Comparison of PhotoDirector 3 with a competitor

OldRadioGuy

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Apr 01, 2012 19:36

In my latest blog entry I report on the results of a comparison test of PhotoDirector 3 and a competing product.

http://alongwayfromcallahancounty.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/compare-corel-aftershot-pro-and-cyberlink-photodirector-3/

With its better tools and more logical design, PhD3 was the winner and recommended product for average amateur photographers and amateur photography enthusiasts.

A couple of things I hope the CyberLine engineers will consider revising:

1. The Magnifier. It's not very useful in its present form. Too small and too far away from the image for the user to visualize in context. A floating window that could be moved next to the image area being viewed would be better.

2. PhD3 needs Stacking. If you create 5 virtual images for HDR, for example, they take up a lot of space. Would be better to be able to fold them in a stack and then unfold when needed.

Bob PhotoDirector 5; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit; 3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-3770; 16 GB RAM; AMD Radeon HD 7770; Olympus E-M1 & E-M5

DaPest

Newbie Joined: May 12, 2012 14:52 Messages: 9 Offline

May 12, 2012 14:55

Interesting review Bob.. but I think you are missing so many functions that ASP has and gets right versus phD... renaming an image for instance.. and XMP block support.

peleus

Member Joined: May 10, 2012 11:53 Messages: 58 Offline

May 14, 2012 08:52

Hi Dapest. These features I think is rarely used by average users. It could be implemented soon though but for now, everything is working as it should be.

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DaPest

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May 14, 2012 18:20

Peleus.. do you truly believe renaming an image from a DAM program is a function that the average person doesn't use? Its an image management program.... how do you propose keeping the catalog and images in the OS in sync then? Or is this program really just an imageviewer with some post processing function thrown in? To me, I'll use Irfranview to view images and Photoshop to edit them... I want a DAM program to manage the images.