Take Digital Photography to a Whole New Level with Photo Explosion!

Product Information

Turn ordinary photographs into memories you're sure to cherish with the next generation in consumer photo editing software.  Photo Explosion, from the makers of the #1 selling Art Explosion graphics line, breaks new ground in its category by offering features not found in existing photo editors, as well as an enormous content library and an unprecedented number of customizable projects. Nova has the experience when it comes to ready-made greeting cards, T-shirts, scrapbooks, business cards, stickers and other creative projects. And Photo Explosion's huge selection of spectacular projects sets it well apart from simple photo editors.

Easily capture photos from your digital camera, scanner, photo CDs and more. Enhance your photos with millions of creative combinations including 500+ sensational special effects like oil paint, emboss, warp and more.  It includes 600+ frames, props and borders along with text effects and 300+ fonts. Build on-screen albums for every occasion. Sort photographs and search with lightning speed. Improve your photos with one-click SmartEnhance, red-eye removal and a full array of easy-to-use photo editing tools. You can turn your photos into lasting memories with unique custom photo layouts, fix old family photos, e-mail photos in a single click and so much more.  Your complete digital photo studio!

Here are just a few of the unique keepsake possibilities:

• Greeting Cards - Holidays, Special Occasions, Announcements and Invitations. Matching Sets that include Gift Tags, Labels, Scrapbook pages and more for Special Occasions.
• Calendars - Weekly, Monthly, Multi-Month and Yearly.  Insert dates automatically with notations.
• Web Projects  - Web Albums, Web Slide Shows, Web Cards and Web Pages.
• Trading Cards
• Photo Frames
• Banners, Flyers & Posters
• Magazine Covers
• Body Switches
• Crafts
• 3D Folding Projects
• Matching Sets
• Postcards

• Scrapbook Pages

• Album Covers
• Envelopes
• Labels
• Letterhead
• CD Labels
• Business & ID Cards
• Certificates
• Bookmarks
• Gift Tags

Share your photos with family and friends no matter how you choose to do it!  They will enjoy the personal gifts you have made for them and they will be a keepsake forever!  A great way to add a personal touch to all of your projects!


Product Features

Capture & Organize

• Capture photos from digital cameras, scanners, photo CDs and online processing services.
• Frame capture from DV camcorders and web cams.
• Automatically apply auto-slicing and post processing during scanning.
• Multimedia file browser/viewer to organize files into on-screen albums.
• Sort and search multimedia files; play audio and AVI or MPEG-1 video files.
• Select multiple photos and apply "Batch Enhancements" or convert file formats simultaneously.
• Drag and drop simplicity.

 Editing Features

• SmartEnhance Technology:  Automatically straighten, crop, adjust brightness & contrast, hue & saturation or focus with one-click.
• Trim photos into unique shapes from the "Trim Shape" library.
• Adjust focus, lighting and color balance.
• Remove red-eye or change eye color.
• SmartSelect tool cuts out parts of photos to insert/combine with other photos.
• Easily clone parts of one photo onto another.
• Use paint tools with edge and transparency options to accent photos.

 Photo Enhancement

• View photo effects in the preview display before applying them; easily undo changes.
• Use automatic or advanced manual control for photo effects.
• Apply artistic effects such as Charcoal, Watercolor, Fabric, Oil Paint and more.
• Create unique photos with Warp effects and special lenses like Thin, Fat, Spotlight and a host of other filters.
• Add Particle effects such as Bubbles, Firefly, Snow, Clouds, Stars and Rain for 3D realism.
• Custom-frame photos with magic edges and a large variety of picture frames.
• Decorate with props like talking balloons, clothing accessories and hilarious disguises - directly into the photo.
• Add captions to photos with colorful eye-catching text and then transform into different shapes and perspectives.
• Apply special effects to text like Glass, Snow and Fire - or make it 3D.
• Create signatures with your own handwriting.

Share

• Instantly print contact sheets or thumbnail CD covers for photo albums.
• Print multiple photo sizes; choose from hundreds of layouts for instant wallet size, 3x5, 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10, plus international sizes.
• Turn your photographs into greeting cards, calendars and other memorable keepsakes with over 4,000 ready-made project templates and photos.
• Easily print posters and labels and make T-shirts from your photos.
• Send photos - or entire albums - to family and friends with no special software required to view them.
• Create web cards, albums and slide shows with music and animation. Send them via e-mail or post them to the web.
• Transform your photos into GIF animations with fireworks, kaleidoscope and magic cube effects for e-mail or posting to the Web.

Photo Gifts*

• Photo Explosion owners receive special discounts from Club Photo on a variety of unique items.
• Create unique Photo Gifts like coffee mugs, Post-It photo cubes – even chocolate lollipops.
  

* Photo gifts and free prints may not be available outside the United States. Additional charges may apply.

Unique Advantages

Improve & Repair
Improve your photos instantly with one-click SmartEnhance.

Photo Effects
Choose from over 500 professional photo effects: Make it snow. Add bubbles, warp and many more artistic effects.

Cloning & Transparency
Use Photo Explosion's ultra-hip transparency and cloning tools to make collages, repair photos and create stunning results!

Frames & Borders
Choose from hundreds of frames in a variety of sizes and custom frame photos with magic edge effects.

Props
Decorate photos with props like talking balloons, accents and disguises.

Text Effects
Add captions to photos with colorful eye-catching text.  Apply cool Shape and Wrap effects, change its perspective - or make it 3D.

Product Reviews


"Photo Explosion Deluxe claims to be a complete digital photo studio and, for the price, we're pretty impressed."
     - Digital Photography Made Easy Review

"... the whole process is so well laid out that you won't have any problems even if it's your first foray into image editing."
- PC Home Review

System Requirements

• Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP
• Pentium 166 MHz or Faster
• 32 MB RAM
• CD-ROM Drive

Supported Graphics File Formats:
JPG, GIF, BMP, WMF, PCX, TIF, EPS, PSD, TGA, CLP, FPX, IFF, PCD, PNG, PXR, RLE, SCT, TPL, TPX, UPX, WBMP

Supported Audio/Video Formats:
AVI, MID, MP3, MPEG-1, WAV

Compatible with virtually all digital cameras, including:
Agfa, Canon, Casio, Epson, Fuji, Hewlett, Packard, JVC, Kodak, Konica, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh, Sony, Toshiba, and more!

Printers
Inkjet and laser printers, including Epson, HP, Canon, Lexmark and more.