Review by Nancy Famolari

Photo Director 4 is a good product for people starting to use photo editing software. It’s easy to use. Handling multiple photos and organizing them is easy. Plus, there are many special effects that make photo editing fun.

However, the program is not much better than many others on the market for less money. The program handles only JPEG, TIFF and RAW formats. While these are the ones most frequently used by amateur photographers, it isn’t satisfactory for a professional, or semi-professional who also uses GIF and BMP. While not a major disadvantage, it is a limitation.

The program has several presets for enhancement of photos and more are available on-line. However, I found that they are usually too extreme for my photos, so I don’t use them. Still, it’s a major advantage to get additional enhancements on line.

This program is good for people just starting to use photo editing software but to be honest, there are cheaper alternatives available, some of them free. I use both Photo Director 4 and Power Director 11. The slideshow alternatives on Power Director are truly astonishing. I would like to see something like that on Photo Director. It would be a much more interesting product.