Product Description
For 95 years Hallmark® has been designing greeting cards for life’s special moments. And now Hallmark® Card Studio® Deluxe 2006 makes it easier than ever to create one-of-a-kind Hallmark cards as unique as the people you care for.
In three easy steps you can add personal photos, customize sentiments and print your special card or project. It’s amazing what you and Hallmark® can do together.
This Deluxe edition not only includes more Hallmark sentiments, art images and exclusive Hallmark®-crafted fonts than ever before, but also an integrated digital photo editor and customizable Event Planner that keeps track of birthdays and anniversaries for the important people in your life. Date notification means you’ll never miss an important Hallmark® card event again!
In addition, you can send personalized Hallmark® E-Cards via email with a selection of pre-recorded sounds to suit any occasion. Or add your own recorded sounds and MP3 files for an extra personal touch.
1,500+ New Cards & Projects
Hallmark® Card Studio® Deluxe 2006 features more than 1,500 NEW cards and projects not found in any previous version - including announcements, invitations, scrapbook pages and more.
Browse Cards in 3D View
Easily browse cards in a 3D view. One click lets you quickly preview the inside of cards.
Home Screen Calendar Integrated into Event Planner
The home screen features a calendar that displays special events from the Event Planner.
Email Cards with Sound and Music
Send cards through email with exciting sound and music options. For 2006, the E-Card feature has been enhanced to provide full compatibility for America Online users.
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Not Hallmark quality
Hallmark has some wonderful pictures/graphics in the cards they have for your use, but the graphics in their clip art section are very limited both in selection and quality. They continue to not upgrade the editing possibilities in their programs and in this edition (2006 Deluxe), they even removed the crop tool! You still can only select one graphic at a time, all other graphic programs allow you to select several graphics at one time. You also can only have one project open at a time, so if you want to use elements from two different cards to make your own card, that is not possible. I would have expected more from Hallmark by this time. The 2005 edition was lower end, so when I saw the new 2006 by a different manufacturer, I eagerly anticipated many changes for the better. This product seems to be a step backward. I would suggest you would get more for your money by buying CreataCard, Print Shop or PrintMaster. I am very disappointed in this product (and Hallmark should be, too!).
ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ARE EQUAL!
The main positive attributes of this 2006 Deluxe edition of "Hallmark Card Studio" include the possession of improved graphical user interface, which is very easy to understand and master. Any new user of this software will feel at home within few hours of tinkering around it. The design tools have received some facelifts, and their respective versatility gained as a result. The same applies to their positions. Another thing going for this software package is its reasonable retail price tag, which very much made it a great bargain: relative to the job it does.
As per negative attributes, most of the useful tools in this software are far from being as flexible as most users would want them to be. This is often the downside of most template-oriented graphics suites, which makes your having complete control of your design almost impossible.
One other minus here is the poor printing options that you will find in this "Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2006". In fact, the inclusion of these sort of scanty/stingy printing options in a design tool is almost unpardonable. Nothing will ever compensate designers for it! The last but not the least, is the poor service that you are bound to receive from Hallmark's Customer Support Department, if you ever need to iron-out any issue with them. They are simply careless, and very far from being friendly. And, to worsen the whole thing, the information which you will obtain from their website, (regarding this software), is less than satisfactory. I don't know if they ever thought of customer support when they produced this software. This is quite unfortunate for an application software, which has been around for some ten years now.