Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2004 [Old Version]

by Nova Development US

Product Features

• Features 4,500+ Hallmark cards for Deluxe and 3,500 Hallmark cards for Standard
• 1,000 new cards from current Hallmark designs featuring familiar card favorites
• 10,000 art images, 30+ Hallmark crafted fonts, new calendar layouts, and Hallmark sentiments
• Quality clip art; PhotoPower stand alone and integrated photo editing
• Intuitive and easy-to-use design and XP compatibility

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000083JY6
• Item model number: 020626721349
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,974 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #86 in Software > Graphics > Home Publishing > Greeting Cards
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Hallmark Card Studio 2004 includes cards for any occasion--from St. Patrick's Day to Ground Hog's Day. Including Hallmark sentiments, art images and Hallmark crafted fonts, integrated photo editing, and customizable calendar features.

• New! 1,000 exclusive Hallmark cards, sentiments, and projects
• New! Quality clip art
• New! Calendar features for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly personal calendars
• New! PhotoPower stand alone and integrated photo editing

Features:

• Hallmark quality: Hallmark is recognized for quality, and users are able to share that quality with personalized greetings. Features over 4,500 Hallmark cards for Deluxe and 3,500 Hallmark cards for Standard. Including 1,000 new cards from current Hallmark designs featuring familiar card favorites.
• Personalization: Hallmark Card Studio 2004 includes a wide variety of Hallmark quality content. 4,500 Hallmark cards (1,000 new), 10,000 art images, 30+ Hallmark crafted fonts, new calendar layouts, and Hallmark sentiments for creating and printing/emailing one-of-a-kind, personalized, greeting cards for any occasion.
• Quick, fun and easy-to-use interface: Combining the power of the user interface and the easy-to-use Hallmark functionality, Card Studio 2004 has never been so exciting! Hallmark Card Studio is well known for its intuitive and easy-to-use design and XP compatibility.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, not enough card selection, September 15, 2003

By 

Raine Wynd "Raine W." (Bothell, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2004 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Whether you've used greeting card software before or not, the navigation through the project selection for the Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe is very easy and very similiar to using Internet Explorer or any other browser. Setup can take a while, depending on whether or not you choose to install the program entirely on your hard drive or to run content from the CDs. You can create your own cards, invitations, banners, newsletters, and more. The greetings are typical classy Hallmark, with some humor (more humor cards are available in a separate package; same thing with Christian cards). [Note: I don't do the extra projects, just the cards.] I upgraded from the very first version of this software and was pleased by the changes, but hate that the product doesn't come with as many greetings as I'd expected. American Greetings Platinium 7 gives you more cards for less money, but doesn't allow you to view individual cards as easily as Hallmark. The Deluxe version gives you about 1000 more cards than the Standard. Still, there's no risque humor, not enough Shoebox Greetings (or other specialty line cards), and the overall selection is sadly lacking, with no option (as in the original version) to "unlock" more content for a fee.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars INCREDIBLE PRODUCT, September 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2004 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I was able to get a sneak peak at this before the release date. Calendars have been added and they are beautiful. You can also create your own personalized calendars and it's easy to put your calendar information in so it can be printed. They've added lots of new cards. A lot of the cards are the same ones you're seeing in the Hallmark stores right now. I own Card Studio 2003 but I'm definitely buying the 2004 version.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Idea - Lousy Implementation!, December 21, 2003

By 

Daniel C. Long (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2004 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

The Hallmark imprematur led me to this product, but again and again as in the past, the lousy implementation of Sierra Products software bit me in the posterior.

The pictures are non-changeable, and to modify or personalize the text you need a good chunk of time.

The real stinker is the printing wizard. Not only are the animated instructions incorrect (costing a lot of paper, ink and time), the application insists on running this wizard each and every time you send a project to print!

I have it confirmed from Vivendi Universal (the originator?/publisher?/author? -- the tech support that responds) that: "Unfortunately at this time we have not found a solution to the issue where it keeps redoing the printer setup." Please note that they do not have a mechanism to refund your money either!

Learn from my mistakes: don't buy this product, and don't by anything that has Sierra Software on it!