Greeting Card Factory 7.0 Deluxe [OLD VERSION]

by Nova Development US

Product Features

• Personalize and send the very best store-quality greeting cards with just one software product
• Includes 24,000 cards and projects, 90,000+ graphics, and 1000+ creative fonts and text effects
• Enjoy powerful photo customization tools and sensational photo effects
• Easily create custom calendars using dozens of professionally designed templates
• Create photo CD greeting cards with transitions, panning, titling, music and more

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000XSDM04
• Item model number: RLW
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,625 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #9 in Software > Graphics > Home Publishing > Greeting Cards

Product Description

Amazon.com

Now you can personalize and send the very best store-quality greeting cards with just one software product. Art Explosion Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 7.0 features the largest collection of store-quality greeting cards ever assembled in one software package.

Personalize and send store-quality greeting cards with just one software product.

Create custom calendars using dozens of professionally designed templates.

Easily create photo CD greeting cards.

Capture, edit and enhance photos with Greeting Card Factory Deluxe's built-in photo editor.

Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 7.0 continues to break new ground with thousands of new projects, an advanced photo editor, keyword searching, drag and drop text effects and a brand new user interface.

New Features In Version 7

• Thousands of New Cards and Projects
• Enhanced Card Browser
• Windows Vista Certified
• Drag & Drop Text Effects
• Entire Product Provided on a Single DVD

Spectacular Cards in 3 Easy Steps Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 7.0 makes it easier than ever to create customized greetings with the ultimate collection of greeting cards, invitations, announcements and more.

1. Select It
   Choose a category. Then select a holiday or occasion.
   
   
2. Personalize It
   Select a card that fits your style or mood. Then customize the message.
   
   
3. Print It
   Print your card perfectly on any printer every time.
   
   

24,000+ Cards and Projects
More ways to show you care with brand new exclusive designs.

90,000+ Sensational Graphics
Only Greeting Card Factory Deluxe gives you the creative edge with quality Art Explosion graphics--the #1 choice of consumers. All graphics inside the box, with no downloads or memberships.

1000+ Creative Fonts & Spectacular Text Effects
Drag and Drop Text Effects

• Apply gradients and textures to text.
• Add drop shadows.
• Place text on curves.
• Insert pictures into text.

Express Yourself With 1000+ Fonts
Includes 200+ new fonts.

Advanced Photo Editor
Easily Add Digital Photos
Capture, edit and enhance photos with Greeting Card Factory Deluxe's built-in photo editor.

• Capture photos directly from your camera or scanner.
• Use powerful photo customization tools.
• Apply sensational photo effects.
• Remove red-eye.
• Fix flaws.
• Crop photos into unique shapes.
• Add photographic images to your projects.

Delight Family & Friends with Photo Calendars
Now you can easily create custom daily, weekly, monthly and annual calendars using dozens of professionally designed templates. Then add your own digital photos to create one-of-a-kind gifts!

Create Photo CD Greeting Cards
Now you can create the ultimate in digital greetings--a photo slide show you can watch at home or send across the miles. Your family and friends will enjoy watching their photo CD greeting cards on their TVs using most DVD players. We've even included matching CD labels & envelope templates. Your slideshows can include transitions, panning, titling, music and more.

Product Description

Now you can personalize and send the very best store-quality greeting cards with just one software product. Art Explosion Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 7.0 features the largest collection of store-quality greeting cards ever assembled in one software package.Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 7.0 continues to break new ground with thousands of new projects an advanced photo editor keyword searching drag and drop text effects and a brand new user interface.New Features In Version 7 Thousands of New Cards and Projects Enhanced Card Browser Windows Vista Certified Drag & Drop Text Effects Entire Product Provided on a Single DVD Spectacular Cards in 3 Easy Steps Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 7.0 makes it easier than ever to create customized greetings with the ultimate collection of greeting cards invitations announcements and more. Select It Choose a category. Then select a holiday or occasion. Personalize It Select a card that fits your style or mood. Then customize the message. Print It Print your card perfectly on any printer every time.24000+ Cards and ProjectsMore ways to show you care with brand new exclusive designs.90000+ Sensational GraphicsOnly Greeting Card Factory Deluxe gives you the creative edge with quality Art Explosion graphics--the #1 choice of consumers. All graphics inside the box with no downloads or memberships.1000+ Creative Fonts & Spectacular Text Effects Drag and Drop Text Effects Apply gradients and textures to text. Add drop shadows. Place text on curves. Insert pictures into text. Express Yourself With 1000+ Fonts Includes 200+ new fonts.Advanced Photo EditorEasily Add Digital Photos Capture edit and enhance photos with Greeting Card Factory Deluxe's built-in photo editor. Capture photos directly from your camera or scanner. Use powerful photo customization tools. Apply sensational photo effects. Remove red-eye. Fix flaws. Crop photos into unique shapes. Add photographic

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Updated review after more than a year of use, January 22, 2008

By 

William J. Austin "Jon Austin" (Driftwood, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greeting Card Factory 7.0 Deluxe [OLD VERSION] (DVD-ROM)

*** UPDATE TO MY REVIEW ***
I've been using Greeting Card Factory 7 (GCF7) for more than a year now, and for the most part, I am completely satisfied with it. I would have upgraded my rating from 3 to 4 stars, but the system won't permit me to change my rating.

Here are my only complaints -- they are few and minor -- in no particular order:

1) Only one document can be open at a time. This is a bit of a nuisance, since I like to copy content between cards and matching envelopes. (How long has the Windows Multiple Document Interface been around?) Instead of opening two documents and copying/pasting between them, it's necessary to open the source document, copy the desired item(s), close the source document, open the target document, and paste the copied item(s).

2) No business card "content" that I could find, anyway (File / Browse Templates), and the business card "templates" (Files / Browse Blanks) are organized under the "Labels" category. (I had to hunt a while before I found them.)

3) While we're at it, the convention of calling content "templates" and templates "blanks," but that's really nitpicking.

4) Copying images from the program via the Windows Clipboard into my image editor (so I can make more advanced modifications than GCF7's Photo Editor can handle) doesn't always work: images sometimes have lines through them, which I believe originate from the resizing / rotation "handles" GCF7 overlays on the image when you select it. However, a somewhat-less-convenient workaround is available: right-click the image, then click on Export Selection as Image... This opens a dialog that lets you set parameters for the exported image, which you can then open in the editor of your choice.

5) GCF7 sometimes gets confused by its own file extensions, saving one kind of document (a greeting card, for example, *.fgc) with a different file extension (i.e., note card, *.fnc). This is no big deal, as I've never lost work, but I've had to remember this if I'm browsing say, greeting cards only, and can't find a card I've saved previously. The solution is to expand the search criteria to all documents in the folder.

6) When opening documents, the preview window doesn't always display a preview. This seems to occur most often with greeting cards (*.fgc).

7) Sometimes, if the GFC7 window isn't maximized, it "disappears" from the screen, making it necessary to right-click its button (if that's the correct term) in the taskbar, and clicking Restore or Maximize.

All in all, however, these are very minor quibbles, greatly outweighed by the quality of the program and the depth of its content. I'm very satisfied with GFC7 on the whole, and intend to continue to use it for years to come.

*** MY ORIGINAL REVIEW ***

I just bought this program and installed it yesterday. The problem with lines appearing on the printed card is a known bug with v.7.0.0.x of the program, and has been resolved by the publisher (Nova Development). In fact, when I launched the program for the first time, it alerted me to the fact that an update was available, and downloaded and installed it when I gave the OK. Nova Development refers to this as a "major support patch;" it's about 3.8MB in size. The patched version of the program is 7.0.1.1 (as of 1/22/08).

Also, note that Microsoft .Net framework 3.0 or higher is required for GCF 7 to launch. I didn't have .Net installed, and had to download and install it before GCF 7 would run. (This isn't documented, and the launch error dialog didn't help; I had to call their tech support group to resolve this, but the guy I spoke to was friendly, competent and helpful.) I installed the latest available version (3.5) of MS .Net.

By the way, I only gave the program a 3-star rating, because I haven't had time to put it through all its paces yet.

Hope this helps.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Generates beautiful cards, April 29, 2008

By 

Hanley (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greeting Card Factory 7.0 Deluxe [OLD VERSION] (DVD-ROM)

Once you get the 7.0.1.1 patch, it works fine. Lots of graphics to choose from that are lovely, and NOT like the poor cartoon-ish figures that came with Print Shop, which are more like clip art. These are very professional looking. It is very user-friendly. The only thing I don't like is the catch-all Favorites folder. I'd like to make my own categories within Favorites (i.e. teens, holidays, sympathy, etc.) And there is the usual gap between cards for small children and adults, with very few teen cards. But after six months of using it, everyone has liked the cards I made.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT buy this product, March 7, 2008

By 

Annemarie Vandenende "Vandie" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greeting Card Factory 7.0 Deluxe [OLD VERSION] (DVD-ROM)

Do not buy this version. It doesn't work...they've taken out features from V6 like searching images. Printing doesn't work. It's horrible. I've bought every version of this greeting card factory deluxe. I absolutely love them. I would always buy the new version when it would come out. When I got version 7....forget it. They screwed up this time.
Buy version 6...it's the best one so far.