If you enjoy scrapbooking, you’ll love Nova Development’s digital scrapbooking software entry Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe. 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 few scrapbooking software programs we reviewed that comes with a spell checker. The program is brimming with vibrant, inviting colors and more fonts, graphics and templates than any user would know what to do with, but that's not a bad thing. The flexibility you have with this program is unparalleled.
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. Plus, the road to getting a project done becomes a lot shorter. If you're stumped for ideas, you can use one of the more than 6,000 templates that come with this program. If you don't know what to put in your project next, pick from 60,000+ graphics the program has to offer. The list goes on and on. To top it all off, you don't have to download anything or sign up for any memberships. All of this stuff is included inside the box and comes when you install the program.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 digital scrapbooking software suite, but lacks many features like iPod compatibility and an online store, which separates it from our top pick.
