Arcsoft PhotoImpression 5 (Windows/Macintosh)

by ArcSoft, Inc.

Product Features

• The redesigned user interface makes accessing all the cool options easier than ever, for faster creations
• Brighten your images, remove red-eye, add special effects and text -- there's no limit to your options
• Add text anywhere to a photo, and adjust the font size, style or color with just a click
• Draw from a library of clip-art to enhance your photos and add that extra touch

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• ASIN: B0006FL58K
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,778 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

PhotoImpression 5 lets you edit and alter your images, to create the best-looking creative projects out there!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars beware of ArcSoft products, December 4, 2006

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This review is from: Arcsoft PhotoImpression 5 (Windows/Macintosh) (CD-ROM)

CAUTION, be forewarned by my experiences: the three ArcSoft products I own have all been exercises in frustration, wasted time and effort, and failure to function.

ArcSoft sells BUGGY software. For example, PhotoBase 4.5 & Photo Impression 5 both fail to install on an HP PC running Windows XP Home Edition. Panorama Maker 3 installs and opens but gives error messages when trying to work with albums and files.

ArcSoft DOES NOT SUPPORT their products. They do not answer emails or phone calls. Their internet knowledge base is very spotty and incomplete. When downloads are available, ArcSoft instructs customers to have no confidence in them: "Program patches/updates ... may or may not work, and may actually cause your program(s) to function improperly."

ArcSoft intentionally designs their software to be USER-UNFRIENDLY. For example, there is no help feature and no display of version number in Panorama Maker 3. If users go online to the ArcSoft knowledge base and search, they will find a listing of 5 steps to go through to discover a version number. The manual and knowledge base have no index and no list of errors or ways to troubleshoot them.