by Riverdeep
Platform:
Windows 98 / 2000 / XP / 95
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The Print Shop Deluxe 15 retains the legendary ease of use made famous by the previous 14 versions of the software, while adding a handful of useful applets and functions. As with all Print Shop products, you can make a ton of stationery items including signs, banners, letterhead, cards, calendars, fliers, and so on. The interface is absolutely terrific and geared toward both rank amateurs and experts: you can create any one of these items with a wizard to guide you through the entire process, or start with a blank slate and build the item yourself. Throughout the process, you can use your own photos and art or pick from thousands upon thousands of ready-made bits of clip art, borders, photos, designs, and more.
Among this product's new features are the ability to save projects as PDF files for professional printing, a simple interface for sharing items through the Internet, new brush effects to enhance your imported photos, and a video editing applet that lets you edit your own videos into video files.
The only thing missing from The Print Shop Deluxe 15 is a printed manual. All of the documentation is online, and it includes a manual accessible from outside the program and rich help files accessible inside. Still, it would be nice to have a manual to reference while attempting a project you haven't done before. Plus, there's one new feature that backfires. Media Manager tries to be an organizer for all of your images, video clips, music files, and so on, but its interface is clunky; it's easier to use Windows Explorer.
Regardless of those tiny tribulations, The Print Shop Deluxe 15 is a terrific program all around. It continues to flaunt the many strengths of the series and adds some useful features without bloating the package. --Joel Durham Jr.
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.