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Kid Pix is a bitmap drawing program designed for children. Originally created by Craig Hickman, it was first released for the Macintosh in 1989 and subsequently published in 1991 by Broderbund. Hickman was inspired to create Kid Pix after watching his son Ben struggle with MacPaint, and thus the main idea behind its development was to create a drawing program that would be very simple to use.^[2]

The application is now developed by Software MacKiev, who had been involved in development of the Macintosh version of Kid Pix Deluxe 3 and has been the sole developer of the Kid Pix series since the initial release of Kid Pix Deluxe 3X prior to acquiring the brand from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October 2011. https://publisoftware.mystrikingly.com/blog/red-squares-everywhere-mac-os.

History[edit]

Craig Hickman was studying photography at Evergreen State College in 1972 with the aim of taking a career in fine art photography when he encountered a friend entering code into a teletype in the college's terminal room. This impressed upon Hickman a desire to learn how to program.^[2] After leaving college he continued to write programs for his own education, and by 1988 owned an Apple Macintosh and had begun distributing software in the public domain.^[2]

While using MacPaint that year, his then-3-year-old son expressed a desire to use the application. Hickman noted how quickly he adapted to the use of the mouse and keyboard, but also that he inadvertently activated pop-up menus and other user interface elements. It was this experience that encouraged Hickman to write a simple paint program for his son to use; he also decided to make this freely available.^[2]

The Color Macintosh was released before Hickman's first launch of his program, which he had named Kid Pix. Encouraged by a friend to sell his software rather than give it away, Hickman began working on a commercial enhanced version of the original monochromeKid Pix freeware release, called Kid Pix Professional, which would retail for US$25 (equivalent to $49 in 2019). An advertisement for Kid Pix Professional was bundled with Kid Pix when he released it in November 1989. By June 1990 Kid Pix Professional had been released, and Hickman estimates that around 100 copies were sold in total.^[2]

Hickman sent a copy of the application to Broderbund Software in the Summer of 1990 on the encouragement of friends, and having been given details for a contact within the company. He did not anticipate the application being adopted, but received a call within a week indicating that Broderbund would like to publish it. Broderbund's release of Kid Pix was demonstrated during the MacWorld keynote in 1991 and Kid Pix 1.0 Extra extra (sidiq2761) mac os. was released in March 1991 to very positive feedback. By this point Broderbund had also begun developing a version of Kid Pix for MS-DOS. Kid Pix 1.0 received several industry awards, including the 1991 MacUser Eddi for best Children's Program, the 1991 Software Publishers Association Awards for Best User Interface in a New Program and Best Early Learning Program, and the MacWorld World-Class award for Best Education Program.^[2]

The latest Mac and Windows versions of the product were developed by the current owner and publisher of Kid Pix, Software MacKiev, who had been involved in development of the Macintosh version of Kid Pix Deluxe 3 and has been the sole developer of the Kid Pix series since the initial release of Kid Pix Deluxe 3X prior to acquiring the brand from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October 2011. Hickman had no involvement with the development of Kid Pix from 1998 until late 2011 when he began consulting with Software MacKiev on the development of future editions.

Timeline[edit]

• 1990 - Kid Pix Professional is released at a price of $25 (equivalent to $49 in 2019) with sound, color, the mixer tool, more stamps and bilingual menus in English and Spanish
• Broderbund offers to publish Kid Pix
• March 1991 - Kid Pix 1.0 is released at a price of $59.95 (equivalent to $117.32 in 2019) with impressive sales and reviews^[3]
• 1992 - Kid Pix Companion is released at a price of $39.95 (equivalent to $78.18 in 2019) adds new features and QuickTime movies^[4]
• 1993 - Kid Cuts, a derivative of Kid Pix that allows for creation of special projects, is released at a price of $59.95 (equivalent to $117.32 in 2019)^[5]
• 1994 - Kid Pix 2 distributes both Kid Pix and the Companion together
• 1994 - Kid Pix Fun Pack adds new stamps and hidden pictures
• 1995 - Kid Pix Studio is released by Broderbund
• 1998 - Kid Pix Studio Deluxe is released by Broderbund
• 1999 - Kid Pix Studio Deluxe is re-released by The Learning Company a year after its acquisition of Broderbund
• 2000 - Kid Pix Deluxe 3 is released by Broderbund/Riverdeep
• 2004 - Kid Pix Deluxe 4 is released by The Learning Company/Riverdeep
• 2004 - Kid Pix Deluxe 3X (Mac OS X Edition 1.0) is released by Software MacKiev
• 2006 - Kid Pix Deluxe 3X (Mac OS X Edition 1.1) by Software MacKiev adds iPod movies export and enhanced integration with iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, applications from the Apple's iLife application suite.
• 2008 - Kid Pix Deluxe 3X (Mac OS X Edition 1.2.3) by Software MacKiev fixes compatibility with a new version of QuickTime and adds compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard'
• 2008 - Kid Pix Deluxe 4 is re-released on DVD-ROM by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt two years after Riverdeep's merge with Houghton Mifflin
• 2010 - Kid Pix Deluxe 3D (Mac OS X Edition 2.0) by Software MacKiev is a major upgrade, with path animation, 3D characters, movie backgrounds, and video narration
• 2011 - Kid Pix Deluxe 3D (Windows Edition) is released by Software MacKiev
• 2018 - Kid Pix 5: The S.T.E.A.M. Edition is released by Software MacKiev

Kid Pix 2[edit]

Kid Pix 2 added new features to the original. These features were originally available in an add-on known as Kid Pix Companion.

'SlideShow' is a program allowing the creation of a slide show of Kid Pix images with transitions and custom recorded sounds. By setting the time delay between slides to the lowest possible setting animations can be created using multiple Kid Pix images acting as each of the frames of animation.

The 'Wacky TV' allows the user to watch video clips in common media formats such as *.mov or *.avi. The picture can then be distorted using various buttons. The CD came with various sample clips to watch. If a movie contained sound, there was also an option to speed up the audio by 50%, or play it in reverse.

Kid Pix Studio[edit]

Kid Pix Studio offered a complement of programs to the original Kid Pix. It opened up the ability for children to create not only static images but animated creations as well.

SlideShow was extended to allow the use of any Kid Pix, Moopie, Stampimator and Digital Puppet files in the slide show.

'Moopies' is very similar to the standard Kid Pix program except with a reduced canvas size and the ability to add several animated rubber stamps and wacky brush items. Music and sounds can also be chosen to play in the background of the 'moopie.'

'Stampimator' is again similar to the standard Kid Pix program and 'Moopies', except the animated rubber stamps can be dragged across the canvas recording a path which they would then repetitively follow.

Several pre-made computer puppets are provided in this program. The user can animate them like a real puppet including choosing facial expressions by hitting various keys on the keyboard. Sound and music, and a background can be added to go along with the movement of the puppet.

Drift king death machine mac os. The 'Moopies,' 'Digital Puppets,' 'Stampimator' and 'Slideshow' creations can be saved as a standalone executable that enables them to be viewed by others regardless of them owning a copy of Kid Pix Studio. 'Slideshows' also have the added possibility of being exported to a video file, although this functionality is limited to slide shows that contain only Kid Pix drawings.

The 'Wacky TV' feature allowed users to watch movies and animations made in Moopies, and Slideshow, and even any movies the user may have on their computer. Several buttons are available for use in this feature, which allows users to watch the movies in several different ways, like in reverse or flipped screen. This was also available on the previous version of Kid Pix.

Kid Pix Studio Deluxe[edit]

A later version, titled Kid Pix Studio Deluxe, featured an updated picker screen and allowed editing text items after they have been placed down, which was not possible in prior versions of Kid Pix. It was also possible in this version to have the computer read the text aloud, and, exclusive to the Macintosh version, add some music to play in the background during a SlideShow.

Kid Pix Deluxe 3[edit]

Kid Pix received a significant makeover with Kid Pix Deluxe 3. It was updated with a new 3D looking interface and new sound effects which makes it almost unrecognizable from the older versions. The only surviving new feature inherited from Kid Pix Studio was the SlideShow. This is possibly because the others were rendered unnecessary with the addition of clip art pictures and animations to the basic Kid Pix program. Dvdfab keygen mac.

Added tools include:

• Background, to select a premade background from a large library.
• Static Clip Art, a large library of premade static clip art.
• Animated Clip Art.
• Sound Tool, used to select sounds for the image from the provided library or to record your own.
• Play Button, upon being clicked, the animated clip art on the page would animate, the selected sound (if any) would begin to play and text typed would be spoken by the selected voice.

Kid Pix Deluxe 4[edit]

Kid Pix Deluxe 4 was released in 2004 and saw several improvements over Kid Pix Deluxe 3, including an updated interface whose layout is more faithful to the original Kid Pix (thus causing the canvas to be larger), the Text tool having a WYSIWYG font menu, the Idea Machine being accessible from the user interface instead of simply from the program's menu, a leaner and more organized Background library, a bilingual Undo Guy that can yap out both English and Spanish phrases, and video tutorials on how to use the program and each of its individual tools. For Macintosh users, this was the first version of Kid Pix to be compatible with Mac OS X, the last version to be compatible with the 'Classic' Mac OS (in this case, Mac OS 8 and 9), and the only version to utilize Apple's CarbonAPI.

Kid Pix Deluxe 3X[edit]

A new version of Kid Pix Deluxe 3, which was initially released in 2004, featured Mac OS X compatibility, increased canvas size and integration with applications from the Apple's iLife application suite, such as iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto and GarageBand. Also, it features export of Kid Pix projects to iPod video format, giving kids a head start in creating their own podcasts. Further, the exploding screen eraser from the previous Kid Pix Deluxe 3 Edition was replaced with a fire hose, which was less destructive and noisy.

Kid Pix Deluxe 3D[edit]

A significant upgrade from Kid Pix Deluxe 3X, the 3D edition was published for the Mac by Software MacKiev in October 2010 and for Windows in October 2011. While retaining the features of the previous '3X' edition, Kid Pix Deluxe 3D emphasizes digital storytelling with video narration and export to YouTube. The '3D' part of the name comes from the newly added 3D animations and backgrounds, and an export to 3D feature that creates anaglyph video images that can be viewed using red/blue 3D glasses (included in the package).

Kid Pix 5: The S.T.E.A.M. Edition[edit]

Kid Pix 5: The S.T.E.A.M. Edition is the newest version of Kid Pix by Software MacKiev, available for Mac, Windows, and iPad. It is the first version to have iPad support and 64-bit compatibility, and has a new Steam age interface. Currently, it is only available as an upgrade or for educational institutions.^[6]

Features[edit]

The canvas occupies most of the available screen face, and the entire canvas is visible at all times. The drawing tools available to the user are placed in a column of buttons down the left edge of the screen. Instead of using menus to access the different options that each tool has, they are displayed in a row of icons along the bottom of the screen. Selecting a new tool presents a new set of options, such as different styles for the Wacky Brush. The color palette is situated below the list of tools and consists of a collection of colored squares for each of the available colors. Files with the KPX extension can be converted to the more accessible PCX format by renaming the extension.

Here are the drawing tools used in Kid Pix:

• Pencil Tool, the tool that draws free lines onto the picture. Six line thicknesses are provided.
• Line Tool, used to create perfectly straight lines. Like the Pencil Tool, six line thicknesses are provided.
• Paint Bucket, used to fill an area with a solid color or pattern.
• Square Tool, used to create perfect square or rectangular shapes. By changing the line thickness in the line tool you could change the thickness of the square.
• Circle Tool, similar to the Square Tool. It is used to create perfect circles, and the thickness can be changed using the line tool.

Kid Pix includes a selection of tools that go beyond drawing simple lines and shapes. These include:

• Wacky Brush, contains an array of options to paint various effects onto the image, such as a line of dripping paint, a line of shapes or a random leafless tree.
• Mixer Tool, provides various options to affect the entire image with distortion, blurring and fading effects. Starting from Kid Pix Deluxe 3, an example of the effects would be shown on a butterfly.
• Rubber Stamps, a collection of small icons that can be added to the picture in a way similar to the use of clip art. The original stamps were taken from the Apple Computer font Cairo. From Kid Pix Professional onwards the size of the stamp on the canvas could be enlarged. Eventually transformed into 8-Bit like images that could be edited by the user.

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• Erasing Tools, these provide several different ways to erase various parts, or all, of your drawing. For example, the popular stick of dynamite would cause the entire image to explode in alternating black and white concentric circles.
• Moving Truck, allows various parts of the image to be selected and moved around the canvas. There are different shapes and sizes that the selections can be, such as circles or rectangles.
• Dye Tool, used to pick out colors already used somewhere in the canvas.

Text tools include:

• Text tool, includes 'rubber stamps' of the letters of the alphabet which speak the name of the letter when selected.
• Typing tool, includes basic abilities to add text to the image in different fonts and various sizes.

Other tools include:

• Sound tool, allows you to record your own sounds to add to your pictures (e.g. little pug noises, with a bark at the end).
• The 'Undo Guy' acts as a standard undo button, undoing the last change made to the image. When clicked, the Undo Guy says comical phrases in different voices. Starting with Kid Pix Deluxe 3D, the Undo Guy could undo and redo several times, but in all versions of Kid Pix prior to that version, the Undo Guy could only undo and redo once.
• The 'Pick a Draw Me' addition (located under the 'Goodies' Section) gives you three random phrases for a drawing idea. Each phrase is said by a different person to inspire the user to draw something unconventional. This feature was absent in Kid Pix Deluxe 3 and all versions that succeeded it.

Reception[edit]

KidPix was given a blue chip award at the 1994 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Awards. The judges described it as 'a fun-filled multimedia art exploration program with a sense of humor' and 'chockful of clever goodies that invite computer and artistic exploration', however they noted that the DOS and Mac versions were superior to the Windows version.^[3]KidPix Companion was reviewed in the Oppenheim Guide Book where it was described as a program that 'make[s] a good thing better',^[4] alongside a review for KidCuts which was described as 'a 21st-century evolution of an old kids' favorite' and 'a springboard for off-line creative play'.^[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'FM Towns ROM Archive'. KidPix FM Towns ROM.
2. ^ ^abcdefHickman, Craig. 'Kid Pix - The Early Years'. Dry Reading. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
3. ^ ^abcOppenheim, Joanne and Stephanie (1993). 'Computer Software/CD-ROM - Tools for Creative Expression: 'KidPix''. The Best Toys, Books & Videos for Kids. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Guide Book. 1 (1st ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. p. 270. ISBN0-06-273196-3.
4. ^ ^abOppenheim, Joanne and Stephanie (1993). 'Computer Software/CD-ROM - Tools for Creative Expression: 'KidPix Companion''. The Best Toys, Books & Videos for Kids. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Guide Book. 1 (1st ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. p. 270. ISBN0-06-273196-3.
5. ^ ^abOppenheim, Joanne and Stephanie (1993). 'Computer Software/CD-ROM - Tools for Creative Expression: 'KidCuts''. The Best Toys, Books & Videos for Kids. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Guide Book. 1 (1st ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. p. 270. ISBN0-06-273196-3.
6. ^https://www.mackiev.com/offers/kp5/upgrade_offer.html

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At a Glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

• Great integration with Apple applications
• Easy to use
• Scalable vector graphics
• Packed with great project templates

Cons

• Small image-editing previews
• Clumsy text controls

The canvas occupies most of the available screen face, and the entire canvas is visible at all times. The drawing tools available to the user are placed in a column of buttons down the left edge of the screen. Instead of using menus to access the different options that each tool has, they are displayed in a row of icons along the bottom of the screen. Selecting a new tool presents a new set of options, such as different styles for the Wacky Brush. The color palette is situated below the list of tools and consists of a collection of colored squares for each of the available colors. Files with the KPX extension can be converted to the more accessible PCX format by renaming the extension.

Here are the drawing tools used in Kid Pix:

• Pencil Tool, the tool that draws free lines onto the picture. Six line thicknesses are provided.
• Line Tool, used to create perfectly straight lines. Like the Pencil Tool, six line thicknesses are provided.
• Paint Bucket, used to fill an area with a solid color or pattern.
• Square Tool, used to create perfect square or rectangular shapes. By changing the line thickness in the line tool you could change the thickness of the square.
• Circle Tool, similar to the Square Tool. It is used to create perfect circles, and the thickness can be changed using the line tool.

Kid Pix includes a selection of tools that go beyond drawing simple lines and shapes. These include:

• Wacky Brush, contains an array of options to paint various effects onto the image, such as a line of dripping paint, a line of shapes or a random leafless tree.
• Mixer Tool, provides various options to affect the entire image with distortion, blurring and fading effects. Starting from Kid Pix Deluxe 3, an example of the effects would be shown on a butterfly.
• Rubber Stamps, a collection of small icons that can be added to the picture in a way similar to the use of clip art. The original stamps were taken from the Apple Computer font Cairo. From Kid Pix Professional onwards the size of the stamp on the canvas could be enlarged. Eventually transformed into 8-Bit like images that could be edited by the user.

Selection and erasing tools include: Best friend mac os.

• Erasing Tools, these provide several different ways to erase various parts, or all, of your drawing. For example, the popular stick of dynamite would cause the entire image to explode in alternating black and white concentric circles.
• Moving Truck, allows various parts of the image to be selected and moved around the canvas. There are different shapes and sizes that the selections can be, such as circles or rectangles.
• Dye Tool, used to pick out colors already used somewhere in the canvas.

Text tools include:

• Text tool, includes 'rubber stamps' of the letters of the alphabet which speak the name of the letter when selected.
• Typing tool, includes basic abilities to add text to the image in different fonts and various sizes.

Other tools include:

• Sound tool, allows you to record your own sounds to add to your pictures (e.g. little pug noises, with a bark at the end).
• The 'Undo Guy' acts as a standard undo button, undoing the last change made to the image. When clicked, the Undo Guy says comical phrases in different voices. Starting with Kid Pix Deluxe 3D, the Undo Guy could undo and redo several times, but in all versions of Kid Pix prior to that version, the Undo Guy could only undo and redo once.
• The 'Pick a Draw Me' addition (located under the 'Goodies' Section) gives you three random phrases for a drawing idea. Each phrase is said by a different person to inspire the user to draw something unconventional. This feature was absent in Kid Pix Deluxe 3 and all versions that succeeded it.

Reception[edit]

KidPix was given a blue chip award at the 1994 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Awards. The judges described it as 'a fun-filled multimedia art exploration program with a sense of humor' and 'chockful of clever goodies that invite computer and artistic exploration', however they noted that the DOS and Mac versions were superior to the Windows version.^[3]KidPix Companion was reviewed in the Oppenheim Guide Book where it was described as a program that 'make[s] a good thing better',^[4] alongside a review for KidCuts which was described as 'a 21st-century evolution of an old kids' favorite' and 'a springboard for off-line creative play'.^[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'FM Towns ROM Archive'. KidPix FM Towns ROM.
2. ^ ^abcdefHickman, Craig. 'Kid Pix - The Early Years'. Dry Reading. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
3. ^ ^abcOppenheim, Joanne and Stephanie (1993). 'Computer Software/CD-ROM - Tools for Creative Expression: 'KidPix''. The Best Toys, Books & Videos for Kids. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Guide Book. 1 (1st ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. p. 270. ISBN0-06-273196-3.
4. ^ ^abOppenheim, Joanne and Stephanie (1993). 'Computer Software/CD-ROM - Tools for Creative Expression: 'KidPix Companion''. The Best Toys, Books & Videos for Kids. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Guide Book. 1 (1st ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. p. 270. ISBN0-06-273196-3.
5. ^ ^abOppenheim, Joanne and Stephanie (1993). 'Computer Software/CD-ROM - Tools for Creative Expression: 'KidCuts''. The Best Toys, Books & Videos for Kids. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Guide Book. 1 (1st ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. p. 270. ISBN0-06-273196-3.
6. ^https://www.mackiev.com/offers/kp5/upgrade_offer.html

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External links[edit]

At a Glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

• Great integration with Apple applications
• Easy to use
• Scalable vector graphics
• Packed with great project templates

Cons

• Small image-editing previews
• Clumsy text controls

Our Verdict

Over the years, The Print Shop, a popular design and desktop-publishing package for creating greeting cards, calendars, labels, and similar projects, has come and gone. Now, thanks to its new developer, Software MacKiev, this long-missed program is back on the Mac and better than ever.

The Print Shop Mac OS X Edition 1.0 is versatile, elegant, and easy to use, and it integrates seamlessly with other Mac applications, such as Apple's iPhoto, iTunes, iCal, and Address Book.

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Getting Started

The Print Shop offers templates for 14 types of projects, including greeting cards, calendars, CD labels and booklets, letterhead, pamphlets, banners, and business cards. Within each project category are dozens more predesigned templates, which you can use as a starting point for your own designs or print as they are. You can also start with a blank template if you prefer to step out on your own.

For projects such as labels, which require that you match your designs to a specific paper size or shape, The Print Shop supports a long list of Avery papers. It even includes an Avery Updater, which downloads new Avery templates as they become available. At press time, Software MacKiev was putting the finishing touches on a free download that would add support for the direct CD-printing features found in some Epson printers. The download should be available by the time you read this.

The Print Shop's template implementation is particularly nice when it comes to designing greeting cards. To design cards so that all elements appear right side up after folding, you often have to position some panels sideways or upside down — no easy task in programs such as Microsoft Word. The Print Shop simplifies this process by dividing cards into three different views — Front, Inside, and Back — so you are always designing right side up, regardless of how the panel will actually print.

Designing Projects

One of the first things you'll notice after opening The Print Shop is how good the program looks. Software MacKiev fully rewrote The Print Shop to take advantage of the power and beauty of Quartz, the graphics engine behind OS X. In The Print Shop, graphics grow and shrink in real time as you drag their edges, making it easy to put photos and clip art into place. You can also zoom in on the workspace simply by expanding the edges of the document window. And aside from photographs, all of the included graphics and text are vector art, so they remain crisp no matter how large or small you make them.

You can use the Objects toolbar to insert photos, text, shapes, borders, or other elements into your layout. The Print Shop has a library of more than 12,000 images, which range from hopelessly cheesy clip-art illustrations to richly detailed photographs. Thankfully, you can narrow search criteria by shape, subject, or type of graphic as you look for something suitable. But to access these images and predesigned templates, you have to insert the program's CD into your Mac (or you can download the CD's 600MB contents).

You can also import your own photos into Print Shop projects. The Print Shop integrates very nicely with iPhoto. When you select Insert: iPhoto Image, the program displays a list of all your iPhoto albums — including iPhoto 4's Smart Albums.

If your images need to be touched up, you can use The Print Shop's Photo Workshop feature to perform basic color correction, sharpening, and cropping. In the Fix Flaws section, you'll find tools for correcting red-eye, pet-eye (the green glow that makes your beloved pet appear demonic), dust marks and scratches, and shiny faces — a truly useful tool that is like applying face powder after the fact. You can also apply a variety of Artistic Effects to change or enhance a photo's appearance. All of the Photo Workshop tools work well. However, since there's no way to zoom in on the tiny preview image when adjusting colors or sharpness — two particularly tricky tasks — judging the effectiveness of your work without first applying the changes to your image can be almost impossible. If you don't like what you see, you'll have to undo the changes and start again.

The program provides a searchable collection of quotes and verses, so you can add words of inspiration to your projects. But working with text can be frustrating. To edit text, you must first double-click on the text box, which opens in a white text window. This makes it difficult to work with light-colored text (though white text turns black and is therefore easy to see). To leave the editing window — so you can adjust text-box size or position — you must click elsewhere on your screen and then reselect the text box. And I longed for more control over the spacing of multiple lines of text.

Apple Integration

One thing that really sets The Print Shop apart from similar consumer-oriented design applications is its superb integration with Apple applications. In addition to connecting to iPhoto albums, The Print Shop can also import iCal events into Calendar templates, download song lists from iTunes to use on CD labels, and print mailing labels from Address Book contacts — although the Mail Merge feature is a bit unintuitive. The program even offers DVD-label templates that match Apple's iDVD 3 themes. It's a small touch, but one that shows care and attention to detail.

Macworld's Buying Advice

Balance (itch) (timrodz) mac os. Despite a few minor inconveniences, The Print Shop Mac OS X Edition 1.0 is a truly elegant application and a great tool for any creative project. Thanks to its many templates and its simplified interface, the program is easy enough for young family members to use and versatile enough to allow for true creativity.