I
|
f you want to do something different than presenting a ready greeting card or an electronic greeting you might want this software a shot. Greeting card studio lets you create your own greeting cards for various occasions using the built in templates and photos of your choice. With templates you can create a card in a jiffy. These are basically decorative frames within which you can place your photos. The photos can be scaled within the frame and rotated. However you have to go via the munes to rotate the photo and you do not get a real time preview. You can throw in clipart and captions to jazz up your greeting card. These are 40 odd clipart elements for various occasions such as birthday, Christmas and wedding.
If you choose to start with a blank card you first have to set the size orientation and resolution of the page. To the right of the work area is a panel from where you can add or remove elements and enhance them. The software has a good collection of backgrounds and textures plus you can also use a solid color or a gradient. The software features support for layers and you can adjust the opacity and use marks. The order of the layers can be changed depending on the elements you want in the background of foreground but it can be done via the context menu or the toolbar.
So it’s only by trial and error that you will get the sequence correct especially when there are multiple layers. The layer properties tab should have had a section in which the user can move layers and hide/unhide them- like in Adobe photoshop. Also a few functions should have been preset I the panel to the right instade of in the toolbar so that the user has everything in one place for easy access. Some of these are picture frame and text box.
Overall greeting card studio is easy to use and you can create great looking cards if you use layers and other functions to your advantage.
No comments:
Post a Comment