Print Artist Print Kit GoldEdition 2003

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006G2SH
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 23, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,777 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #47 in Software > Graphics > Home Publishing > Clip Art
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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This six-CD set lets you create the usual banners, cards, newsletters, stationery, calendars, scrapbooks and party sets, but also offers business project templates like restaurant menus, real estate brochures, CD labels, and seminar binders. Content includes 150,000 images and photos, 10,000 project templates, 5,000 sentiments, and 300 fonts. Special features include integrated photo editing and content from the recently released Holiday and Freedom Collections. The downside is in the interface and operation of the program-- it is less intuitive and user-friendly than it should be. Project types are buried and hard-to-find, photo importing is less than straightforward, disk-swapping is annoying, and so on. Folks who know their way around printing programs will be fine, but novice users will need to spend some time learning the ins and outs of the many icons and menus. Still, you're getting a lot of great artwork and creativity power for $30, so the purchase is worth considering.

Amazon.com Product Description

Whether you need a newsletter, greeting card, or business stationery, no experience is necessary to create, personalize, and print your unique project in minutes. Print Artist features over 150,000 quality graphics, 10,000 fun layouts, QuickStart Reference Card, bonus Holiday and Freedom Art Collections, and Integrated Photo Editing. Find all of the tools you need to create high-quality print projects in minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

103 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Print Artist Kit Deluxe Edition 2003, September 3, 2002

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alice strickland (Blackshear, Ga.31516 USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Print Artist Print Kit GoldEdition 2003 (CD-ROM)

I had the Print Artist 4.0 and decided it was time to update. I recieved my new program today and it is super! The photo editing is just what I was looking for. I can now do so much with my photos in this program. The art images are out of this world! The best ever is the "Freedom" art collection they have included. No need for a different program to make CD labels as this program has it all! As always Sierra has come out with an easy to use program. When they say "No Experience Necessay" they mean it! Super program, you can't go wrong with this one!

49 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Defective greeting card printing, October 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Print Artist Print Kit GoldEdition 2003 (CD-ROM)

The program would not print the complete greeting card for either the half fold or the quarter fold. On a quarter fold card, if I had something on each of the four faces, it would print only 2 or 3 of the faces. On half fold, it would print just one face. This occured on the 5 or 6 I tried. Technical support could now solve the problem and authorized me to return it for a complete refund. I had Print Artist 4.0 that was great but won't run on the new computer with Windows XP

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Printing problem known - and fixable, April 17, 2003

By 

edfan "edfan" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Print Artist Print Kit GoldEdition 2003 (CD-ROM)

I'm startled to find that someone with Internet access and a problem with software would NOT go to the home page of the publisher and get help. The "printing problem" spoken of (in the review below mine) is easy to fix, though tedious to implement (you must apply the fix to each project face you are printing). Please go to the Support area of Sierra Home (the publisher) to download the fix.

Meanwhile, this software is a bit long in the tooth and Sierra is not a very good owner but the product has a loyal, devoted following amongst hobbyists who enjoy printing projects. It is powerful enough that some ladies have started successful home businesses using PrintArtist.

The included professional designs can act as a whole course in layout if you dissect and study them. When was the last time you saw a two or four year apprenticeship in a trade for thirty dollars? And they deliver it right TO your house! C'mon, it's a steal.

This newest edition finally seems to run well on Windows XP, though there are still a few machines around with minor Install troubles. Again, visit the Sierra site for support fixes.

PrintArtist was developed from the ground up as a great little OBJECT ORIENTED graphics package, which distinguishes it from its brethren. Nothing is tacked on. The interface is easy and usable, accessible to bright 8-10 year olds. This is not a trivial achievement. I tested a more expensive package just yesterday that was so poorly thought out, I could hardly see the design on the page in its default settings.

Most of the included graphics are not world class but a lot of the "art" made with such programs ends up on refrigerator doors anyway. There's nothing wrong with the basic TOOL and I'd encourage any professional or aspiring designer of ANYTHING to buy this package and diddle with it. It will do 85-95% of what a lot of extremely expensive software will do and gives all generations in your family the chance to exercise their creativity. I've owned and used all the small graphics programs as well as the big ones like Xara and Photoshop. PrintArtist makes the Top Three List.