Photo-Objects 50,000 Premium Image Collection

by Hemera Technologies

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.5 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SC2M
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 6, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,516 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Add impact to projects with over 50,000 royalty-free Photo-Object images in over 80 categories. Photo-Objects images have a transparent background and can be dragged and dropped into most popular applications, including word processors, presentation packages, and graphics applications.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent collection, June 12, 2001

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Chris Milliken "milksie" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photo-Objects 50,000 Premium Image Collection (CD-ROM)

I've found this collection pretty useful. I've used it as a resource for several websites and printed promotional materials. I can't say that it covers every subject or covers the subjects it includes very comprehensively, but there is alot here for everyone at some point. The content is a little lopsided in ways: you'd expect more of something in one subject while having far too many uselessly similar images in another. But if you have a little extra money to burn and need a library of common everyday objects and shots of people in different contexts, this is probably the best bet. Definite pros are the image browser that lets you peruse the entire achive using a dynamic keyword index that filters the content while you type using a list of associated keywords for each image. You don't need to have a CD inserted since it puts the entire library condensed into thumbnails on your harddrive. Nice feature! You can then plainly see from the list which CD you need to insert (there are 8 of them). From there you can pull the image up, choose the size/resolution, mirror it, squeeze it, skew it, select the graphics format, optimize it for whatever application (word, powerpoint, website,... whatever), then choose any background color you can imagine (a feature missing from most clipart archives), then click 'save' or 'save as' and you are done. The software also comes with a full-color dead-tree edition showing all the images in the archive in case you are the kind of person that can browse printed material easier.

The collection is good, probably better than anything else out there right now, and considering the limits that I sense with it, I wouldn't even consider buying one of Hemera's smaller collections.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a definate BEST BUY - Compare to ($) Photodisks, November 7, 2000

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Gerald Batson "Jake Blues" (Rochester Hills, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Photo-Objects 50,000 Premium Image Collection (CD-ROM)

The photos in this collection are as good as any from the other major players like PhotoDisk and Eye Wire ... and they typically charge hundreds for a disk with 100 photo objects.

In addition to the great variety of objects, they are all set with a clear (alpha) background which makes them very easy to work with. Photos can be saved as jpg, gif, tiffs and more.

The interface is the best yet. If you allow for a full install (149 megs) you will be able to search by keyword and view thumbnails on your pc without every needing to look at the full color book of images that comes with the software. Each image uses many keywords so your search results in lots of choices.

The software also will allow you to create titles that combine any graphic and any font. For example, you could combine the words July 4th with images of American flags ... or spell water using an image of the ocean.

I buy lots of software (too much) and this was an absolute delight. It may be the only image collection you'll ever need. An OUTSTANDING VALUE. It deserves more than 5 stars.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highest quality imges ever found, July 16, 2000

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Peter A. McCormick (Sun City West, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photo-Objects 50,000 Premium Image Collection (CD-ROM)

If you are looking for the highest quality clip art images in bitmat format you will not have to look any further. I have purchased the collection of 25,000 images several months ago and have found them invaluable. The ease of converting them to floating objects in Photoshop or Photo-Paint is as easy as loading the mask channel that is part of each file.