Hallmark Scrapbook Studio Deluxe

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000050GEA
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 23, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,852 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #10 in Software > Graphics > Home Publishing > Clip Art
  • #19 in Software > Graphics > Home Publishing > Greeting Cards
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Pictures fade and paper crumbles, but computer files last as long as their backups exist. Keep memories safe and well preserved with the Hallmark Scrapbook Studio. This package includes everything you need to file scanned photos, create memory pages, and design and print announcements and greeting cards.

Even the most left-brained user will find it easy to put together birthday cards using the simple click-and-drag interface; choosing from hundreds of preset designs or creating new ones from the unique elements included is fun and easy. Some computer experience will be helpful to navigate the program's installation and interface, but the online help should be sufficient to get anyone started.

As with all creative endeavors, working with the Scrapbook Studio gets easier and more fulfilling over time. Placing scanned photos on pages, for example, is a bit challenging at first, but practice quickly offers results. The package also includes a large paper greeting card, envelope, and stickers for a one-time non-virtual scrapbook project; though it adds little to the software, it's a nice rainy-day activity.

Computer users who want to arrange and store their memories will enjoy the program, but the real aim of the program is to help users create a never-ending source of cards and keepsakes. --Rob Lightner

Amazon.com Product Description

Scrapbook Studio Deluxe provides an extensive collection of scrapbook templates, images, and phrases. You can discover thousands of possibilities for making and sharing scrapbooks by adding your own photos, images, and memorabilia. This CD-ROM features over 4,000 Hallmark art images, more than 500 paper doll accessories, original Hallmark phrases, custom fonts and alphabets, and over 500 scrapbook templates. Choose from a wide variety of themes and events, including holidays, birthdays, weddings, babies, sports, and school. Also included is SnapShot Express, to help you edit, organize, manipulate, and store photos, and add them to your scrapbook.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my FAVORITE scrapbooking software!, June 22, 2001

By 

Vickie "GirlinAWhirl.com" (Redlands, US, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hallmark Scrapbook Studio Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I own almost every scrapbook software program out there and this is by far my favorite. I wanted something that had cool pre-made pages that I could just drop my digital photos into. This program has the most beautiful pre-designed pages that are all ready for you to personalize with your own titles and text! You could literally have a gorgeous completed scrapbook page in a matter of minutes. In addition, you can create incredible pages from scratch if you choose to, with all the great artwork and options contained in this program.

It has such great features -- you can even change the colors of the clipart to fit a certain color scheme you have in mind. That's a real rarity in scrapbooking programs that have pre-made template pages. It also has the greatest paper doll cutouts that you can use on your pages. You can create darling paper doll duplicates of any individual -- match their hair, eye and skin color, dress them up in the same clothes that are in the photos, give them things to hold that go along with the theme of the page, etc.

I can't say enough good things about this software. If you are a novice, you will want to actually READ the manual or at least go through the on-screen tutorials. If you've used similiar programs before, you'll probably be able to just install and start designing.

I did read one helpful hint that I'm very happy I know about on a Sierra help page. It deals with how to insert digital photos into a template. I thought I'd post it here so that someone who gets this great software doesn't get frustrated like some of the people who've posted reviews have gotten.

When you want to insert a digital picture into a pre-set frame or object, click inside the white space of the frame so that it selects this area. Right click and choose "Replace Picture" and the Graphics Grabber window opens. In the Graphics Grabber window select the "Import button". Select an image on your computer and choose the Import button. At this point it adds the image to the Graphics Grabber window. Double click on the image in the Graphics Grabber window, and it will replace the white space with your picture. Resize it if necessary, and you're done in a snap! I think that understanding how to insert pictures correctly was probably the main trouble people were having with using this program.

It sounds like this software has been a little hard for some people to figure out, but I thought it was pretty easy. And even if it does seem confusing or something at first, trust me, it's worth the effort to learn how to use it. THIS SCRAPBOOKING SOFTWARE IS THE GREATEST! You will love the pages you can create with it, even if you aren't artistic at all (like I'm not....) Everyone will be so impressed when they see what you've done with your pictures.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it!, January 12, 2001

By 

Joanne R Matthys (Newport, Or United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hallmark Scrapbook Studio Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I have Hallmark card studio 1 and 2 and I enjoy them immensely.. Then I bought the 'Scrapbook Studio'. I can not believe how hard it is to use. My husband and I have spent hours trying to figure it out. A lot of the art is good but the program should be scrapped. Hallmark should never have put their name on this one.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Big Disappointment, December 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hallmark Scrapbook Studio Deluxe (CD-ROM)

This program is EXTREMELY slow. I have had no problems running any software programs on my computer (and I own A LOT of them) until I bought this particular program. The graphics and templates are of great quality but the CD continually shuts my computer down and/or takes forever to run, when it does run (and this is not very often). I am constantly e-mailing back and forth with Sierra Software (the manafacturer)...SAVE YOUR MONEY. There are many scrapbooking programs available out there. I think that there were some "glitches" that were not worked out by the manafacturer before releasing this program. :-(