14 best photo slideshow softwares

Product description

Quickly and easily produce professional-looking slide shows with your digital photos, music, and home videos. Play on handheld devices and the Web or burn DVD’s to share with friends and family.

• Professional pan & zoom
• Special Effects - complete with slide transitions - picture captions - text and voice over annotations
• Design & print CD labels & DVD inserts personalized with your photos & captions
• Easily burn home movies to a DVD - even trim video for perfect results
• Take your slide shows with you on your cell phone or other mobile PDA devices

User questions & answers

Question:	Works with windows
Answer:	I think so. I made my show in 2013 on an older computer. It was probably Windows 8 at that time, but it would be best to check with the company.
Question:	I want to save slideshow to my computer and later burn dvd. i want to be able to share slideshow to facebook. how do i do that
Answer:	I have used Slide Show to add pictures and music and burn to DVD but never put it on facebook.
Question:	is this software compatible with youtube? that is, can I upload to youtube when the project is complete
Answer:	Hmm, good question! I haven't attempted to do that, but I suspect that it WOULD NOT be possible. It worked well to burn a customized DVD, but whether or not it will work on TouTube or not is a question I cannot answer.
Question:	Does it work with windows
Answer:	I used it with both Windows XP & Windows 7, I assume it will work with 10 also.

Product description

Movavi Slideshow Maker is a convenient way to turn your home photo albums into memorable movies. There are two ways to create your own slideshow with our easy-to-use software

You can even upload the results to YouTube or Google Drive right from within the program.

Montage Wizard

In this, the easy mode, the program essentially makes the movie for you.

You just need to upload photos or videos and choose the theme that best fits your idea: Travel, Family, Love Story, Holidays, Nature, and more. With each theme, slides change at different speeds, and you can replace the default soundtrack with your own.

You can begin creating slideshows using the multifunctional editor right away or switch to this mode from the Montage Wizard if you want to get fancier:

Change the video aspect ratio: 16:9, 4:3, 9:16, 1:1, or custom

Cut, delete, crop, and rotate frames

Adjust colors, fix videos shot vertically

Add, adjust, mute, and enhance soundtrack elements, reduce noise

Insert and modify titles and callouts: change fonts, colors, and positions

Apply atmospheric filters and join slides with smooth transitions

Take advantage of the Animation and Pan & Zoom presets to make your videos more dynamic

Use special effects – Chroma Key, Parallax, Chromatic Abberation, Glitch or Slow Motion – to create truly stunning slideshows

Make your presentations extra-engaging with stickers and animations

For more editing options, visit the Movavi Effects Store, where you’ll find additional collections of themed titles, transitions,music, and backgrounds.

Easily manage the files you add: place them directly on the timeline or organize them in the My Files section.

Create portable projects and edit them on another computer with Slideshow Maker. Save your videos in any format, or make them compatible with any mobile device. You can even upload the results to YouTube or Google Drive right from within the program.



Minimum System Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
• Processor: 32-bit and 64-bit
• Memory: 2 GB for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10
• Storage: 250 MB available hard disk space for installation, 500 MB for ongoing operations available space

• Import photos and videos in any popular format: JPG, PNG, BMP, RAW, MP4, MOV, AVI, and more
• Montage Wizard creates themed slideshows automatically
• Video track management: trim or delete segments, rotate frames, enhance quality, insert stylish filters, connect slides with smooth transitions
• Adjustable sound: set volume, reduce noise, apply audio filters
• Add colorful animations and stickers, apply special effects: Parallax, Chromatic Abberation, Glitch, and more

• SLIDESHOWS FOR ANY OCCASION – create slideshows of your favorite vacation and wedding pictures, or prepare for your next business meeting
• EXTENSIVE CONTENT LIBRARY – there are lots of new templates, transitions and sound effects for you to get creative
• EASY TO INSTALL AND USE – get started quickly with our simple user-interface, in-program tutorials and free tech support whenever you need it
• TIME SAVING - Slideshow Studio reduces the waiting time during rendering to a minimum
• System requirements - Windows 10, 8.1, 7 (32/64 Bit), single user license

User questions & answers

Question:	Can i add photos from my laptop, once the video is made can i copy or drag that to a usb and play on my television which has usb and see a slide sho
Answer:	yes - but only photo
Question:	Can the dvd slideshow disc be played on a tv
Answer:	This software allows you to create slideshows that you can burn on a dvd. Depending on the output format you use, you can also watch your slideshow on your TV.
Question:	Do I have to put my pics in one album or can I watch them album after album
Answer:	Depends on what format you use. Both is possible.
Question:	How many slide transitions are available
Answer:	There is no limitation

Product features

Turn your images into vibrant slideshows!

With Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD 4 turning your images into beautiful slideshows becomes a piece of cake.

Smart wizards will help you create the perfect show. From duration to the number of images, this software will provide useful recommendations and guide you through the creation process.

The feature highlights at a glance:

Music, various transitions, overlays and credits help you create a project that looks professional - even without professional editing skills!

Additional templates are available as downloads, free of charge, of course. Add more life, humor and style to your project!

To help you find what you need quickly, we've categorized everything logically.

You only need one program!

You don't have a burning software? Not necessary! You can use this program to burn your slideshow on CD, DVD and Blu-ray disc.

Slideshow Studio supports the highest resolutions including 4K for razor sharp images on high resolution displays. The new MKV and MP4 formats allow you to play your videos on virtually any device. To simplify matters even further, we've included ready-to-use presets for various devices (Android/Apple/Sony/Microsoft cellphones, gaming consoles, iPads etc.) to help you find the ideal movie format.

Need inspiration? Create your own documentary!

Simply select your images and add music or provide your own voice narration. Everything is logical and straightforward. You may also use multiple audio tracks such as background music and spoken commentary.

Overlays with informative texts, a custom logo or opening and closing credits - everything is just a few mouse clicks away.

This is what you get!

Product description

PhotoStage is a fun and user-friendly photo slideshow creator tool. You can do it all with this presentation maker, where you can add thousands of photos and video clips. When you have organized your files, easily add captions, music, and narration. This slideshow maker is filled with effects to make your slideshow come alive. Preview all of these effects in real time. When finished, burn your video to a disc, upload online, save to your phone, and more.



Minimum System Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows (All)

• Easily combine photos, videos, audio, and narration into a slideshow movie
• Supports all popular photo, video, and audio files
• Use pan, zoom, fade, and on your slides to bring your photos to life
• Optimize your photos and videos by tuning the brightness, saturation, color, and more
• Export to your computer, burn to dvd disc, or post your slideshow online

User questions & answers

Question:	Can you run this without wifi,,, i am doing a wedding in the country no wifi
Answer:	There's not a background remover tool per se but you can erase the background by stacking images together. Use the Overlays (butterfly icon) "Your Own" option to upload your image on the background of your choice. This could be a white blank canvas or transparent background (use the Design option on the homepage for that) or it can be another image. Once you have the image layered on top of the background you want to keep use the overlay eraser to get rid of the background you don't want.
Question:	Does this free version expire at all
Answer:	yes it will work with windows 10

• ALL-IN-ONE SUITE – view, present, edit, crop and organize your photos
• ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS – make your own calendars and photo cards, create your own collages and slideshows, burn them on CD/DVD
• MULTIPLE COMPUTERS – use this program on up to 3 PCs
• EASY TO INSTALL AND USE – very easy and intuitive user-interface - take a guided tour through the program when you first use it
• FREE TECH SUPPORT – get in touch with us if you have any questions, we will give you all the assistance you need

User questions & answers

Question:	Can you add borders
Answer:	Corel generates a .riff file. It's a raster type graphics file. If Apple Catalina can import such a file then I would assume yes.
Question:	When making a photo collGe, can I make a free lance format moving ohotos at different angles and then label each photo
Answer:	A physical copy of the product user guide is not included in the box. You can find the documentation included in the software disc or you can download it from our website.
Question:	I keep getting a prompt that states "invalid licence key" I have entered each character, how should i enter licence key
Answer:	Painter has limited vector capabilities. You can change the line thickness and color, as well as fill properties but we don't have different types of lines. Here's some documentation on vector lines that might help : http://product.corel.com/help/Painter/540219480/Main/EN/Win-Documentation/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=Corel-Painter-Drawing-lines-and-curves.html
Question:	Can you add videos to the photo slide show
Answer:	This application is more suitable for art and illustration. It’s similar to Procreate on the iPad, but more extensive, and also more complicated. For comics, I agree with the recommendation to go with Clip Studio Paint, as that’s specifically what it’s been designed to do (and do very well). There are two versions. The Pro version lets you create single-page illustration and comics. It retails for around $50, though you can get it on sale periodically. I just purchased it during Black Friday for 50% off. The other version is the EX version, which allows you to do multi-page comic spreads and it retails for $219. It’s a great program, regardless of the version you go with. I highly recommend it for not only comics and manga, but for illustration and concept art, too.

Product features

The total service package for your photos!

The new Ashampoo Photo Commander 16 is the complete solution to view, edit and organize your photos. Bring order to your collection, optimize multiple images in one go and create calendars, photo cards and entire slideshows with ease.

Whether you're a beginner, novice or professional photographer, excellent results are always just a few clicks away.

The major functions at a glance:

These are some of the functions:

• Cut out persons and objects with ease
• Freely adjust image perspectives
• Combine perspective and mirror effects
• Create slideshows with MP3 Songs
• Effect pen to apply effects with pixel precision
• Convert 3D images back into 2D
• In-Paint Tool - remove unwanted objects, e.g. scratches and gaps
• Repair pen
• Image adjustments with new gradation curve, histogram views and new controls
• Focus effect tool
• Automatic dual view mode: directly compare original and altered images
• Add texts, shapes, images or drawings to photos
• Batch processing, e.g. apply effects to and rotate multiple images
• Adjust contrast, brightness, saturation, temperature and gamma settings
• Adjust size, crop, rotate or straighten images
• Automatically or manually remove red eyes
• Miniaturization effect to create miniature photos
• Clone areas
• Straighten photo horizons

View, edit and organize your photos

Ashampoo Photo Commander 16 provides more visual clarity. New file filters enable you to track down photos more efficiently, e.g. by combining location and time-based searches!

Cut out persons and objects or modify perspectives. Apply great effects and go professional with gradation curves and tonal corrections.

The built-in auto-correction can turn even the miserablest of snapshots into precious holiday memories by instantly remove scratches, digital noise or red eyes!

Create collages, calendars and photo cards

Use the many included templates to create photo cards with ease or give in to your love for detail and design your own calendars. Even stunning collages no longer pose no problem! Photo Commander 16 offers a wealth of options to put make your ideas a reality!

Still looking for a birthday present? Just make your own!

Create your own slideshows

Whether you're enjoying your photos on your own or with friends, you'll love the new presentation mode. Use your primary display to control the flow and your secondary display to present your photos! Also great for beamers, modify your photos in real time without leaving the presentation!

Why not create your own movie? New transitions make for more beautiful and versatile scene transitions while added support for more audio formats allows for richer background audio. Finished slideshows are instantly previewable in real time with the new video playbar control. You can also use this program to burn your slideshow on CD/DVD.

Set and use geotags

Modern cameras and cellphones use geotagging to save the location of each shot. Photo Commander 16 can add and edit this information and use it to sort your photos. The program can even process this data to determine the exact country, city and street for each photo!

Product description

• Share your memories with a multimedia slideshow quickly and easily
• Easily combine pictures, video clips, music and narration
• Burn to DVD, share online or save to a portable device
• Includes zoom, crop, fade, panning, zooming and more to bring your photos to life
• Choose from a wide range of transitions and effects

User questions & answers

Question:	Will this work with the new Windows 10 upgrade
Answer:	Yes it will.
Question:	Which edition is this....Home or Pro
Answer:	home
Question:	Is this Mac compatible
Answer:	There is a Mac OS version. We used it to create a memorial service slide show. Turned out beautifully. Used the Windows version on Windows 10 OS for a class reunion slide show. Also turned out great! All the complaints from people in the reviews are totally contrary to my experience. Perhaps they were trying to use only the free version. It's worth purchasing the software. Great results.
Question:	how many audio tracks can you have on one slide show
Answer:	Multiple

Product description

• Showcase Your Creativity! Create a Beautiful Scrapbook or Photo Album. Get started quickly with professionally designed templates for every occasion.
• Photo Cards, Greeting Cards, Invitations & Funhouse Projects! Print and send to friends and family or e-mail a digital copy. Drop photos into funhouse templates to create fanciful posters, photo cards, and more!
• Choose from popular themes for New Baby, Graduation, Anniversary, Birthday Boy, Birthday Girl, Vacations, Holidays, and more.
• Create Professional Slideshows - Use your creativity to produce exciting slideshows to share with family and friends. Select your photos with easy drag and drop technology.
• Insert introduction and text slides; add voice annotation recordings and music sound tracks. Select a theme and timing for slide transitions and choose advanced options like HD and Dolby. Burn a CD or DVD and start the show!

User questions & answers

Question:	well this software be compatible with windows
Answer:	Yes once its finished you down load it to your computer . burn on disk or save to flash drive
Question:	This software is for windows
Answer:	What you can do is limited unless you buy it.
Question:	Does this software add borders to photos
Answer:	yes, the f7 key changes the brightness down to nothing
Question:	Can I add a text box? Will the slideshow handle 1000 picutres
Answer:	Yes it will work on the mac

Product description

Intelligent editing. Flawless photos and videos. Cool creations. Follow your creative inspiration wherever it leads. With Adobe Sensei AI technology as your creative sidekick, add motion to your static images, fine-tune the position of a person's face, select a specific object-or area-of your video and easily apply an effect, and improve grainy low-light footage. Plus, make inspiration animated Quote graphics-great for social media. Discover 83 easy guided edits that help you create modern duotones, make cool photo and video double exposures, and reveal your videos with animated matte overlays to achieve the look you want without any guesswork. And when you're ready, share as gallery-quality wall art and custom gifts using the built-in prints and gifts service or as movies and fun GIFs on social media. (Fujifilm prints & gifts service is available in the U.S. Only.) Adobe Sensei is the technology that powers intelligent features across all Adobe products to dramatically improve the design and delivery of digital experiences, using artificial intelligence and machine learning in a common framework. Online services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and the Adobe privacy policy (see on Adobe site/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration, and may be discontinued or modified in whole or in part without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

FAQ

1. What is the difference between Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements?

• Photoshop Elements is designed for photos.
• Premiere Elements is designed videos.
• Both apps share a common Organizer for easy access to all photos and videos.
• They’re sold separately or bundled together as Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements.

 

2. Where can I find the serial number to install Elements 2021?

• If you are redeeming from a boxed product, there’s one serial number for both Windows and macOS, and it’s located on the back of the Windows DVD sleeve inside the box.
• If you’re redeeming an electronic software download, you’ll receive a redemption code in your Amazon account. Redeem this code at https://redeem.licenses.adobe.com/getserial to get your serial number which is required to install your Elements product. Detail Instructions for walkthrough can be found here.

 

3. Can I install Elements 2021 on more than one machine?

• You can install your product on up to two computers. If you want to move your product to a new computer, simply choose Help > Sign Out in the product from one of the computers that has an active license. You can then install the product on your new computer.

 

4. How does Photoshop Elements differ from subscription versions of Photoshop, Photoshop Lightroom Classic, and Lightroom?

• Photoshop Elements is designed for consumers who are just getting started with photo editing and want an easy way to organize, edit, create, and share their photos. Automated options deliver great results to enjoy as-is or use as a starting point for creative exploration.
• Photoshop is the professional standard for creating compelling images, designs, and 3D artwork. 
• Lightroom Classic addresses the workflow needs of professional and advanced amateur photographers on the desktop, enabling them to import, process, organize, and showcase large volumes of digital photographs.
• Lightroom is the cloud-based service that lets people easily edit, organize, store, and share their photos anywhere—on mobile devices, the web, or the desktop.

• Photo & Video Editing Software
• Intelligent editing allows you to easily edit, create, organize, and share your photos and videos.
• 83 Step-by-step guided edits
• Create & Share
• Effortless organization

User questions & answers

Question:	where do I locate the activation code to complete the installation
Answer:	If you purchased the CDs, the number is on the sleeve and is labeled “serial number “.
Question:	Will this word on 64bit windows 10 laptop
Answer:	All laps, even yours.
Question:	Can it run on i5 4690S processor running Win
Answer:	Yes
Question:	How long is the license good for? from the adobe web site: your license(s) expire at end of the term set forth in your order document. i see no term
Answer:	My research showed that Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photo Shop do not have renewals or licenses that expire. They can become outdated. For example I had a Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 that was about 5+ years old. Now "Adobe Premiere Pro" you have to pay yearly. It is a nice program, but I didn't want to pay a yearly fee of $250.00.

Product features

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 & Premiere Elements 2021

Follow your creative inspiration wherever it leads. With Adobe Sensei AI technology as your creative sidekick, add motion to your static images, fine-tune the position of a person’s face, select a specific object—or area—of your video and easily apply an effect, and improve grainy low-light footage. Plus, make inspirational animated Quote Graphics—great for social media. Discover 83 easy Guided Edits that help you create modern duotones, make cool photo and video double exposures, and reveal your videos with animated matte overlays to achieve the look you want without any guesswork. And when you’re ready, share as gallery-quality wall art and custom gifts using the built-in prints and gifts service or as movies and fun GIFs on social media.

Moving Photos

Add motion to your static images. With one click, transform your favorite shots into moving photos.

Adjust Face Tilt

Make sure everyone in your photo is looking in the right direction. It's great for selfies!

Select Subject

Select a specific object-or area-of your video and easily apply an effect that tracks throughout the video, like brightening the subject or blurring the background.

GPU-accelerated effects

See high-quality playback of many effects without rendering first—and crop videos faster—with new GPU-accelerated performance boosts

Duotone Effect

Apply cool, custom duotone effects to your photos for a beautiful two-color creation.

Perfect Landscape

Easily replace skies, remove haze, and erase unwanted objects to create epic outdoor scenes.

Double Exposure

Make a little movie magic with double exposures. Just follow the simple steps to play a video within a photo and get the best of both worlds.

Animated Mattes

Get artistic by revealing your video with animated matte overlays. Apply different shapes and animation styles to full videos, select scenes, or as transitions.

Create & Share

Display your favorite photo creations as gallery-quality wall art or make someone’s day with a custom gift from the heart, thanks to the built-in prints and gifts service. Create inspirational animated Quote Graphics—great for social media. Make animated social posts, or add stylish titles, transitions, and themes to your videos. Plus, set the mood of your movie with the perfect soundtrack with brand new music. Create dynamic video collages and slideshows with a mix of photos and videos to show many memories at once. When you’re ready, create fun GIFs for social media, or share on YouTube, Vimeo, DVDs (Windows only), and HDTVs. And import, edit, and share HEIF photo files and HEVC video files on Windows as well as macOS.

Effortless Organization

Clean up the clutter automatically. Thanks to Adobe Sensei AI technology, you can find your photos and videos in a snap using Smart Tags, facial recognition, and more. Plus, your catalog structure is automatically backed up for easy recovery.

Product description

Have a collection of travel photos on your Mac? Maybe whole albums of birthday parties or other memorable events? Now you can turn these photos into stylish slideshows with Movavi Slideshow Maker for Mac!

Choose the “easy mode”, called Montage Wizard, to automatically create a great-looking slideshow in a couple of clicks. Import your images and videos, then choose one of the atmospheric themes: Family, Travel, Summer, Action, and more. Have something else in mind? Create a new theme with the transitions of your choice, and the program will automatically make a movie for you. You can choose your own soundtrack or use the one suggested by the Montage Wizard. Plus, the speed which the slideshow advances depends on the theme – so select the one that best suits your project.

Try “full feature mode” if you want to work on your slideshow at a more detailed level. This mode lets you work on a convenient timeline where you can more easily edit the video and audio tracks. You can also manage multimedia via the Media Bin collection before you add them to your current project.

Upload video clips, too, then cut or delete any unwanted parts, rotate, and crop frames. Overlay your own voice track, add music, and adjust the sound levels. Tweak the volume, mute all or part of a track, get rid of background noise – there’s so much you can do.

Make your slideshows even more engaging with the addition of different filters and transitions. You can add them to the clips on both main and supplementary tracks. Apply the finishing touches with customizable titles, explanatory callouts, and colorful stickers. Want your slideshow to be more professional? With the help of lookup tables, you can change the colors of your slides to match iconic cinematographic works. You can find even more media content in the Movavi Effects Store.

Insert some special effects, too! With the handy Animation and Pan & Zoom presets, you can easily introduce a dynamic element to your video. Use Chroma Key and Slow Motion to add a professional touch.

When your creation is complete, you can save it in any video format or convert it for viewing on any device. You can also make the project portable so you can edit it on other computers. You can even upload the video to YouTube or Google Drive right from within the program.



Minimum System Requirements:

• Operating System: Mac OS X (All), 10.15 Catalina, 10.14 Mojave, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.12 Sierra
• Processor: 64-bit
• Memory: 256 MB
• Storage: 200 MB available hard disk space for installation, 500 MB for ongoing operations available space
• Additional Requirements:

  Processor
  
  64-bit Intel processor
  
  Display
  
  1280 × 768 screen resolution, 32-bit color
  
  System permissions
  
  Administrator permissions are required for installation

• Upload photos and video footage in any popular format: JPG, PNG, BMP, RAW, MP4, MOV, AVI, and more
• Create themed videos automatically using the Montage Wizard
• Edit videos on the multitrack timeline, adjust the audio to your taste, add filters, titles, stickers, animations, and transitions, colorize slides using lookup tables
• Use special effects to make your slideshow stand out: Pan & Zoom, Animation, Chroma Key, Slow Motion, and more
• Export slideshows in any format or upload them directly to your YouTube channel or Google Drive

Product description

Photo Director 8 Ultra ticks all the boxes for photography enthusiasts. It handles all your photo management needs-combining a massive list of supported Camera RAW formats and lens profiles with powerful organization features for large photo collections; it has an extensive range of easy-to-apply filters and effects, along with precise retouching and adjustments for portraits; and it offers a truly natural way to work with layers and control images to create stunning, professional results.

• Easy to use - With clear and intuitive interface, Photo Director make it quick & easy to create pro photos.
• Easy to learn - Tutorial videos for both beginners and advanced users are provided on the Cyber Link Learning Center.
• Video-to-Photo - Capture images from your videos, and use them to create panoramic vistas, perfect group photos or impressive multi-exposure images.
• Countless Filters, Effects and Blurs - including new features of Color Splash and Motion Blur.
• Face & Body Beautification - Remove imperfections from your portraits and Shape your unique body.

User questions & answers

Question:	Can you easily create slide shows with music and transitions
Answer:	I have had so many problems with this software I could not recommend it at all.
Question:	Is this a direct download or via disk
Answer:	You can do one or the other. I purchased the disk w/ key code in the box.
Question:	Can the panoramic feature stitch together multiple rows of photos as a spherical or collage view? or just a single wide line
Answer:	Hello T, Yes, the panorama feature in PhotoDirector can stitch multiple rows of photos. As long as they are of the same/similar background. But please trial out the trial version first to see if the program does what you are expecting: https://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/photodirector-ultra/download_en_US.html?affid=2581_1247_540 To the Amazon Customer response also here, please check out the many resources available for PhotoDirector and let us know if you have any questions:Learning Center: https://www.cyberlink.com/products/photodirector-ultra/learning_en_US.htmlPhotoDirector Tutorials: https://directorzone.cyberlink.com/tutorial/phd/Ask a question on PhotoDirector forum: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/forums/show/82.pageRegards,David
Question:	Can you rotate pictures and or add text to them
Answer:	Yes. Photodirector has that in one of the menus that you get to by switching between modes. There's a large set of image manipulation tools in the software. The trick is putting in the time to learn them all.

Product features

PhotoDirector 8 Ultra

PhotoDirector 8 ticks all the boxes for photography enthusiasts. It handles all your photo management needs—combining a massive list of supported Camera RAW formats and lens profiles with powerful organization features for large photo collections; it has an extensive range of easy-to-apply filters and effects, along with precise retouching and adjustments for portraits; and it offers a truly natural way to work with layers and control images to create stunning, professional results.

Simplified Layer Editing

Working with layers doesn't have to be confusing. PhotoDirector demystifies the process of creating stunning images using multiple images, text and mask layers. The new Express Layer Templates contain all the components that make up a complex image, showing you how layers combine to produce photographic effects. The many blending layers offer amazing, effortless creative possibilities!

Stunning Photos from Video

Now you can take the perfect picture from your videos. With just a click you can capture a razor-sharp still image that you can use to create you own perfect panorama, group photo, multi-exposure image or layered image. No need for complicated shutter speeds or exposure settings: PhotoDirector can make impressive multi-exposure images from your videos along with offering some great customization options.

Incredible Panoramas and Perfect Group Photos

Create breathtaking, wide-angle panoramas by stitching together a sequence of images from your videos. Select the stills you want to use from your video, then PhotoDirector will stitch them together for a flawless panoramic image. For perfect group portraits, full of smiles and open eyes, simply take a video of the group, then use Video-to-Photo Face Swap to instantly create a single, perfect photo.

Remove Unwanted Objects, Including Photobombers

With the Content-Aware Removal tool, erasing an object is as simple as highlighting it with an easy-to-use selection brush, then clicking a button. Remove objects or people from photos simply by brushing over them. PhotoDirector instantly fills spaces using an intelligent algorithm that blends perfectly with the surrounding background.

Perfect Portraits, Always

Easy-to-use retouching tools make pro-like enhancements of portraits, selfies, and group shots achievable for even complete beginners. Make every face perfect with skin smoothening to remove wrinkles, blemish, shine, eye bags and red eyes. Take off extra pounds with an easy slider to reshape the contour of faces and bodies for a slimmer look. Enlarge the eyes too for added attraction, adjust skin tone for the look you are after, giving your subjects healthier looking skin or a perfect tan in moments. Give your photo shoots a professional feel!

Countless Filters, Effects and Blurs

Get that unique look and feel you're after with PhotoDirector's unmatched library of photo adjustments. Create tilt-shift and HDR effects, reduce noise, apply one-click presets. Give life to your photos by conveying movement, adding energy and focus with the new Motion Blur. Or experiment with an incredible assortment of overlays that will instantly give your photos an edge.

Add that Extra Touch with Color Splash

Quickly add drama and focus to your images by turning them to black and white while retaining selected parts of the photo in color. A great way to draw the viewers eye and create memorable photos. And you can always adjust individual RGB channels to correct tough white balance problems, or to create attractive cross processing effects.

Photography Essentials for the Pros

For the advanced photographers PhotoDirector offers extensive support for a vast selection of more than 100 commercial camera lenses, bodies and RAW formats from the world’s leading digital camera manufacturers, streamlining the editing process to quickly and accurately fix common lens flaws like barrel distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberration.

Product description

There's never been a better time to explore your creativity through photo and video editing and produce amazing results, without the Steep learning curve of professional editing products. This all in one value-priced package Includes both the award-winning PowerDirector & photo Director, offering the most complete, value for money video and photo editing solution for users of all levels.

• Impressive motion graphics & animated titles - combine motion graphic elements with your videos’ titles to make them stylish and Modern
• Creative transition effects - 18 cool new transition effects that will instantly turn your videos from ordinary to spectacular
• Make stunning videos in a few clicks - with express projects, you can pick from a huge range of ready-made templates complete with effects, transitions, animations, and music
• Powerful layer editing - layer editing provides the flexibility to create unique compositions by combining images, texts and graphics
• Ai-powered deblur - blurry images are a thing of the past with intelligent deblur. Perfect for fixing up photos of excited children, pets, or taken from moving vehicles

User questions & answers

Question:	Is this a yearly plan
Answer:	no, one time purchase
Question:	How does this compare to the Adobe products
Answer:	It is better in and not better, depends on what type of video/movie editing your are trying to accomplish. They both have features that the other one doesn't have, so you have to know what you are wanting to do with a video/movie before you grade a software on Fair-Good-Better-Best. I have both Adobe and Cyberlink and I sometimes use both of them on the same video/movie production because they both have features that prove "Best" for the editing.
Question:	Is the program from the cd rom able to copy to flash drive so i can install on a computer that does not have cd rom drive
Answer:	You are able to download PowerDirector Trial from Cyberlink website, and use key provided with your box to unlock from Trial mode. Regards, Craig
Question:	Would i be able to yae this for live gaming streams
Answer:	You can use PowerDirector to Edit any Live Game Stream you capture. But if you are asking if you can do Live Game Streaming with PowerDirector or PhotoDirector, then sorry no. However, you can do this with our ScreecRecorder 4 product, that does Live Game Streaming, capturing and editing. https://www.cyberlink.com/products/screen-recorder/features_en_CA.html Regards, Craig

Product features

PowerDirector 18 Ultra + PhotoDirector 11 Ultra

There’s never been a better time to explore your creativity through photo and video editing and produce amazing results, without the steep learning curve of professional editing products. All in one value-priced package.

PowerDirector for Video Editing - Produce Amazing Videos with Intuitive Editing Tools

PowerDirector Ultra is all the tools you need for true creative freedom! Easily produce amazing creations to share, with precise and professional editing tools that won’t take years to learn. Push your creative limits with the latest in video creation technology and features.

PhotoDirector for Photo Editing - Creative Tools to Take Your Photos to the Next Level

Combining image editing and optimization with portrait retouching, PhotoDirector Ultra is just like having Photoshop, and Lightroom all rolled into one. It delivers professional results without the steep learning curve.

Impressive Motion Graphics & Animated Titles

Combine motion graphic elements with your videos’ titles to make them stylish and modern.

Align Objects in a Snap

Align or “snap” titles, masks and objects to position them perfectly within your frame. Snap to vertical/horizontal axes or other objects.

Powerful Layer Editing

Layer editing provides the flexibility to create unique compositions by combining images, texts and graphics.

AI-Powered Deblur

Blurry images are a thing of the past with intelligent deblur. Perfect for fixing up photos of excited children, pets, or taken from moving vehicles.

Product description

• Share your memories with a multimedia slideshow quickly and easily
• Easily combine pictures, video clips, music and narration
• Burn to DVD, share online or save to a portable device
• Includes zoom, crop, fade, panning, zooming and more to bring your photos to life
• Choose from a wide range of transitions and effects

User questions & answers

Question:	Is this compatible with Windows
Answer:	This drive will read the data from the disk. Interpreting (playing) the data requires software that is independent of the drive.

Product description

Transform your photos and videos into stunning movies with new Corel VideoStudio Pro 2020. Our award-winning combination of ease of use and creativity make video editing even more fun Dive in with new creative effects, overlays, and titles, and impress everyone with what you can create.

Minimum System Requirements:

• Operating system: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, 64 bit only
• Processor: Core i3 or AMD A4 series for standard videos. Intel Core i7 or AMD Athlon A10 for HD and UHD videos.
• RAM: 4 GB or higher, 8plus GB highly recommended for HD and UHD videos
• Graphics Card: Minimum display resolution: 1024 x 768, minimum 512 MB VRAM or higher recommended for hardware acceleration
• Sound Card: Windows-compatible sound card
• Hard drive space: Minimum 6 GB for full installation
• Internet connection required for installation, registration, and updates.

• Transform your photos and videos into movies with this easy, fun, creative video editor
• Get started quickly with slideshow templates and smart movie tools using drag-and-drop titles, transitions and overlays
• Explore creative possibilities with 1500+ easy-to-use video filters and effects, plus new creative overlays, titles and backgrounds
• Access a wide selection of tools including screen recording, stop motion animation, DVD menu creation, green screen effects and more
• Share your videos with ease by exporting to popular file formats, uploading directly online to YouTube or Vimeo, or burning to DVD

User questions & answers

Question:	Does this software support green screen/color keying? How many layers? Thanks
Answer:	VideoStudio Pro 2020 includes Chroma key/Green screen feature. Chroma Key editing technique can be used for combining two video clips or images: an overlay and a background. The technique involves removing a specific color (usually green or blue) from around the subject in the overlay to allow the background video or image to show through. Refer the product user manual or visit our Corel Discovery Center for more information. Hope this helps!
Question:	Which is better to have video studio pro or ultimate And why is ultimate cheaper
Answer:	VideoStudio 2020 Ultimate comes with enhanced masking and color grading, new smart video tools, optimized performance and premium effects. Please refer VideoStudio 2020 version-to-version comparison guide for more information. Could you also please email us the price discrepancy that you are seeing at corelhelp @ corel. com so that we can investigate further? Thank you.
Question:	Does this include tools for getting DV directly off recording thru camera connections
Answer:	It says it does, but my camera (Logitech c615) conflicts with it and it doesn't function. I searched it and there is a fix, don't know if this works, have not devoted the time to it yet. I am not very technical. The feature is called "capture"
Question:	Anyone notice that smartrender of 4k video not used in single or multi-clip edit causing horrible stuttering
Answer:	Hi there, we are sorry to hear about your trouble! Would you take a few minutes to email us the issue details along with your registered email address at corelhelp @ corel. com? Let us know and we'll be able to investigate and provide further assistance. Thank you.

Product features

VideoStudio 2020 Pro

VideoStudio has expanded its award-winning combination of ease of use and breakthrough creativity to make video editing even more fun! It’s simple to make quick edits and add custom effects, with innovative smart new tools and a streamlined user interface. Play with speed, tap into new overlays and titles, enjoy features like screen recording, multi-camera editing, 360 video editing, and more! Turn memories into movies and surprise yourself with the videos you can produce in new VideoStudio Pro 2020.

Easy

Start with templates or edit on the timeline and combine photos, videos, and audio across multiple tracks.

Fun

Discover the fun features that have delighted VideoStudio users of all experience levels

Creative

Choose from 1,500+ filters and effects, enjoy multi-camera editing, play with video speed, and more!

Basic Tools

Making basic edits is easy! Crop, trim, cut, and split footage directly in the timeline. Apply instant lens and color corrections to keep your videos looking their best. Plus, access instant smart movie tools and templates for easy video creation in minutes.

Under the Hood

Go beyond basic edits and get creative with Green Screen effects, or explore time remapping for slow and fast motion. Easily balance and fade your audio. Even edit 360° video for your VR headset, and create Tiny Planet and Rabbit Hole effects!

Fun & Creative

Tap into over 1,500 effects, filters and transitions to enhance and stylize your footage. Transform color instantly by applying LUTs, or add animated overlays to bring depth to your projects! The refreshed creative content library makes unique edits easy.

Screen Recording

Record your screen and webcam simultaneously with MultiCam Capture. Connect your cameras and easily capture video, system audio, microphone sound, and record your screen in a single click. Create engaging tutorial videos, and grow your audience!

Product description

Nikon Capture NX 2 is a full-featured non-destructive photo editing program that provides photographers powerful tools to quickly and easily edit their photographs. Features: Color Control Points: Enhancements for hue, brightness and saturation are as simple as placing a Color Control Point on your image, then adjusting the length of the sliders. For example, Color Control Points are remarkably convenient for changing the color of flowers for better effect against green surrounding foliage. Take a dull gray sky and add blue to change the mood of a captured scene.Selection Control Points: Now you can selectively edit photographs without the need to manually outline or mask the area for editing. Simply place a Selection Control Point anywhere on the photograph then choose from almost any adjustment such as D-Lighting, Unsharp Mask or Noise Reduction, while limiting the “reach” of that adjustment to just the selected area.Auto-Retouch Brush: Capture NX 2 adds an automatic retouch tool to its image editing toolbox allowing users to seamlessly remove blemishes, dust and other distracting elements from photographs while maintaining the integrity of the image.Shadow/Highlight Adjustment: With just a simple slider adjustment you can easily open up shadows or recover blown-out highlights. Highlight recovery is most effective for RAW (NEF) files however it will work with JPEG and TIFF files as well.Redesigned Interface includes: Customized Workspaces, improved Toolbar function and layout, Improved Edit List functionality, Newly Designed image browser featuring a Favorites Folder,  and Improved image Resolution adjustments.Capture NX 2 features award-winning U Point® technology: for precision selection and application of enhancements without complicated selections or layer masks. Designed to closely match the way photographers work with their images, Capture NX 2 is easy to learn and creates the highest quality results.Features

Nikon's Capture NX 2 software is a full-featured, nondestructive photo-editing program that gives photographers all the tools they need to quickly and easily edit their photographs. Also available in a reduced-price upgrade version (requires a valid serial number from v1.x), the software offers such editing features as color control points, selection control points, an auto-retouch brush, and shadow/highlight adjustment.

Enhancing the hue, brightness, and saturation of an image is as simple as placing a color control point on your image, then adjusting the length of the sliders. For example, color control points are a remarkably convenient way to change the color of flowers to look better against green surrounding foliage. As an alternative, editors can take a dull gray sky and add blue to change the mood of a captured scene. The selection control points, meanwhile, let you selectively edit photographs without manually outlining or masking the area for editing. Simply place a selection control point anywhere on the photograph, and then choose from almost any adjustment, including D-Lighting, Unsharp Mask, or Noise Reduction, while limiting the 'reach" of that adjustment to just the selected area.

Capture NX 2 also adds an automatic retouch tool to its image editing toolbox, allowing users to seamlessly remove blemishes, dust, and other distracting elements from photographs while maintaining the integrity of the image. And thanks to the shadow/highlight adjustment, you can easily open up shadows or recover blown-out highlights. Highlight recovery is most effective for RAW (NEF) files; however, it will work with JPEG and TIFF files as well.

The software's redesigned v2 interface includes such features as customized workspaces, an improved toolbar function and layout, improved edit list functionality, a redesigned image browser with a favorites folder, and improved image resolution adjustments. The software's holdover features from v1.x range include black/white/neutral control points, color management control, color aberration control, distortion control, a color booster, contrast/brightness adjustment, a saturation/warmth adjustment, black-and-white conversion, straighten and crop tools, and much more.

Finally, Capture NX 2 features award-winning U Point technology for precision selection and application of enhancements without complicated selections or layer masks. Designed to closely match the way photographers work with their images, Capture NX2 is easy to learn and creates the highest-quality results. Note that the software fully integrated with all Nikon software, including Camera Control Pro 2, Image Authentication Software, Transfer, and ViewNX.

Capture NX 2 System Requirements

Windows

• Preinstalled version of 32-bit Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate (Service Pack 1) editions or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) editions
• Pentium 4 processor or better
• 768 MB RAM minimum (1 GB or more recommended)
• 200 MB free hard disk space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution (1,280 x 1,024 recommended) with 16-bit color (32-bit color recommended)
• CD-ROM drive; Internet connection; approved memory cards for importing/exporting custom picture controls

Macintosh

• OS Macintosh OS X v10.4.11 or 10.5.2
• PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Xeon, or better processor
• 768 MB RAM minimum (1 GB or more recommended)
• 200 MB free hard disk space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution (1,280 x 1,024 recommended) with 64,000 colors (16.7 million colors recommended)
• CD-ROM drive; Internet connection; approved memory cards for importing/exporting custom picture controls

• Full-featured photo-editing software for quick and easy image editing
• Color control points let you quickly change the colors of select images
• Automatic retouch tool for removing blemishes, dust, and other distractions
• Redesigned interface with customized workspaces and new image browser
• Supports Windows XP or Vista, 32 bit, or Mac OS 10.4.11 or 10.5.7

User questions & answers

Question:	Is this software compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 10 operating systems
Answer:	It connects with my mac just fine, not sure about any other platform.
Question:	Can I install it on two of my computers and still get the updates
Answer:	it is about 13" from the bottom of the base to the top of the bridge of the binocular eye piece and 16.5" to the top of the single, vertical straight eye/camera eyepiece.
Question:	Does this software work with a newer apple computer
Answer:	Answer: it requires trial error adjustments However i modified a cellphone case by glueing a extra eye piece over where the phone camera is located. This took playing with, but I made someNice oil emersion and high X videos of blood and organisms. One issue was it was difficult because during a video when what I saw in the two eye pieces were clear, the camera/phone vertical position could need adjustment.But the videos were fun. Not sure if I like the LEDLight. Colors seemed washed out. I am not a profesional. Worth the money.Wish I was more experienced on cleaningthe lenses. Buy if you don't like it send it back for a refund. Good luck
Question:	Can I use NX 2 with the raw files from Olympus E5 camera
Answer:	It requires an adjustment so that while you're looking through the eyepieces the camera is also focused. I use my camera on my phone. I. glued a X25 eye piece to a camera case so that it was situated over the camera(alignment isdifficult) I placed the camera with the eyepiece on to the microscope and have done some pretty interesting videos that way.