Art Explosion Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 2

List Price: $49.99

Customer Reviews:

Not worth $10 let alone $50!!! [Posted on 2003-09-24]
After reading all of the wonderfully promissed things on the box of this software (i.e. "Easy to Use!", "Millions of Unique Possibilities", "No other Greeting Card Software Compares") I was convinced that this was the software for me. After taking it home and spending over 3 hours trying to accomplish the most simple task - creating basic address labels - I gave up and looked on my desktop to see if any software that came with my computer would do the same thing. I opened up Microsoft Publishing for the first time ever and within 45 minutes, not only created my labels, but customized each one, and printed them perfect the first try! Back to Nova: the help is of no help at all and the software is not intuitive at all. There are suggestions of how to do things but no step by step, click here, etc. directions. Then I perused the graphics to see if the software was worth holding on to for that, and NO WAY! Their millions of customized graphics are terrible! Old, outdated, primative. I did not see one that I liked! I'm returning the software as there is a guarantee but I do not get some $6 to $7 back for taxes paid, and shipping. Argh!

Worth Every Dollar [Posted on 2003-09-26]
Greeting Card Factory Deluxe 2 is great. My wife, 4 year old daughter, and I created several thank you card designs within a few minutes of installing the CD. Since installing, we have used it at least twice a month without any trouble whatsoever. I have tried other greeting card makers and print products, but this has been by far the easiest to use. Even my four year old can make good looking cards without any help. I would have paid double for this.

Great value. Great cards. [Posted on 2003-10-01]
I own pretty much every program in the greeting card arena. Some are good, some not so good. But Greeting Card Factory Deluxe is probably the best. The cards themselves ar top-notch. Really good stuff. Was a little concerned in that there was no brand name. Would it be as good as Hallmark or American Greetings? Fact is that it's better - much better. Not only are the art and sentiments really first rate, the program is easier to use and much more full featured than anything else out there.

My wife and I love greeting card programs. We save tons of money not buying paper cards, and we like the chance to customize what we send out. But if you're new to greeting card programs and you want to get started with just one software - this is definitely the one to buy.

Great if you want cheap-looking cards [Posted on 2003-12-18]
You can create the same results with Microsoft Word. The most obvious card, like you could find at any Eckerd drugs, is not possible with this program. Save your money.

A Lot of Fun! [Posted on 2004-06-27]
I originally bought this program back in September of 2003, got frustrated with it, and then never picked it up again. That is, until yesterday, when I was looking for an economical way to send out sixty customized announcements. I wasn't crazy about going to a print shop, so I thought I'd give Greeting Card Factory one more try. I was surprised! It's very easy to use, just by tinkering around with it on my own. There are so many cards and projects; I was having so much fun that after I designed my announcements I made yard sale signs! I give it four stars because the manual is almost worthless. That's why I was so frustrated at first. I thought I should read over the manual because I had never used a greeting card program before; I thought it would help. Fortunately this program is really easy to pick up. So, overall I would say this is a great product, but don't expect the manual be of any real help. Other than that, buy it! It's great!

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