3D-ALBUM V2.03BY Micro Research II

by Global Marketing Partners

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006LS9Q
• Item model number: 3D-101200
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 3, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,552 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

3D-Album allows you to take photos from a digital camera, scanner, or the Internet and combine them with music files, voiceover, and text. You can then add them to over 70 animated 3-D presentation styles. 3D-Album comes with 23 presentation styles, and 50 more can be downloaded for free. You can display your photos in spinning puzzle cubes, on flipping graduation hats, or even on an artist's easel.

Click on the "Organize" button to select your photo folder. You'll see thumbnails that you can arrange in the order you want. Click on the musical-note icon to add a folder containing one or more music files. Choose your presentation style. Click on the "Build" button and select one of the options. You can build a standalone application to be copied to a CD, an application to be e-mailed, or an application to be linked to your Web site.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Product!, May 30, 2003

By 

D. Willis (Clayton, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3D-ALBUM V2.03BY Micro Research II (CD-ROM)

Simply put, this is an amazing piece of software! I bought it to help spruce up my 1000's of digital pictures taken over the last few years.

There are literally dozens of templates for the various 3d slideshows. Even better, the 3d album website has new templates every month or so! What a great way to keep these slideshows interesting!

After buying the program, I decided to purchase the VCD/DVD add-on component from the manufacturer. This allows me to create videos that play in most set top DVD players. Neat. It is important to note, however, this add-on is an additional 20 bucks, plus shipping. But, if you have a CD or DVD burner, it is well worth the extra money to have this option.

I did have a problem early on with the quality of the photos this program produced (looked like wet paint), but after visiting the 3d-album website, it was an easy fix. In other words, if you are not getting VERY high quality output from your slideshows, then it is not the software, but something on your system. My ATI card needed an adjustment in the Open GL settings. Easy, and now it works perfect.

Overall, this program should appeal to anyone that has a digital camera, or digital images on their computer. It is easy to use, produces awesome slideshows, and has some customization as well. I'm a semi-pro photographer as well, and I normally use Sonic Foundry's Vegas 4+DVD for my slideshows for paying customers. As another reviewer wrote, this version is designed for personal use only (makes sense, at this price), but the manufacturer is now offering a pro version for considerably more (250 or so). However, I'm sure you could make up the price difference in only a few videos. But, I'm willing to bet that 99% of the users who buy this software just want it because it's a neat way to display their digital photos.

What are you waiting for? Buy it and have FUN!!!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic software!, December 7, 2002

By 

airplane lover - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3D-ALBUM V2.03BY Micro Research II (CD-ROM)

I posted a negative review earlier and cannot seem to retract it. Support at 3D Album responded quickly to my email. They made several suggestions. Updating my video drivers fixed my problem and now I couldn't be happier with the software.

The problem was entirely mine - nothing to do with 3D Album.

The 3D Album folks have a great product and great support (something seldom found these days).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It does what it is supposed to do, superbly !, September 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: 3D-ALBUM V2.03BY Micro Research II (CD-ROM)

I am extremely happy with what the program is supposed to do, i.e., to create extraordinary photo shows with amazing 3-D styles. One reviewer wrote, the program does not have a complete photo organizer that let you delete and add photos on your computer. The 3D-Album uses regular Windows file folder. You use Windows Explorer to add/delete photo files, copy/create photo folders, and prepare photo collections for 3D-Album to display. Then you use 3D-Album's photo organizer to attach text and voice to your photos, drag and drop to define photo orders, specify the photo displaying time and the text color, and etc. Because I am already used to Windows Explorer, it is easier for me to use Windows Explorer to prepare my photo files and folders, rather than learning an unfamiliar method in a new program (unless Windows Explorer cannot provide the way I want.) Because 3D-Album is meant to be simple, It does not try to do everything. It provides only features that are necessary to get your job done.

3D-Album is definitely not a product for photo management, nor photo editing or photo printing. It is for photo presenation. I never found a photo album software that brings so much fun. It adds many wonders to my boring digital photos. If you are tired of traditional 2-D slideshows as provided by many other 2-D photo album softwares, add 3D-Album to your collection. It is a truly great software package.