Product Description

PrintMaster Greeting Cards Deluxe helps you create one-of-a-kind greeting cards and invitations that people will remember and save!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6674 in Software
• Brand: Riverdeep
• Model: 385505
• Released on: 2003-03-05
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• Make your personal creations stand apart from the crowd with over 75,000 premium images, sure to suit any theme or style
• Use the robust photo-editing tools to import photos and add them to your design, turning them into works of art
• Powerful content search and gallery layouts for always finding the perfect images
• Enhance your own creations with over 13,000 cards and projects to draw from
• Exercise your creativity with this quick, easy and satisfying design tool!

From Children's Software Revue® -- "Subscribe Now!"
This is a likable, although not perfect, greeting card maker that features 13,250+ customizable card templates, 75,000 images, 1,000 fonts, a photo workshop and an event reminder. In addition to greeting cards, you can design and print invitations, note cards, envelopes, stickers and more. We found the program easy to use, but missing a back button in the card selection process, which makes screening and selecting cards more cumbersome than it needs to be. We also found the program's print wizard confusing. There is a nice selection of cards and an excellent selection of images for creating your own. The software is keyword searchable, and lets you share projects via email even if the recipient doesn't have the program. Finally, the program is almost fully installable (there are four CDs), but you still have to have the program CD in the drive to access certain projects. Copyright © 2001 Children's Software Revue

Amazon.com Review
Looking for just the right words? Look no further than Broderbund's Greeting Cards Deluxe. The package is initially impressive with its wide selection of cards and other projects, plus its countless images (both available through the included CDs and off the Broderbund site). However, a few features stand out to really make this package shine.

First and foremost, the folks at Broderbund have made printing a snap. No more fumbling with double-sided confusion: both on-screen and printed directions customize the printing to your printer and make it easy to avoid wasted paper and ink. One caveat: there doesn't seem to be a way to turn off the extra directions sheet that the application prints, which can lead to wasted premium paper.

The second sharp feature of Greeting Cards Deluxe is its compatibility with your address book. This means that not only is addressing your cards easy and streamlined, but you can also manage a powerful event reminder that notifies you of upcoming anniversaries, birthdays, and other special events.

After a somewhat lengthy install (about 10 minutes using Windows XP), the package is easy to get into. The start-up video is handsome and useful, and jumping right in is easy with a familiar interface. The photo workshop is a welcome addition, letting you adjust colors, crop, cut out, and otherwise manipulate your picture for the perfect project, without having to learn another software package or leave this one.

The selection of art and projects is assuredly vast, however much of it is available online. Both can be searched by keyword, although this function is somewhat limited: only words actually appearing in the description or on the project itself are searched. ("Mother" and "Mom" searches yield different results.) We also experienced slow operation, particularly in starting the application; however, the program did run smoothly once begun.--Emilie Herbst

Amazon.com Product Description
Whether you're marking a milestone, celebrating a holiday, or just reaching out to a friend, you're sure to find the perfect project for every occasion in PrintMaster Greeting Cards Deluxe. Packed with fabulous art collections, powerful design tools, and more than 13,250 exciting project templates, this easy-to-use program delivers all the quality and versatility you've come to expect from PrintMaster.

PrintMaster Greeting Cards Deluxe is the perfect resource for all things creative, from greeting cards to note cards to stickers and beyond, delivering a world of creative possibilities right to your desktop.

You'll be up and running in minutes through ready-made templates, so you can enjoy endless creative exploration with a huge array of artwork and images. Easy-to-use galleries and search tools make creating each masterpiece quick, easy, and satisfying.

Explore more than 13,000 cards and projects (5,022 project templates online; registration is required to access online images and project templates) and enhance your creations with more than 75,000 premium images in every theme and style (25,974 images online).

The software's powerful content search capabilities help you find the perfect image or template in seconds, while robust photo-editing tools give you the ability to transform your favorite photos into works of art. You can streamline your creative process with handy tools like the Color Set Creator, Finish Project Wizard, and Card Converter Wizard, then share your projects via e-mail--even with friends who don't yet own PrintMaster Greeting Cards Deluxe.

Customer Reviews

Printmaster greeting card deluxe
I just received this product and just love it. I have other greeting card software programs(Hallmark,American Greetings & Picture It)but find this the best one of all. There is a large amount of pre -designed cards, much more than the others and many different categories. Installing was a breeze. I highly recommend this software to anyone that is looking for a good easy to use program for printing greeting cards.

OK, but not much more
This product has a lot clip art, but is hard to use. Although I have a 2.4 GHz PC, it still takes about 30 seconds for the application to open. When I import photos, PrintMaster seems to alter (diminish) the quality. For example, when I import high-quality photos into PrintMaster and then print them as part of a greeting card, the photos look very grainy. Borders are available as clip art, but are hard to re-size to fit around objects (there appears to be no specific tool for creating borders). Also, THE REBATE AD IS MISLEADING. YOU NEED TO OWN A COMPETING PRODUCT AND RETURN THE DISK BACK TO BRODERBUND TO GET YOUR REBATE.

Misleading rebate ad
This software is NOT FREE after rebate unless you own the previous version. I'll return mine.