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Not compatible with OS9!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: July 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Please. If you have Mac OS9 beware! My Mac freezes every time I try to use this software and I have spent hours trying to resolve the problem. Be sure to review the user group entries on Adobe's website before buying this software! You will find many frustrated OS9 users and no solutions. GOTO ...(their website). Enter search and enter "PhotoDeluxe OS9."

PS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: January 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just wanted to add that a lot of the reviews in this section are for different software! Versions of photodeluxe 2.0 are different for PC's and Mac's!! The Mac's version 2.0 is comparable to photodeluxe 4.0 for PC, which is known to have a lot of "bugs" in it. Version 2.0 for PC is a much better version than 4.0...don't fix what is not broken!! So, please if you are a PC user thinking about purchasing version 2.0, ignore the comments about the Mac version as they do not apply to you. :o)

SO user friendly

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Adobe has been perfecting their software for way over a decade, so no wonder they're so high quality and easy to use.

Like their high end [...] software, this title uses a very easy and functional layering system.

I use it, not only for photos, but for illustration and graphics purposes, too. Just scan your line drawing in and, like a coloring book, fill in the white areas with color or textures. It comes with a bunch of cool effects buttons, so you can then add those as well.

It crashes sometimes, but usually only when using the "advanced" buttons and bogging your RAM down with a ton of effects and commands. Just be sure to get in the universally good habit of saving often, and there won't be much of a problem.

I actually prefer version 2 to version 4 because of a more user friendly interface, but don't try to run version 2 on WinXP.

PC User

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Never thought I would be good at making minor changes to family photos until I tried this product. Easy to learn, easy to use. Now my whole family uses this product.

MacUser

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: January 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Horrible interface, and a complete inefficient use of hard disk space. Troubleshooting this program has been one my most frustrating using the Macintosh, and enought to convert to a PC. PhotoDeluxe comes in 4.0 instead of 2.0 for the PC.

Troublesome

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: February 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have found PhotoDeluxe to be very cumbersome. Many of the features are hard to use if you're a novice. PhotoDeluxe for Dummies was helpful and explained quite a bit but why should you have to spend money on a guidebook? Also, changing the print setup leads to constant crashing (Windows 98). I have plenty of free disk space and available RAM so I don't think this is the reason. I'd say spend a bit more for a BMW and stay away from this Chevrolet.

I may be a kid, but this is AWESOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love adope photodeluxe. I never use it to repair photos, but I'm sure it would be great for that too. No, I use it to draw. I'm a kid but I can make things look AWESOME with this. You can make it so the shadows are smooth and you can make it look real... Words do not define my love for this program. Without it I don't know what I would do. It has tons of features, like smudging, textures, and loads of other things. Also, unlike MS Paint, when you use the brush button it's smooth looking instead of rough and bumpy. It is awesome for an artist like me, and way cheaper than photoshop. If you like artsy stuff, then I have three words for you... GET IT, MAN!

I love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have used this software with windows 98, I love the way you can take old photos and restore them, and not to mention enlarging your small prints to larger sizes , then using the same program will allow you to make your own personal calendars and cards

Adobe PhotoDelux still kicks it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm posting this in July, 2007. I am an artist and architect and this simple little program has been way more easy and intuitive for me to use than PhotoShop. And I have tried other photo editing/drawing/painting programs (including PS "Elements") and yet I always come back to PhotoDeluxe (v 1.1 is great, I have v2.0 but I use the other). I run "classic" OS 9 now that Im on a Mac G5 with OS X just because of this program! Yes, I export in jpeg so that printing is easy with Mac's Preview but that minor extra step is little worry when the program itself allows me to do positive and negative selections to compose "airbrushed" layers over or under photo layers to create before and after versions of my building designs or other artwork. Aside from any issues others may have in getting this to run for whatever reasons, I have never had a problem and I have shared this software with many of my Mac and PC friends( my discs allow for either installation!). I really can't believe that this software got discontinued!!! I mean there is little else available that works with or without photos with such ease! It has made lots of money for me over the years in doing quick and realistic renderings for my clients! I'm not kidding! I thank the team that tweaked PhotoShop to work so beautifully for the layperson, artist and/or professional! And I believe that it even can do things that Photoshop can't do, although I'm sure that if I was a career Photoshop user I'd know the complex way to do the same things!

Does anybody know...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have used Adobe photodeluxe 2.0 on my PC (that's right, not Mac!) for years now. I'm not sure where I got the software (or where my copy of the original installation disc has gone, for that matter) but recently when I had to bring my PC back to factory settings and reload a copy of the program I had saved to a thumbdrive it gives me a "not enough ram" error message. My OS is XP. Has anybody had a similar problem and know of a way to fix it? Please don't suggest Photoshop Elements as I hate this software. It's too complicated and aggravating. My photodeluxe 2.0 is basic yet capable enough for all my photo editing needs. Trying to use Elements is like trying to kill a fly with a cannon!

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