Nero PhotoShow Elite

by Nero Inc.

Product Features

• Photo management with easy-to-use editing tools
• Capture, organize, and manage photos
• Make creative slideshows with soundtracks and special effects
• Bring photos to life with editing tools, captions, and clip art
• Share photos and musical slideshows online or burn to CD/VCD

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00028CAGC
• Item model number: 60100
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 12, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,277 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Nero 6 Photoshow Elite lets you capture, organize and edit your photos more easily than ever. Add effects, captions, frames, and animated clip art -- and turn your images into attractive calendars and slideshows. You can even share your new creations by emailing them, publishing them to a site or burning them to a CD or VCD! Share photos, albums and slideshows by emailing links to family and friends Burn a Video CD for playback on supported DVD players Upload your creations to a photo community for Web-viewing Write HTML to publish photos on a Website

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lousy Software - Unreliable, Slow, Very Difficult To Use, April 29, 2005

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Photo "Photo" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nero PhotoShow Elite (CD-ROM)

I purchased this software because it was associated with SnapFish, a company I've come to trust. That was a big mistake.

1) The software is very sluggish. I have a nearly new PC with a fast processor and 1.5GB RAM and PhotoShow takes up to a minute to perform the most simple function. More complex functions, such as creating a slideshow with a hundred or so photos, takes anywhere from 15 minutes to 45.
2) The user interface is very rudamentary - like the old DOS style interfaces - and is very non-intuitive and difficult to navigate. You have to take several steps to figure out how to perform the most basic functions.
3) The software is unreliable. In the first 3 days I've had to uninstall and reinstall it twice (at Technical Support's direction) to fix problems. Additionally it lost the thumbnails for one of my albums with nearly 250 photos and Technical Support could only offer that I delete it and try to recreate the album. This was half a weekend's worth of work.
4) The funtionality it does have is very basic and common to all software in this category. In addition, half the options lead you to a screen to order products and services from SnapFish. The free version is worth it but the Deluxe version is not worth a dime. I foolishly paid $59.95 for it without checking out the reviews first because of SnapFish's recommendation.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Product & support fall short, October 5, 2005

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John J. Lang (Wallingford, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nero PhotoShow Elite (CD-ROM)

I purchased the software in order to be able to make a photo show and then burn it to a VCD. First the software tells me I cannot add my own music with this version, then it does not burn to make the VCD. It will burn to make a CD though. I contacted Nero for support and have had one email (which did not resolve the problem) in two weeks. I replied, but have had no response. I would look for another company who will give better support.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Buy This Product!, February 5, 2005

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K. Trahant (Cape Cod, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nero PhotoShow Elite (CD-ROM)

Warning - I bought this item as a Christmas gift for my father. He attempted to use the software to no avail. We had the serial number, but it required a password that we could not obtain. My father made numerous attempts to resolve this issue through Nero, however they were useless. It took days for them to reply, and the person replying had not a clue. In fact, they insuated that it was stolen, even when an amazon receipt was supplied. My father has had this software since Christmas - and he still hasn't used it. I must say Amazon.com has been great. They are going to reimburse my account and I am sending the product back to where it came from.