What are the limitations in the CyberLink PhotoDirector free Essential edition?

In the free Essential edition of PhotoDirector 365, you can use the free features (but not premium features and templates) to edit and export photos without watermarks. However, you are required to sign in to a CyberLink member account (free to register) to preview or export edited photos. When editing photos in the Expert module, you can only export 2 photos per day.
 
The premium features and templates are labelled with a crown icon in the program, or the program will display the purchase prompts when you apply any of them on your photos. You can only preview the editing result. You cannot export/save the edited photos if they have any of the premium features or templates applied, or include content from the online stock media library in PhotoDirector.

If you would like to use PhotoDirector without the premium feature limitations, we suggest you subscribe to PhotoDirector 365, which has access to all premium features and templates during the subscription period:
https://www.cyberlink.com/products/photodirector-photo-editing-software-365/overview.html