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Summary: This program rocks!
Review: If you are a novice photographer or just need to quickly touch up a photo, this is the product for you. I have tried to use Photoshop and even Paint Shop Pro and they were overkill for what I need to do. The autocorrect feature works better than any other package I have used.
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Summary: A Good buy
Review: It's def. worth the money. Would reccomend to any future buyer.
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Summary: Digital Image Suite 9 only supports 24 bit color!
Review: My scanner supports 48 bit color but Microsoft Digital Image Suite 9 only supports 24 bit color! If you open an image in Microsoft Digital Image Suite 9 it converts it to 24 bit color! Microsoft does not document this 24 bit color short coming on the outside of the box; you have to wait until you have opened the box and read the manual! The pull down menus work well but the expanded selections from the pull down menus consume large amounts of the screen when they are open. The document "close" button is missing from the top right hand side of the screen? What's up with that??? The fill flash feature brightens the whole image instead of only the subject... pretty useless. I was unable to easily duplicate many of the touchup features shown on the front pages of the product box. This makes me wonder if Microsoft actually used this product to produce the box cover or if the used a more professional product like Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Microsoft Digital Image Suite 9's main application is Microsoft Picture It! bundled with some additional utilities. I found this package to be not much better than its earlier version which was called Microsoft Photo Draw 2000. I am very disappointed in this "new" product.
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Summary: Disappointing at best
Review: Pros: Easy, attractive interface. Good integration.
Cons: Too easy to modify original photo. Too underpowered. Keyword handling has poor functionality. Resizing difficult. Red eye reduction poor. Now for the details:
This product seriously underperforms compared to Adobe's products. The Adobe Album and Elements combination is MUCH more powerful. Digital Image Suite (DIS) doesn't even create web photo galleries. The keyword function is crazy... it's all one level, so once you add any number of keywords, you have to scroll through long lists (Album has multi-level keyword handling, but only to three levels). With Album, you double-click to edit simple things, such as red-eye reduction and cropping, or right-click for more complicated tasks. With DIS, any editing requires opening Digital Image Pro, which can be a resource drain for the average computer. Additionally, you have to make a copy of a photo to edit a copy... Adobe creates a copy automatically, which prevents you from accidentally editing your original photo. And the red-eye wizard in Album is better... eyes look more natural (note: neither program gets rid of pet "red-eyes", since they're not really red). And something that I can't believe they did: you can't resize the image by pixels. So if I want to resize my 2492x1924 image to 640x480 image to email, I have to guess what printed size that would be at a certain resolution. With Adobe Photoelements, you can specify size in pixels or inches.. MUCH more useful. I got this software since I thought Microsoft would put out a competitive product, but I was very disappointed. This product doesn't have a single feature that is better than Adobe Album/Photoshop elements, and most features aren't as good, if they are available at all. I wish I could return it...
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Summary: CPU killer
Review: Pros:
cool features such as organizing pictures using keywords.
Versatile.
Satisfies average user. Cons:
CPU consuming!!!!
I am using a P4 2.4Ghz 512MB PC. Everytime i open the "Digital Image Library", the CPU usage immediately goes to 100% continuously and the pictures start flashing! When i use this amazon window the cover the library window, the CPU usage drops down immediately. It looks like the library is constantly refreshing the pictures. I am sure there is sofware defects with this product because displaying the pictures shouldn't be that CPU consuming. I decided not to use it to organize my pictures anymore because it's to uncomfortable to use a software that will monopolize the CPU.
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Summary: CPU killer
Review: Pros:
cool features such as organizing pictures using keywords.
Versatile.
Satisfies average user. Cons:
CPU consuming!!!!
I am using a P4 2.4Ghz 512MB PC. Everytime i open the "Digital Image Library", the CPU usage immediately goes to 100% continuously and the pictures start flashing! When i use this amazon window the cover the library window, the CPU usage drops down immediately. It looks like the library is constantly refreshing the pictures. I am sure there is sofware defects with this product because displaying the pictures shouldn't be that CPU consuming. I decided not to use it to organize my pictures anymore because it's to uncomfortable to use a software that will monopolize the CPU.
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Summary: A great value!
Review: This has everything I need in one package - CD/DVD burning, photoediting, organization and albuming tools, etc. I also have created birthday cards with the included designs, which is a great way to be creative and save money on cards. The editing tools are plenty advanced for fixing lighting, removing unwanted objects or people, and for making portraits look great.
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Summary: Much Easier than Photoshop
Review: This is an excellent product for the regular home user who wants to get the most out of their digital camera and color printer. It is very easy to use to do what most people really want to do. Adobe Photoshop by contrast requires a degree in Photoshop. I have both-and don't use Photoshop anymore. I see that a number of folks suggest buying the Adobe Elements suite instead of DIA9, so its clear that Photoshop has useability issues for the home user. But then I ask-do you want to buy a neutered version of Adobe (Elements) on its way down or do you want get on a path with a product which will continue to add features in Photoshops space that are easier to use?
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Summary: Suite Product!
Review: This is one of the first Microsoft products (other that Win XP) that has worked extremely well. It has great tools for photos and worked perfectly and without a hitch using a scanner. Scanner processing - by the way - whether it is 24 or 36 bit is not usually critical for reproductions since the "overscanning" adds little or nothing to the photo or graphic.
This is a home run for Microsoft-and I am not usually a fan of theirs. If you want a useful, sophisticated tool for the non-professional-this is excellent.
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Summary: Awesome Program - Well Thought-Out
Review: This program is great, the library tools are incredible and very easy to use. The image editor is very good also. Highly recommend this product, it is very easy to use...I can get rid of photoshop finally.
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