Photo Collage Studio is a creative tool for making photo collages. Despite its recent appearance on the business scene, Wondershare has managed to develop not only a high-quality but also a multifunctional program. You can create digital photo albums and collages, calendars, postcards, letters, and even Valentines. Not only does it have a wide range of models and graphic elements (vector graphics), but it also gives you the ability "to draw" your own special photo albums and collages. According to the developers, you should use the same models to make your own creations. The drawing panel seems to be scant, but with a little of your own inspiration, everyone can create a masterpiece!  Photo Collage Studio has a colorful and friendly interface. Even a child will quickly get to know "what it is" and "how it works". Such an interface gives the impression that the program has been created for a family audience, especially families with children. The license policy of Wondershare Software Corporation states that the program is for personal and commercial-group usage. The developers of Photo Collage Studio have included a number of extra options, such as various frames, fixed models, clip art, and printing elements. It's easy and convenient to work with text as well as with the program as a whole. Photo retouching is one more remarkable option of the program. The list of options is a bit different from that found in other well-known programs. Although Photo Collage Studio is presented with a less impressive number of functions compared to the leaders, there are some attractive features. For instance, choose the "add colours to the image" option and you will see how your shot takes a breath of fresh air. Another noteworthy item is the regular updating of the program. New options are constantly coming to life, and the interface is getting new features. New versions appear almost every quarter, and the dawning of the new year 2008 is no exception. Photo Collage Studio has always had an attractive, colorful cover, and its brightness has become a kind of hallmark. It's good to see that you can download every new model and graphic element from the program's Web site. With all the new features, you'll never grow tired of using the program! You can easily get your free "trial" of Photo Collage Studio from the official Web site. The developers provide a free version of the program for a 30-day trial, so that their customers can get to know the basic features of the program. In their opinion, that's enough time for you to determine if you want to buy the program. The trial version adds a watermark in the middle of the image, when you save your collections or collauges. What we enjoyNo doubt, most of the mentioned functions of Photo Colage Studio are the advantages of the program. Even though we haven't described all the functions separately, we feel safe to say that with this program you will definitely fulfill your photographic dreams. Choosing any of the models, you can create a unique and picturesque image.You have a great number of functions available - from framing slides to making scrapbooks (here you are free to add all the text you want). Another advantage is that you can save your file in various formats, from "bmp" to "tiff". And printing your creation is as easy as creating your masterpiece. Another advantage is that you can save your file in various formats, from "bmp" to "tiff". And printing your creation is as easy as creating your masterpiece. What we questionThe initial version of the program also included such functions as making images for the Internet and printing covers for DVDs, but the developers decided to divide it into three parts. Accordingly, they offer DVD Slideshow Builder (an extra option is that you can watch your photo albums on TV), Flash Slideshow Builder (including flash elements that are not only for the Internet), and Photo Collage Studio. One might wonder what the disadvantage is. The disadvantage is that you must either buy each program separately or buy the whole product, called Wondershare. On the one hand, the cost of the software bundle is much cheaper than the sum you will have to pay buying separately. On the other hand, it is more expensive than the cost of Photo Collage Studio only. So we wonder why the developers did not decide to offer the all-inclusive version. Another point is that Wondershare states that the price of the product is $29.95, but in fact it is $3.85 more, due to the extra cost for registration service. That extra cost will accordingly rise for more expensive versions. It seems to be careless. Indeed, there are examples of some software companies who do add the costs of such a service, but there are only a few, and if they do, they include that fee in the full price up front. What we recommendIt goes without saying that uniting of those parts [I'm not sure which "parts" this refers to.] is far from being true, but what would you say about sound effects for scrapbooks? It seems to be a good idea! It would also be good to see some different variants of the working interface. In the end, we would like to have a much wider range of drawing tools along with the various effects of the layers. As a result of constant updating of the software, we hope that all we wish for will be implemented one day. As for the invention of new models and graphic elements, we have no doubts about its success.
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