Customer Reviews

Hallmark Card Studio 2004

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I was able to get a sneak peak at this product before the release date. The calendars they've added are amazing. The Hallmark calendars included are beautiful and you can create your own calendars as well. Many of the new cards are the same ones I'm seeing in the store today. Lots of new stuff and an updated look as well.

I did have American Greetings software and thought that was nice, but when I got the Hallmark 2004, it is like professional. I've made calenders already that look like the store bought ones. I highly recommend this one if you like to make your own greeting cards. You can do so much more too. It also has the formats that look like magazine covers and you can put your own photos and text onto them, and much, much more. I especially liked the event planner, it keeps a calender and will remind you and the format is very pleasing, nice to look at and easy to use.

For years I have used American Greetings Gold or Platnum. This program is so much better than American Greetings Gold or Platnum no matter what edition.

I always email greeting cards to friends and family. The latest version of American Greetings (Gold 8) made it impossible for family and friends to open or view the e-cards I sent. The e-cards I send with Hallmark Card Studio are easy to open and view.

Making cards or your own projects is also so much easier with Hallmark Card Studio than with American Greetings.

My recent experience with Hallmark Card Studio 2004 software, a Sierra Home product, turned out to be a disaster. They have lost their touch trying to make a reliable product better. The time and effort wasted trying to print from the Greeting Card Program is unacceptable. Printing is slow and tedious. As a long time customer, I am very disappointed and discouraged. Where is the quality that we expect from a good, long standing company bearing the name of HALLMARK?

In response to Christine Iacomini, the one great thing that this version has over Greetings 2000 is exactly what she didn't like about it: it's very simple.

We have the original version of Card Studio (version 1.0a, which we got almost 8 years ago) and the one thing my wife (not very computer saavy) loved about the program is that it was really easy to use. In fact, when she tried to use Greetings 2000, she insisted I install the older version (which is still installed and works great).

Anyway, Card Studio 2004 does have enhancements over previous versions, but it also brings back a much simpler interface compared to 2000. This may irk some people that want a lot of fine-tuned control over their creations, but it makes it easier for those people that want a program that you don't need to hunt through the controls to use!

Unfortunatly, I have been very dissapointed with the features of this software. The cards themselves are lovely but it's hard to change the print settings and use non-hallmark cardstock. When making calendars you are also unable to reprint individual months if they get messed up...like mine did when my printer ran out of ink. I am actaully considering returning this software via Sierra's 90 day warranty.

Hi,

I first was a bit hesitant to buy a branded piece of software (i.e. Hallmark), because I've had terrible experiences in the past with such a products. However, this time it turned out to be pretty good. The interface it's quite intuitive, the layout (i think) it's no-nonsense, and the creative options are just great. It's easy to get "lost" at first because of the plethora of possibilities, but once one has done it couple of times it becomes VERY easy to use and navigate. My wife created a fully personalized card (i.e. from scratch) and printed it in less than half an hour. Granted, you will not be getting all the bells and whistles that other packages out there have, but at this price it's quite a bargain.
My only qualm is that the program is indeed a bit "heavy" on system resources and if you're doing an extravagant piece of card, it will be slow to work with and print.
Over all, it's a buy.

This product is ok in that it saves you money on buying cards, but I have NEVER been able to make a calendar. Every time I try to go to March, it locks up and shuts down. I was really looking forward to making calendars with pictures of my kids, but no luck. I have written numerous emails to Sierra for help and they only responded to the first email in which they instructed me to uninstall/reinstall which I have done numerous times to no avail. I am very disappointed with Sierra's customer service. I also can't believe I am the only one having this error when trying to go into March to create a calendar or even just looking at March in the Event Planner. Hopefully I will find someone else who knows what to do.

I'm really dissappointed with this product. Unlike other Hallmark programs, it does not have all it says on the program and it locks up my system, (which is a brandnew p4) When I can get it to work it only prints part of the card and does not center it correctly so the finished product looks terrible.

I think Hallmark needs to fix the problems and offer a working upgrade.

I could not get the software to open. Called Sierra tech support & they had me try 7-10 other options to change in my computer settings. I finally went to Sierra web site and found out this was a defective issue. Go to the web site BEFORE you purchase any of their products and visit downloads forum to see all the issues. They do not disclose gliches over the phone they want you to think it is a unique problem! 7 hours later....