Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 3.0

by Nova Development Corp

Product Features

• 15,000+ exclusive greeting cards and customizable projects
• 80,000+ beautiful graphics; 500+ fonts
• 5000+ easy-to-customize sentiments
• Advanced digital photo editor; import images from any source
• Electronic greetings; dozens of additional creative projects

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000C7GEO
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 25, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,478 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #53 in Software > Graphics > Home Publishing > Greeting Cards
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Now you can personalize and send the very best store-bought greeting cards with just one software product. Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 3.0 has everything you need. It’s the ultimate collection of absolutely charming cards, featuring beautiful graphics and heartfelt sentiments sure to express your innermost feelings every time.

Because Greeting Card Factory products are the only software products among leading print creativity titles to be built on a robust graphics engine, you can achieve results never before possible with other products. Included are sophisticated drawing tools, gradient and transparency support, unparalleled text effects and much more.

What’s more, Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 3.0 offers the biggest selection of store-quality greeting cards of any product in the category, as well as an unprecedented number of premium-quality graphics.

Features Include:

SHARE WARM THOUGHTS AND CREATE LIFELONG MEMORIES WITH ...

• Millions of Unique Greeting Card Possibilities
Select and personalize from the very best store-quality greeting cards around.
• 15,000+ Exclusive Greeting Cards and Customizable Projects
Choose from greeting cards, invitations, announcements and other projects in every style imaginable.
• 80,000+ Premium-Quality Graphics
Trust your projects to Art Explosion, the leading name in clip art.
• 5,000+ Sentiments
• 500+ Fonts
• Built-in Digital Photo Editor
• Spectacular Text Effects
• And Much More!

System Requirements:
Windows 98, NT, 2000, Me or XP, Pentium 166 Mhz or faster; 64 MB RAM; and CD-ROM drive

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

82 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Gold Standard Of Greeting Card Programs!, December 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 3.0 (CD-ROM)

Having tried them all, I can safely say that Art Explosion's "Greeting Card Deluxe, Version 3" is far and away the best program if it's kind. You might expect "Hallmark" or Broderbund's "American Greetings" to offer higher quality templates but surprisingly this is doesn't seem to be the case. For the most part, Art Explosion's graphics and layouts are the closest to what you would expect to find in a good card shop. With over 15,000 cards and 5000+ sentiments you're sure to find something appropriate for any occassion. Additionally, users looking for some added value will find a nice assortment of craft related "project" templates and a "Video CD Greeting Card" creator.

The application launches quickly and the much improved program interface and "double sided print wizard" are intuitive and user friendly for young and old alike. Even those with limited computer or graphics experience can reasonably expect to produce high quality greeting cards within minutes of installing the program. Those who wish to customize their projects to a greater degree will appreciate the rich assortment of easy to use editing tools, 80,000 additional graphics and 500+ font library. Although most users won't need it, Art Explosion has included a well illustrated 100+ page guide book in addition to the on-screen help file.

As for possible negatives, the size of the application might be a bit too much for those with older computers. The "compact" installation (which requires the user to insert content discs while creating cards) checks in at near 600mb while the full monty (certainly the most convenient) requires up to 1.2 gigs of drive space. There are no provisions for desktop publishing (newsletters, brochures, and the like) which is fine by me as such applications are better left to application specific programs such as Serif's "Page Plus" or "MS Publisher". As the name would impliy, Greeting Card Factory is mostly about (you guessed it...) greeting cards (and PLENTY of them!). If that's what you're looking for, you're not likely to find a better program for the job.

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing software for an amazing price!, April 20, 2004

By 

D. Couse "darkman1969" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 3.0 (CD-ROM)

I have had this software now for just about one week. And in that time frame, I have printed and mailed 5 cards (would have cost me $15), custom made 5 envelopes, made return address labels for friends and family, printed out the pre-made paper airplanes for my kids and soooo much more.

I can't believe all this program can do right out of the box. I really can't praise this software enough. It has so many different options for cards, notes, labels, door hangers, origami etc. The possibilities are truly endless.

The cards look professional, and if you download a UPC font, you can give that card the final "store bought" look.

You can not go wrong with this purchase if you send cards or have kids. I figure I will this program will pay for itself in about another 2 months with the upcoming holidays and birthdays!

I'm printing on a Canon i860 and have to admit that the quality is definitely store bought.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Upgrade!, October 26, 2003

By 

Earl Blount (Iowa City, IA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 3.0 (CD-ROM)

If your thinking is anything like mine used to be, you probably think the best greeting cards come from American Greetings or Hallmark. But I've been using Greeting Card Factory since version 1.0, and it's the best thing going by a longshot. This new version includes thousands of new cards, plus lots of great new features, including the ability to make CD greeting cards that you can mail to a loved one across the country and have them play it on their TV using a DVD player. Lots of other new features, too. It's a substantial upgrade. Highly recommend it.