Perhaps the most interesting new editing feature is 'express layer templates'. Colour Splash on the other hand works exceptionally well to colour-pop images, which is where you retain colour in one part of an image while making the rest of the shot mono. Motion Blur enables you to add exactly that to static images it’s easy to apply and results are okay, but you can tell it's not an in-camera effect. There are several other new features that are aimed squarely at enthusiast photographers.

The new Motion Blur tool delivers okay results

Just be wary of using the True Theatre Adjustments, which automatically ‘optimize’ the image the result brightens images, but also reduces detail and overall quality considerably. You can of course take stills from 1080p or 720p footage, but for still images this is really quite low resolution, and image quality inevitably suffers.īut this is all down to the limitations of video resolution, not the software itself, and Video-to-Photo makes light work of grabbing stills from video. The downside to the process comes from the fact that you’re grabbing/creating stills from video footage, so images won’t always be as sharp as if they were shot as stills.įor the best results you'll need to take stills from 4K footage, as the higher resolution will produce generally better image quality. The software guides you through the process of each option effortlessly, and generally does an excellent job of producing the desired results. This allows you to import up to 4K (UHD) video into the software before converting the footage to a still image in a number of ways: you can capture a basic still from video, create a panorama by merging several stills taken from panned footage, while the multi-exposure option enables you to show the movement of a subject within a single frame, and you can also swap faces in portraits so that everyone in a group shot has the perfect expression. The biggest shout-outs from CyberLink focus on PhotoDirector 8's new Video-to-Photo feature. Video-to-Photo makes light work of grabbing still images

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