Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2006 review:5 stars (great support) - I received this program right before Halloween. I was struggling with the program at first. I called tech support and they walked me through using the software. They were patient and helpful I am now making cards like a pro. Go Creative Home!!3 stars (ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ARE EQUAL!) - The main positive attributes of this 2006 Deluxe edition of "Hallmark Card Studio" include the possession of improved graphical user interface, which is very easy to understand and master. Any new user of this software will feel at home within few hours of tinkering around it. The design tools have received some facelifts, and their respective versatility gained as a result. The same applies to their positions. Another thing going for this software package is its reasonable retail price tag, which very much made it a great bargain: relative to the job it does.
As per negative attributes, most of the useful tools in this software are far from being as flexible as most users would want them to be. This is often the downside of most template-oriented graphics suites, which makes your having complete control of your design almost impossible.
One other minus here is the poor printing options that you will find in this "Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2006". In fact, the inclusion of these sort of scanty/stingy printing options in a design tool is almost unpardonable. Nothing will ever compensate designers for it! The last but not the least, is the poor service that you are bound to receive from Hallmark's Customer Support Department, if you ever need to iron-out any issue with them. They are simply careless, and very far from being friendly. And, to worsen the whole thing, the information which you will obtain from their website, (regarding this software), is less than satisfactory. I don't know if they ever thought of customer support when they produced this software. This is quite unfortunate for an application software, which has been around for some ten years now. |
