexposed or underexposed areas, and I also find interesting the filter of noise reduction, with which it is possible to eliminate in a very simple and automatic way the artifacts that cause the use of a high ISO value or an exposure in an environment with very little light. In tools like this, intended for non-professional users, the presence of filters that facilitate the correction of imperfections in a very simple way is appreciated. PhotoDirector has several options that allow you to adjust contours, soften the skin, unify tones, eliminate wrinkles, etc. And, as far as pure and tough photographic management is concerned, it does not look bad either. It allows to apply adjustments to several photos in block during its importation, to tag them using the facial recognition algorithm or to edit the IPTC metadata in a very flexible way, among other options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? I think that is pretty decent for a basic photo editor. But i would like some improvements for the photo editing options and an interface better organized. Also i had troubles exporting images in some specific formats. It tends to get stuck sometimes and is annoying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhotoDirector: I recommend it to beginners. It has some cool features, is easy to get familiarized, and once you handled it you can have fun creating your own images. It helped me to get familiarized with the photo editing tools. It give you a good quality result, but profesionally speaking i would prefer Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? It has a real cool options and is simple to use. It allowed me to made a lot a awesome images either for the artwork and the covers of my music projects or for fun and sharing my edit images on the social media. Also, i used it several times on a Photography companie that i am working. But i would say that i prefer Adobe´s products in quality of results speaking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/12/2018 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite GB Gregory B. Graphic Designer Printing Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/4/2018 "Powerful photo editing software with a wide assortment of advanced editing tools." 4.5/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? Brilliant editing tools. PhotoDirector has a lot of basic and advanced editing tools to help you edit and enhance your images and also enable you to make changes to photos without harming your original copies. PhotoDirector also supports automatic adjustment tools that change the color and contrast of a photo so you can apply several basic edits to your photos easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? PhotoDirector is not compatible with as many image file types as its competitors. It only supports a few file formats including JPG and PNG. This poor compatibility may limit the kinds of projects you can create and what you can import into the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? PhotoDirector 9 is an all-in-one photo editing software that that helps me to make stunning raw conversions and process image files. The program is efficient to use and pretty fast for most of my daily tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Zulymar G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Zulymar G.") ZG Zulymar G. Coordinadora de Página Web Publishing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/2/2018 " PhotoDirector to give the optimal image to your business" 5/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? The facility provided by photodirector to edit, retouch and present any collection of photos for a business makes clear the opportunities to realize the true image that identifies the product that is going to be offered Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? Tends to be quite slow and heavy, as well as some photographic adjustments that despite being useful tend to become something elementary. On the other hand, it accepts few output formats supported by it, the export of the images may not be useful for some. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhotoDirector: In the world of software is a type of programs that easily edit photos, allows the editing of photos and videos with basic skills. Despite the friendliness of the application, it is usually one step beyond what the rest of the applications for photo retouching offer. Among the most functional touch-ups of the application is the leveling of saturation, colors, basic parameters and sizes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? Importing images from any camera provides commercial benefits that give good viewing quality. Additionally, it resolves the export to websites such as Flickr, which is beneficial because it alijera the load in the promotion and advertising. Content is generated on the site and image processing is light by the treatment of photodirector, cyberlink. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RY Richard Y. Freelance Graphic Designer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/23/2018 "Friendly and exciting tool for photographic experimenters" 4/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? PhotoDirector is pretty fast and efficient to use. It impresses with its clear, user-friendly interface and super quick operation and offers many advanced features include face tagging and content-aware object removal. You can also easily export your works as PhotoDirector offers easy-to-use features for sharing directly to Facebook and Flickr. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? The developer, Cyberlink, currently offers their own cloud service, which means if you use a different storage provider, you are not able to automatically sync files to your cloud account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhotoDirector: PhotoDirector is a fine, budget-friendly option that includes all the basics for those who need advanced photo editing software. It also offers a lot of unique tools allowing you to create professional effects at any skill level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? PhotoDirector fits the needs of most graphic designers at a range of expertise levels. It even includes some special tools that not all competitors include. It is a powerful photo manager that provides a simple way to manage and store your photos, while also making it easy to edit and share them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Stephanie G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Stephanie G.") SG Stephanie G. Co-Owner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/26/2017 "one of the best photo editors" 3.5/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? I absolutely love how easy and simple it is to edit photos on this app. Also, there are options to create a collage as well! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? For the collage option, we can only use up to 6 photos. I would like to use more than 6 photos to create larger compilations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhotoDirector: Definitely use this if you're looking to spend less than a minute to edit photos. Some platforms require you to go through different steps just to crop, remove background, or even clone part of am image. This is simple to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? I post frequently on social media and this app serves as an awesome quick edit tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Edo M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Edo M.") EM Edo M. Owner Building Materials Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/15/2017 "Photo part of Cyberlink media solution package" 4/5 What do you like best about PhotoDirector? This is a part of whole media package of CYBERLINK. For that reasons have same high quality on line support. Photo editing options are not so rich as in some other photo editor but it have some interesting editing features. Photo management is on very good level. As a part of whole package this software is a good addition. Also, there is an app for smartphones to complete whole package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhotoDirector? More photo editing options would be nice. User interface is made minimalistic so many options are not visible on first sight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhotoDirector: Interesting software for photo-management and partial photo editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhotoDirector solving and how is that benefiting you? This software have some interesting options that we use in photo editing. Also, photo management is more than good enough for companies that are not so much in photo business, as ourselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about PhotoDirector? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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