Customer Reviews

Broderbund PrintMaster Platinum 16.0

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This program has lots of projects for you to choose from. It is easy to use, also. The biggest downfall is that the photo fixing and enhancing are not the greatest. You are limited to a few minor fixes on the photo itself, and enhancing is the same. You can enhance a lot better with Creating Keepsakes. Neither program has much to actually fix a photo. If you are looking for photo enhancing and fixing, move on. If you want great projects for everything from photos to making coloring book pages for kids, this is for you.

this is still the best software for me on making labels, envelopes, and fax forms. the graphics are also great. used this baby 6-7 years ago. and loved what it did. just tried it now and it is better. people always asked me where i got my labels and envelopes from. told them printmaster. i have hallmark 2004, american greetings 8, but this one is my favorite

I thought I was going to upgrade when I went from PrintMaster Platinum 12 to PrintMaster Platinum 16. NO! PrintMaster 16 is much more combersome to use and I am so-o disappointed!

Needing to make some brochures for my business, I purchased this software against my better judgment. It wasn't as if I didn't know better. I had an earlier version I purchased in the 90's which I had found to be difficult to use. But as I looked at the glossy pictures on the box, and read how wonderful this product purported to be I said to myself, "Surely, this product must be better than it was."

Well, I am here to tell you that it is just as difficult to use today as it was in the 90's. Granted, I am not software geek, but I have been around the block a few times. I think I am reasonably experienced in using software (Publisher, Word, FrontPage, Excel, etc.), but I cannot make this software do what I need it to do. For instance, I want to paste a picture in a text box. No problem, except for the text has to be manually manipulated around the picture. Oh, by the way, the clip art is just as bad as it was ten years ago. If you insist on buying this product, buy the very basic product and get your images off the web.

I am a long time user of the Printmaster products. I have not seen enough new / original projects and art to justify the cost of this upgrade. I was disappointed.

I went from Printmaster Platinum 10 to Platinum 16. I'm having a ball with all the new clip art, and only 3 disks instead of 8 is very convenient. The only thing I don't like is the difficulty I'm having changing the color of itmes. Otherwise, everything is basically the same. Very easy to use; I highly recommend this program.

I have been buying versions of PrintMaster for over 8 years and I was VERY disappointed in this version. I saw absolutely NO difference in PM "Platinum" 16 and regular old "Gold 15". In fact, I wrote the company and asked for my money back because PrintMaster 21 has just come out -- in fact, it was virtually within DAYS that version 21 was announced from when I received version 16.

If this is your first PrintMaster, it's OK. If you think this is an upgrade -- forget about it!

Print Master Platinum 16 is awsome. It does so much and is so easy to use. From Cards to Newsletters it does it all. Another quality Broderbund product.

I installed PrintMaster with no apparent problems, but there are three other CD's included in this package with no instructions or directions as to what to do with them (two Art CD and one Program CD). Even in the instruction manual or help files. I figured the Art CDs are just for storing additional art files. But the "Program CD" is a complete mystery. There are no descriptions, instructions, or help files regarding this Program CD. When I try to open it or install it in the CD drive, it does nothing except say it's a "Program CD". I'm still trying to contact the Tech Support people and after two days, they still do not reply. The software product seems to working fine without it, but it bugs me that I can not figure out what to do with this Program CD. Maybe it's just intended to be used as a Frisbee?

I've used PrintMaster Platinum for years. I always upgrade and have never been sorry. It's fantastic software!