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The Big Box of Art 350,000

The Big Box of Art 350,000

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Good Resource at a Good Price
Review: I've purchased one other clip art package before this one, and without question this one beats the old one hands down. Sure, there are a lot of disks, but that's because there are a lot of images. The application used to locate images by type, category and keyword makes it easy to locate the image you're looking for. Switching cds isn't that much of a hassle, because you can see a thumbnail of the image before you decide whether it's the right one and have to reach for the cd. (I bought a cd wallet,and just keep it on my desk or tote it to and from work with me.) The function I've used most is the export function, which allows you to export images according to how you want to use them. Even the vector files, in WMF format, that I tried unsucessfully to import into other progams with my old clipart collection, were easily exported to a usuable format by BBOA's appliation.

I'm an amature/hobbyist designer at home, and a web editor and designer by profession, and thus far this is the best quality, most affordable clip art collection I've come across.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Big Box Contains Lotsa Free Clip Art
Review: The clip art is organized very nicely and despite having to switch disks, it works just fine. I was disappointed to see that so much of the Big Box Art contained the free clip art already available on the Microsoft Design Gallery Live: ... There are other fine designs there, but for the price, I was hoping for clip art I can't already get for free.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Big Box Contains Lotsa Free Clip Art
Review: The clip art is organized very nicely and despite having to switch disks, it works just fine. I was disappointed to see that so much of the Big Box Art contained the free clip art already available on the Microsoft Design Gallery Live: ... There are other fine designs there, but for the price, I was hoping for clip art I can't already get for free.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Many Images of Medium Quality Poor Software
Review: There are, admittedly, many images. There are a bunch of cds that come with this. It will depend on what exactly you need the images for as to whether this package is good for you.

There are lots of images, yes. But most I would never use. The quality of most of the images is only okay. Most of the clipart is cartoonish. The ones that are not, I never really liked for one reason or another. Poor quality, strange looking or unrealistic looking people.

My use is for desktop publishing. If that is your use, I would avoid it. On the other hand, if you are merely looking for webgraphics for an unprofessional website, this might be good for you. Especially if you are willing to have a more cartoonish look to your site.

Finally, I have had numerous crashes using this software. Almost everytime I have used this software for more than 15 minutes, my computer crashes and I have to reboot. I think it is a major memory hog. So beware if you have low ram.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Many Images of Medium Quality Poor Software
Review: There are, admittedly, many images. There are a bunch of cds that come with this. It will depend on what exactly you need the images for as to whether this package is good for you.

There are lots of images, yes. But most I would never use. The quality of most of the images is only okay. Most of the clipart is cartoonish. The ones that are not, I never really liked for one reason or another. Poor quality, strange looking or unrealistic looking people.

My use is for desktop publishing. If that is your use, I would avoid it. On the other hand, if you are merely looking for webgraphics for an unprofessional website, this might be good for you. Especially if you are willing to have a more cartoonish look to your site.

Finally, I have had numerous crashes using this software. Almost everytime I have used this software for more than 15 minutes, my computer crashes and I have to reboot. I think it is a major memory hog. So beware if you have low ram.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wow!
Review: With my tiny business this was a small investment with a great return. Yes, there are several disks, but a small price to pay for all of the graphics!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wow!
Review: With my tiny business this was a small investment with a great return. Yes, there are several disks, but a small price to pay for all of the graphics!


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