Bought for a one time creation of a 90th birthday 45 min slideshow.
Price was right at $50 but in the end I could only create a DVD but NOT create a MP4 file for download to a memory stick even though capability was supposed to be there which was frustrating due to time limited to get feedback from Magix and a fix in place before needed.
Ended using DVD which worked thank goodness otherwise I would have had a no show.
The program itself was just barely usable. Download was a bit confusing and there are extra add ins are not apparent if needed or not and took a long time/30 minutes to download. MANY errors encountered such as:
-when opening the program, it would always say it was already opened and ask do you want to continue,
-right after opened it always gave a pop up saying it crashed and do you want to send a crash report,
- the export to MP4 (for download to a memory stick) would bomb out and auto restart the program every time,
-when auto message to update to new releases would pop up, whether you did option to do immediately or option to do after shutting down, the software would stop and reboot! (So could never update)
- Had numerous emails to/from Magix to resolve issues of which nothing was able to be corrected for any of the issues and response time was several days not hours—which if your in a time crunch like I was you can’t wait!
- The export to MP4 function fix was to follow a vague Magix help desk reply to delete all Microsoft C++ software on my computer and reinstall with a later version— sounded doable but after 4 hours I gave up. This may have been my computer issue but software says Window7 compatible.
All the software errors and lack of quick fix /any fix, makes the software unacceptable and barely usable.
Making the slideshow itself and getting familiar with the software takes ALOT of time/days of trial and error and research to get somewhat familiar with the software. The graphical user interface is not very user friendly and not self explanatory. I got to the point where I created the slideshow, added music background and a few extra features, downloaded to DVD and had to go with that due to time. The music supplied by the software is limited and not useful to me vs my own downloaded music.
Overall super frustrated with the amount and frequency of software errors, the time it took for trial and error to try to fix the errors, long customer support reply time (days) and the the time it took to learn the software gives this software a one star.
MAGIX Photostory Deluxe - Version 2018 - Create a slideshow the easy way [Download]
2.7 | 13 ratings
Price: 69.99
Last update: 12-25-2024
About this item
Award-winning slideshow software
1,500+ effects, transitions & music
Automatic Photostory Wizard
Camera pans, zooms and rotations
Auto image optimization
1,500+ effects, transitions & music
Automatic Photostory Wizard
Camera pans, zooms and rotations
Auto image optimization
Top reviews from the United States
Dave
Very dissatisfied. Multiple software errors encountered. Used on Windows 7, 64bit, 2007 computer
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2018
Jake
I purchase this piece of crap software because it showed a few good reviews and ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2018Ronald G.
A little bit tricky
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2018Shelley H
Not user friendly
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2019PH
Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2018Joseph Jordanek
Very sad. No where in the description does it state ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2018Kindle Customer
Software Update Does NOT work
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018Nicole
Don’t waste your money
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2018