The Print Shop Deluxe 12.0

by Riverdeep

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005MKT1
• Item model number: 380871
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 26, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,018 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #28 in Software > Business & Office > Document Management > Print Publishing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Crack open the Print Shop Deluxe box and you'll find six CDs filled with tons of clip-art designs, project ideas, photo editing features, and tools for creating Web pages. While all these features may seem a bit intimidating at first, users will find it easy to dig into this program and start churning out calendars, greeting cards, business labels, and résumés.

Like most home publishing programs, this package comes with tons of extras, all of which cannot fit onto one CD-ROM. As a result, installation is a somewhat lengthy process, with a program CD, an installation CD, and four art CDs. However, once the installation is complete, Print Shop Deluxe is easy to navigate and help is always close by. One warning note: after installation, you'll notice a few extra icons on your desktop, including an Install America Online icon, which seems to show up all over the place in software programs lately.

Designed for home users, the Print Shop Deluxe does offer some features aimed at professionals. While these options (such as business cards and labels) are fine, this program really shines in the home publishing arena. The Learning Company has added some exciting new photo editing features to this edition, which should delight digital camera enthusiasts. In addition to artistic and filter effects, users can also take advantage of editing tools that adjust brightness, reduce red eye, and fix flaws. Version 12 also lets you add multimedia sound and video to your creations. And an integrated address book makes it easy to send your cards, newsletters, and post cards to friends and family.

With more than 235,000 images and 13,000 layouts, there's bound to be something for everyone in this program. So strap yourself in, be prepared for some CD swapping, and get to work creating your masterpieces. --Gisele Toueg

Amazon.com Product Description

The Print Shop is ideal for the home user looking for powerful, value-priced graphics software. It features 235,000-plus high-quality images, 13,000-plus professionally designed templates, and several features to increase ease of use, including multimedia tutorials and printable hints and tips, as well as a Custom Paper wizard that allows the user to adjust templates and projects to different paper sizes. The Photo Workshop gives users access to a full range of easy-to-use, advanced photo editing capabilities, such as red-eye removal, cloning, and cropping.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Upgrade Yet, September 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Print Shop Deluxe 12.0 (CD-ROM)

I am very pleased with this upgrade. I have owned each upgrade since 5.0 and this is the best since 6.0. I got the DVD so there is no disk swapping and find the extra graphics more usuable. It is simple to put together your printed material and easy to find the projects that you have saved with the new picture viewer of each one. I use some projects like labels and cards often. The photo software is better than most. You don't loose the original photo when you change it in this system. I love Print Shop. I have used several other brands and still come back to this one. The newletters are the best and it is easy to change the graphics. It also works well with other software systems if you need to transfer part of a project to it.

59 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than ever., August 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Print Shop Deluxe 12.0 (CD-ROM)

...there are only 6 CDs and not 10 and that there is an offer to buy The Print Shop Deluxe 12 on DVD for on $9.95. That's right no more disc swapping. I own this program and it is the best to come along since version 6. Take it from, someone who has actually used the software. I have also ordered my DVD version and can't wait for it to get here. Hope I have been of some help to you.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OH THE POSSIBILITIES...., December 28, 2001

By 

Lauren Godoy (Long Island, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Print Shop Deluxe 12.0 (CD-ROM)

I can do almost anything I can think of with this program, and some things that i didn't think of before! There are tons of graphics. The only downfall is having to load and reload the CD's again and again.