New features include the ability to create multiexposure images by merging a series of photos together. When you're finished your work, the 'Slideshow' section helps turn your photos into a video file, or a slideshow you can share directly on YouTube. The 'Print' tab provides a great deal of control over any printouts you might want to make, and your projects can freely be saved and shared online via CyberLink's Cloud Services (you get 25GB free for a year) The 'Layers' tab supports up to 100 layers per photo, which you can manipulate with various tools (Pen/ Eraser/ Add Shape/ Text/ Selection/ Fill/ Gradient) and 14 blending modes. There's a bracket HDR tool, panorama creator, filters, frames, a watermarking tool, and more. The program can remove unwanted objects from pictures, automatically filling in the background. The People Beautifier provides options to whiten teeth, remove wrinkles, perhaps reshape your subjects for a more slimline look. The 'Edit' tab ramps up the creative possibilities with a range of more powerful tools. The 'Adjustment' section provides manual and fully automatic tweaks for colour, white balance, tone, sharpness and more, as well as crop and rotate tools, various healing brushes and a red-eye remover. There are plenty of time-saving tools on hand (face tagging, the ability to exclude duplicates when importing), but it's all very straightforward and easy to use.

'Library' is where you import, view, rate, tag and generally organise your photos. Launch the program and you'll find it's split into six sections. PhotoDirector 9 Ultra is a powerful tool for managing and editing digital images.

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