Print Artist Gold Review

Print Artist Gold has a good number of templates and card making tools but is, ultimately, not as good as many other free software packages.

Print Artist Gold Review

Top Ten Reviews Verdict

The large number of graphics and easy-to-use format make this a good choice to enhance your card making skills. It is, however, an older program.

Pros

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    The editing tools are easy to access, and the templates are charming and easy to customize.

Cons

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    There are slightly fewer fonts to choose from, and there are no pre-written sentiments provided.

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Print Artist Gold 25 has enough templates, features and editing capabilities to keep you occupied and entertained for countless hours of creative fun. It's easy to share your card creations with all of your friends in various online and physical formats straight from the software itself. It's an older program, however, and there are far better options out there today. We can no longer recommend it as part of our best greeting card software line-up, sadly.

Inside this greeting card maker, you will find more than 16,700 templates and 277,000 graphics and images. Both blank and pre-designed templates offer you the freedom to change or create the perfect content for any occasion. It's effortless to sort through holiday, special occasion, everyday greetings and religious celebration themed cards. Personalized cards are fun and easy to design.

In addition, you can make a variety of other things using this application. These include certificates; customized stationery; calendars; labels; and even full sets of paper goods for parties complete with invitations, gift boxes, party hats, masks, and favor bags.

There is little to no learning curve for this card-making software, and it will not take long for you to figure out how to make greeting cards. All of the icons on the left and top toolbars are labeled so they are easy to locate and to use. The top toolbar also automatically customizes itself, depending on the element you are currently editing. If you click on the card to add text, the toolbar provides a selection of fonts and colors, then hides itself when you are finished.

Print Artist Gold makes it easy and convenient to import and use your own photos. Once you add your photo, you can touch it up with numerous photo-editing features. You can change the size of your image, remove red eye from your dog, paint a moustache on your sister, crop out the pesky tourists or add special effects for extra fun.

Text is also easy to manipulate: You can place text on curves or have it wrap around and between objects. Also, you can add a drop shadow to "Happy Birthday" to make it really stand out from your colorful background. Before you print your creation, be sure to use the spell checker to make sure you don’t make any mistakes.

One drawback to this software, however, is that you do not get a pre-written set of sentiments that apply to various occasions. If you are at a loss for words, some greeting card software applications have pre-written comments you can copy verbatim or rewrite, but Print Artist Gold does not include this particular feature.

You can share your card right on Facebook or YouTube from the card software program itself, even add some music and sound effects to turn your card into a flip-through movie. If you're on a tight schedule, you can email your card directly to loved ones and friends or quickly print it with your own home printer. If you want to save your card project for later, you can save it both inside the program and as a PDF or JPG for easy access.

Nova Development, the manufacturer of Print Artist Gold, offers many support options and features. You have access to tutorials and the manual from inside the application itself. From the website, you can find email support, FAQs and a live chat feature for quick and easy help.

Unfortunately, if you want phone answers to questions you might have, you must buy a phone code before calling. Codes cost $9.99 for one or $19.99 for three.

The wide range of customizable features makes Print Artist Gold 25 one of the best greeting card software programs. Create personalized cards and homemade greeting cards for every member of your family in a snap. You can also create other projects, so unleash your creative side with this greeting card software.

Rebecca Spear

Rebecca is a writer who has covered everything from photo books to graphic design and small kitchen appliances for Top Ten Reviews. Now a gaming writer for Future Labs, she's also contributed to big publications like TechRadar, Windows Central, Android Central, Reuters Legal Solutions Blog, iMore, and more. She no longer works for TTR.