The Print Shop 2 for Mac

by Software MacKiev

Product Features

• 9500+ professionally designed project templates
• 19,500+ premium images (photos and graphics)
• Powerful layout tools (rulers, grids, and guidelines)
• Photo Workshop (advanced photo editor with special edges and effects)
• Integration with Apple's iLife (iTunes, iPhoto, and iDVD), iCal and Address Book

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000FFVQN0
• Item model number: 2011.00
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 20, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #552 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #38 in Software > Graphics > Photo Editing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Create professional quality greeting cards, banners, CD Labels, stationery and much more with this all-new Mac OS X Edition. This award-winning new version includes easy-to-use layout tools, iDVD-theme templates, and a bonus Art CD. 2 CD set.Import your own photographs directly into The Print Shop from Apple's iPhoto and then fix, edit and enhance them using The Print Shop's built-in Photo Workshop. Crop in shapes such as circles, hearts and stars. Adjust color, brightness, contrast, and sharpness. Fix flaws and get rid of red-eye and scratches. Apply custom effects such as pixelate, noise, emboss, antique, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good-cheap-easy-NO Mac bugs, October 24, 2007

By 

Wayne P. Schulman "Helping Hand Dad" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Print Shop 2 for Mac (CD-ROM)

I bought this for my son to use on his Intel iMac (2007). Very easy installation. First launch went seemlessly with no bugs and very compatible with iPhoto and standard Mac commands/interface. Easy to grab photos from multiple sources like chip reader, CD, iPhoto, even cut and paste from internet. Many good features from design templates and editing to special effects and photo retouch. Let's face it, this is not a professional tool or full graphics suite, but for the money it offers a good array of features for the student and home user who wants a little creativity in their collages, albums, or photo editing & printing. This is a hard to find product (low production runs or very popular??)

56 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Look Elsewhere for Clip Art and Photographs, December 22, 2008

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S. Hawkes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Print Shop 2 for Mac (CD-ROM)

Wow! I'm really disappointed with this program. I worked with various versions of Print Shop when I had a PC and was excited to buy the same product for my Mac, but I am VERY unhappy with my purchase. I bought this program because I needed clip art and was tired of searching around on the Internet for pictures--but this program SUCKS in the clip art department. The photographs are all VERY dated, and look like they were taken in 1990--I'm talking big overly teased hair, high wasted tapered jeans with baggy sweaters and ridiculously large glasses. For an $80 dollar purchase, the quality of the photos are completely UNACCEPTABLE! Even the pictures not involving people look dated. If you want this product simply for layouts and labels (iWork does not have label making capabilities) then sure buy this, but I would honestly just say go buy Microsoft Office for Mac with Publisher--you'll be happier with the fact that you can download thousands of clip art and images from their site for free.
Take home message: DON'T BUY THIS!

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, April 14, 2009

By 

Timothy Taraska (Holden Beach, N.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Print Shop 2 for Mac (CD-ROM)

I used this program at least 15 years ago when I was a teacher and one would think they would have improved it over the years. Sure it's better than that first version, that my students loved, however the library of graphics is stale, and there are quirks that make it difficult to use. It would not take a lot to make "The Printshop" a great program however the company has not chosen to upgrade to my satisfaction. It's usable but could be improved.