Adobe Photodeluxe Business Edition 1.0

Other than that, HP's bundled software (PhotoPrinting) is much easier to use but it doesn't support the large format.


Too buggy!!!!! My expectations were too high!!!   October 28, 2001
Randy D. Pena (Las Vegas, New Mexico USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I bought this software program because I thought it would be good to use to make fliers, brochures, and stuff for the real estate business. I was impressed with the review and the product information. But when I recieved the software and tried to use it, i couldn't get the projects to work. I was only able to view the different pictures that were on my computer.

I think that I am going to try PrintShop Deluxe instead. I heard and read that that Adobe PhotoShop is the big daddy to this -- Adobe PhotoDeluxe, but I can't afford that right now. I think that the Adobe PhotoDeluxe BE 1.0 needs some improvement. But I do love Adobe products.


Easy, Fast, Intuitive, and the Results are Top Notch.   June 11, 2001
tom (Upstate New York)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

First let me correct a comment made about Adobe PhotoDeluxe Business Edition 1.0: It works just fine with JPEG (.JPG) images in fact I use it to import other graphic format files and then save them as .jpg files. PhotoDeluxe Business Edition does everything that 90 percent of folks need to do. Plus they can do it easily because, unlike so many other graphic programs, PhotoDeluxe is completely user friendly and easy to use. Every task from touching up old photos to making photo collages have guides to take you from step one to the finish. This is the program I always use for scanner output and it has camera and photo processing support as well. This program has templates to make your photos work with cards, calendars, business cards, and much neat and fun stuff but the real news is how easy it is to use PhotoDeluxe in every basic aspect of manipulating images. By using guides and filters to do things like "warp" or "sharpen" or edit with paint tools, you are firmly in control of your task. There are too many tools to list them all here. I use this program without templates because it is my primary image editor. Once I have a finished product in PhotoDeluxe(with or without text added) I am ready to share my graphic output with others as email attachments or web graphics. If you make your living as a graphic designer please do use other very expensive tools. But if you are a recreational home user or a serious soho user, this is the only program you need and forget all those other graphics programs that are so complex they are of no use. You buy this, you will use. My credentials? I have a BFA (a fine arts degree) and have been doing computer graphics since 1983.


Full featured, good value   January 26, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

With a minimum use of the help menu, I have been importing photos from my scanner and my digital camera. Have used scaling, sizing, and various saving/exporting features. Have had NO problem saving as JPEG, am unsure what one reviewer was talking about! I really liked reducing the photos and saving them as JPEG's to use on my web page, and to send friends and family. The Adobe family works seamlessly with all my other software and devices.