![]() When tagging groups of images, the program allows you to select them and, if the tag already exists, simply drag and drop the series of images on the Tags side panel. The better you organize your images when starting, and the program does offer a complete set of tools for that, as I’ve just demonstrated, the better your workflow will be. While many will go straight to the editing options of a photo editor, it makes sense to start here, at the Library, because that’s where people will start when they first open PhotoDirector 10. There is a trial version of the program to download if you are interested. In fact, it offers more than many other photo editors available today, something that users looking for a new option should consider. The Library module in PhotoDirector 10 is not a DAM as many require (or think they require), but the options available make it more than enough for the needs of most users, who can design their own system using the different options available. Great! Indexing is key to faster workflows Here, again, the usual problems with compatibility between programs may arise, but essentially, I found PhotoDirector 10 reads the info that is there. The program will read the data from any images added to its Library, and also allows users to create profiles to be used. The Metadata section shows all the EXIF data available for each image, and here the user discovers another gem: support for IPTC data, the standard from the International Press Telecommunications Council, used by agencies, newspapers and professional photographers to guarantee that images are distributed with essential data, from author and copyright to location, subject description and other information needed. It does not stop there, though, as the use of tags extends the options available for sorting images. The system is extremely flexible and complete. But as long as the EXIF data is recorded in the image, there are almost infinite ways to search for images: by camera or lens, shutter, aperture, ISO used, by date, and more. The Library also allows users to organize images using the now common tools: color, stars and flags. It does what the name suggests: allows you to see your images by date, and uses the metadata to automatically organize everything. Now added to the program is a new option, Calendar View, which is something many users seem to use and CyberLink decided to introduce in this version. The first gives you access to your different HDDs or SSDs and respective folders, the way you’ve them organized, and allows you to create Projects, Smart Collections, Albums, and Tags to organize images. In a world where keeping track of one’s images is an essential feature of any program, PhotoDirector 10 offers a module with two segments, Project and Metadata. ![]() Before I continue, though, let me share with you one more feature: the library module of Photo Director 10, which is an example of a tool that tackles in a serious way the need to classify your images. There is more about Photo Director 10, and this hands-on or review will, I hope, help you discover more about the software. For example, do you know that PhotoDirector 10 offers users things like tethered shooting, one-click Keystone correction, multiple-exposure shots from video, panoramas from 360 degrees images, AI Style plugins, 360˚ photo editing? Some are completely new, as they were introduced with this new version of the program. One example is CyberLink’s PhotoDirector 10, which has all the features mentioned above, but many others, some particular to this software. In fact, we tend to keep to the same names, over and over, and forget that the market has more options to choose from. ![]() Which software offers content-aware editing, dehaze, advanced layer editing? If you said Photoshop, Lightroom, ON1 Photo RAW, Affinity Photo or Luminar you’re probably right, but you left out many other names that also offer similar features. More than a decade since the first version was introduced, PhotoDirector 10 gains features as tethered shooting or complex layers in a package that can also solve your photo indexing problems.
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