Apple Reviews

I expected a new and improved Print shop with new graphics. I recieved it today and found numerous pictures that I used in the print shop at least 6 years ago. I felt like I was using the old print shop on my Apple IIgs. It has many similarities to the old System 9 print shop which was not overly impressive. Do not waste your money on this program. Invest in Print Explosion it has much better and a larger selection of graphics.

All I want to say about Print Shop is that you can finally search for graphics within the program using a search engine instead of randomly sorting through library after library. The options for font effects are nice, too. It is a great program for people who are not professional graphic artists but like their things to look nice. I have used the electronic greeting option quite a few times!

Read what it is you are buying!!!
It says right on Amazon's webpage that this version is NOT OS X compatible.
Like another reviewer said, buy the version that the Apple Store currently sells, which is made for OS X. Stop complaining cuz you didn't read what it is that you bought.

Pretty much everything they claim about this app is true. If you're looking for a simple app for print projects, this is hard to beat. That said, here are the gotchas to look out for:

The app doesn't support ANY antialiasing making on-screen editing difficult. If your project is destined for print this isn't a big deal, but if your destination is a screen image it's a problem.

The program's JPEG compression is HORRIBLE; its BEST setting is worse than Photoshop's WORST setting! With its lack of antialiased text, this renders the program's e-postcard feature practically useless.

The installer is questionable. The program ships on three CDs, with the installer on one and extra graphics and fonts on the others. But the installer doesn't add the contents of the other two CDs to your installation. Those have to be installed MANUALLY. Considering that the quality of the graphics on the other two CDs is much higher AND the fact that this information isn't clearly explained anywhere, it becomes an issue for the less knowledgable/experience (for whom this app is primarily aimed towards).

Knowing this, I would buy this app again -- but I wouldn't use it for anything destined for on-screen use. Since the app is called *PRINT* Explosion this makes sense. :-)

UPDATE 5/2/04: Since writing this review, I have learned via an email conversation with Nova Development that they have no interest in addressing the shortcomings listed above. I have also purchased The Print Shop for Mac OS X which is a significantly nicer/higher quality app and is definitely an OS X-savvy app (not a Windows port as Print Explosion is), but it doesn't have the billions of bits of art and fonts that come with Print Explosion. But if given the choice between Print Explosion and Print Shop, choose Print Shop.

I've been a user of Nova Development products for years, having bought their first Art Explosion product when they first brought it out. They've always been committed to great Mac software, and Print Explosion Deluxe won't disappoint.

My wife and I are both teachers, and we use Print Explosion Deluxe (she under OS 9 and me under OS X) for school projects, as well as for our church. It's a simply outstanding program for making banners, flyers, greeting cards, and other printed projects. The templates/designs are great, and the tools are excellent. And, most important to me being a Mac user since 1984, it feels like a Macintosh product, unlike Print Shop and some of the other "Windows ports" I've tried that are just hokey on the Mac.

Contrary to another review I read on Amazon, I think the graphics are incredibly well organized and of great quality. It's easy to find images for just about any purpose, and the software is just incredibly easy to use.

It even supports EPS graphics. So no matter where the clip art comes from, you can print it out, even on an inkjet printer, and the quality is perfect at any size. Even Microsoft Word doesn't do that for me. And creating your own projects from scratch is easy.

Along with Quicken, Word and Entourage, Print Explosion Deluxe is one of my core Macintosh applications. I use it daily and recommend it wholeheartedly.

Print Explosion Deluxe is, in my opinion, orders of magnitude better than the original Print Explosion and beats Print Shop (which, by comparison, is cumbersome, not "Mac-like" and not os x compatible) hands down. The artwork in Print Explosion Deluxe (templates, etc.) is really nice, too, and it's easy for me to customize. I've used Print Shop and Print Master on the PC, and Print Explosion Deluxe is on par with those products, which I think are great on the Windows side.

Save your self [some money]. This is one of the worst java aps I have used. Also you can not get blank labels in the US. I called the US distrbutor listed on the box. They told me they no longer suport Pressit. They sugested I call Momorex as they where now handling it. Called there and they where clueless. So what do you get for your [money]. A few sample labels, a nice applicator to put them on and a realy poorly writen java program. Not intuitive or user friendly and very slow and this was on a new 17"PB 1ghz. Mac. You would be better off to just down loading their free templates for photoshop. Oh I emailed the company twice in the UK no resonce after 2 weeks. Oh well, let the buyer beware...

I have to be honest, after I decided to get a CD labeling kit, I was atracted to cd stomper. But after a serious research in several stores , here in Costa Rica, I couldn't find it. Instead, i kept bumping into the pressit kit. Since I've never heard from it, i wasn't too excited about buying it. I just thought it was a copy of cd stomper.

I have to tell you that after I tried the kit, I was satisfied completely. The printing is perfect: Your get your CD's labels precisely positioned in the paper. Besides, as a computer analyst, i find the idea of the software being based on JAVA explendid! It doesn't crash at all, is easy to use and you can design your own labels! Also it contains a whole set of labels on the package.
If you want quality on your labels, get this kit!

this is a versatile set. with enough goodies to give a beginner a working knowledge of the POSER application. it doesn't include POSER 4 but it works as a nice intro for it.

The review from the other customer on 10/26 says that Pro-Pack is a great introduction to Poser 4. You cannot run Pro-Pack without owning Poser 4. This is an add-on. Please make sure that you own the full package. This is a great and easy to use application. Being a newbie, I was able to pick up the manual and start using the program right out of the box. This is a must have on any list!

This is a good 3D program. But ,I think my version has some features missing. I bought it at a local university so I think I have the student version. I have learned a lot on my own by using this program. Much of the animation is painstating work. Sometimes you need to go frame by frame. I finally figured out how the magnets work. I wish they had a better means of sculpting these figures. I hope to purchase the full version of poser 5.

I finally realized that you can down load free figures and props off of the internet. I spent the last few days down loading many props. Now I can make more realistic images, I hope to purchase the Millenium Girls (Boys) figure. These charaters enable the user to create a wide variety of children characters. The children figures that come with Poser are very limited in what can be done to manipulate them. I plan to buy some adult figures that can be manipulated.

It is kind of frustrating that I have to buy extra figures instead of having them with the program (Of course You can download many figures and morphs and textures for free) But for the price Poser is relatively inexpensive and easy to use(The student version is even cheaper. I have made great progress in the past six months since I bought the program. I have not had any official instruction in 3D Modeling and animation except for a brief course in AutoCAD. I hope to take a 3D course next semester. I would love to have formal instruction on Poser.

You can create your own morph targets for you figures as well as make your own props , but these take advance skill and without formal instruction it can be difficult and frustrating. Props can be created in other programs such as Bryce and Lightwave (The class I will be taking uses Lightwave). The Poser Pro Pack is supose to enable the user to use Poser with these other programs. I was told that many computer artists use many different software programs using the stong points of each in combination.

If you can afford to spend thirty-five hundred for 3DS Max, consider yourself fortunate; If you're not a spoiled cowboy from Dallas, you can save yourself over three grand and pick up Poser 4!
For beginners, the software is superb in its' user-friendliness. Fulfill your 3D character and animation fantasies on a budget. The User Guide is very clearly written. Characters can be exported to other 3D applications like Bryce 5, World Builder, Terragen, forester . . . and yes, Hopalong Ferrari in Texas - even the 3DStudio Max daddy bought for ya!
If you doubt the truly professional images Poser is capable of, check out some user galleries on the WWW, and marvel at the near-photorealistic results experienced artists have achieved.
Easy enough for beginners, advanced enough for artists. And just think of all the cool cowboy outfits you can buy with the money you save! What a deal!

I use this program at school and I love it! I love playing with the animal and skeleton characters!

I got this card to work with a SmartMedia adapter for my Handspring PDA.

I haven't had any problems at all while using this item. The extra 64 megs of space is great. My only problem with it could be the slow speed of the card, but that could be due to the fact that it is attached to a PDA.

Rating: A definite buy

My friend got this product for his rio 500 so he could hold more music. We thought it would be a peice, because of the price, but it turned out to work quiet well. It just plugged in and puff he had a card that could hold as much as his unit for under 50 bucks. i would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a smart media card, and the price is great for a solid product. (it won't break easy because i droped it twice).

I bought the photo easy deluxe with camera thinking it would be good. It is brand new. I followed directions and could not get the program they sent to identify the camera. I tried all the phone numbers I could find on the box to no avail. I emailed IXLA Tech support LOL it took them 3 days to email me back. I tried their suggestions didn't work. Called a tech in and he checked my computer etc.... Nothing wrong there. We have both emailed IXLA tech several times and have not received a response. They suggest the serial cable is bad, well, where do you buy another one? I have wrote many bad reviews and strongly suggest to the consumers not to buy their products!!!

I'm on my first day using this camera. The software would not connect to the camera to download anything, so I ended up taking a link from the Ixla website to get the twain driver for the camera before I could do much. For outdoor photography, the camera is fairly decent. For indoor photography...the camera would be better off not even having a flash. Or at least that is my experience trying to take pictures for a bowling team. Blur and dead black pictures...and this is with the flash set to "always on." I'd say look for another camera...or if you're an outdoorsman...then this might do for you.

This camera is okay...nothing to brag about. The camera interface is clunky. The software is not very good. I guess for the price the whole package is okay. But I'm returning mine and will spend the extra 150.00 for something much better.

On paper, iview Media Pro 2.0.3 looks like the perfect image cataloging software, especially for those of us running OS 9.2. Its not cheap, but with what the software promised, it seemed like the way to go. Not.

Its buggy. Constant freezes. Slow. In continuous mode, mp3s can be played during slide show (great) but the slide show can't be turned off unless you force quit (which is accompanied by a freeze and a re-boot. Every time. In interactive mode, mp3s can't be played, although at least now one can exit the program.

I checked my system requirements. All OK (Carbon lib1.6 and Quicktime 6.0.3). I emailed tech support, Got a very quick reply asking if the above were installed. When I said yes, never heard anything back.

Bottom line. This software is not cheap. If it did what it promised, it would be worth the money. As is, it doesn't do that much more than the freeware that comes with most digital cameras.

In hindsight, I should have read the reviews at http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5534. Not so good.

For those of you on OS X that are enjoying this software, my apologies. I writing this as a caution to those running OS 9. Its upsetting to pay this much for software only to learn it does only a fraction of what its advertised to do.

iview--shame on you.

This program is like iPhoto on steroids. You can catalogue images and music etc. any way you like. You can set keywords, names, locations, dates etc. etc. and search quickly through your cataglogues to find what you want. You can also then print contact sheets, create slide shows and make basic HTML galleries. The software takes some learning but much of it is inuitive. The product manual is clear and easy to read and email support is quite prompt.

I am an amateur photographer and shoot Canon RAW images and iView Media Pro 2.0 handles them quickly and efficiently.

The program also alows you to do basic image editing if you don't want to take the photo into Photoshop or another image editing program. I mainly uses Photoshop but I have tried the red eye feature in iView Media Pro and it worked just fine.

In sum, there is a bit of a learning curve but it's not steep, iView is there to help and the effort is well worth it.