6/24/2023 0 Comments Photodirector deluxe review![]() ![]() ![]() The background erase tool in PD is awesome, but it's not reading the tags in each RAW file I import, and that's a major, major flaw if I can't find how to do it, as I am not going to retag 45,000 photos! The tools in PhotoDirector are more comprehensive and one of the reasons I dislike Lightroom is that there is no PNG support. I can tell you though that Lightroom 4.3 is frustratingly slow on my machine, but it's library module is twice as slick and feature full as PhotoDirectors. That all takes a LOT more than the crappy 30 day trials everyone gives. One of the problems of course is to put a piece of software like Photodirector, or Lightroom, os Zoner through it's paces properly, you need to learn it in depth, compare the results and make a balanced decision. Ask yourself some questions during the process: does the software allow me to rename my images during import, is the software flexible in adding metadata, how are tags stored in the catalog and database, what search options are available, what standards are followed for storing data, how well does the program allow you cull images (light table, multi-image compare, multi-image zoom)?, etc. Download and install 4-5 DAM applications and then take each package through a sample workflow with those 100 images. The best advice - take 100 images with your camera and keep them on the memory card. Its a step in the right direction and urges the competition to keep on their toes - all good things for consumer. I find Phd does some of these items well while falling short in many of these same areas. Personally, I want my DAM application to really shine at data tagging, searching, scripting, sharing images and working with users to tailor specific items to their workflow. Certainly a single program that can "do it all" would be wonderful - but at the moment - it just doesn't exist. Editing capabilities is a nice plus - but there are programs that are dedicated to that as well and do a very nice job of it. It is a personal choice, so what is best for one might not be best for another.ĭon't forget to look beyond the photo editing tools however - that really isn't the primary reason most folks use a DAM application.Ī DAM application is used to Data Management - ie: importing, tagging, and finding your images when you need them, quickly and efficiently. ![]() In this, & its GUI, PhotoDirector is up there with the best of them. They each allow albums or collections to be created, but it's in the finer filtering adjustments that you find the differences. In this way, it has similarities with others you've mentioned. Of course, there are unbiased reviews & others with "strings attached".Įssentially, PhotoDirector is photo workflow software for cataloguing & editing. It's part of CyberLink's forum policy NOT to run comparisons with competing products, but you'll find plenty of reviews that do just that. For my purposes, PhotoDirector meets about 95% of my needs so it has become my "go to" tool. As you'd know, some can do what other cannot. I've used quite a few of the other photo editing programs to which you've referred, & still do. I know there are trials for these programs but I really don't have the time to do 5 trials and would like to narrow my search a bit. I'm a little perplexed at which product is the best.just when I thought I had a list of programs to try out, (Zoner Photostudio 14 Pro version, Photoshop Elements or Lightroom) I see Photodirector 3 is now available. I have the home version of Zoner Photostudio 14 which is MUCH faster and easier to work with than Paintshop but doesn't have as many features. I'm currently using the 30 day trial of Paintshop Pro X4 and I find it to be capable but also the interface is not very friendly and it is also pretty clunky and slow. Brightening, adjusting colors, cropping, resizing, touching up and removing items, adding borders etc, are all things I need to do to the photos before putting them in my movies. I enjoy making movies with PowerDirector that feature photos and videos and often need to edit the photos I work with. I'm a casual photographer with an interest in preserving family photos and taking pictures of my growing children. I'm currently using Picasa to manage and edit my photos.
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