- Plenty of template choices and editing tools.
- Easy to personalize a template and make it yours.
- Can run on a laptop computer, even with multiple programs open.
- Resize, edit, and print pictures in wallet size and other sizes.
- Occasional freezes when working with large database of images, templates.
- So many different options it makes it hard to know where to start (sort of a pro).
- Windows only.
- For Windows XP or Vista. Pentium 166 Mhz or faster
- 20,000 premium quality Art Explosion graphics
- 5,000+ Photo Realistic Embelishments
- 2,500 Templates and Customizable Projects
- 500 Different Fonts
I was able to completely personalize the templates by adding decorative lyrics, and a bunch of miscellaneous photos from a baseball game into an eye-pleasing, fun scrapbook page. I like the photo editing tools that let me lighten, shape, color, or shade my pictures. You can also try out lots of effects on your picture and while editing it show a before and after right next to each other for comparison.
See my Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe walk-through with screenshots that shows a simple scrapbook page featuring my nephew that I made from a template. It shows how simple it is to search for templates and graphics and to delete, edit, and add text and images.
Note by Jacci: This review was written from the perspective of an enthusiastic new teenage user of this type of software. For those who want more indepth information and technical specs, TopTenREVIEWS gave this program high marks and ranked it as #2 in the Scrapbooking Software category for 2008. Read their review and look at a chart comparing the features of Art Explosion Scrapbook Factory Deluxe with other top scrapbooking titles such as My Memories by Polaroid (their #1), My Scrapbook 2, and Hallmark Scrapbook Studio. As Samantha has noted in her review, this program is easy to use. However, it also has plenty of features that experienced users expect.
