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(More customer reviews)Even though there were a lot of negative reviews I bought this product mostly because PC Magazine rated it one of the best (5 stars) and the price can't be beat with the discounts. Here's my take if you read the other reviews like I did.
This program tries to make it easy to start a project (with a walk through wizard) but with any publishing software, you have to know what you are doing. That includes understanding your printer settings, etc. Yes, printer settings can be changed with the program (as with most any software) so it will take some time for inexperienced users to understand how to use it properly.
I must say, this program offers a ton of nice clip art, photos, etc than most other programs in this class. It has 2 CD's full of clipart but you'll need a lot of disk space to install it all. The broadband version of PrintShop accesses the clipart from the internet but with big hard drives available these days, save yourself some headache and buy the regular software, not the broadband one. If you don't have a lot of harddrive space (a few gigs to spare) I wouldn't suggest buying this.
There is no user manual included and the help files are not as in depth as I would like. I find it hard to believe that a complicated program such as this does not have at least a printable copy of a user manual. So be warned, if you not an experienced software user this product might not be for you.
I also saw some negative reviews on photo editing/printing. I haven't tried it so I can't compare. (I use other software for photo editing and printing). There are a lot of great photo editing software packages available. If you're purchasing this for that reason, you might want to look somewhere else. This thing is for printing out greeting cards, postcards, and things of that nature. I guess you can be thankful that there is photo editing features with this at all.
Final take - For someone who has used software since they were young and does for a living, I could figure most things out on my own. If you are inexperienced, you may find this product frustrating. But for the price, you get a lot of nice clipart and wizards to help for most basic home desktop publishing needs (greeting cards, postcards, calendars, etc).
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Broderbund's well-known The Print Shop is more powerful and versatile than ever. Exhaustively updated, it carries tons of exciting new features like file sharing options, easier-than-ever e-mail tools, built-in movie editing software, a handy Media Manager, an intuitive photo editing interface, and more.
The Print Shop Deluxe 15 features a rich creative library of over 280,000 premium images (80,000-plus on CD and 200,000-plus online) and over 14,500 ready-made project templates (9,000-plus on CD and over 5,500 online). A friendly, intuitive interface and a full set of wizards let you jump right in and go from novice to graphical expert in no time.
Share projects via e-mail with unprecedented simplicity. A one-click viewer makes your projects instantly accessible to friends and family who don't have The Print Ship. Save your projects as popular PDF files for easy printing. Edit videos with MovieShop Express and add titles, transitions, music, and more. Make any paper product you can think of--cards, photo projects, calendars, brochures, and so on--and then go on to design screen savers, e-mail greetings, and entire Web sites.
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