Cyberlink Photo director 9

I am just curious, this software don't seem to be mentioned much anywhere. PC magazine picked it for photo editor of the year in 2017. I downloaded it and have been playing with it some. Does anyone use it or have tried it? Any opinions about it pro or con?

I have had the same thought.

My current desktop came with a blu-ray player but no s/w to run it so I ended up buying a Cybernet package that included an older version (6).

I just had a very quick look out of interest and on first impression it appears as a decent jack of all trades. The raw processor (adjustment) looks fairly standard (except the local adjustment seems quite impressive - very quick and fairly accurate compared to LR, my normal raw processor) but the "editor" appears to be just a list of options and I didn't see a traditional layer option.

Another good point (for me at least) is dual monitor support, sadly lacking in so many programs, which shows the edits in real time.

Literally a five minute look so I will be quite interested to see any comments from other users.

Seems very little to no interest. There are so darned many photo editors out there anymore it's sort of mind boggling. I have been using it for several hours, not that much I know, but I am liking it. I'm not saying It will be my one and only but I bought it while it was on sale for $49. I did miss a coupon, I could have saved another ten bucks. It was right there in front of me and I didn't see it, oh well, what the heck. It is still heavily discounted and that coupon may still be in effect. Well that makes about seven different programs I have, should keep me busy the rest of the winter. I'm not a pro photographer but I take pictures and I like them to be as good as I can make them.

Jere Landis said:

I am just curious, this software don't seem to be mentioned much anywhere. PC magazine picked it for photo editor of the year in 2017. I downloaded it and have been playing with it some. Does anyone use it or have tried it? Any opinions about it pro or con?

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I'm about 95% sure it was a version of Cyberlink Photo Director that I tried about four or five years ago--so what follows may be outdated. It struck me as pretty basic and of modest capabilities. If you were a newbie and wanted more than what came with your camera, it might have been a decent choice. For me it seemed crude and limited.

I'm not promoting it but I'm sure it has been vastly improved. Seems to me each editor has a thing or two that works a little easier or better than others.

I just tried it out of curiosity and im quite surprised. Thought it was going to be basic but it has a lot of tools and seems quite usable to me. even had lens corrections for some camera and lenses and also opened an uncompressed xt20 file....albiet slow.

Didnt really dig any deeper so cant comment on image quality and colors etc but reminded me of acdsee.

Jere Landis said:

I'm not promoting it but I'm sure it has been vastly improved. Seems to me each editor has a thing or two that works a little easier or better than others.

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Probably so. The only really distinct issue I can remember was that the curves too was crude. Otherwise, all I recall is an overall impression--I can't comment on specific capabilities, then or now.

You are right, I've never seen it mentioned here either in any detail.

And you can buy old versions for dirt cheap.

My hands are already full though with PSP, PS, GIMP, On1, ACDSee, DxO, and many others.

I'm in about the same shape as you, with PS, PSP, ACDsee, DPP, Silkypix Pro7, Affinity Photo, Cyberlink Photo Director 9, and Corel Aftershot Pro 3. I think about how silly all that is and then I wonder how many others out there are the same or nearly the same. Over a period of time and being curious about these things, a person can get into this shape. I wonder how many may speak up if they've done the same thing.

I wonder how many may speak up if they've done the same thing.

+1.....also on1Raw +......+....:-D

I use it (along with DXO, PaintShopPro and Capture One). I first got it with with Cyberlink Power Director (video editing) about ten years ago. I like it a lot. Good DAM. Excellent to delete objects. Quick. Good complement I think so.