To install PhotoDirector 365, visit the landing page and click the “Free Download” button to download the software’s “exe.” file. Afterward, open the downloaded file to access the unique “Cyberlink PhotoDirector Downloader.”

Here, you’ll need to select your preferred file storage location. Once you’ve done that, start the download (the PhotoDirector file size was rated at 400.79 MB during our in-depth review).

Immediately after this process is complete, a “Welcome to the PhotoDirector Installation” screen pops up. Click the “Next” icon and accept the software’s T&Cs. Once you do so, PhotoDirector installation begins.

Upon completion, click on “Launch PhotoDirector.” To open the software properly, click the “Accept and Continue” button. You can launch PhotoDirector 365 for free or enter a Premium plan. Going the “free” route will give you access to premium PhotoDirector 365 functionalities for 30 days. Once this timeline elapses, you must enter a Premium subscription to keep enjoying these add-ons.

If you’d like to utilize PhotoDirector 365 for free before taking the plunge, click the associated icon. Afterward, a Welcome Screen appears. Here, choose one of the following options — organize and adjust, edit, or view tutorials. However, to get into the photo editing action, hit the “edit” button.

Before we delve into this segment fully, it’s important to note that PhotoDirector 365 has many functionalities. PhotoDirector 365 regularly updates the application with add-ons like stickers, music, effects, and more to ensure comprehensiveness.

During our review, these are the features that stood out for us the most:

Fix and Enhance

Although perfection might seem unattainable in today’s world, PhotoDirector 365 begs to differ with these add-ons:

• AI Object Removal: Remove unwanted objects and persons from images without leaving any traces whatsoever.
• Background Removal: Change or tweak your backgrounds while retaining objects and people. You can save these images as custom-made stickers and transparent PNGs.
• AI Denoise: Powerful AI technology will assist you in removing grains from photos while retaining essential details.
• AI Image Enlarger: Use AI algorithms to zoom in on images without experiencing a quality drop. You can also explore magnified photos’ intricacies you never knew existed.
• AI Deblur: Remove photo blurs and restore fine details with state-of-the-art AI leading the charge. This feature also facilitates the elimination of motion and long-distance defocus.
• Dehaze & Defringe: Achieve sharp photos regardless of the haze, fog, or edge halos featured in your images.

Graphic Design With Layer Editing

Use image manipulation to create stellar logos, artworks, and graphics with these tools taking center stage:

• Text: Add texts in diverse styles, fonts, and effects to your images.
• Object Selection: Automatically identify and choose objects and individuals within images.
• Layer Masks: This non-destructive compositing tool hides layer portions and highlights layer portions below.
• Adjustment Layer: Introduce color and tonal adjustments to images without tweaking pixels.
• Express Layer Template: Professionally-designed, multi-layered templates to simplify and aid speedy editing.

Photo Effects

Give your images a head-turning aesthetic with these functionalities:

• AI Style Effects: Leverage AI’s power to transform images into sketch, mosaic, oil, or watercolor painting.
• AI Cartoon Effect: Give your images animated effects that’ll see them share semblance with Disney and Pixar cartoons.
• AI Sky Replacement: Take nature into your hands by animating, altering, or outrightly transforming the skies in your photos. Numerous sky templates are available on PhotoDirector 365 to aid this commitment.
• Focus With Depth Map: Automatically gauge depth data in your images and apply suitable blur and focus.
• Blur Effects: Introduce different blur styles into your images using circular, brush, and linear tools.

Color Adjustments

Tweak and stylize your images to ooze perfection with these tools:

• Auto Color Enhancement: Powerful algorithms to automatically optimize colors featured in your images.
• Color Splash: Select any color from a photo and eliminate other tints to create a black-and-white image where the selected area remains colored.
• Color Replace: Replace a selected color within your images with another.
• Filters/LUTs: Apply a distinct style to one image or achieve a similar look on a set of images using preset filters and look-up tables.
• 3-Way Split Toning: Insert different color tints and tones into an image’s mid-tones, shadows, and highlights.
• White Balance: Color corrects your images by adjusting the color temperature.

Pro Features

If you’re a professional photographer, these add-ons are what you need:

• RAW Support: Supports all professional file variations, the most revered cameras, and lossless/uncompressed RAW files.
• HDR: Combine images hosting a similar composition with distinct exposures to uncover details in the dark and bright segments.
• Panorama: Construct a panoramic image via video or by combining multiple photos.
• Multi-Exposure: Formulate a multi-exposure or motion trail effect via multiple images or a video.
• Lens Correction: Eliminate image imperfections like chromatic aberration, keystoning, vignetting, and fisheye distortion.
• AI Photo Management: Identifies faces in an image, and an AI automatically detects and tags them in all existing and subsequent photos. You can also curate Smart Calendars and scour images in “Calendar View.”

In terms of customer support, you’ll have access to PhotoDirector 365-related FAQs by clicking the “Help” icon at the top segment of the application.

Although we couldn’t find a customer support route featuring actual agents, premium PhotoDirector 365 subscribers will have access to lightning-fast responses via phone and email when they utilize “Priority Customer Support.”