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Summary: A Truly Practical Photo Companion
Review: I've been using various bitmap editors since the days of MacPaint, and I've spent the time to learn something about how they work. I played with these programs mostly out of nerdy curiousity since I'm not much of an artist. When I got into digital photography, though, I found the need for some practical bitmap editing--photo touchup. I could use PhotoShop at work, and I bought Paint Shop Pro. I tried many other programs. But I didn't use one frequently enough to remember how to do anything.I tried Picture It back in 2000, but hated it because of its huge installation footprint and weak feature set. This fall I tried the newest version, Digital Image Pro. What a difference! This product is great. I've already used it a few dozen times for all types of work. It has enough depth to do everything I've needed--and I don't need documentation! It is so activity-oriented that I can figure it out as I go along. (Nevertheless, it comes with a very good manual that is a complete guide to digital photography. It covers a lot of material I already know, but I found it worth reading anyway.) This is a great program. Even if you didn't like previous versions, you might like this one.
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Summary: Frustrating
Review: My new computer came with Picture It! I was used to using Addobe PhotoDeluxe, but you can't get it anymore. So, I decided to give Picture It! a try. Right from the beginning I was frustrated. The tools and commands are easy to use, but I had trouble saving my work. I tried over and over again to save and my system kept freezing. I lost 3 hours of work on the first night. Then I tried reinstalling the program. That helped, but I still kept getting "runtime error, abnormal program termination." I lost more work. I have also not been able to perform touchups with the "freehand painting" the way I want. For some reason, despite everything I try, I cannot get ANY tool or ANY custom painting options to give me a sharp, crisp line. All my painting looks blurry and airbrushed. I have tried my computer manufacturers support but they could not help. I am now trying Microsoft's help, but after several days of correspondence, they have not been able to help either. I've decided to dump Picture It! and see if I can get an old copy of Adobe PhotoDeluxe from ebay.
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Summary: Frustrating
Review: My new computer came with Picture It! I was used to using Addobe PhotoDeluxe, but you can't get it anymore. So, I decided to give Picture It! a try. Right from the beginning I was frustrated. The tools and commands are easy to use, but I had trouble saving my work. I tried over and over again to save and my system kept freezing. I lost 3 hours of work on the first night. Then I tried reinstalling the program. That helped, but I still kept getting "runtime error, abnormal program termination." I lost more work. I have also not been able to perform touchups with the "freehand painting" the way I want. For some reason, despite everything I try, I cannot get ANY tool or ANY custom painting options to give me a sharp, crisp line. All my painting looks blurry and airbrushed. I have tried my computer manufacturers support but they could not help. I am now trying Microsoft's help, but after several days of correspondence, they have not been able to help either. I've decided to dump Picture It! and see if I can get an old copy of Adobe PhotoDeluxe from ebay.
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Summary: Picture It! Digital Image Pro 7
Review: Not as good as I had expected this product to be. I am no longer using it. Did not meet my expectations in the digital camera, saving photos/albums, and printing arena for my Dell computer and HP photosmart printer.
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Summary: not for the dogs
Review: this software is a waste of money if you want to edit the white spots from flash pictures of your pet(s). will not do it with red eye correction or paintbrush. i recommend paint shop pro 7 which will take care of the problem and it appears to have all the capability of picture it. plus it is shareware so you can get a 30 day evaluation period and not get stuck with a product that doesn't fill the bill -- like picture it.
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