PhotoDirector 9’s Layer module now supports blending modes, giving you some more creative choices for your composite images. It can also create ‘living’ photos from video clips, by freezing parts of the scene while retaining movement in others.Ĭyberlink gave a demo of the new features at our offices, and while you will probably need scenes to be shot with this living photo effect in mind, it did seem remarkably simple to do, using nothing more than a masking brush to identify areas with movement. PhotoDirector 9 brings the ability to create animated GIFs from video clips for sharing on social media and websites. More interestingly, CyberLink is embracing the latest developments in 360 imaging and new and interesting crossovers between stills and video. Its Adjustments panel offers a selection of Preset effects and the option of downloading more from the CyberLink website – these presets are created both by CyberLink and its creative community. We’ve given our subject whiter teeth, a narrower face and bigger eyes, though we’re not sure she needed anything of the sort.ĬyberLink wants anyone with a smartphone or a camera to be able to turn ordinary photos into works of art and it certainly offers lots of ways to experiment. If you’re using a Mac, like me, there’s no Deluxe option, only Ultra. This comes in two versions: Deluxe and a more powerful Ultra version. Clearly, there’s a pretty heavy bias towards video editing here, so stills photographers will be primarily interested in PhotoDirector 9. You can get these programs individually or collectively as part of Director Suite 6. It’s been making its ‘Director’ software for some time, and it consists of PhotoDirector 9, for stills and some crossover video work, PowerDirector 16 for video, ColorDirector 6 for colour grading video and AudioDirector 8 for (obviously) audio editing. It’s also a pretty powerful all-in-one photo cataloguing, enhancing and editing tool, so that alone makes it worth a proper look.ĬyberLink is a Taiwanese company with offices around the world. Photographic experimenters and artists are always looking out for new and exciting tools to expand their vision, and CyberLink PhotoDirector 9 does seem to offer some interesting and alternative approaches to photography, including 360 photo and video editing and crossover video and stills imaging.
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