Customer Reviews

Microsoft Digital Image Pro 10.0 [Old Version]

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I myself use Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 for organizing and editing my digital images, but my dad, a long-time user of Microsoft Picture It!, decided to go for this "upgrade." Even though the user interface has changed, he had no trouble getting used to the new interface and the new features, even though he's not computer-savvy at all. He really likes its simple interface and the fact the program does what he wants it to do.

I've played with Digital Image Pro 10 a little bit and although I won't switch from Photoshop Elements 3, I admit that if you are just a casual user, or have little patience for the complicated user interface of Photoshop Elements 3 or JASC Paint Shop (not to mention the free open-source GIMP), Digital Image Pro 10 is a good solution for everyday digital imaging needs. I won't rehash the features you get; suffice it to say that most families should find the feature set more than adequate.

My dad runs this on an XP Home PC with a 2.2GHz Celeron processor and 256MB of RAM, and it's pretty snappy and very stable. The old version of Picture It he used to use was slow, but he hasn't had any complaints about Digital Image Pro 10.

My take: if you are a casual user of image editing software or want to save money, Microsoft Digital Image Pro 10 is probably the best bang for the buck. If you want more creative controls, consider Photoshop Elements 3. If you want ultimate controls (i.e., what the pros want), none other than Photoshop CS will suffice.

After picking up this software I just had to write a quick review. I use this software to edit pictures, and to use them for flyers, graphics and logos. I used Microsoft Photodraw when it was in style, but knew that it did not have the layering capability of Adobe photoshop.

The edits that I want to do are quick and easy edits, I normally don't mess around with pictures that are hopeless and try to turn them into Ansel Adams prints or somethig. Digital Image Pro is very capable of any of the editing, cropping, resizing, and color enhancing that adobe can do. However, this software doesn't make you juggle 10 differnt layers for each edit. It does allow you to create layers and use them in much the same way, but Image Pro lets you almost ignore the fact that you are using them.

The tools for using text and adding your own drawings are much simpler and less time consuming than anything that Adobe or Corel has let you do in the Essentials Packet (Corel) or the Elements Packets that Adobe has done.

Other cool features are a much more intuitive and accurate feature for removing an object from your photo. One of the earlier customer reviews stated that the guy had trouble with the red eye tool. It is the exact problem that you will have with the red eye tool in elements. The best way to deal with it is to enlarge your photo as big as you can get it when you do the red eye reducer. Adobe also just puts black or dark brown on top of the red eye, in this Image Pro, it is actually easier to edit the color that it added to the red eye. I am far more accurate with the red eye feature in this software than I am with the Elements software.

The other great thing about this particular title versus the Image Suite is that you don't have to mess with Microsoft's photoalbum that is pretty much mandatory in the Suite software. The photoalbum is very comparable to the one that is so annoying in the Photoshop Elements pack.

I personally am just blown away that I can get all of the features that I ever use in Elements for a third of the price with this software. It is definitely worth checking out.

Digital Image Pro Ver. 9 was better quality software. New version 10 makes improvements on automating some tasks but made other fundamental functions work really badly: If you apply Red Eye correction, most of times when trying to increase the effect to achieve a natural eye color, the software inserts a Black ring around the eyes!! Also, the sharpen function works pretty, pretty bad!!

I don't understand why releasing to market software with these kinds of bugs in features that are used the most if they were working perfectly on version 9?

I returned this very expensive ("very" poor price/performance) software to buy other program where all the editing functions work as they should!!

I had previously purchased Digital Image Pro 7 and was quite happy with it. Having said this, I am glad I chose to upgrade to version 10. There have been great improvements, such as making it much easier to select specific areas of a photo for editing - you can even select and delete an object and the program will fill in the background for you. I am still playing around with the various functions, and am sure once I have explored these fully I will be even more pleased. I highly recommend this program.

I am very happy with this program. I was very nervous about purchasing this product because of other reviews on it. I feel it was well worth the price I paid ($19.99 after rebate). I previously used Microsoft Picture It Version 7 and feel this is a great upgrade. I love the designer templates with cut-out items that can be added to a photo. I also love the variety of edges that can be applied to a photo. Many features seem to be easier to use such as the red eye reduction that can be applied to all eyes in the photo instead of only two eyes at a time in my previous version.

I am very disappointed with this product, even with the $40.00 rebate it isn't worth the money. I currently have Version 7 and it is better than this one. If I could I would return it. The only good new feature is the smart erase but that alone isn't worth the $36.99 I am paying. Since I bought it it has dropped $10.00. There are other programs a lot better.

Do NOT BUY THIS Mirosoft has discontinued all digital image progams and there is only support until april 2010. Not a very good deal. and the older version picture it, was much better. This one doesn't have the poster maker on it, and i used that a lot in my buiness. For the price, it was a waste.

I am an artist and I love this software. It is really user friendly and has a ton of options. A+++++++++

This is a good product, as I had an earlier version. However I have a new computer, with windows 7.

This version doesn't with windows 7. They don't tell you up frout which operating systems it works with.

I was able to return it, with a refund minus postage. (Which in itself is a Bummer) That should have been considered the cost of doing business.

This product has been discontinued by Microsoft. All support for this product has been discontinued. Parts of the program will not work unless it is registered. You can no longer register this software with Microsoft. Unless you want to throw money away, do not purchase this product.