5.1 and 7.1 surround sound are fully supported as well as resolutions up to 192kHz/32-bits. Other than that, AudioDirector is super easy-to-use, has some very nice effects of its own, offers very good noise reduction, has a spectral view, let’s you mix multiple files, and features a very competent layout system for creating CD’s. Using bracket HDR, you can combine them to expose details in shadows, darken overexposed areas while still maintaining detail, add the vibrancy of sunset to an early day shot, etc. Say you have shots of the same vista from throughout the day or with different lighting techniques. 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.

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