Customer Reviews

PICTURE PUBLISHER 7

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I own many photo editing packages. Recently I bought Picture Publisher 7 in a retail and i'm very happy with the filters
and the resources of this software. Cheap and very profesional, similar to other expensive programs. A great deal!

The simplest and most full featured photo editing program I have ever used. To bad it's not compatible with 64 bit systems, I'd drop Photo Shop all together if it were.

This is useless with Windows 7 which runs on 64 bit. Viewers should be advised on ALL programs if they can be used on 64 bit operating systems. So, I wasted my money and won't get it back because I opened the package. The only requirements shown for this program is you need a CD drive thus leaving one to think it will work in any computer. Ok, you got me but never again. I won't risk saying what I'm really want to say. Just beware before buying (if you can).

Picture Publisher was purchased by one of their competitor companies. This still works great on computers with only minimum problems with Windows XP, a few times it will go off screen and have to be brought up again with XP -- there were no more updates made for the program once it was purchased by their competitor, but for those that can use it, I would highly recommend it. It has wonderful features, the tools it offers for editing, copying, pasting, "photoshopping", it is called in recent years, because you can smear out wrinkles, etc and make photos look very nice. I will sorely miss my XP version of windows when I have to quit using it, because this doesn't work on later versions of windows. I keep hoping they will make the newer Windows versions tolerant of software from older versions of Windows! Maybe some day they will and I won't have to retire Picture Publisher. I keep hoping!

This is a terrific drawing and photo-editing program, with a much easier learning curve than many competitors. I have used this (or version 5, which can't be found anywhere as of 2011) program since Windows 3.1, and it is still my "go to" graphics solution for all but a few tasks - mostly those are tasks that didn't even exist when Corel bought out Micrografx (yes, that's what happened, see Wikipedia for more details), like dealing w/ RAW files & HDR photography.

But I'm not subtracting any stars for that. This is one of the best put together pieces of software that you've probably never even heard of!

Even these days (circa 2011), I've had seasoned Photoshop "experts" ask me how I've done some things. It has just taken a lot of playing around with this program over the years.

Please note, there isn't much of any documentation in the package, on the install CD, or online, and no after-market manuals have ever been available to my knowledge. Micrografx might have had a website at one time but not any more.

But again, it is really easy to learn once you've played with it a little.

INPORTANT AND WORTH REPEATING: It will run well on ANY Windows operating system without messing with any compatibility settings EXCEPT on 64-bit versions. You CAN, of course, run a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit machine, but I'm betting that few of us are willing to do that for just one program unless that program was really critical.)

Unlimited installs. No updates because the company is defunct. No registration, because where would you register it? Easy on the memory, even by 1990s standards. Fast install and loading, and I've never had it crash.

I've owned every version of this product thru v7. I find it easier to use than the other editors that I have tried. Tools are where I expect them to be and the toolbars are very intuitive. I love it. I had a little trouble with my version, very early, installing it on my XP system.

Even though the product I purchased (Picture Publisher 7)didn't work with Vista x86, I received, upon my request, such sympathy and understanding for my problem, (wife in surgery.) Had nothing to do with the product. The human touch was overwhelming and I am grateful for it. Will buy and recommend Amazon any time.
P.S. Welcome Windows 7, good bye Vista.

For those still using the obsolete program: Micrografx Draw 6 this is the 'image editor' a few things have been added but not enough to want me to keep it in my computer so I uninstalled it.
If they hadn't changed the name I wouldn't have wasted my money.
I rated it 4 because I love Draw 6 and the image editor was part of the program and I use it everyday (with my Draw 6) but I don't need another one.