Nova Development US Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2017 2017 - Old Version

3.2 | 177 ratings

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Last update: 11-16-2024

About this item

Over 17,000 Hallmark Cards & Projects for every occasion including Birthdays, Holidays, Special Occasions and more
Over 20,000 Premium Clip Art images to dress up your designs
More than 14,000 Hallmark Sentiments help you say it right each and every time
Improved User Interface helps you find the perfect card or project faster than ever before
Print, email or share your creations on social media with just 1 click

Top reviews from the United States

William I. Dube

Great program with lots of flexibility for those willing to learn

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2017

I was hesitant. There is a lot to learn. I had been using Create a Card Gold from back in the 90's this is quite a step up. Also I like how well this works with my printer.

UPDATE 2/10/ 2018: Is there more than Five Stars???
Okay I didn't have a lot of time for review last time and same is true this time However I think I'll add some pros and cons.

PROS: * Has Address book once you find it ;) You can get via event planner.
* Works flawlessly with my printer. (One hiccup though was printer error issue, will know better next time. If you get low ink message wait until after printing to click again.)
* Self mailer option both Half and Quarter fold cards. (This alone will save me a ton on buying overpriced envelopes)
* Mostly logical layout and totally user friendly HELP with detailed explanations
CONS: * Address book should have hotlink by itself, but easy to have work around by just going to Event Planner CTRL-L and then address book.

Lastly: This was a total replacement of my old American Greetings Card program as I could not get that to work at all with Windows 10 upgrade to my computer. I did not receive any discount on my purchase, I'm not vine voice or any of those other things. Oh also I would recommend NOT paying for any extras that you will receive offers for via email as this program is fairly complete. If you find you use up all the cards, make some new ones ;)

ogre

If this is what you are looking for then this is good software. Unlike what others have said

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2017

The interface is ok and there is an adequate selection of generic cards preloaded that you can slightly customize. If this is what you are looking for then this is good software. Unlike what others have said, you can export your cards to a pdf as well. Where the software lacks is in the ability to make a card from scratch. There are blank templates with differing sizes but the interface and options when building a card like this are lacking. This was my main reason for purchasing the software and why I gave it 2 stars instead of more.

Tom Servo

Not a bad little card/printer art program for the price.

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018

I bought this for a family member who likes creating mailing labels, stickers and other printer art. She's not really much of a card maker but this app seemed to have a good selection of projects and good support, so I bought it for her. I'm pleased to say that this tech-illiterate lady managed to get some labels printed in no time just by fooling around with the templates, and I (with a bit more tech savvy) was able to create my own custom label on a whim in less than five minutes with this program. It really is simple but reasonably powerful.

The two biggest downsides to this program are that it takes a LONG time to start installing it from the CD, especially if you're on an older, slower computer. I sat for what must have been 20 minutes with a screen that was doing nothing, thinking the program was a dud, on her ancient computer. Finally I killed the installer and brought it to my newer PC and it still took a good 10 minutes to do *anything* before I could actually see any kind of progress on the installer. No idea what was going on, either — it just sat, with the CPU idle and the hard drive mostly inactive.

I did finally get it installed on her old computer, and it took a good 1.5 minutes after installing for the program to start up the first time, but after that it got a little speedier. So be aware that it might be a LONG time before it is up and lumbering under its own weight.

The other complaint is, after registering the program I was immediately bombarded with solicitations from the developer to upgrade to their Deluxe 2018 program, offer at a "discount" for an immediate download, along with several "value added extra" apps.

I thought that was a rather chintzy move on Hallmark's part to immediately begin pushing me to spend more money, but She Who Must Be Obeyed said to get it, so I did. For what it's worth, the upgrade process was very, erm, obtuse. All the "free" extra programs came with their own unique keys/codes/whatnot that had to be copied or printed out, and many of them only allowed installation on one computer, one time only. So if that computer dies, she will lose all those extra applications. Not that it will mean much, most were useless crap.

Although this 2017 program is perfectly adequate, if you're comfortable buying and downloading software online, I'd actually recommend getting the 2018 version. It has more templates and a few more features even when you discount all the extra, mostly useless, software bonus apps. It also installed quicker and loads faster than the 2017 version.

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