CyberLink Director Suite 5 - Complete Video and Photo Editing (PC)

I can't get this to work on my pc (Windows 7) I have tried numerous installations, numerous help guides and numerous calls to customer service at both Microsoft and CyberLink. The sad news is that my pc doesn't have the spare mgb of RAM required for this software to run. Once I have a new laptop it will work I'm told! On the plus side, the installation is easy, if it worked it'd have been awesome.

Not happy with this software - yes checked all requirements. On installing the program it frozen and would not respond. Had to shut the computer down, restarted it and let it go through start up mode, then restarted to ensure proper shut down. When eventually I got into create a short dvd in edit it froze again,had to manually turn off computer - again. The 'quick start up guide' is not very helpful - on going on their website for help really was a waste of time. There is no Help section at the top of the bar - as in serif - so once you can get in you are on your own!!After another go it took one hour ten minutes to burn very short dvd.To compare - I have been using Serif Movie plus for years ending up with Movie plus x 6 which is brillaint - only purchase this software as Serif are no longer producing Movie maker. To say I am very very disappointed with this software - and the price is an understatement.I will have to persevere with this as I have been making family occasion Dvd's for about 15 years - so by no means a novice - So heaven help people that are new to this.Sadly cannot give it no stars.Update after many hours of 'creating' this software insists on moving saved transitions, text and has crashed no end of times, have not managed a dvd of hubby's party at all - so hence one star remains Would not recommend or purchase again.Update October 2017, now when opening to try and create a dvd the whole program freezes, resulting in having to turn computer of and restatrting computer, complete waste of £159.00 and most strongly would not recommend this software.

Been delaying installing and review of this as - to be honest - I am overwhelmed by it! This is one hell of a lot of capability.I used to have a workstation setup with Adobe Premier V6, but after my need for it (job change) went away I never kept it up to date and when I got a new machine that was it - it was too old to reinstall. However, I always loved the range of possibilities pro-editing tools like that give. Imagine my mix of joy and fear then in acquiring this package! Compared to that older software this is going up several gears - its features just go on forever. But, I'm just getting started....soRather than attempt an "initial impressions" review here and now I will come back in and give a more considered overview of my experiences in producing some real video content (which I now have to do for some new purposes).

After experimenting with Podcasting the Cyberlink Director Suite Multi-Media Video and Photo editing suite was the obvious choice to bring my website to the next level.The Director Suite 5 is packed with Video and Photo editing software, namely: Photo Director 8-Stunning Photo Design; Power Director 15-Powerful Video Editing; Audio Director 7-Total Sound Studio and Colour Director 5-Video Colour Grading.Also, you are given 50GB of space for one year with Cloud Storage, a free Digital Copy of Director Suite and also includes Premium Plugins which includes pro-designed effect and template packs from leading plugin makers.Also, most of the suite is also transferable to your mobile phone making your video experience very easy and accessible for use at any time.This Suite also comes with tutorials and with all instructions for download.Included also, is a quick start guide to get you up and going, thereafter you can refer to the tutorials.The Suite comes with2 Discs for download and information regarding download to your mobile phone as well as PhotoDirector Mobile, PowerDirector Mobile, YouCam Perfect and YouCam Makeup for Photo editing on your mobile phone.A brilliant package and well worth the money.

None of the software runs on my Windows 10 PC expect the Video Editor. I would rate the editor itself highly, but as I paid for 4 pieces of software and only have access to one I feel I've been scammed out of over £100. Do not buy this product.

As a long time user of PowerDirector I was thrilled to be offered the latest version and i'm happy to report version15 is just as good as it ever was.Simple, Intuitive and powerful.It has plenty of features to adjust your 'creation' and is able to write them to a variety of formats quickly and efficiently. It supports the latest processors and graphics cards to help speed up rendering times too although I prefer to let the CPU do all the work as I find the results slightly better.Correcting white balance it one of my main filters to get rid of the yellow tinge on indoor shots.The list of filters, templates is enormous. This edition comes with additional content packs and once registered more are available online to download for free.The PhotoDirector program is so much easier to use than photoshop with adjustment easy to make although I did find the loading and saving of pictures a little confusing as it loads them into albums and saving individual pictures is not a simple as it could be. Once you get you head around it, it makes sense but to start with it confused me and spoiled what is an otherwise good program.As for the other 2 included programs, ColorDirector (for regrading the colour of clips) & AudioDirector I've only briefly dabbled. AudioDirector looks interesting for it multitrack mixing ability.Overall I think casual users will only need PowerDirector Ultra.PhotoDirector is great if you're into photo manipulation but the built in Windows10 photo editor may be enough for colour correcting, cropping and spot cleaning photos.Color and AudioDirector are for the Semipro creating more than home movies.