Customer Reviews

Microsoft Picture It! Publishing Platinum 2002 [Old Version]

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In response to all of these reviews that I have seen on this product.... I just have to say that the majority of the "crash" issues are directly related to the specs of the machine that you are running this program on. I will agree that this program is a memory hog, any good graphics program is. That's the way they are. That includes Print Artist, Print Master, Print Shop... any good program after repetitive graphics and photo use, needs lots of memory. Any graphics design person such as myself will recommend that you do not even ATTEMPT this on a computer below 256 MB of RAM and will tell you that there can still be crashes if you are under 512 Mb of ram with a good processor. I had this program running ME with 256 Mb of ram and I had crashes. Part of them were ME crashes and part of them were Picture It crashes. But all related to RAM. Now I run this 2002 version on Windows XP with NO PROBLEMS and I have been running it that way since XP came out with no problems. Now I have a new PC with 512 Mb RAM and an Atalon XP 2800+ and It runs BEAUTIFULLY. I have not had a crash from this program since I got away from the ME operating system. This program is not buggy for everyone to the extent that people are talking about. It has more capabilities to the trained eye, such as filters, transperency, etc that are similar to Photoshop, but Photoshop is a $700.00 program. This one is less than $50! I have had this program since it was released and I still love it, it serves all of my practical purposes and required no training (unlike Photoshop CS, which I have taken 6 eight-hour classes for.) So it's a great buy for the money and easy to learn I hope this helps anyone who is looking. And as for the guy who said it is Java and runs in your internet browser? I don't know where he got that. This program absolutely does not run in an internet browser.

I used to do a lot of family desktop publishing from Microsoft Publisher. I never liked that program because it was hard to use. Picture It! Publishing, on the other hand, is very easy to use -- and offers all the tools a family publishing fan wants. You can get up and running in just a few minutes, and the program is intuitive. Definitely the best such program I have used. I tested the program on Windows ME and Windows 2000 systems and it was rock solid and never crashed. (Of course, your mileage may vary.) I eventually installed it on a Win2k laptop and have been very happy.

I'm a college student and was looking for a decent non-professional product under $.... I found the software easy to learn and a lot of fun. I haven't had any problems storing pictures or printing. There is a lot of room for creativity.
Pros- easy to learn, a lot of applications, tons of images, a decent price
Cons- shameless Microsoft plugs (I thought it was a joke at first), a bit slow (my computer is Pentium 3/ Windows 98/ 128MB RAM), no slide show feature, few options for collages.

This is a terrific program for creating greeting cards, flyers, certificates, labels, etc. Incredibly easy for even beginners to learn to use. Has a huge library of sample projects and graphics. It's silly to compare PictureIt's photo editing capabilities, which are perfectly adequate for basic, nonprofessional use, to Photoshop, which costs about ten times as much and requires substantial training and experience. Previous versions of this software could be challenging to older computers and operating systems, but runs great on a new Pentium IV using Windows XP w/ample RAM. Of the 4-5 similar programs I've tried, this is easily the best for general consumer graphics use.

I bought this product based on excellent reviews I read in trade publications. Unfortunately, in a Windows 2000 or Windows NT operating environment, this program only runs when the user is logged on as Administrator. That means that, unless you are willing to give every member of your family all administrative privileges, which is dangerous, the program is useless. I called Microsoft technical support, and was told that "we have received this complaint from others, too." Their only suggestion was that I upgrade my OS to Windows XP. I am returning the product to Microsoft.

I bought this program after getting a digital camera. When i first opened the program, it was pretty helpful. But when i clicked on Web Pages, an illegal operation came up. When I exited, another one came up and i had to restart my computer. The next time i used it, it said it was corrupt. Called Microsoft and they told me to download two files. After resolving the problem (VirusScan was running when i first installed it) i opened it. Everything was good, until i got another illegal operation. So thanks a lot for that Microsoft!

At least i can use the program and it has some pretty good features. Next time though, I'll use PhotoImpact or PhotoSuite.

My wife got this for the good collection of art and projects. It's pretty easy to use...EXCEPT FOR THE CONSTANT CRASHES. Thisa memory-hog program is so buggy you can hardly complete a project without crashing/restarting your machine. Those of you who want to do print quality work beware, and remember to close EVERYTHING else before using it. Check some reviews on this and other versions- you'll see what I mean. It's not just me complaining. I do tech and hardware support for users all the time and this is Typical Microsoft Method to issue software full of bugs then expect folks to live with it.

I absolutely love this software program but will Microsoft never update and create a new version???Does anybody know anything about a newer version being in the works?

Microsoft Picture It! Publishing Platinum 2002 looks promising, but we probably won't find out as we hardly ever finish anything using it without a crash. I have gone to Micrsoft's own newsgroups, and followed their advice and it still crashes. Belive it or not their stock answer seems to be that the problem lies with your computer, or your software. I don't expect any support from MS on this, they treat it like orphan-ware. Buyer beware, it may work on your system, but MS says it doesn't like HP printers, Norton Antivirus, and sunny days(ha Ha).

I had Picture It 2001 & never had a problem so I thought I would upgrade. What a mistake! It locks up, crashes, will not print my envelopes so on & so forth. I contacted support about the envelope problem & was told that there were issues with some printers. They tried to help but if you do not answer them within a day or two they take you off the list. I don't understand the printer issue, I did not change printers just software, it worked on the 2001 version which I think I will re-install.