Photo Explosion Deluxe 2.0

by Nova Development Corp.

Product Features

• More than 3,000 unique projects to choose from -- turn your photos into calendars, scrapbooks and more
• Use the easy cloning & transparency tools to make collages
• Powerful editing features remove wrinkles & red-eye, repair old photos and fix poor lighting
• Add great-looking captions to photos with the sensational text effects
• Morph photos instantly -- just get a before and after shot and watch as they transform

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00066988S
• Item model number: PKW
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 1, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,132 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Features:

• Size, crop, repair and print any photograph.
• Choose from hundreds of professional special effects and over 8,000 projects and photos.
• Create panoramas, morphs, montages, and more.
• Burn CD photo slideshows you can watch on TV.
• Turn photos into greeting cards, calendars, unique photo gifts and more.

Photo Explosion Deluxe 2.0 delivers powerful photo editing features, spectacular special effects and professional-quality photo projects all together in one complete suite. Compatible with virtually all digital cameras, this software is packed with exciting new features to make editing and sharing your digital photos a snap.

Easily get photos from your digital camera, mobile phone, scanner, photo CDs or the Internet – even capture stills from DVD camcorders and web cams. Once you’ve captured your photos, you can improve them with the software’s one-click SmartEnhance, red-eye removal and a full array of easy-to-use photo editing tools. You can even fix multiple photos at once with Photo Explosion Deluxe’s Batch Enhance feature.

Improving on the original edition of Photo Explosion Deluxe, Version 2.0 features superior lighting control, enhanced special effects and brand new filters. For improved photo management, this version incorporates a dedicated photo organizing software tool to place your photos into on-screen albums. Even manage video and sound files. Then add keywords and tags to find photos fast.

Also unique to this Deluxe edition of Photo Explosion is the ability to burn spectacular CD photo slide shows you can watch on TV complete with transitions and background music. What’s more, Photo Explosion 2.0 now enables you to produce animated morphing projects and spectacular photo montages.

And when it comes to sharing your photos with family and friends, Photo Explosion Deluxe 2.0 couldn’t be more versatile, turning your photos into greeting cards, calendars, and so much more.

Photo Explosion Deluxe 2.0 is the only photo editing software you’ll ever need – guaranteed easy to use and compatible with your digital camera.

System requirements

• Windows 98, 2000, Me or XP
• Pentium II 300 Mhz or faster
• 64 MB RAM
• CD-ROM drive
• CD recordable or rewritable drive required to burn CD slideshows

On-Box Rebate: $20

Product Description

Photo Explosion Deluxe 2 delivers the powerful photo-editing features, special effects and professional projects you crave - all in one software package. Capture and organize your photos easily, edit and improve them and do more than you ever thought possible! Print out unique photo projects, from t-shirts and mugs to CD labels and photo neckties Create photo montages made up of all your thumbnails Burn CD slideshows you can watch on your home DVD player -- or view them on your handheld Print your photos in a wide variety of sizes - 3 x 5, 4 x 6, 5 x 7

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great software for your new camera or printer, December 4, 2004

By 

Jen (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photo Explosion Deluxe 2.0 (CD-ROM)

I recently bought a photo printer, and I wanted software that is easy to use and that I could use to enhance/play with my pictures. If you want a program to go with a new digital camera or printer, buy this one. The red eye reduction works great, I love the borders and extra features, and my pictures come out looking like a million bucks.

I tried using the Adobe Photo Elements software, but it was too complicated(unless you're already a Digital Imaging or Adobe Photoshop pro), and didn't have all the features I wanted (like the photo borders). I think that the Adobe program is great if you're a photography professional; but if you're a "photo tinkerer" like me, go with the Nova Photo Explosion (and its cheaper!)

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FInally a digital photo product that gets it!, January 12, 2006

By 

Seth Moronowicz (Culver City, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photo Explosion Deluxe 2.0 (CD-ROM)

Got Photo Explosion Deluxe just before Christmas, and it makes the whole digital photography process a delight. Finally. I've tried lots of other programs. Some are clearly very powerful - Photoshop Elements, for example - but they're way too much for what I need, impossible to navigate, really designed for professionals. Photo Explosion's approach is entirely different. There's lots of hand holding, it's a step by step process, and you just can't go wrong. And there are lots of neat extras, like a morphing program and a montage program and a nice CD slide show maker. They've just really thought it through, and while I've got half a bookcase shelf full of other digital photo editors that have left me underwhelmed, the Nova folks do get it. With respect to rebates, I got mine - and fast. It had the company name on it, not the product name, so I scratched my head for a few minutes before I figured it out. I wonder if that was the problem some other people experienced. Anyway, no rebate problems with this one.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars VERY difficult to use, December 30, 2005

By 

A. Lagerstrom "mamatoalexis" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photo Explosion Deluxe 2.0 (CD-ROM)

I got this for Christmas and I can't say that I'm impressed. It's very difficult to navigate and it's my experience that it doesn't do everything it says it does. I wanted Photoshop Elements 4.0 and I can zip around that in no time flat but this one has me flustered. You can't resize photos to an exact measurement such as 4x4 inches like you can in PSE, you have to eyeball it which is REALLY difficult. You also can't manually manipulate the colors and effects like you do is PSE. I'm very disappointed in this software. I don't recommend it to ANYONE!