This version adds face tagging and a very cool feature called bracket HDR. It also creates music-enhanced slideshows with minimal effort. That said, PhotoDirector is chock-full of nice FX and tweaks (including a host of human beautification features, such as body slimming), and all types of metadata. I’m talking nearly 100,000 in my test batch, but the file handling features need more work. It doesn’t load images very quickly, and has shown a distinct tendency in this and previous hands-ons to choke on large groups of files. PhotoDirector is a very effective photo editor, but only for relatively small batches of files and editing. New internal features include motion blur on objects in PiP (Picture in Picture), faster rendering, plus more intelligent motion detection. But that’s better than most video editors, which have far too many. PowerDirector’s new theme designer makes it easy to add a professional look to your video productions.Ĭyberlink has cleaned the PowerDirector interface up a bit, but it remains basically the same-easy, but with a few too many tiny icons.

Powerdirector video editor review