Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe Review Peoria IL

If you enjoy scrapbooking, you’ll love Nova Development’s Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe, our second pick and "TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award" winner. In addition to thousands of project templates, fonts and clipart images, Scrapbook Factory Deluxe includes easy–to–use photo editing tools and is one of the only scrapbooking software programs we reviewed that comes with a spell checker.

Appeal & Flexibility:  

Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe is organized intuitively with a simple "drag and drop" design. Both beginning and experienced scrapbookers will find using Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe easy and fun. And with so many templates and automated features, the learning curve for using the advanced features is very short.

Importing:  

You can import images from digital cameras, CDs or scanners easily—with just a few clicks. Choosing the right photo from the imported file is simple, since Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe shows a thumbnail view of each photo. Some scrapbooking programs don’t offer this convenience. (You can even opt for large or small thumbnail views.)

Design Features:  

The Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe photo editing tools rival those found in basic photo editing programs and are far easier to use. Highlights include: light & color contrast editing, red eye removal, photo flaw repairing, cropping, flipping, rotating and resizing. The program includes over 5,000 ready–to–use templates and gives you the ability to create customized templates for a more personalized touch. On projects, you can easily edit images, text, and change layers. This scrapbooking program offers generous page setup options; the variety of sizes and orientations will fit any scrapbook plan. Scrapbook Factory Deluxe will also teach you how to print double–sided without a duplex printer—a necessity for creating homemade greeting cards. Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe allows you to add sound files to your scrapbooking projects for extra pizzazz; the program also comes with an assortment of audio files.

Output Options:  

Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe supports all common file formats so you can share finished scrapbook projects in any popular form, including web photo galleries, scrapbook slide shows, PDF files, or on CD for convenient viewing.

Ease of Use:  

Importing is easy—anyone can do it. Finding the right tools and images is a breeze, since the Scrapbook Factory Deluxe database is well organized and easy to navigate. Exporting is simple and options are extensive. Scrapbook Factory Deluxe is a powerful and organized scrapbooking program.

Help & Support:  

The tutorials in Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe are top–notch, covering everything from editing and formatting to creating a web–based project. The website offers a scrapbook idea gallery (where customers can post scrapbook pages) FAQs and email help. You can also program your settings to receive regular updates from Nova Development.

Summary:  

Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe is an overall great product. This software package offers far more features than many of the others, including premium photo editing tools, an impressive variety of templates and images, a spell–checker and even tools to create related craft projects like greeting cards, calendars and T–shirts. The Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe is a very comprehensive scrapbooking software suite, but lacks many features like iPod compatibility and an online store, which separates it from our top pick. If you are looking for that extra edge to take your scrapbooking in new directions and heights, you might want to look into the Polaroid My Memories Suite , our top-ranked digital scrapbooking software suite.

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